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vol. 87 Iss. 26
Tuesday, april 7, 2009
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JULIA WILKINSON TTN
Shannon McDonald stands by the 22nd Police District headquarters.
A story she wrote on an officer recently garnered media attention.
Despite controversy,
editor upholds story
A class assignment got Shannon McDonald more than an
‘A’ and led to an officer’s assignment to desk duty.
CHRIS STOVER
Editor in Chief
Patricia Dullek
returned to her home
near campus only to
find that it had been
condemned by L&I
and looted.
Shannon McDonald thought a
ride-along with a Philadelphia Police
officer would make a good story for
her capstone journalism class.
Though she received an ‘A’ on
the report, she is now embroiled in a
controversy that might not have been
worth the grade.
“I just wanted to get some crime
specifics and information on [the
neighborhood] and … to see how the
officer interacts with the community,”
said McDonald, a senior magazine
journalism major and managing editor of The Temple News.
McDonald wrote the article, titled “Black and Blue,” for the Multimedia Urban Reporting Lab, the capstone course for journalism seniors.
The article was published to MURL’s
Web site in early February.
In it, she quotes Officer William
Thrasher, 24, as using derogatory
terms and expletives in describing the
MURL PAGE 3
Get out and vote
TSG elections start today. All voting will be done online.
REBECCA HALE
The Temple News
KEVIN COOK TTN
Patricia Dullek stands by a pile of bricks and dirt, which was home to her and five other students.
MORGAN ZALOT
Assistant News Editor
W
hat Patricia Dullek once
called home is now just
a pile of bricks and debris on 18th Street,
north of Berks Street.
“Those apartments were
brand new,” the junior biology and
pre-med major said. “They were
beautiful.”
On March 11, Dullek’s home,
which housed five other one-bedroom apartments rented by students, was split in half from the
foundation through all the floors.
Soon thereafter, upon attempting
to retrieve belongings before the
demolition, she and other tenants
noticed many of their belongings
were missing.
“[The landlord] said she’s
not responsible because it’s condemned by the city, so whoever
walks in gets to walk in and get
the stuff,” Dullek said. “There was
just a lot of looting going on, and
we couldn’t keep watch 24/7, but
we know that the landlord was going in and out.”
Dullek and another tenant, ju-
demolished PAGE 3
Snappy remarks wafted with the
smell of cookies at the final Temple
Student Government debate Monday
in Alter Hall.
Candidates from TUACTION!
and TU Dream Team debated methods for working with administration,
supporting unions and implementing
allocations reform.
The debate started with a question to TUACTION! regarding its
idea to have law students provide
free legal advice to students.
Jon DeSantis, TUACTION!’s
candidate for vice president for services, said he and his fellow running
mates got this idea from the University of Florida.
“Law school students will want
to participate because it will give
them practice,” DeSantis said.
Sen. Alex Barnett, TU Dream
Team’s vice presidential
candidate for services, said
this will go against the
University
Disciplinary
vote PAGE 3
Invasion sparks student fear at Edge
Spotty security at the Edge leaves some feeling unsafe in their apartments.
BRIAN DZENIS
KELLIE MEYERS
The Temple News
edge PAGE 2
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Illustration by KRISTON BETHEL
A small choice can have a big impact. This
proved true for sophomores Amy Gargiulo and Ellie Craig when their decision to take the elevator to
the second floor of the Edge, instead of taking the
stairs, had unexpected consequences.
“We decided to be lazy and go on the elevator
because no one was around,” said Gargiulo, a university studies major who lives at the Edge.
Gargiulo normally takes the stairs because she
lives one floor up from the lobby, but on Feb. 27,
She said the elevator seemed to be a better choice.
As the elevator doors were about to close, a
large 5-foot-10-inch man, who wore a green jacket
and hid his face with a black hat, entered the elevator, as well.
“We asked him what floor he wanted, and he
didn’t say anything. He just stood back and looked
at us. We instantly became really scared,” Craig
said.
Once they exited the elevator, the girls quickly
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NEWS
temple-news.com
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Paying the same for less
three- and four-person units as early as
Feb. 6.
