Entries from April 2010

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Relic hipster icon bashes Fourteenth Street mag on blog

Ironic though, isn’t it? After reporter Josh Fernandez gave Philebrity.com editor and co-founder Joey Sweeney ample opportunity to put in his expert hipster two cents for his Fourteenth Street magazine (inserted in this week’s issue of TTN) cover article on hipsters adopting queer style, the blog, true to its form, published a barely-there, almost-funny-but-not-quite post [...]

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

Opinion section, the right version

If you picked up a copy of The Temple News this morning, you noticed that the opinion pages seemed a little too familiar. Due to a technical error, we printed last week’s opinion section in this week’s paper. We apologize sincerely for this mistake. Never fear, though, the Internet is here. Check out a Polish [...]

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Football team adds 410 new bone marrow donors

The football team registered an estimated 410 new bone marrow donors for the Be the Match Registry, the new name for theĀ  National Marrow Donor Registry, Wednesday. In its three years running the bone marrow drive, the Owls have registered an estimated 1,270 new bone marrow donors. The bone marrow drive is coordinated locally by [...]

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Bone marrow drive today, Rm. 200 of the Student Center South

Temple Athletics’ football team is holding a bone marrow drive today, Apr. 14, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in room 200 of the Student Center South. Below is an excerpt from “Football team directly touched by bone marrow drive,” explaining how you can help and what the screening process is. Click here to read [...]

Monday, April 12th, 2010

TTN gets a little afternoon love from G. Love

We just got off the phone with G. Love of G. Love & Special Sauce (and more importantly, from Philly) and let’s just say you’re sure to get a few laughs when you read the Q&A in our upcoming music issue debuting Tuesday, Apr. 20. Topics of conversation? Chicks, fake IDs, a special type of [...]

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

Philly named No. 27 most bike-friendly city by Bicycling mag

So go ahead, strap on your helmet and go for a joy ride.

Friday, April 9th, 2010

Barksdale released by Astros

Former Temple outfielder Sean Barksdale was released by Major League Baseball’s Houston Astros on March 31, Baseball America reported. The Astros selected Barksdale with the 1,151st pick in the 38th round of MLB’s June draft. He reported to the Tri-City ValleyCats, the club’s Class-A short-season New York-Penn League affiliate. From June 17 until the end [...]

Friday, April 9th, 2010

Men’s gymnastics clarification

As reported in The Temple News in the April 6 issue, the men’s gymnastics team was the 12th and final team to qualify for the team competition at the NCAA Championships April 16 and 17 in West Point, N.Y. When the Owls qualified as a team, every member of the team also qualified for the [...]

Friday, April 9th, 2010

Trashing trash

Hey, remember that time you complained about how Philly is so dirty and then threw your beer can on your neighbor’s lawn two days later while stumbling back home? Yeah, we know who you are. Well now’s your chance to redeem yourself. Philly Spring Cleanup day is tomorrow, Sat. April 10. In its third-year run, [...]