Temple’s Campus Safety Services sent out an e-mail today announcing that a test of the TU-Alert system will take place on Friday. Here is the partial text from the e-mail: As a part of Emergency Preparedness at Temple University, a test of the TU Alert system will be conducted on Friday, October 2, 2009, beginning [...]
Tomorrow’s issue of The Temple News will feature our annual “Lunchies” insert, a special section of the paper that recognizes Main Campus’ unique lunch truck (or cart, stand, vendor, kiosk, hut, etc.) culture. The issue will include our Top Ten Campus Lunch Spots, as well as some interesting features on some colorful campus personalities. Here’s [...]
In this week’s issue of City Paper, the weekly publication released their Choice ’09 award winners, recognizing some of Philadelphia’s unsung heroes in categories such as Music, Politics, Activism and Watchdogs, Food and Drink, Film and Screen, Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Their choice in the category of Journalism and Media was last year’s Managing [...]
Jimmy John’s is having their famous annual One Dollar Sandwich day today! For just one dollar, you can get a sandwich. If that’s not a deal, I don’t know what is. Check them out at the Edge on Cecil B. Moore Avenue.
If you haven’t checked your Temple Today e-mail and you’re serious about getting that free flu shot, catch the shuttle , train or bus and head down to the Health Sciences Campus. Shots will be administered from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. in room 106 of the Student Faculty Center until the vaccine runs out [...]
Told you to hurry up: Student Health Services ran out of the flu vaccine so there will be no more shots administered until further notice.
Yesterday, 1200 flu shots were injected into health-conscious students at the Student Center, room 200A. While Student Health Services is giving the shots out today as well starting at 8 a.m., there is a limited supply so hurry your scared-of-swine-flu butts up to 200A, located on the second floor of the south side of the [...]
Temple’s nursing union is threatening to strike if a new contract is not approved by September 30. Their contract expires then, and Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals officials say they are concerned about the attitude the university is taking. The university has responded that they feel their offer is fair and competitive.
The Inquirer’s editorial page praised Temple President Ann Weaver Hart’s 2020 plan today, saying it could heal relations between the community and the university. The editorial noted Hart and the university administration’s troubles with faculty and employee unions, but credited her with standing up to John Taylor’s threats and enduring the union negotiations. It did [...]
Pennsylvania finally has a state budget, which came 80 days late and after significant damage was done to townships and non-profits, who rely on state funds. Theater and the arts are being taxed, as are the small cigars known as cigarillos (Black and Mild’s may be the most common example).
