Maxim Magazine has slowly been releasing the names on it’s annual Top 100 list and a new addition to the list this year is First Lady Michelle Obama.
Obama came in as number 93 between supermodel Joanna Krupa and actress Yvonne Strahovski.
Michelle Obama has been making waves since her husband started his presidential campaign. She has become a style icon for women and her arms have become a fitness goal.
Big news out of PA politics today, as Senator Arlen Specter announced he is switching parties, to become a Democrat. He will run as a Democrat for the 2010 election.
Sen. Arlen Specter
Specter was facing a brutal primary fight against Pa. politician Pat Toomey.
According to news reports, President Obama called Specter to welcome him to the party. The Democrats have good reason to celebrate: with Al Franken likely to be able to finally take office, and Specter’s switch, they now have a filibuster-proof majority.
Temple approved a 2.9 percent tuition increase today at a meeting of the Board of Trustees. The increase is lower than most past years. According to Ray Betzner of university relations, Temple has increased its tuition an average of 5.9 percent over the last 10 years.
The tuition decision comes two months earlier than usual. University officials said the early decision was to help parents and students make decisions about school.
Kudos to the board and administration.
A turkey wanders through the front of Ritter Hall Annex at the corner of Cecil B. Moore Ave. and 13th St.
While students were busy celebrating Spring Fling on Wednesday afternoon, a lone turkey found itself unaccompanied in North Philly. One student took it upon himself to attempt to catch it in a trash can. I can’t imagine that having worked out well. Hopefully the owner catches up to it soon, Thanksgiving is only seven months away.
Only at Temple.
Arlene Ackerman, the superintendent of Philadelphia public schools, received a boost from the School Reform Commission when it passed her five-year plan, titled “Imagine 2014.”
Stay tuned for an article in The Temple News on Ackerman’s plan and its chances of success.
As always on 4/20, those who care about weed and are not smoking are writing about why people should be able to.
Philly’s own Mark Bowden of the Philadelphia Inquirer makes his argument about the “war on weed” and even provides a glimpse into his past, where he sat “cockeyed stoned” across the kitchen table from his inquiring father.
Norm Stamper of the Huffington Post reopens the debate with factual evidence that alcohol causes more problems, and actually calls marijuana users responsible. Check out an excerpt below, and if you’re not busy celebrating, read the whole thing here.
“Anybody out there want to launch a campaign for the re-prohibition of alcohol? Didn’t think so. The answer, of course, is responsible drinking. Marijuana smokers, for their part, have already shown (apart from that little matter known as the law) greater responsibility in their choice of drugs than those of us who choose alcohol.”
The University of Pennsylvania’s newspaper’s weekly magazine is preparing to release its once-a-semester Shoutouts edition, where students unleash their vitriol and wit on each other, a la juicycampus.com. A few of the entries are flattering, some are fairly benign, but most are cutting and brutal.
I’m sure the Admissions Office is just thrilled.
The other day, a drunkard came into the Student Center and proclaimed, “I love being an owl!”
Well, Mr. Drunkard, now is your chance to show your pride.
Other than those pesky Temple Today e-mails, the poster in Annenberg Hall and the lonely flyer on the second floor of the Student Center, the “I’m a Temple Owl” video contest has been pretty low-key. Temple’s YouTube Web site only has a total of 28 videos and half of them are not about Temple love.
If you still want to enter, there’s plenty of time. The deadline is May 3. The person who gets the gold will be awarded a Flip MinoHD camcorder and a “15-second version of video spotlighted on 6ABC.com.” The silver award winner will receive a 64GB flash drive and the lucky bronzer gets a “gift bag filled with commemorative Temple 125th anniversary gear” — probably from all the 125th anniversary gear left over from the bookstore!
The top 10 that are rated most popular will be reviewed by three judges.
Perez Hilton is even blogging about Philadelphia.
Remember the good ol’ days when you’d go to Chuck E. Cheese, eat pizza, watch unknown people get dressed up in creepy, furry animal costumes to perform and spend endless hours playing games to win tickets for the “big prize” you’d never get?
Those days are over.
According to 6ABC, a woman visiting the mouse-i-cized chain grew angry and threw a salt shaker at another woman, who returned the favor with a chair in the latter’s face.
The worst thing?
A child was caught in the middle of the brawl and is now at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Kids can’t even hang out with furry mice anymore without experiencing the dangers of Philadelphia.
The PARADE Magazine slipped into your Sunday paper has released its annual “What People Earn” report, and a Philadelphia sheriff made the cut.
The “Real People, Real Salaries” segment of the report features Sheriff Dave Dougherty, 42, who reportedly made $47,800 last year. Though respectable, it’s pocket change compared to Houston-based John Arnold, a hedge-fund manager who made $1.5 billion last year.
Despite the pay difference, Sheriff Dougherty might have more in common with comedian Will Ferrell, who pulled in $31 million, since, according to ‘Doc’s’ Web site, he is an “actor, comedian and voice artist.”
On another note, be sure to consistently pick up a copy of The Temple News before the school year’s end since an upcoming issue will feature a full list of what Temple’s head honchos are getting paid. To see an outdated preview from the 2006-2007 FY, click here and scroll down to page 34.
Temple must have a population more rowdy than Alaska, as President Ann Weaver Hart was pulling in $465,000 two years ago, compared to Governor Sarah Palin, who made $125,000 last year.