“[University Housing and Residential
Life] is playing it off like it’s
Kristie Hartz had many things in
going
to
be a great thing for everyone,”
mind when she registered to live in
said
Shanna
Metague, a freshman actuTemple Towers next semester, but livarial
science
major and one of Hartz’s
ing with seven other people wasn’t one
future
roommates.
“But it’s not. We’re
of them.
still
paying
as
much
as people living [in
“I wanted to live in the Towers and
the
two-,
threeand
six-person units],
still want to,” said Hartz, an undeclared
but
we’ll
be
crammed
with eight.”
freshman. “But if I wanted to live with
Scales
said
regardless
of room
eight other people – friends or not – I
size,
each
resident
will
pay
the
same
would have moved
amount
–
$3,670
off campus. How
per semester.
We shouldn’t
am I going to study
“Really, what
with seven other
have to pay the
you
have to think
people sitting at
about
is that Temsame amount
their desks, watchple
Towers
has by
ing TV around
for more
far
more
square
me?”
footage
than
any
roommates
On March 13,
other
unit
in
the
Michael Scales, asand less space
[University
Houssistant vice presiing and Residential
to share.
dent for Student
Life] inventory,”
Affairs and direcScales said. “These
tor of University
are large units. It’s
Housing and Resi- KRISTIE HARTZ
a dynamic process.
dential Life, sent undeclared freshman
When you go from
an e-mail saying
a project being on
Temple
Towers,
the
books
to
actually
happening, things
which will be undergoing a projected
change.”
$27 million renovation this summer,
Scales said while he couldn’t give
will be combining three- and four-peran
exact
date as to when his office beson units to create new eight-person
came
aware
of the eight-person comunits.
paction,
it
was
prompt in contacting the
The announcement came as a suraffected
students
via e-mail and setting
prise to the affected students, who origup
meetings
to
discuss
the changes.
inally received their assignments to the
Scales and Sean Killion, assistant
MARIA ZANKEY
The Temple News
Housing officials informed a group of students signed up to
live in Temple Towers they will be getting extra roommates.
director for assignments and billing,
hosted a meeting March 19 to discuss
how the options will affect students.
Students were given the option to
either accept the assigned room and
live with four other strangers, find
four other Temple Towers residents to
fill the four-person vacancy or be reimbursed their $250 deposits and find
housing elsewhere, Scales said.
Students who attended the meeting
were treated to refreshments and $25 in
Diamond Dollars for their time.
“Twenty-five Diamond Dollars?”
Hartz said. “It already costs an arm and
a leg to live on Temple’s campus. They
know that we will pay whatever they
charge because it’s dangerous to live
off campus. We shouldn’t have to pay
the same amount for more roommates
and less space to share. At least throw
us a bone and comp us a meal plan so
we can eat.”
Scales said the plans for the renovation, which began more than a year
ago, include permanent eight-person
units consisting of four bedrooms,
two-and-a-half bathrooms and shared
kitchen and living space.
The recent changes to the blueprints as presented to University Housing and Residential Life included the
consolidation of all rooms with numbers ending in 05 and 06.
“So basically, we’re being punished for choosing an arbitrary number,” said Colin Saltry, a freshman economics major, TSG Senate clerk and
soon-to-be Temple Towers tenant. “It’s
STEVE COLEMAN TTN
Temple Towers will undergo a $27 million renovation, but some of next
year’s tenants will get a few more roommates than they bargained for.
an issue of fairness.”
Yesterday, Temple Student Government addressed the housing issue at
its Senate meeting, and a motion was
made to set up a meeting between TSG,
University Housing and Residential
Life and the administration in hopes
of accomplishing a concession in fees
for those affected by the eight-person
room change.
Representation from the Residence
Hall Association was also present at the
meeting and said it feels as though the
situation is “outrageous and atrocious”
and will support any decisions TSG
makes regarding the issue.
“At the end of the day, we really
Students question residence security
so I just got him out.”
The man did not say anything once
Joseph
wedged him out of the doorwalked toward Gargiulo’s room, but
way.
He
then walked out the fire exit
the unknown man followed closely
and
onto
Broad Street, where Campus
behind.
Police
eventually
caught up with him.
