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Suspect arrested in off-campus assault

Sean Carlin — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:58:57 +0000

A 25-year-old man is in custody after a fight last month that left one man with a broken jaw.

Dominic Pesce was arrested on May 8, police said Wednesday in a release, in connection with an altercation that occurred on …

Greek Week celebrates sorority and fraternity life

John Moritz — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:31:16 +0000

Greek Week, a week that celebrates the various social fraternities and sororities on campus, ended with an awards ceremony held on Thursday night. Throughout the week a variety of competitions were held that placed sisterhood against sisterhood and brotherhood against …

Threatening messages written on bathroom stall

John Moritz — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 03:15:46 +0000

Two notes threatening actions similar to the infamous shootings at Columbine High School were found written on a bathroom stall in Gladfelter Hall, Fox 29 reported Thursday.

The station reported images of the messages which read: “April 20, 2013, I’ll …

Temple United wins TSG election

Sean Carlin — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:05:45 +0000

Temple United, made up of candidate for student body president Darin Bartholomew, candidate for vice president of services Cree Moore and candidate for vice president of external affairs Sonia Galiber, has defeated Diamond Nation in this year’s Temple Student Government election.…

Director of Villanova library named University Libraries dean

Sean Carlin — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:01:57 +0000

Joseph Lucia, the director of the Falvey Memorial Library at Villanova University, was named dean of University Libraries, according to University Communications. He will assume his new role on July 1.

Lucia had previously visited Temple on Feb. 13 and …

Students protest African American Studies chair

John Moritz — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:17:58 +0000

Members of Temple’s African American Studies Department held a rally in front of the Bell Tower today in protest of the appointment of Jayne Drake, a white woman, as chairwoman of the department.

The rally, which was held between 4 …

Steps collapse at party

John Moritz — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 22:13:38 +0000

A party west of Main Campus took a scary turn Friday night when the basement steps collapsed, leaving party goers stuck in the basement, said Deputy Director of Campus Safety Services.

Police and firefighters arrived at the party on the …

Event features Snøhetta speaker

John Moritz — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 03:55:17 +0000

Margret Carney, university architect, announced Craig Dykers of the Norwegian architectural firm Snøhetta, which is planned to design the next university library, at Temple’s Architecture Alumni Lecture on Thursday night.

Dykers delivered the keynote address at the event, which was …

Pipe burst leads to early morning evacuation

Addy Peterson — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:56:41 +0000

A pipe burst in room 1002 early this morning in Johnson Hall, causing Temple police and firefighters to respond to an alarm which went off at 4:15 a.m., Deputy Director of Campus Safety Services Charlie Leone said.

Freshman biology major …

Crowds await Green Day at Liacouras Center

Kate McCann — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:30:11 +0000

Despite the fans that arrived at 4 a.m. awaiting Green Day’s concert at the Liacouras Center tonight, most have already taken refuge from the wind, leaving coolers and chairs in their place.

Some troopers remain in line, braving the gusts, …