Nathan Stanley – Temple Update

Shootings Close to Campus a Concern

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 20:54:03 +0000

North Philadelphia was home to another violent weekend, riddled with shootings around Temple’s campus. On Friday night, just at 9:58 p.m., police say a young man, age 15, fired bullets into a car driving down Cecil B. Moore Ave, injuring two teenage girls and sending both to the hospital. Nick Palomba, a senior Media Studies and Production student was sitting in a subway car when the…

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Season Ends With Tournament Loss

Sat, 12 Mar 2022 23:44:29 +0000

Temple men’s basketball team finished the 2021-2022 with a 69-60 loss to Tulane in the AAC tournament. It was a slow start for the Owls, one that no amount of second-half work could bring the team back from. Nothing seemed to go right for the owls offensively or defensively. In the first half, the Owls only shot 18.8% FG on 32 attempts, their worst first-half shooting performance of…

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Potential Mask Mandate Changes Excite Some, Worry Others

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 20:00:24 +0000

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G20 Summit Sheds Light on Climate Change Efforts on Campus

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 20:16:44 +0000

This week, President Joe Biden took to the G20 and COP26 Summits to discuss climate change on a global scale. While he is speaking to the world’s leaders, the fight against climate change rages on here in Philadelphia. Temple University has been at the forefront when it comes to combatting climate change in the city. With the creation of the Office of Sustainability…

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Students Impacted by Rise in Car Crimes

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 01:19:39 +0000

Many Temple students use street parking in and around campus as a cheap and easy alternative to the on-campus parking options. However, on-street parking comes at a risk for car owners. No one knows this more than Junior Economics major, Max Bunn. He parked his car by the corner of 16th and Norris street, just a few blocks away from campus, and it was broken into. “There was a cinder…

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Merck Develops Pill to Treat COVID-19

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 02:15:57 +0000

A local pharmaceutical company, Merck, announced it has developed an antiviral pill that will be used to treat COVID-19 infections. This pill, which has been in testing for months, is said to reduce the risk of hospitalizations and deaths by almost 50%. Dr. Thomas Fekete, a Temple Hospital doctor and professor, said this is promising for the pandemic and could be turning the tides.

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Chester County Celebrates 14th Balloon Festival

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 03:16:01 +0000

Friday kicked off the 14th annual Chester County Balloon Festival. The 3-day event has been a hit in the Chester County community and its impact has branched to all regions of the Philadelphia area. This is the first time an event like this has taken place in Chester County over the last year and a half as a result of the pandemic. If you were to drive by the festival…

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Media Borough Celebrates 1971 FBI Burglars

Sat, 04 Sep 2021 15:58:06 +0000

It’s not too often that you see a crowd of people standing in the pouring rain to celebrate a crime, especially one that involves breaking into an FBI office. But that is exactly what happened on Wednesday night in Media, where spectators stood to watch the unveiling of a new historical marker. The marker serves to celebrate and commemorate a burglary that took place in 1971.

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Temple Football Returns From Training Camp In The Bronx

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 16:25:18 +0000

Temple football kicks off their 2021 season on September 2nd against Rutgers. With this being just under a month away, the team returned to Temple this week after holding training camp at SUNY-Maritime Campus in the Bronx, New York. Cameron Ruiz, a red-shirt Junior transfer from Northwestern, says that the camp is, “a generally good thing for the team” and says it has helped the team bond…

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Winter On Broad

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 16:38:33 +0000

As the holiday season is starting in the midst of a pandemic, winter activities have had to alter their operations. The newest of these events is “Winter on Broad”, a 160,000 square foot holiday lights display in the parking lot of the Wells Fargo Center. I spoke with Andrea Helfrich, an area host at the Wells Fargo Center, about how the idea came to be. She said, “We’ve been racking our…

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