Tyler’s Molly Denisevicz won a competition to create a design that will discourage birds from flying into windows. Her pattern is a piece of French music called The Cardinal. For more on the “Bird’s Eye View” competition, pick up The Temple News on Tuesday, Feb. 14.
A 31-year-old student who attended Temple Ambler admitted to using software to hack professors’ passwords last spring, the Washington Post reports. Edwin Kim reportedly used keystroke logging software to obtain the passwords of some professors, in order to boost his grades. One professor reportedly could not enter the system, and later found Kim’s grade had [...]
Gov. Tom Corbett proposed his 2012-2013 budget today that would decrease Temple’s state funding by 30 percent. The cut lowers Temple’s state appropriation to just under $98 million, from $139.9 million. The cut comes nearly a year after he proposed to cut state-related univerisities’ appropriations by more than 50 percent. Ultimately, Temple, along with Penn State, Lincoln [...]
In light of the tragic suicide on Main Campus, The Temple News would like to remind its readers about the startling facts associated with suicide and the avenues of help that are available to those in need. According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, suicide is the second leading cause of death among college-aged [...]
At approximately 6:50 p.m., Temple released a TU Alert reporting a shooting on the 1900 block of Liacouras Walk. Since the alert, officials have confirmed the incident was an apparent suicide by a a non-Temple male. Check back with The Temple News for more information as it becomes available. [Update: For more details, see The Temple [...]
A video of a scuffle near 16th Street and Montgomery Avenue involving two Temple Police officers has surfaced online. In the video, Temple officers are seen attempting to apprehend a male, as he fights them off and a few fellow onlookers attempt to assist him. The officers are taken to the ground as they attempt to [...]
Three men were arrested yesterday and charged with the deadly assault of 2010 alumnus Kevin Kless, who was beaten to death on Jan. 14. Police said in a press release earlier today that the suspects– Felix Carrillo, 23, Stephen Ferguson, 20, and Kenneth Santiago, 19–were taken into custody by police on Friday night. Kless was [...]
Former Temple News Editor-in-Chief and Temple alumnus Bill Conlin has been accused of sexually molesting four children between the ages of 7-12 in the 1970′s. In a Philadelphia Inquirer article published Tuesday, Conlin is described as molesting three young girls and a young boy, all family members and friends of Conlin’s children. Conlin, 77, resigned [...]
Temple’s largest residence hall underway at Broad Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue will likely don a trustee’s name, pending finalized paperwork. At today’s Board of Trustees meeting, the trustees approved the authorization for the university to name the new residence hall, dining and retail complex. Although documents will still need to be finalized, David [...]
The Philadelphia Police Department has released the identities of two men believed to be responsible for a series of robberies near Main Campus. Four out of five robberies and attempted robberies included students, police say. The robberies occurred on Wednesday, Nov. 30. Anyone with information about the whereabouts of the two men are asked to [...]
