Maxine L. Bentzel – Temple Update

Managing Stress During Finals Week

Thu, 01 May 2014 16:10:54 +0000

Finals week is coming up May 8th-14th and students’ stress is mounting. Study days are scheduled May 6th and 7th but students have already started to prepare. Frankie Matus said, “Today I just mapped out all the things that need to be done. I basically just wrote it down and mapped out all of my times.” Managing stress throughout the school year is always difficult…

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Temple Relay for Life Raises Big Bucks for Cancer Research

Mon, 14 Apr 2014 16:00:34 +0000

Temple students united at Relay for Life, the cancer awareness event to help fundraise for the American Cancer Society. Combined,Temple’s participating organizations raised nearly $35,000. 1,405 Temple students and community members crowded into Pearson McGonigle Hall Friday April 4th for Relay for Life, an all-night event in support of cancer research. Students fundraised for months before the…

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Miss Philadelphia 2014 on Her Reign

Thu, 27 Mar 2014 16:00:33 +0000

Miss Philadelphia 2014 Diamond Edmonds continued to chase her dreams after being the runner up in 2013. This year, the 24-year-old Philadelphia native’s hard work finally paid off. “It was like dead silence, and they were like contestant number 13 and all of the sudden everybody was like ‘Ah!’ and I was like ‘What just happened?'” said Edmonds. The first Miss Philadelphia to be an educator…

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Students Rally Against Professor’s Termination

Thu, 13 Mar 2014 12:00:40 +0000

Temple students and members of the North Philadelphia community rallied outside of Sullivan Hall on Monday afternoon in support of Professor Anthony Monteiro after Temple’s decision to not renew his contract. Kashara White, the head organizer for the rally had these words to say about Professor Monteiro. “He’s just a North Philadelphian who wants to see Philadelphia in general just become the…

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