Author Archives: Alexis Sachdev

I got 99 problems…

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and TU is one.

If you’re like me – and, God help you child if you are – you have a lot of problems. You have #whitegirlproblems, #princessprobz, #JAPdilemmas, #firstworldproblems, the list could go on. Well, let’s rejoice, fellow students, because a Twitter account has finally been dedicated to our biggest problem of all – TU problems.

Finally, there’s a place for all of us dissatisfied students to gripe about the condition of our campus, the train wreck so fondly referred to as Club Tech, Annie Weaves and, of course, the Hipsters.

The tweets are hilarious and oh-so-true. So the next time you find yourself around the corner from a shooting with no TU Alert in sight, don’t forget to tack on that #TUproblems hashtag at the end.

Steve Addazio needs you

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Yesterday, a video was posted to Vimeo featuring head football coach Steve Addazio asking all cherry-and-white fans to come out on Oct. 1 to the Linc for our MAC opener against the Toledo Rockets.

Bring your mom, your dad, your boyfriend, your dog. We don’t care, just go to the game. Kickoff is at noon.

L’shanah tovah!

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To all the Jewish students, The Temple News wishes you a happy and healthy New Year this Rosh Hashanah.

Rosh Hashanah marks the renewing of the Jewish calendar, and this year we enter into year 5772.

Services were held at Hillel, located at 1441 Norris St., and at Chabad, located at 1521 Dondill Place yesterday, where observers read scripts from the mahzor, the special prayer book for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and ate lots of good food, like apples and honey, pomegranates and challah. Holla!

HGSC celebrates fourth birthday

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Time to celebrate! The Howard Gittis Student Center is turning four years old next week and is throwing itself a birthday party in its own honor!

Monday, Oct. 3 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Atrium (that’s the big lobby with the Help Desk), there will be games, prizes and (hopefully free) birthday cake. Everyone’s invited, so we recommend taking a little break out of the Monday morning blues for some sweet treats and a celebration. Just, please, don’t wear your birthday suit.

RHA to hold Senate re-elections

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Due to computing errors, Residence Hall Association will be holding re-elections for the Residence Hall Senate on Tuesday, Sept. 27. The new winners will be announced Friday, Sept. 30 at 5 p.m. on rhatemple.com.

According to an email sent to all residents, RHA reported electronic errors that may have botched the numbers. Ballots for the first election were previously cast online, so RHA will now be hosting re-elections across campus through a “hand-written ballot system located at each building’s front office.” Students must present their TUids “to ensure voting legitmacy.”

Verdict arrives for Troy Davis

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Throughout the city and nation, supporters and opponents of Troy Davis rallied for or against his pending execution. On Wed., Sept. 21, the verdict arrived, sentencing Davis to lethal injection. At 11:08 p.m. that night, Davis was announced dead.

The crime for which Davis was found guilty of was murdering a Savannah, Ga. police officer, Mark MacPhail, on Aug. 19, 1989. According to The Telegraph, MacPhail was working as a security guard at Burger King at the time and intervened a fight that occurred in the parking lot of the chain. He was subsequently shot in the heart and face. Four days later, Davis was arrested after a witness testimony. The case lacked concrete evidence, and was based solely on witness accounts, which is why it was delayed for more than 20 years.

Though to some, justice has been served, the Davis case raises several legal and constitutional issues, including the death penalty and the legal proceedings of witness accounts.

Check back with The Temple News on Oct. 4 for coverage of student and faculty reactions to Davis’ execution.

Open call for essays

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In honor of National Coming Out Day, Residence Housing Association and Queer Student Union are hosting National Coming Out Week at TU, starting Wednesday, Oct. 5. The Living section of The Temple News is searching for personal essays about being a GLBT person. Topics can include experiences in coming out, GLBT and religion, community acceptance, etc. All essays should be 600 words or more and can be forwarded to Living Editor Alexis Sachdev at asachdev@temple.edu.

Take your creeping to the next level

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Remember when Facebook let you stalk that hot, mysterious partygoer on Sunday mornings? Or was just a distraction during your Monday morning lecture? There was Farmville, Mafia Wars, the “Like” button didn’t exist and life was simpler. But those days are behind us now. Earlier this week, Facebook unveiled its new home page, as well as a new prototype – “Timeline.”

Though there’s been quite the hullabaloo over the “new” Facebook – three news feeds on one page? Way too much – Timeline has gone relatively unnoticed. The new app allows you to see the entire sequence of the user’s life – birth, growing up, break ups, marriage, etc. The app also allows users to post music so people visiting (ahem, wasting time) their page can listen along.

The app offers a home page of sorts which users can customize with photos, friends, maps, info, likes and statuses.

The release date has not been announced yet, but my recommendation is to get ahead on your school work for the next, uh, three years to counter all the creeping you’re bound to do in the TECH Center.

Burnt sausages

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At approximately 8pm Monday evening, the residents of 1940 residence hall on Liacouras Walk when the fire alarm alerted residents to clear the building.

According to several reports, a cooking venture in the basement kitchen gone wrong – burned sausages, to be exact – caused this inconvenience.

To all new students living in residence halls, here is a general rule of thumb: don’t cook. If you’re going to cook, don’t do it at 3am, during finals or midterms, or in the wintertime.

Alumni goes to Emmys tonight

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Kunal Nayyar – a Temple alumni who received his MFA in Acting – is among the other stars to hit the red carpet tonight at the 2011 Emmy Awards. Kunal stars on CBS’s television series “The Big Bang Theory” as Rajesh  Koothrappal, an astrophysicist at California Tech.

According to a “Big Bang Theory” fan-run website, the show is nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series, with competition against “Glee,” “Parks and Recreation,” “The Office,” “Modern Family” and “30 Rock.”

Broadcast is set to start at 8 p.m. on FOX.