Alexis Donelle Johnson – Temple Update

Recent Viral Violence Sparks Call for Ban on “Facebook Live”

Thu, 20 Apr 2017 21:00:47 +0000

https://twitter.com/nesprox76/status/854350352413597696 An act of violence gone viral out of Cleveland, Ohio captured the nation’s attention on Easter Sunday and many are now questioning if Facebook’s “Live” feature has done more harm than good. Steph Stephens used the streaming feature Facebook Live to share a manifesto with the rest of the world as he described his reasoning…

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Temple Dedicates Klein College, Unveils Future Expansion Project

Thu, 30 Mar 2017 23:49:49 +0000

Temple Update was there as the School of Media and Communication became the Klein College of Media and Communication. The dedication ceremony was full of positive energy from beginning to end, and the room was packed with so many people that we eager to show their appreciation for the Philadelphia television legend, Lew Klein. Hosted by alum Bob Saget, speakers such as Bernie Prazenica…

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Philadelphia New Pre-K Program Dependent on Beverage Tax Funds

Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:09:28 +0000

The City of Philadelphia’s Revenue Department has announced that they’ve collected about $6.4 million in the month of February from the sugary beverage tax. That amount is up $5 million from the first month that the tax was implemented in January of 2017. While the beverage tax continues to cause controversy among both distributors and consumers, many may not know that the city’s new pre-K…

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Richie’s Says So Long to Soda

Thu, 02 Mar 2017 18:45:42 +0000

The city of Philadelphia is now two months into the beverage tax, a 1.5-cents-per-ounce tax on the distribution of sweetened beverages as well as syrups and concentrates used to make sweetened beverages. The tax influenced a popular Temple business, Richie’s Deli and Pizza, to take sugary beverages off the menu all together. Richie’s has been in the area for three generations.

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The 89th Academy Awards Ends With Historic Mistake

Tue, 28 Feb 2017 01:52:25 +0000

The 89th Academy Awards was filled with many memorable moments which is to be expected when you pack a room with Hollywood’s most prestige artists. However, Sunday night featured one moment that was particularly unforgettable. Perhaps the most talked about moment came at the very end when the Oscar for Best Picture was given to the wrong movie. Faye Dunway and Warren Beatty were handed the wrong…

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SEPTA Returns More Trains to Market-Frankford Line

Mon, 13 Feb 2017 13:44:13 +0000

https://youtu.be/X9zMBP0H9vM This week’s commute should be a little smoother for riders on SEPTA’s Market-Frankford line as the transit agency continues to return more cars back into service. Last week SEPTA pulled over 100 cars from the line when mechanics found cracks on the support beams of two subway cars which prompted the inspections of many others for the same problem.

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Protesters Vow to Keep Their Voices Heard

Sat, 04 Feb 2017 01:20:15 +0000

Hundreds of protesters marched from Market Street to City Hall Thursday evening in what they called a “March Against Discrimination.” This demonstration came in response to President Trump’s executive order that included a travel ban, preventing people from seven majority Muslim nations from entering the United States. The Liberty City LGBT Discrimination Club gathered demonstrators…

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Temple’s Latino Student Association Holds Empanada Sale for Haiti

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 04:28:05 +0000

La Asociacion de Estudiantes Latinos (AdEL) or the Latino Student Association at Temple University held an empanada sale and donated the proceeds to Haiti relief efforts after the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew. AdEL set up shop in the lobby of The View residence hall between the hours of 9 PM and midnight, and sold close to 80 empanadas to hungry students as they passed by.

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Temple’s PRSSA Holds Candy Drive for “Safe Halloween” Children’s Party

Sat, 29 Oct 2016 00:35:32 +0000

The Temple University Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) held a candy drive to collect candy to donate families of the 22nd District of Philadelphia for their “Safe Halloween” party for children. PRSSA’s Director of Community Service, Erin Quiles, connected with a representative from the Northeast Treatment Center to inquire about new service opportunities.

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Candidates Battle for PA Voters

Thu, 27 Oct 2016 14:12:36 +0000

As election day quickly approaches, now just 12 days away, both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have made serious efforts to win over the battleground state of Pennsylvania. Trump and Clinton made back-to-back stops in our area recently, and our crews were there to capture their campaigns. Two very different scenes erupted as both presidential candidates made their continuous push for…

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