Members of Metamorphosis Community Development corporation, Mosaic Development Partners, and Orenes Brothers Real Estate Inc. are partnering in a $20 million student housing complex which is estimated to be completed by next August. The building will be named Diamond Green. Developers are attempting to attract football players by the building’s proximity to the practice field. The complex will [...]
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, [...]
With the future of state funding in the hands of men and women who don’t attend college, tuition rates for students at Temple, Penn State University and University of Pittsburgh could peak significantly. Luckily, The New York Times wants to help. NYT is offering a writing contest for all college-age students to write an essay [...]
The Temple News is having a writer’s workshop Thursday, Feb. 24 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Ritter Hall in Walk Auditorium. It’ll be a great opportunity for reporters, photographers and videographers to learn more about the process at the paper as well as start writing/shooting/editing if they haven’t already. And, since not everyone [...]
In honor of Frank Warren, the creator of online phenomenon PostSecrets, coming to the Baptist Temple Thursday, Oct. 14, The Temple News wants to know your PostSecrets, tech-style. Direct Message @TheTempleNews on Twitter, e-mail us at letters@temple-news.com or just comment on this blog post with your never-before-told secrets. We won’t blast your secrets all over [...]
Last April, the Westboro Baptist Church said its members – Fred Phelps’ clan – were coming to protest Temple’s production of “Rent” and the showing of “The Laramie Project.” As hundreds of student and community protesters lined 13th Street and Montgomery Avenue waiting, it became clear the WBC had bailed. But when it comes to [...]
That turkey sandwich may look two weeks too old to consume, but it’s really not that moldy – not at all, actually. And unless you live with the hey-this-six-week-old-milk-doesn’t-taste-that-bad type, that baggy could be your new little, plastic (lunch) savior. The anti-theft sandwich bags appear to be spotted with dark-green mold and are designed to [...]
Before you read this, you were probably frantically scrolling through your news feed, wondering why “Person X” always puts sappy country song lyrics as his or her status and why “Person Y” writes out his or her schedule for you every day. Well, now’s your time to meet the person who let people X and [...]
Though we wrote Theresa Powell is former Dean of Students Ainsley Carry’s replacement in today’s editorial, we meant to say she is the vice president of student affairs that hired Carry. Please read the revised editorial here, and again – and especially to Dr. Powell, who we admire and respect – we apologize for the [...]
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 [...]
