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

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.

More armed robberies near Main Campus

According to the Philadelphia Daily News, two groups of students were robbed at 12th Street and Susquehanna Avenue and 17th and Diamond streets Friday night by three men said to be in their 20s.

The robberies come after a tumultuous end to the fall semester, when three armed robberies occurred in houses and around Main Campus. At the start of this semester, Executive Director of Campus Safety Services Carl Bittenbender announced an increase in security on and off campus.

Two men shot dead south of Main Campus

From the Philadelphia Inquirer‘s From the Source, a breaking news blog:

Inquirer staff writer Sam Wood reports:

Homicide detectives are investigating the slayings of two men shot dead on a North Philadelphia street last night.

Police were called about 10:30 p.m. to the intersection of 10th and Master Streets and found Daheem White, 21, and Hassan Baldwin, 25, both dead of multiple gun shot wounds.

Investigators have no motive or suspects in the slayings.