Monthly Archives: June 2013

Police looking for off-campus robbery suspects

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Police are looking for suspects in the robbery of a man in a wheelchair several blocks off Main Campus on June 10.

In a press release, police said that a 39 year old man was robbed in his home on the 2300 block of N. 13th St. around 11:20 a.m. Two suspects knocked on the door and forced their way in when the victim opened it. Police say the man was pistol whipped before the suspects flipped him out of his chair, punched and kicked him, and stole $30 from his pocket before being scarred of by another knock on the door.

Police described the suspects as black males, 25-30 year of age, with Sunni beards. The first suspect was described as being around 6 foot, wearing a dark t-shirt and pants. The second suspect was described as 5 ft. 6 in., wearing a dark polo jacket, dark blue jeans and light colored sneakers.

Police have a surveillance video of the suspects fleeing south on Park Avenue and then east on Dauphin Street.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Philadelphia Police Central Detective Division at 215-686-3093.

Crime Logs for June 26, 2013

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Main Campus
A robbery occurred at 3:15 a.m. on June 26 on the 1400 block of W. Cecil B. Moore Ave. No arrests have been made.
An incident of harassment by communication occurred at 10:55 a.m. on June 26 at Conwell Hall. The case is still open at this time.
An incident of harassment occurred between June 18 and June 26 at the Kardon Apartments. The case is still open at this time.
A theft occurred at 3:05 p.m. on June 26 at the 1100 block of W. Norris Street. No arrests have been made at this time.
A case of burglary occurred between June 18 and June 26 at the 2100 block of N. 12 Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

HSC Campus
A theft occurred between the hours of 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on June 26 at the Rock Pavilion. No arrests have been made at this time.

TUH nurses reach contract agreement

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Contract negotiations for about 1,600 nurses and allied professionals at Temple University Hospitals have reached a tentative agreement. It was announced on Wednesday by Temple University Hospital and Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals.
“Both organizations have agreed to not discuss the terms of the proposed new contracts until after ratification occurs,” said Rebecca Harmon, spokesperson for Temple University Hospital. “But I can say that this tentative agreement was achieved following several months of respectful and productive dialogue between the two parties at the negotiating table.”
The proposed settlement comes just three months before the expiration of the agreements. There will be further information available after union members have an opportunity to review and vote on the proposed agreement. Ratification meetings are scheduled for Thursday, June 27.

A Car Reported Stolen Near Temple Regional Rail Station

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A Temple student reported his car stolen sometime between the hours of 11 p.m. on June 23 and 9 a.m. the following day near the Temple University Regional Rail station.
According to Temple Police, the white 1997 Honda Civic was parked in the 900 block of W. Montgomery Avenue when it was stolen. The victim told police he parked his car, went home, and found it missing the following morning.
Michael McFall, Temple Police Operations Manager, said there was a camera near the scene of the crime, but the vehicle was out of view during the incident.
Currently, they have no suspects and the case remains open. However, Temple Police said they are carefully analyzing every information necessary to solve the issue.
“We are actively investigating the case,” McFall said.
Police report said the vehicle has a Philly sticker, and a hubcap near the driver side was missing.No further information was given at this time.

Alumna successfully challenges DOMA

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The federal lawsuit that successfully challenged the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act was filed by a Temple alumna.

Edith Windsor, 83, graduated from the College of Liberal Arts in 1950. Today, the Supreme Court ruled that DOMA, a federal law that denied benefits of marriage to same-sex couples, was unconstitutional.

In December, the high court agreed to hear Windsor’s case, which specifically argues against a section that prohibits same-sex spouses from receiving a number of benefits. That section has caused its fair share of costly problems for Windsor, whose wife, Thea Spyer, died in 2009 (because she wasn’t considered a spouse by the IRS, she’s paid more than $600,000 in taxes).

President Barack Obama called Windsor just after 11 a.m. to offer his congratulations.

Crime Logs for 6/24/13

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Main Campus
A Vehicle Theft occurred between the hours of 11 a.m. on June 23 and 9 a.m. on June 24 at the 900 block of W. Montgomery Avenue. No arrest has been made at this time.
A theft occurred on June 24 at 5:25 p.m. in the 1600 block of N. 12th Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

HSC Campus
There was an incident of fraud that occurred at 11 a.m. on June 23, at the Rock Pavilion. No arrests have been made at this time
A theft occurred between the hours of 6:47 a.m. on June 19 and 8:45 p.m. on June 24 at the Rock Pavilion. No arrests have been made.

