safety – Temple Update

Students React to Shots Fired Near Campus

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 18:58:12 +0000

Temple University Police sent out an alert to students on Sunday night, March 31, to avoid the 1600 block of Sydenham Street. For the third time this semester, shots were fired among a group of teens and pre-teens near campus. “I feel like it’s kind of getting out of hand and the security should be a little bit better,” said Shayla Cotterman, a freshman living on campus.

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Ring Doorbell Policy Change Sparks Debate

Sat, 17 Feb 2024 17:01:56 +0000

Ring doorbells have become an almost universal sight in cities and neighborhoods across the country, and footage from them has become a staple on neighborhood message boards. The company is removing a feature of the Ring companion app, Neighbors, that lets police request footage directly from Ring doorbell owners without a warrant. Off-campus students who use ring doorbells had much to say on how…

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Campus Safety One Year After Officer Fitzgerald’s Death

Sat, 17 Feb 2024 16:19:30 +0000

One year ago, Temple University Police Officer Christopher Fitzgerald was shot and killed, while intervening in an attempted carjacking, close to Temple University’s main campus. The murder happened on the 1700th block of Montgomery Avenue, where days later, a memorial site was made there, where students were able to commemorate the brave officer with flowers and other items.

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Morgan Hall Food Court Makes Changes to In-Person Dining

Tue, 28 Mar 2023 18:50:43 +0000

The Morgan Hall food court closed its doors for in-person dining earlier this week due to recent violence. According to a Temple dining associate, violent issues involving non-Temple students lead to the closure of in-person dining. Now the Morgan Hall food court will only be accepting to-go orders. There were some Temple students who were not happy with this decision.

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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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Spring Break Returns for 2022

Thu, 24 Feb 2022 15:20:19 +0000

Temple University’s spring break is on the horizon. Some owls have already flown the nest, while others are hooting about making this a spring break to remember. This year marks the first normal spring break Temple has seen in over two years. Due to the influx of COVID-19 cases during spring break of 2020, the university exchanged spring break for two “wellness days” last year.

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Temple FLIGHT: To Wait or Not to Wait?

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 20:26:07 +0000

Temple students are experiencing long wait times and cancellation issues with Temple’s on demand evening service FLIGHT, which runs 7 days a week until 3 am. With recent concerns about on and off campus safety, the university has increased FLIGHT operations and implemented new changes to its program. In a statement to Temple Update, Associate Director of Issues Management Steve Orbanek…

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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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Temple Update News Brief | May 28, 2020

Thu, 28 May 2020 15:39:33 +0000

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COVID-19’s Impact on Vantage Apartments

Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:00:32 +0000

switch to online classes for the rest of the semester, off-campus students who live in Vantage, an apartment building located on 12th and Montgomery, are considering whether or not they should move back home. View More » ]]>