On June 9, one month after Penn State Abington student Mohan Varughese was shot and murdered, some children avoided the summer heat by playing with an open fire hydrant on the 2200 block of North Camac Street.
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Burger Busz arrives on campus
A new lunch truck, excuse me, a new lunch “busz” has opened today on main campus right next to the crepe truck near Norris and 13th streets.
The Burger Busz offers well… burgers, fries, onion rings, salads, coffee and frozen yogurt – all of which is displayed on the menu played on three different Samsung TVs.
I started off with something basic, a bacon cheeseburger with pepper jack cheese. It passed both the eye and taste tests.
Mmm delicious.
Mobile Weather Lab comes to Main Campus
This afternoon the CBS 3 Live Mobile Weather Lab camped out by the Bell Tower on what was, for the most part, a sunny day.
Junior BTMM major Angel Young visited the CBS 3 station for a class. She now follows CBS 3 meteorologist Justin Drabick on Facebook, and asked him to come to Temple.
“I’m passionate about CBS 3,” Young said. “Justin has been driving around in a lot of the snow storms, and I figured he could use a break, [it’s getting warm] so I said come to Temple!”
Segments broadcasted from Main Campus aired on CBS 3 at 4:15 and 6:15. Several students talked about spring break plans and read the forecast during the live broadcast.
Drabick showed off the van to students, which is equipped with forecasting technology and microwave capability.
Jake Jacobson, cameraperson and Mobile Lab driver, explained that this allows broadcasters the ability to ‘go live’ from anywhere, even while the van is moving, with cameras mounted both inside and outside the car. The forecast technology measures temperature, wind speed and direction, and other conditions.
Jacobson said that while stations in other cities utilize this mobile technology, they are the only station to do so in Philadelphia.
“It gives us an edge,” Drabick said.
The CBS 3 footage can be viewed at http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/category/watch-listen/video-on-demand/.
Black Hawk Down
It seems as though 12 p.m. really is the universal hour to munch on some midday food – for humans and animals. Outside Annenberg Hall, a hawk swooped down for a quick snack after his magazine writing class. While most people would prefer a tuna fish sandwich from the Lucky Cup, Big Bird over here would rather peck into a nice juicy squirrel. One student called it a spectacle. If these images turn your beer-gut stomachs in knots, read on Grace Dickinson‘s opinion article about a healthy vegan/vegetarian alternative diet in The Temple News.
It case the hawk didn’t know, Annenberg Hall has an atrium, not an aviary.
Yes, you still have class
Contrary to what your groggy self might have thought at 6:10 a.m. when checking the TU Alerts, you still have class. Disregard the unnecessary “l” in “canceled” and the fact that “classes” was capitalized and on a new line of its own. That 8 a.m. dangler at the top meant classes were only canceled for the early birds this morning.
See you in the slushy Anderson and Gladfelter walkway three minutes before a class starts, undoubtedly.
Doug is in the house
Zumba is a great way to burn off some serious calories, but I’d rather learn how to Dougie any day. People will do crazy things to get their 15-minutes of fame and these four girls tore up the student section at the Georgetown basketball game last night at the Liacouras Center. Someone please contact the the Fitness Coordinator Crista Sandner at the IBC Recreation Center and have her hire these Owls as dance instructors. Got to love that school spirit!
A Hoya Amongst the Owls
They say the enemy of my enemy is my friend, but this is just down right betrayal. Spotted: Looks like the Cherry and White has got itself its own Benedict Arnold, but to infiltrate Owl territory by posing as a Temple student is sheer genius. Better watch out TU because it seems like this curious George is recruiting an army of misfit boys. Whatever happened to loyalty?
Recognizing World AIDS Day
December 1 is the official World AIDS Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about AIDS and HIV.
According to aidswalkphilly.org, the Philadelphia Department of Health estimates 30,000 people in the Greater Philadelphia region are living with HIV.
The site also estimates that 25 to 30 percent of people in the U.S. infected with HIV do not know it.
The William Way Center at 1315 Spruce St. will be holding an open mic night for people ages 13-24, tonight from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Many local centers promote free, confidential HIV testing. Temple’s Student Health Services offers free rapid HIV testing the first Wednesday of every month from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on a walk-in basis.
How are you recognizing World AIDS Day?
Too busy to find the final exam schedule? We’ve got you covered
We know, it’s a pain to type “final examination schedule” in temple.edu’s search bar, especially when you should be Googling “how to say sane,” so we did it for you:
Bird Lost in Tech Center
Early Sunday afternoon, students were welcomed back to the TECH Center by a flying, feathery friend.
A small bird was sighted today in the lobby of the center and in Starbucks. According to a member of the maintenance staff, the bird has be stuck in the building for about a week; it has survived by scavenging for food in trashcans on various floors.
There is currently no plan to save the small bird, as it is unable to remain in one spot long enough to be captured and released outside. According to a Starbucks employee, the bird perches on high ledges in the lobby, then swoops down and crashes into windows, thinking he can get outside.
