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Owls down 3-0 at half

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The football team is losing 3-0 at halftime against Bowling Green at Perry Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio.

The Falcons’ defense kept the Owls’ offense in check for the entire first half. The Owls have yet to sustain a drive for more than 50 yards and junior punter Brandon McManus already has a career-high five punts.

Junior running back Bernard Pierce has been held to 79 yards on 12 first-half carries. Senior-redshirt quarterback Chester Stewart has completed just three passes for 29 yards.

Stay tuned to The Temple News for post-game coverage.

Faces of the occupation

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Ginger of New Jersey is a singer-songwriter who performed at Occupy on Saturday afternoon. She finds the financial situation stressful, frustrating, and aggravating as she and her husband Ben feed their only child using food stamps.

Moses lives on Philadelphia’s streets and is grateful that the occupation provides food and safety. “We usually get chased out all the time.  This has been a safe haven,” said Moses on Saturday.

Oct. 17 Teach For America Information Session

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Monday, Oct. 17 Teach For America will host an information session at Tuttleman, Room 300AB at 5:00 p.m.

For those of you who may be interested in teaching upon graduation, Teach For America is an organization worth looking into. You don’t have to be an education major to join their initiative. However, what you do need, is a passion to close the achievement gap in education. TFA enlists promising leaders to teach in a low income areas throughout the U.S. for a commitment of two years.

At the information session, hear from current corps members, Kijafa Davis and Ashley Clark (2010 Temple graduates), about their experiences in the classroom and how they are working to change the life trajectory of kids who need it the most.

Check out the application here. Submit your resume + 500-word essay + basic info.

For more information, please contact Deirdre.McShea@teachforamerica.org or visit their website at teachforamerica.org.

Kierra Bussey can be reached at kierrajb@temple.edu.

Breast cancer participants fill South Street

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South Street was buzzing with participants of the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure 60-mile walk today. A “cheering station” was established at Second Street (between Pine and South streets) where supportive family members and friends held signs, waved banners, high-fived participants and yelled to support walkers.

Some South Street businesses decorated for the occasion with pink balloons and posters in support of the cause.

The Closing Ceremony for the event is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. at The Navy Yard at Intrepid Avenue and Broad Street.

Center for young and old wins $100,000

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The Eisner Foundation awarded Temple’s Intergenerational Center a $100,000 prize this week for the first Eisner Prize for Intergenerational Excellence. Temple was among five finalists from around the country.

The Eisner Foundation was started by Michael D. Eisner, the former chief executive of the Walt Disney Co.

3 years later

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68 credits later I think I need a new id photo. I’m no longer that laid back, I have everything planned,everyday is a new beginning, Saba. I need a photo that I don’t look at everyday and think to myself, “WHAT HAPPENED?!” I need an id photo that accurately depicts the 20 year old Saba that is ready for a meltdown at any moment and in her new home, Club Tech. Like this one.

Caller provides tips to newsroom

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Today at approximately 3:00 p.m., Brian Dzenis, editor-in-chief of The Temple News, received a phone call from a woman named “Angela Philly,” who offered Mr. Dzenis new insight into the inner goings-on of Temple, Philadelphia and the U.S. Government.

Some talking points include:

  • Babies are being scanned and radiated;
  • Temple students are plotting an armed takeover of the surrounding community;
  • The School of Engineering practices bestiality; one engineer had sex with an antelope (and some more unintelligible fluff about deer sperm);
  • The flash mobs in Philly are actually caused by sound waves, which only Temple students can hear;
  • The police want a homeless woman to perform a precision stabbing;
  • We are actually eating cloned pigs; and
  • Homeless people are stabbing each other.

According to Ms. Philly, she is a banker and used to work in the newspaper industry.

For verification of these facts, or to hear about President Obama taking pictures through laptops, contact Ms. Philly at 215.769.8233

The Temple News does not confirm nor deny these allegations. We are currently investigating their validity.

Football practice facility to undergo expansion

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The recommendation for a $9 million Edberg Olson football expansion project, which plans to expand the football practice facility at Diamond and 11th Streets, was approved at the Board of Trustees meeting today.

Edberg-Olson Hall and its complimentary practice field was designed for the football team’s use and dedicated in 2000. Currently, the 23,600-square-foot building contains team and coaches locker rooms, a weight room, a training room, equipment facilities, coach’s offices, observation balcony, a player’s lounge, computer lab, individual position meeting rooms and a theater-style team meeting room.

The funding and financing source is reportedly from the Plant Fund.