Gargiulo had her key out, ready
Police
apprehended
the man and
to enter her room, but as Craig went
took
him
into
questioning,
where they
to shut the door behind her, the man
determined
he
was
mentally
ill.
threw his body between the door and
C
ampus
the frame to prePolice
then
vent it from closdropped
him
ing.
off
at
EpiscoGargiulo’s
pal Hospital on
roommate,
Lehigh Avenue.
Shaina Abney, a
No charges were
sophomore arfiled, according
chitecture major,
to Campus Safewas sitting at her
ty Services.
desk when the
Gargiulo
girls hurried in
filed
an incident
the door.
report
at the
“I thought
Edge
but
has
they were playyet
to
hear
back
ing a joke on a
from managefriend. I was just
ment representasitting there startives. The Edge
ring at them for a
sends all of its
full minute, and
incident reports
then I just saw
to its headquarthe look on their
ters in Austin,
faces,” Abney
Texas.
said. “And that’s
Numerous
when they were
phone
calls and
like, ‘Hurry, help
inquiries
to the
us,’ and then
CARROLL MOORE TTN Edge went unthat’s when I ran
Ellie Craig and Amy Gargiulo are
answered until
and started pushafraid after a man tried to force his
management
ing on the door
way into Gargiulo’s apartment.
eventually dewith them.”
clined to comCraig, seement,
citing
ing that the man
they
are
not
permitted
to
speak
to
the
was not backing away, tore the lid off
media.
her hot coffee and threw the coffee in
Questions were forwarded to its
his face.
corporate
headquarters, but there was
“He flinched, and he kind of shudno
response.
dered back, but then he just came back
The Edge uses scan cards to idenand stuck his foot in the door and was
tify
residents
of the building. Residents
about to come in,” Craig said. “He
hold
their
cards
up to the electronic
never said a word, even after I threw
scanner
and
continue
to walk through
the coffee in his face, no verbal reacthe
corridor
after
hearing
a beep.
tion or anything like that.”
Security
guards
at
the
Edge don’t
After the girls’ attempt at getting
swipe
the
residents’
IDs
as
guards do
the man out of their door failed, Abney
at
other
on-campus
residence
halls. If
called Campus Police.
residents
have
guests,
they
are
to sign
Gargiulo then called a friend from
them
in
and
give
their
guests’
IDs to
down the hall to come help them.
the
guard.
The man was still lodged between
When hearing what had been done
the door and frame, prompting Garwith
the intruder, the girls said they
giulo to call for help.
were
not
satisfied with the result.
Stephan Joseph, a freshman biol“This
was just so scary. I mean,
ogy major, immediately came to their
he
was
grabbing
for my head,” Craig
aid.
said.
“He
was
reaching
for my head
“I run down the hallway because
and
grabbing
at
my
hair,
so that made
she tells me to come to the room,” he
me
think
that
he
was
going
to hurt me.
said. “And I see their heads popping
I
would
rather
him
just
be
locked up
out, and I was like ‘what’s going on,’
and
not
in
a
mental
facility.”
and they start screaming ‘get him out,’
edge PAGE 1
When the girls returned to the
Edge after being taken to the Campus
Police station, they were met with an
unexpected reaction from the security
personnel who let the intruder pass
easily into the residence.
“They laughingly told us to chill,”
Craig said.
The girls said they were insulted
by the lack of concern by the AlliedBarton security guard. Campus Police
said the guard who was on duty during
the incident was reprimanded and is
being retrained.
However, Gargiulo said she saw
the guard shortly after the incident,
overlooking another guard in training.
“I don’t think that guy should be
working because it’s not that hard to
notice people walking by that don’t
look like a student,” Gargiulo said.
“We’re in North Philly. You need to do
your job because if he really wanted to
do something, he could have.”
Craig also has strong words for
the Edge security and is calling for the
guards to be fired.
“I feel like they should be fired.
Every resident in that dorm puts their
life in security’s hands. You do not re-
ally realize that until something like
this happens,” Craig said. “What if he
got in the room? What if he shot me?”
Gargiulo said she is still disturbed
by the experience.
“I couldn’t sleep at night for a little bit. I’d be fine if Shaina was in the
room, but if I was there alone, I would
get really freaked out,” she said. “I
would just be afraid the guy was going
to be there.”