Crime Logs for the weekend of 06/21/13 through 6/23/14.

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Main Campus:

A bike theft was reported on the 1800 block of N. 10th St. on Friday, June 21 between 8 a.m. and 8:20 a.m., no arrest has been made.

There was a report of retail theft at the Progress Plaza Shopping Center on North Broad Street at 9:05 p.m. on Friday, June 21, no arrest has been made.

An incident of harassment was reported in the 1400 block of W. Norris Street at 4:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 22, no arrest has been made.

An arrest was made for disorderly conduct was made on the 1500 block of W. Cecil B. Moore Ave. at 12.15 a.m. on Sunday, June 23.

There was an incident of harassment reported on the 1700 block of N. Broad St. around 2 a.m. on Sunday, June 23.

Health Sciences Campus:

An incident of theft was reported at 1:48 p.m. on Saturday, June 22, at the Boyer Pavilion, no arrest has been made.

An incident of harassment by communication was reported at 11:45 a.m. on Sunday, June 23, at the Rock Pavilion, no arrest has been made.

Crime Logs 6/19/2013

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Main Campus
A theft occurred on June 18, between 8:30 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. on the 1100 block of W. Montgomery Ave. No arrests have been made at this time.
A theft occurred on June 17, between 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. at Conwell Hall. No arrests have been made at this time.
A theft occurred between 7:p.m. on June 13 and 8:p.m. on June 15 at Mitten Hall. No arrests have been made at this time.
There was an incident of harassment that occurred on the  2000 block of N. 13th St, around 5:25 p.m. on June 18. A Protection from Abuse order has been made regarding this issue.
A robbery took place at on the 1900 block of N. 9th St. on June 18, at 10:15 p.m. No arrests have been made at this time.
HSC Campus
A robbery occurred on the 3300 block of Germantown Ave at 11:30 p.m. on June 17. No arrests have been made at this time.
A theft occurred at the Rock Pavilion between noon on June 17 and 6:30 a.m. on June 18. No arrests have been made at this time.

Open House held for Visualize Temple

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Students and faculty met today with representatives from Smith Group, the design consulting firm in charge of developing a plan for Visualize Temple, in Mitten Hall to discuss their own ideas for a new campus profile.

More than 175 people showed up for the event, said James Creedon, senior vice president for construction, facility and operations, from as far away as Temple’s Harrisburg Campus.

Students sat down at a variety of round tables to speak with representatives from Smith Group and write down their ideas on a variety of topic-related white boards, Creedon said.

One of the most popular discussion areas, Creedon said, was transportation, where many students submitted ideas about more biking options on campus.

“It is like an extension to the Visualize Temple website, but with a little bit more interaction,” Creedon said.

Creedon said that administrators have not yet gone over the results from the event, and thus had not yet determined if it yielded any ideas not yet discussed on the website launched in May.

This is the second time Smith Group has come to Main Campus to meet with students and faculty about Visualize Temple. In May, they met with Student Government, athletics and other groups.

Yesterday, they met with the Faculty Steering Committee which includes Provost Hai-Lung Dai and President Neil Theobald.

Prior to this afternoon’s event, Smith Group met with the Council of Deans. Tomorrow they will meet with administrators to discuss items related to the new library, now set to be built east of Broad Street.

Creedon said that today’s event, held from noon to 2 p.m., was meant to provide a “more general open house” atmosphere.

Alum engineers Yeezus, adds to impressive résumé

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Former BTMM major and 2006 alum Noah Goldstein has done it again.

Goldstein, now a music engineer who has already worked with the likes of Jay-Z, Coldplay and Arcade Fire, received 21 credits on Kanye West’s newly released album “Yeezus.”

Goldstein is credited with engineering each of the album’s 10 tracks, in addition to various production and mixing credits. West hired Goldstein as his engineer after the two met in 2010. Goldstein also engineered West’s 2010 release “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” in addition to his 2011 collaboration with Jay-Z “Watch the Throne.”

Since graduating in 2006, Goldstein has credits on 84 releases, according to his web site. He helped engineer Arcade Fire’s grammy award winning album “The Suburbs” in 2010, in addition to mixing and engineering work on Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” and Big Boi’s “Sir Lucious Left Foot…The Son of Chico Dusty.”

Goldstein was an assistant engineer on Coldplay’s “Mylo Xyloto,” and engineered Fun.’s “Some Nights.”

West’s “Yeezus” has a score of 87 on the aggregate site Metacritic.com, making it one of the most critically-acclaimed albums of the year.