A person sits in a hallway of the Tyler School School of Art on main campus.

It’s almost 7:15 a.m. Meteorologists have warned of wretched travel conditions, especially for the morning commute. Many area school districts have closed, or at the very least have called two hours late. Rain is falling and quickly turning to ice. Conditions are just bad. In keeping with Temple tradition… As of 5 a.m. Wednesday, January [...]

Above: Hillel President Matan Silberstein talking with Community College of Philadelphia student Raphael McNamara at a counter protest on main campus on Tuesday.

The Diamond Gems simply looked different at Saturday’s men’s basketball game versus Charlotte. The Owls scored a victory. The gems scored an additional dancer. Many fans weren’t sure if that person on the court was part of the Gems’ act or not. During a time-out dance, an enthusiastic (and perhaps intoxicated?) patron ran on the [...]

Inga Saffron, the Inquirer’s architecture critic, had some harsh words to share about the new Tyler School of Art building at 12th and Norris streets. Agreeing with some Tyler students, she’s not happy. Despite Tyler’s importance to the university, Temple dumped what should have been a statement building at the far end of the campus [...]

The Temple News is reporting a 25-year-old male was shot at Crown Fried Chicken at the corner of Broad Street and Susquehanna Avenue. The fast food restaurant is across the street from White Hall. A black male sustained gunshot wounds to both legs and is in critical condition at Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia Police told [...]

Yes, Richie from Richie’s Deli and Pizza in front of Anderson Hall. Today around 5:30 p.m., Richie posted this on Facebook: He said a shoplifting squirrel – who has become notorious among Richie’s regulars – steals a chocolate/chocolate chip muffin from the box on his window counter every day. The squirrel, Richie said, has been at [...]

Your eyes don’t deceive you. Temple University is cutting costs and they want you to tell them what to cut. Don’t bother asking them to cut their “Thinktank” department. Clearly they have already received their pink slips and have had their duties passed on to the students who can see the image above on their [...]

If you picked up the paper today, you were probably confused by the giant image that looks something like the love child of a crossword puzzle and a barcode. But then, after reading Online Editor Dave Isaac’s article, you learned about QR codes. When you flipped to Page 4 of the Opinion section, you were [...]

January 20, 12:50 a.m. So I’m finally on my way down to D.C. after another long production night. For the most part, I’ll be taking photos throughtout the day. Sadly, those won’t be up until I get back (hopefully tomorrow night). I will be trying to update the blog from time to time … from [...]