If there is anything Gargiulo and
Craig take away from the incident, it
is that they have to rely on themselves
for their own safety.
“She pays more money than I do
just so she can be more secure, and she
cannot count on that, so I think something should be done by Temple,”
Craig said. “It was a really traumatic
experience. Now I know I really do
have to watch my back.
“Ignorance is bliss. If nothing like
that ever happens to you, you’re fine,
but once it does, it makes you really
scared.”
Brian Dzenis and Kellie Meyers can be
reached at [email protected].
Residence Hall Security Assessment
Nearly every residence hall on and off Temple’s Main Campus has some form of a security presence. To see how effective
that security is, The Temple News put the residence hall security
to the test.
During random hours during the day and night, reporters
attempted to enter all on-campus residence halls and Templeaffiliated housing like the Edge, Oxford Village, Kardon-Atlantic
Terminal Building and University Village without proper authorization.
Of the 12 halls that were tested, only two failed – Temple
Towers and the Edge at Avenue North. Oxford Village also failed
but was deemed non-applicable because it does not have security guards at the entrances.
The residence halls that passed the security tests had security personnel who politely and professionally asked for proper
identification. For those buildings, the only way to enter is through
a small entrance right next to the security desk.
At Temple Towers, reporters were easily able to enter through
the exit side of the entrance and not be stopped by security
guards. At the Edge, security was spotty. To enter, students scan
IDs themselves, while a guard sits at a desk near the scanner.
The scanner does not make noise if a student walks by without scanning or if he or she pretends to scan a card that is not
a proper ID, and the guards are not involved in the authorization
process. At Oxford Village, there are no security guards, and students have to scan their IDs to unlock entrance doors. This is
also the case for Kardon-Atlantic Terminal Building and University Village but both facilities have security guards as well.
- Brian Dzenis and Kellie Meyers
are student advocates,” Scales said.
“Helping people have good stays and
a good experience is a paramount issue for [University Housing and Residential Life]. We recognize that, but it
takes a little bit of time and patience
sometimes.”
Still, recognition isn’t enough for
Hartz and others in her situation.
“Right now, we’re kind of being forced to shut up and put up, but I
want compensation,” she said. “This is
where we’re paying to live for the next
year, and we shouldn’t have to put up
with incompetence.”
Maria Zankey can be reached at
Police adopt
new, simpler
crime report
Morgan Zalot
Assistant News Editor
The Temple News will no longer
run its normal “Crime Report,” as Campus Safety Services changed the format
to comply with Clery Act guidelines.
Campus Safety Services recently
made the switch to a differently formatted daily crime log. Executive Director Carl Bittenbender said
the change was made to
better comply with college crime report regulations set forth in the
Jeanne Clery Act
and to parallel those
of other local universities.
Now,
instead
of a detailed description of each incident,
including affiliation to
Temple and whether it was
reported or perpetrated by a student,
employee or non-student, each report
includes the crime, time, date, location
and information on whether an arrest
or a University Disciplinary Committee referral has been made.
Bittenbender said the change was
in the works for some time, and it will
help make campus crime reporting
more uniform and less tedious.
A link to the campus crime map
will still be available weekly on
temple-news.com.
Morgan Zalot can be reached at
[email protected].
Crime Map
Use the QR code above
on your Web-enabled
mobile device to view
this week’s crime map.
temple-news.com/QR
MURL story lands
officer in hot water
story well, handling the pressure of
being in the media’s eye,” Harper
district he patrols, which has a large said. “I’m proud of how Temple and
African-American population.
its faculty and staff stood behind a
“These people are f------ disgust- journalist.”
ing,” Thrasher reportedly said per
Harper offered to remove the arMcDonald’s article. “It’s like they’re ticle from MURL’s Web site, but Mcanimals.”
Donald didn’t mind keeping it live.
Additionally, McDonald report“It is 100 percent accurate,” she
ed that Thrasher allegedly talked with said. “Everything I included in the
his lieutenant about what they called article came directly from my notes,
“TNS,” or “typical n----- s---.”
which came directly from my ob“I remember being surprised servation and interactions with the
that he was acting so openly when officer. Nothing was ever off the rehe knew it was being published. I cord.”
was sitting there with my pen and
Harper said McDonald’s reportmy pad,” said McDonald, a lifelong ing is the epitome of MURL.
