Students arrested in connection with hate crime

By Morgan A. Zalot | The Temple News
According to the daily crime report compiled by Campus Safety Services, police arrested three students Feb. 27 for aggravated assault, ethnic intimidation and related charges in connection with the Feb. 15 attack President Ann Weaver Hart referred to as a hate crime.
A fourth suspect is expected to turn [...]

Street Talk

The media-shy former mayor speaks to journalism students at Temple University.
By Morgan A. Zalot | Philadelphia Weekly
With an audience of more than 200 students, 64-year-old John Street, sporting a navy blue suit accented by a colorful Liberty Bell tie, takes the floor in Temple’s Gladfelter Hall, a guest lecturer at PW writer G.W. Miller III’s [...]

Suspect in November assault arraigned

By Morgan A. Zalot | The Temple News
A formal arraignment was held the morning of Feb. 21 for Steven Holmes, the suspect arrested in early December in connection with the assault that took place in Anderson Hall on Nov. 1.
In addition to the long list of charges Holmes faces for the assault, including attempted murder, [...]

Hart and students react to hate crime

By Morgan A. Zalot | The Temple News
According to Temple Police’s daily crime report, a non-Temple student was assaulted on campus in the early morning hours of Feb. 15 by a group of students who used anti-Semitic slurs.
Philadelphia Police said four warrants have been issued. According to an e-mail statement by President Ann Weaver Hart, [...]

Save the Date

A new book suggests college students would rather have sex.
By Morgan A. Zalot | Philadelphia Weekly
“I was wasted. I put like five shots of rum in a cup and drank it all down,” recalls Paul, 22, a senior theater major at Temple University. “And ended up hopping on the good foot and doing the bad [...]

Men sentenced for rape, robbery of Temple students

By Morgan A. Zalot | The Temple News
According to District Attorney Lynne Abraham’s February newsletter, two men were sentenced on Jan. 14 for the rapes and robbery of three people, including two former Temple students, in 2006.
Lebrente Robinson and Jacoby Robinson will both likely spend the rest of their lives in prison with minimum sentences [...]

Emergency alert network tested

By Morgan A. Zalot | The Temple News
On Valentine’s Day, students at Northern Illinois University witnessed yet another college shooting. According to the New York Times, a lockdown and notification system was put into effect immediately, similar to the TU-Alert system that university officials recently tested.
“I don’t know very much about their system,” said Temple [...]

Let students boost economy

By Morgan A. Zalot | The Temple News
Temple economics professor Edward Tomczyk said he’d probably save most of his extra cash from the government, but that he might spend some on dinner out.
Nick Florentino, a junior business major, said he’d spend it on books for school.
This spring, the federal government is planning on handing out [...]

The Real (Estate) Story

So far Philly has avoided the worst of the housing crisis.
By Morgan A. Zalot | Philadelphia Weekly
Crossing Walnut Street in Old City, in a hurry toward tall glass doors, realtor Celeste Barbadoro yells over the sound of the pouring rain, “This is the coolest by far.”
And even in the midst of a downpour, the view [...]

Ramsey unveils plan that affects campus districts

By Morgan A. Zalot | The Temple News
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey unveiled his new crime fighting strategy on Jan. 30, and three Philadelphia Police districts surrounding Temple have become Target Enforcement Zones under his new plan.
The 22nd district, located at 17th Street and Montgomery Avenue, the 25th district, which extends just east of the [...]