Good Old War to play Philadelphia

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Despite having a song titled “Can’t Go Home,” Good Old War is returning home yet again.

The Philadelphia area natives will be opening for Dispatch on Oct. 9 at The Tower Theatre.

The band, which just completed a two-month tour in August, is a week and a half into a stretch of similar length. The band tours 300 days out of the year, and has done five full tours in North America in 2012 alone.

Good Old War last played in Philadelphia in late August at Union Transfer – a show originally schedule for last May. Lead vocalist Keith Goodwin suffered a back injury that caused the band to reschedule three dates of the tour.

Drummer and vocalist Tim Arnold assured that Goodwin is feeling much better now. “He’s back on his feet, dancing,” Arnold said.

Tickets are still available for the show at thetowerphilly.com.

Look for a full-length coverage of this story in the Oct. 9 issue of The Temple News.

Check out the last time The Temple News spoke with Tim Arnold here.

Scott: College students need to get out and vote

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It’s been impossible over the last few weeks to walk around anywhere in the city, Main Campus included, unperturbed. People asking, neigh, demanding to know if you’ve registered to vote have been everywhere.

But while the fact that I can’t seem to walk more than two blocks without being accosted by a smiling, clipboard-wielding volunteer has been mildly frustrating, I have benignly smiled and informed them that I have indeed at every brief interruption. It’s but a minor inconvenience and one that is easily tolerable when you consider their intentions.

Voter turnout in this country, especially among young college students, is dismal. Want a perspective on that? According to US Census Bureau data, voter turnout for the 2008 presidential election was 64 percent nationally, but only 49 among those ages 18 to 24. And that was up by a couple percentage points from the previous election.

I think we can do a little better than that. And these volunteers are just doing their best to make sure we do.

Well I don’t own a clipboard, but I do write a lot. So I’m going to do what I can.

Register to vote, please. In case you are unaware, the deadline is Oct. 9, so I would get on it if I were you.

Judge puts injunction on voter ID law

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A judge today temporarily halted Pennsylvania’s voter identification law for the upcoming election, according to media reports.

The judge ruled that voters for the election on Nov. 6, could be asked to provide photo ID, but could still vote even if they didn’t produce the appropriate identification. The law was passed through the legislature and signed by Gov. Tom Corbett in March.

Political groups on Main Campus were split on the issue at the time of the bill’s signing and some students pushed Temple to redesign the Owl Cards to make the IDs a suitable form of voter identification. Temple unveiled a new design for the cards in April, and put the IDs into service this semester.

Pick up The Temple News on Tuesday, Oct. 9, for reaction from the judge’s decision.

Suspect wanted for robberies near 18th and Diamond

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Philadelphia Police are looking for suspects wanted in connection with a series of strong-armed robberies in the area of 18th and Diamond streets between Aug. 23 and Sept 10.

On Aug. 30, at 5:00 p.m., a 21-year-old woman was robbed on the 1800 block of Diamond Street when a man grabbed her wallet which contained her identification and credit cards. About an hour later, a woman was caught on surveillance video using the victim’s credit cards at a grocery store on the 1800 block of Diamond Street

A few days later on Sept. 2, at 12:30 p.m., a man was forced into a doorway by the male suspect who took the victim’s iPhone out of his pocket and fled. 

The suspect is described as a 17 to 20-year-old black man of medium build and medium complexion with a beard. He was seen wearing a green shirt and blue jeans.

Authorities are unclear whether the robberies are connected or if the suspects are working together.

Anyone with information on this is asked to contact the Central Detective Division at 215-686-3093/94.

Pa. Rep. wants to see Obama come to Main Campus

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Rep. Bob Brady, D – Pa., of the First Congressional District, which includes parts of Temple’s Main Campus east of Broad Street, said he would love to have President Obama visit Temple.

In a conference call, which also included Pennsylvania School Education Association President Mike Cossey, and City Councilman Bob Merski, the group spoke in support of President Obama’s plans for higher education, especially in the state of Pennsylvania.

When asked if the president had plans to visit Main Campus, Brady told The Temple News, “I would love to have to have him, we are fighting to get the president in the city of Philadelphia as many times as he’d like, and Temple would be a great place for him to go.”

Pennsylvania, a state with 20 electoral votes, is considered a swing state in the upcoming election.

Obama leads the polls in Pennsylvania with 49 percent for the president, according to the latest poll from Real Clear Politics.

Officer shot near Broad and Poplar streets

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The weapon used to shoot a SWAT officer in the chest at around 10 p.m. lies between two yellow markers near an officer’s feet at BP gas station, near Broad and Poplar. The city SWAT officer, who was wearing a bullet-proof vest, is now in a stable condition at Hahnemann University Hospital. Three suspects have been taken into custody.

Police investigating robbery-homicide near Health Sciences

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Temple police sent out an advisory to students and faculty informing them of a robbery homicide that occurred around 2 a.m. Wednesday morning near the Health Sciences Campus.

The incident occurred on the 3200 block of North 15th Street between Allegheny and Westmoreland Avenues. The victim was not a Temple student or employee, according to the advisory.

The email, sent at 1:56 p.m., stated that campus police “were just recently made aware of the exact location of the incident.”

At the time of the advisory, no arrests had been made and police are looking for a black male, between 5 feet 5 inches and 5 feet 7 inches tall, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and riding a bike.

Anyone with information related to the crime can contact the Philadelphia Police Department at 215-686-3334.

Off-campus shooting leaves student in the hospital

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One student is in the hospital and one suspect is in custody after a shooting early Sunday morning.

According to a TU Advisory sent out at 5:29 a.m., the student was shot at about 3:30 a.m. on the 1900 block of Gratz Street. The student was taken to Temple Hospital and is expected to be released.

Anyone with information should call the Philadelphia Police Department at 215-686-3093.

Motorcycle parade honors fallen officer

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North Philadelphia residents and students were brought outside their houses Friday night by the sound of hundreds of motorcyclists parading up Cecil B. Moore Avenue at approximately 8 p.m. The cyclists rode to honor 22nd District Police Officer Moses Walker Jr., who was shot and killed off-duty around 20th and Cecil B. Moore Avenue Saturday, Aug. 18.

Video of motorcycle parade

Photo by Kate McCann

Photo by Kate McCann

Photo by Kate McCann

 

Ambler sees reduction in shuttle bus service

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In a letter to students Tuesday, Executive Director of Temple Ambler William Parshall announced that there will be fewer shuttle services between the Ambler Campus and Main Campus this year.

Parshall said in the letter that because of cuts to services made in order to maintain a level base tuition this year, there will be fewer shuttle buses connecting Main Campus to the Ambler Campus this fall.

Starting Aug. 27, there will be bus service from Ambler to Main Campus from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with no shuttles at 7:35 p.m., 8:35 p.m. or 10:35 p.m. Also, buses will run from Main Campus to Ambler from 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. with no shuttles at 8:30 p.m., 9:15 p.m. or 11:05 p.m.

Parshall said in the email that shuttle service between the Ambler Campus and Ambler Train Station will not be impacted by these changes.