Northeast Philadelphian.
“I think that what Shannon does
The story began surfacing to Phil- is representative of what MURL
adelphians and media outlets about is all about. We have people go out
two weeks ago. Thrasher has since and cover stories in neighborhoods
been put on desk duty by Commis- that are under-covered, except when
sioner Charles
something bad
Ramsey pendhappens,”
he
ing an Internal
said. “We have
Affairs investipeople out there
gation, said Lt.
in the streets of
Frank Vanore of
all kinds of neighthe Philadelphia
borhoods, and we
Police Departcome up with
ment.
good stories.”
“If it’s true,
As of Mon[Ramsey is] goday,
Thrasher
ing to take it
remains on desk
very, very seriduty in the 22nd
ously,” Vanore
District. The Insaid. “He immeternal Affairs indiately removed
vestigation conOfficer Thrasher
tinues.
Read McDonald’s MURL
from street duty.
“If it’s disstory through this code.
He ensured there
covered the comwas an investigaments were made,
temple-news.com/QR
tion under way
[Ramsey is] gointo the coming to take the apments that were
propriate action,”
made.”
Vanore said. “That’s up to him.”
Thrasher has not spoken publicly
The controversy surrounding
about the article since he was put on McDonald’s article is more of a frusdesk duty more than a week ago.
tration than anything else, she said.
“I didn’t know he was going to Though some have pegged her as a
say all these things, so I went in there naïve student journalist, McDonald
thinking I was just going to do an ar- continues to stand by her reporting
ticle on crime in Strawberry Mansion while focusing on other things in her
and how cops go about making the future.
community safer,” McDonald said.
“I’m graduating in 40 days,” she
McDonald rode with Thrasher said. “Here I am, this person who is
on Jan. 30. She signed a waiver with still very connected to what I’m supthe 22nd District, which encompass- posed to know about journalism and
es Strawberry Mansion, for the ride- trying to start a career. So you’d think
along. She said Thrasher knew she I’d be a little more on my game than
was doing a report for a class and that people are giving me credit for.”
the story would be published.
McDonald said she didn’t reFULL DISCLOSURE: As stated
spond directly to Thrasher’s com- in the article, McDonald is the manments.
aging editor of The Temple News.
“I was there to learn and not to Other than the interview, she played
judge,” she said.
no role in the writing or editing of this
Throughout the ordeal, professor story. TTN is committed to accuracy
Christopher Harper, co-director of and objectivity in its reporting.
MURL, has supported McDonald.
“I feel proud with the way ShanChris Stover can be reached at
[email protected].
non handled herself – reporting the
NEWS
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Murl PAGE 1
Black and Blue
JULIA WILKINSON TTN
Police from the 22nd District patrol Strawberry Mansion, the area
where McDonald took her ride-along with Officer William Thrasher.
Tickets clash
in last debate
a day before
voting begins
VOTE PAGE 1
Committee.
He also asked if this service would
handle cases of underage drinking and
cited that Alpha Epsilon Pi, DeSantis’s
fraternity, was cited for numerous cases
of underage drinking.
DeSantis said people should look
at the crime report and see that there
were no such cases listed.
Questions then switched to the
topic of allocations reform, which is a
major point in TU Dream Team’s plat-
form.
Gäelle Amazan, TU Dream Team’s
presidential candidate, and Barnett
jointly proposed a bill addressing allocations reform. The Senate has not
yet passed the bill due to debate about
some of its points.
“We acknowledge that it is being
opposed because people are afraid of
change,” Barnett said.
DeSantis rebutted, saying TUACTION! wanted to address allocations,
too. The ticket proposes to put allocations entirely online and ensure all the
money is used.
TUACTION! and TU Dream Team
again disagreed regarding how to handle the problems the Temple Association of University Professionals and the
American Federation of State, County
and Municipal Employees unions are
having with the administration.
TSG Sen. Kylie Patterson, presidential candidate for TUACTION!,
JULIA WILKINSON TTN
Some belongings of the six students who lived in the now-demolished house near 18th and Berks streets
remain in the rubble. One tenant, Eric Williams, said he lost his leather sofa and audio equipment.
