Abilene Christian University will begin using iPhones and iPod Touches in their education process, according to a news story from the university. The cool devices will be used for homework alerts, class surveys, checking meal balances and over 15 other already designed web applications.
ACU’s student paper, the Optimist, has a blurb up on it as well.
No word from Temple on the wireless capabilities of the “Celebrate Temple Lanyard.” Stay tuned.
(Post written by Todd Orodenker)
Dawn Staley’s Temple Owls sure had an interesting trip to St. Louis.
First, the Owls learned mid-game that Xavier lost, which meant that the squad now controls their own destiny in the A-10. Temple (18-11, 11-2 A-10) is locked in a two-way tie with George Washington for first place in the conference, but the Owls won the only meeting between the two teams earlier in the season and can sew up a first round bye and a No. 1 seed in the A-10 tournament with either a win over visiting Massachusetts Saturday (Tip off is set for 2 p.m.) or a George Washington loss.
Against the Billikens, the Owls shot 55 free throws, making 32 of them — both team records. Finally, they closed out the Bauman-Eberhardt Center, a gym Saint Louis has been playing basketball in for a loooong time by defeating the Billikens, 77-66.
Sadly, the game didn’t matter that much to the people of St. Louis. Only 689 brave souls came out to watch the Billikens (what is that, exactly?) finish off that historic building.
Meanwhile, the men’s team played a game where the most memorable moment was Mark Tyndale crashing into the legendary Al Shrier, who was seated along press row, while scrambling for a loose ball. Continue reading
The Philadelphia Zoo just had a baby– a baby sifaka.
Sifaka: any of several diurnal mostly black-and-white lemurs (genus Propithecus) with a long tail and silky fur [m-w.com]
The Zoo wants your help naming it. The nominees are:
“Loka” (loo-ka): a Malagasy name meaning “Prize”
“Kapiky” (ka-PEE-kee): a Malagasy name meaning “nut”
“Eko” (eh-KO): a character name from the television show “Lost”
“Cozbi” (cos-BEE): Suggested write-in
Check out the website to vote.
With Philadelphia often landing on the wrong side of magazine lists, it’s good to see that being the fattest has its upside.
Esquire magazine recently went on a quest to find the country’s tastiest sandwhiches, two of which are located right here in Philadelphia. The lucky winners?
Roast Pork with Provolone at John’s Roast Pork in South Philly and the Chicken Cutlet at Shank’s & Evelyn’s Luncheonette again in South Philly.
Although the area looks like a good place to dump a body, when John’s opened in 1930 the shipyards were bustling, and the place still keeps day-laborer’s hours: 6:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The cheesesteak is the best in town, but your first time, get Philadelphia’s sleeper signature sandwich, the roast pork with shards of provolone.
An insult followed quickly by a compliment? At this rate, we’ll take it.
Shanks: 932 South Tenth Street; 215-629-1093
John’s: 14 East Snyder Avenue; 215-463-1951, http://www.johnsroastpork.com/
Image from uwishunu
We suffered without crepes … for two whole days.
The softball team (really) upset a Top 25 opponent.
Cosby left Ed majors out in the cold.
The moon looked like a cookie.
and the entire campus was blanketed with a mysterious white substance. See you Monday.
Temple News photographer Rachel Playe took some photos of last night’s total lunar eclipse. Check them out.
See also: Wired.com’s photos from the eclipse.
Stay tuned: Total solar eclipse Aug. 1, 2008.
The Temple Crepe Truck is back today after undergoing repairs yesterday and Monday. Oui love you!
Thanks to K.Mattioli for the tip.
TempleCampus has an abundance of food available in immediate walking distance. At Tulane, most of the food served on campus was courtesy of Sodexho Marriott, and it rated low on my patented Scale of Deliciousness. On Temple Campus, there are food kiosks everywhere, and each street has at least a couple of food trucks. We also can step right off campus to a number of convenient fast-casual establishments.
I occasionally patronize these places, particularly the restaurants on Broad, south of Cecil B. Moore. I like to eat at The Noshery, an unusual sandwich shop. My only qualm about eating there is that they seem to have a small ventilation problem. On multiple occasions, I have entered the store and noticed that there is smoke creating a light haze in the room. I assume it is from their sandwich grill press (the Sandwich Scorcher 7000), but I do not know for sure. I have no problem walking through a smoky haze to get my sandwich, but I do think that it might be a hazard for those with breathing difficulties, such as asthmatics. The Noshery staff seems either oblivious or in denial about the state of affairs. They just amble about, carrying out their sandwich construction duties with nary a concern.
A particular experience leads me to believe they are in denial. In the mood for a sandwich filled with , I stepped into the Noshery one day and noticed the smoky haze was thicker than in the past. Just after I entered the store, the fire alarm for the building began to scream, and lights were flashing. At the counter, one of the sandwich-smiths tried to calm everyone down. He announced that nothing was actually wrong and that some kids must have pulled the fire alarm. Was this guy serious? There was smoke everywhere. Still, like an idiot, I ordered a sandwich and waited for it outside. The firetrucks arrived just as I was leaving, and I wondered, would the counter attendant now explain that the firemen on the street were just figments of our collective imagination?
Talk about denial. I am not trying to go after the Noshery, because I really like eating there, but could someone please have an intervention with the staff about their problem and install a better ventilation system? That’s all I want.
At 4 p.m. this afternoon, check out Comcast SportsNet (CN8) to see our resurgent men’s basketball team (13-10, 6-3) take on the powerful Dayton Flyers (16-7, 4-6) on their home court.
Frannie Dunphy and the Owls have been flying high, coming off another overtime victory, this time over the University of Rhode Island, as The Temple News reported on Wednesday.
That victory came just three days after Temple beat longtime rival the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in overtime at the Liacouras Center.
The men’s basketball team seems to play its best when the score is tied at the end of regulation.
It took an extra period for the Owls to take down Marist and Saint Louis earlier in the season and they continued the pattern with a 80-70 overtime win over Massachusetts at the Liacouras Center today.
The Owls outscored the Minutemen, 16-6, after regualtion on their way to their third overtime win of the season. Temple has won its last five overtime games with the first two victories in that streak coming during the 2003-2004 season.
Freshman forward Lavoy Allen scored a career-high 20 points and senior guard Mark Tyndale also added 20 points for the Owls.
Junior guard Dionte Christmas notched 16 points while his counterpart, senior guard Gary Forbes, the A-10’s leading scorer, was held to 12 points.
The Owls will host Rhode Island at the Liacouras Center Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Read TTN reporter Terrance McNeil’s game story: “Men’s basketball team hangs on for overtime win against UMass”
Read TTN reporter Pete Dorchak’s story: “Overtime is Owls time”
(Photo courtesy of TTN photographer Ron Davis)
