In our final issue, the Editorial Board criticized the choice of President Ann Weaver Hart as the highlighted commencement speaker this year in the 125th anniversary. In turn, Inquirer columnist Daniel Rubin criticized us saying “these speeches are not for [students].” He also implied many would be hungover for the ceremony itself. Not ones to [...]
The Temple News learned today the paper’s Web site, temple-news.com, is the winner of the 2009 EPpy Award, given by Editor & Publisher and Mediaweek. TTN was among three finalists in the nationwide competition for best college newspaper Web site. The Web site was honored alongside other notable publications like ESPN.com, CNN.com and NYTimes.com. More [...]
A sick 2-year-old has health officials wondering if swine flu, the latest nationwide epidemic, could be in Philadelphia. The boy was sick at the end of March, long before the flu was known to break out, but officials are waiting on test results to confirm it. As of now, the child is no longer ill. [...]
Five students from Villanova University were arrested last night for breaking into and vandalizing Lincoln Financial Field. Among other things, the vandals stole a seat — Section 108, Row 30, Seat 1 — from the stadium. NBC10 has their mugs. Villanova has released a statement on the students’ arrests: If these students were involved in [...]
The Phillies organization has plans in place to celebrate the life and career of legendary broadcaster Harry Kalas, who died Monday of heart disease. On Friday, Kalas’ three sons will throw out the first pitch. Everyone in attendance will receive an 8×10 photograph of Kalas, and the broadcast booth will be renamed in honor of [...]
The man who can successfully talk about nothing is returning to his stand-up roots and coming to Philadelphia. Jerry Seinfeld will be performing two shows at the Academy of Music on Saturday, June 20, at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. and are going between $65 and [...]
Today, we told you about Temple student’s Drew Magathan’s appearance on Wheel of Fortune. The show aired tonight, and Magathan won. And won big. He advanced to the final round with a total of $10,450. For the bonus round, he correctly solved the puzzle — “Tight Grasp” — and inside the envelope was $100,000. Magathan’s [...]
Temple junior Drew Magathan will be a contestant next week on Wheel of Fortune! According to a Facebook events page: So, I got onto Wheel of Fortune’s College Week 2009: Spring Break and my life is forever changed. I hugged Vanna White on multiple occasions, held quality banter with Pat Sajak, met some of the [...]
Temple has announced that Judge Anthony J. Scirica of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit will receive an honorary degree at the commencement ceremony on May 14. Some other notable recipients of an honorary degree from Temple include: Bill Cosby Archbishop Desmond Tutu Barbara Walters Andrew Wyeth Richard Nixon
The economic downturn can hurt even the most precious little rascals. Because of budgeting constraints, Temple has had to cancel “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.” So instead of a nice day off from school where the kids sit twiddling thumbs in the corners of offices throughout campus, they’ll be forced to do [...]
