Freshman running back Bernard Pierce will not suit up for Friday’s game against Ohio.

We hope last year’s class of 2009 graduates aren’t this desperate. As reported in today’s Metro Philadelphia, two Temple alums – Troy Wragg, 28, and Amanda Knorr, 26 – were charged “in a $30 million Ponzi scheme” for scheming folks into investing their retirement savings in “‘carbon-negative’ housing and other green measures.” Wragg worked for [...]

If you don’t like surprises, it’s a good thing you’re reading this. SEPTA has announced that for the 2011 fiscal year, the mass transit company “has budgeted for a 9.5 percent increase in passenger revenue,” according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. While SEPTA spokeswoman Jerri Williams skirted the prices, estimates price a token at $1.60 (currently [...]

The Inquirer wrote up a preview to the men’s basketball season, highlighting Ryan Brooks’ and Lavoy Allen’s challenges in the upcoming games. For profiles, five burning questions for the men’s and women’s teams and more, check out today’s Basketball Preview in the print edition of The Temple News.

The SEPTA strike is over. Gov. Ed Rendell and other SEPTA officials announced they have reached an agreement that will be voted on – and is expected to pass – by the union members Monday. The Inquirer story here.

Temple News Sports Editor Jen Reardon is reporting that the Temple shuttles are running from South Philadelphia, Center City and the Health Sciences Campus — but very sporadically. She said at the corner where she picked up the shuttle in South Philadelphia this morning, a group of students had been waiting for an hour for [...]

As of 3 a.m. today, Nov. 3, SEPTA workers will be on strike, according to an Inquirer article published early this morning. SEPTA originally planned to strike Saturday at midnight, but negotiators worked a deal to hold the strike until after the Phillies’ World Series stretch in Philadelphia ended with tonight’s Game 5 of the [...]