Entries Tagged as 'Temple Living'

Friday, February 10th, 2012

A song to save the birds

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.

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

Doubleheader: Show your Temple Spirit Saturday

This Saturday, Feb. 11 show your Temple spirit by attending the basketball doubleheader at the Liacouras Center. Both Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams will be playing, with the Women’s team starting at 5:30 p.m. against UMass. The Men’s team will take on A-10 rival Xavier at 9 p.m. in a nationally televised game on ESPN2. [...]

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

“Whatchu Want, Daddy?” and other TU-related memes take Facebook by storm

Been on Facebook recently? Yeah, don’t lie, we know you have. But if you’re among those few and far between diligent students who actually studies (psh), then let The Temple News fill you in on the meme-frenzy that’s filling up our Facebook feeds and making us double over in laughter. Following a growing trend of [...]

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Lynda.com spares future headaches for students

Lynda.com, a website focused on creating quality how-to content with 900 courses and more than 56,000 tutorials, has recently swept the hearts of Temple students. Computer Services signed a contract with Lynda.com, a website providing free tutorials organized by subject software and expert instructors on video editing, business, photography, web design, graphic design and much [...]

Friday, January 27th, 2012

South Africa SCT Study Away Program Suspended

The inaugural South Africa 2011 summer program, led by journalism professor Dr. Shenid Bhayroo, achieved more than Temple’s SCT ever thought possible. Eleven journalism and research students conducted stories, produced news videos and documentaries, while completely embracing an entirely new culture more than 15,000 miles away. News stories were published on the Department of Journalism’s [...]

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Lose the roommate, win a prize

Earlier today, Gawker posted a competition for all readers, roommates and resentful ex’s to submit their worst roommate stories in return for a prize. According to the writer, your prize could be a super-tricked out million dollar apartment or a slightly-expensive bottle of booze. Either way, good deal! But, don’t get your twin sheets in [...]

Monday, November 21st, 2011

Social event website reaches Temple

Having a hard time finding something to do in your “oh so often” free time? Then Qwicklr, a new nationwide social event planner, might be for you. Today as I was leaving the Student Center, a nice man holding the door for me handed a blue and white business card with www.qwicklr.com written on it. [...]

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

Yumtown expands Main Campus menu

Yumtown USA has come to Temple Town, PA, bringing some new lunch truck offerings to Main Campus. The truck was parked up at 13th and Norris today, outside Beury Hall. Though the daily menu’s pretty limited, they’ve got some seriously unique dishes. If you’re looking for a slice of pizza or french fries, head to [...]

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

Dating website attracts students

Looking for…… A wife? Husband? Partner? A study buddy? An adventure? A friend? A free dinner? A relationship? Free drinks? A partner? A green card? Eternal love? A date? A free movie? If so, then datemyschool.com might be for you! Located conveniently on the sinks in the TECH Center girl’s bathroom today were copies of [...]

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

Electronic devices hinder new relationships

This is what our lives have come to. Free wireless Internet in the Amtrak station, although extremely convenient, has changed the way Philadelphians are interacting. After taking a seat on the bench to wait for my train today, I whipped out my laptop with happy intentions of scoping my social network world and checking my [...]