This afternoon Muslims for Life handed out pamphlets along Avenue North at Broad Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue. The group was promoting a blood drive to benefit victims of Sept . 11. Muslims for Life is affiliated with Muslims for Peace.
Mugshots to open on Cecil B. Moore
Quick: Where can you get coffee on Main Campus? There’s Saxby’s, Dunkin Donuts, the Barnes and Noble Starbucks, the TECH Center Starbucks (which, in my humble opinion, is much better), 7-Eleven and the various lunch trucks on Montgomery Ave., 12th and 13th streets. While the TECH Center Starbucks offers the comfy couch area, the coffee is really only sub-par and is always packed with zombie students filing a line that stretches to the security desk. The “coffee shop” image has really dwindled on campus. Can’t a girl just get coffee with a friend anymore without waiting for half an hour?
Yes, yes she can. And you can, too. Mugshots, a local cafe with locations in Brewerytown and Fairmount recently closed its Manayunk location and is looking up Broad Street for its new home. The coffeehouse is set to open at 1520 Cecil B. Moore Ave. in the Beech International Village building, according to an article on Naked Philly.
There is no expected open date yet, but we assume when Beech opens, Mugshots will follow suite. And with a menu consisting of vegetarian, vegan and all-around delicious options (Vegan Reubans, black bean burritos, custom breakfast sandwiches, the list goes on…), I certainly can’t wait to ditch the ole’ ‘Bucks for something a little, well, yummier.
Taco Bell and Doritos unite
Taco Bell is good. Doritos are good too. What happens when you put them together? Miracles. This appeared on reddit two days ago. Apparently the scoop is Taco Bell is testing out the junk food lover’s dream out in Toledo, Ohio and hopefully it spreads across the nation, where it will bring joy and world peace to hungry college students.
Woman killed near Health Sciences campus
A young North Philadelphia resident was shot and killed only blocks away from Temple’s Health Sciences campus around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, a Philadelphia Police Department spokesperson confirmed.
Shari Haris, 23, was on the 3300 block of North 13th Street when she was shot in the head. The PPD believe the motive of the action may have been robbery.
When police arrived, they saw the female lying in the street. She was pronounced dead on the scene at 3:36 a.m.
Haris was a resident of the 3300 block of North Park Street, just west of the Olney subway station and almost 3 miles north of where she was killed.
There are currently no leads in the case.
“Don’t call it a rave”
Tomorrow, the Liacouras Center will warm the hearts of house music listeners, as it hosts the first Dayglow experience North Philadelphia has ever seen.
Dayglow, “the world’s largest paint party” is described as a unique entertainment experience that combines music, art, and dancing into one large venue. With gallons of neon paint shooting from cannons all over the crowd, aerialists flying high above, laser shows and an incredible performance from famous DJ Sidney Samson, it is bound to be a great time.
Tickets went on sale over a month ago, and sold out in a matter of minutes. Because of this, another Dayglow experience will be hosted on Friday, Sept. 16.
Free Snapple at the Edge
On an 85-degree day, what more could someone ask for than free Snapple?
A truck parked on the corner of Cecil B. Moore Ave. and Broad St. is giving away free 16 oz. glass bottles of Snapple.
The giveaway is apparently apart of an ad campaign in partnership with Maroon 5.
The truck is adorned with a large graphic of the band with a slogan reading, “And tea will be loved,” playing off Maroon 5’s hit, “She Will Be Loved.”
Campus Beats
What else does warm, sunny weather bring out other than flip flops and huge crowds on Beury Beach? Acoustic music — and lots of it. Many students choose to camp out on Liacouras with guitars, tambourines, whistles and what have you, but I found this trio jamming outside the Student Center.
Jonathan Swift (center) a Boyer School of Music 2010 grad said he made his way to Main Campus today to hang out and play some music with friends. Even though he graduated last year he still lives just a few blocks away. He said they often can be found on Liacouras but had attempted to relocate to the second floor hallway of the Student Center West, until they were asked to leave.
“I figured we’d get kicked out eventually but it was worth a try — we just sounded so good in there,” Swift said.
His jam sesh accompaniment included sophomore Matt Leonetti (left) and junior Education major Brendan Salazar.
Stay tuned in to Broad and Cecil for more Campus Beats.
Temple to have endzones painted at the Linc
Turns out “Paint the Linc Cherry” is more than just a marketing slogan from Temple athletics as for the first time ever, Temple will have the endzones painted Cherry for Saturday’s game against. One end will say “Temple” and the other will say “Owls.”
In what looks to be the signature home game off the season as 50,000 tickets have currently been sold, with 10,000 of them being to students, athletics is pulling out all the stops to accommodate the increased attendance. In this week’s issue, deputy athletic directer Eric Roedl told The Temple News that its going to cost the athletic department $300,000 to host the Nittany Lions.
When Penn State last visited the Linc in 2007, it set program record for attendance with a total of 69,000 fans in the stands.
Dancers gather on Liacouras Walk for flash mob
September 12 through 16 marks the official Study Abroad Week at Temple University. Today dancers, field hockey players, and random students accumulated on Liacouras at high noon to perform in honor of studying abroad. Even our favorite feathered friend, Hooter, showed up clad in a “study abroad week” t-shirt.
CSI traveling exhibit comes to Philly
Listen up CSI junkies: The Franklin Institute will host “CSI: The Experience” Oct. 1- Jan. 1– an interactive forensic-science exhibit based off the crime drama “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.”
The hands-on exhibit will walk visitors through a simulated crime scene investigation from start to finish. Cast members from the show interact with guests through large video monitors while they travel through mock crime scenes, laboratories and autopsy rooms. Guests will be immersed in hands-on activities while learning the ins-and-outs of modern forensic science.
So if you find yourself dusting the refrigerator handle with a make-up brush to figure out which one of your roommates stole your food, you might want to attend this exhibit and learn how to gather evidence from the pros.
Courtesy of "CSI: The Experience"