Items missing after collapse
“I get there, and my stuff is all
over the floor,” she said, adding that
nior finance major Eric Williams, said she did not feel her belongings were
they noticed the foundation shifting scattered as a result of any impact. “It
before it cracked when a construction looked like people were going through
crew working for Ferraro Properties, my stuff. It was scattered all over, but
Inc. began digging on the lot next door this was like stuff that wouldn’t even
go together.”
to prepare for site excavation.
Dullek said she was missing some
Christian “C.J.” Ferraro, president
of the company, said Ferraro Properties clothing, everything from her kitchen
planned to build a duplex next door, but and a few decorations from her apartits construction has been halted pend- ment. Williams is missing his leather
ing an investigation by the Department sofa, silverware and stereo equipment,
among other things.
of Licenses and Inspections.
So far, neither student has filed a
“We don’t know why there was
settlement or what the cracks resulted police report, nor have any arrests been
from,” he said. “We’re waiting for the made. It is unclear how the belongings
city to give us word of what’s going went missing.
Both students said they had trouble
on.”
Williams said he noticed cracks in getting a hold of the property manager
the walls, and the doors in his apart- between the house’s condemnation and
ment seemed to be misaligned with the its demolition and are still having trouble speaking to her about getting their
frames.
“You could already see that the security deposits back.
“The landlord is not responding,”
doors were knocked off balance, [and]
you couldn’t even lock the doors,” he Williams said, adding that he had probsaid. “It had gotten so bad, so I started lems getting in touch with her since he
moved into the apartment. “The only
thinking, ‘I should get out of here.’”
Upon returning to retrieve their time you can get a response from her is
through text mesbelongings
that
sages. She tries to
week, both WilI get there,
avoid any phone
liams and Dullek
calls at all costs.”
said the landlord,
and my stuff
He said the
who declined to
is all over the
property
mangive her name, first
ager
requested
all
informed them they
floor. It looked
six tenants of the
were not allowed to
like people
house sign conenter the premises,
tracts that say they
then later offered to
were going
will not take lehelp remove their
through my
gal action against
possessions.
her personally for
The landlord
stuff.
their lost properidentified herself as
ties before she rea property manager
turns their security
for 1922 North 18th
PATRICIA DULLEK
deposits.
Street LLC but dejunior, biology
Both
Wilclined to give conliams and Dullek
tact information for
owners of the company. The company said they refused to sign and have not
is recorded as the owner of the property received their security deposits back.
“I have not gotten my security deaccording to the Philadelphia Board of
posit back to this day,” Williams said.
Revision Taxes Web site.
“[Ferraro is] still saying that he’s “By law, she has until April 10. She
going to rent this building next door,” claims by signing this, she will expedite the process.”
the property manager said.
The property manager said she
Tenants said they noticed that, despite claiming the building was too un- gave most of her tenants their security
safe for them to enter, the landlord and deposits back and is working to return
a few neighbors were seen entering the them all as soon as possible.
As for lost belongings, she said
house on a few occasions before it was
after the property was sealed, anyone
demolished.
Both said they suspected foul play could have gone in at his or her own
and felt some of their belongings were risk.
“I know they got most of their stuff
stolen, in addition to whatever they lost
out,” she said. “[There was] nothing
in the demolition.
demolished PAGE 1
first addressed why she did not vote
to pass the resolution declaring TSG’s
support for TAUP and AFSCME after
it was vetoed by student body President
Nadine Mompremier last semester.
Patterson said she originally voted in favor of the
bill because of her
personal
feelings
regarding these issues but decided to
vote differently after
researching the situation. She said the
unions and administration need to step
Gäelle Amazan
up communication TU Dream Team
and compromise.
“This is an issue that affects all
students,” Patterson said.
Amazan disagreed with Patterson,
citing the main issue is transparency.
She described the recent Student Labor
Action Project rally Thursday.
“If that’s not communication, I
don’t know what is,” Amazan said, referring to the marching and chanting at
the rally.
The debate continued to heat up
when questions were opened to the audience.
The first question dealt with how
TSG would handle
negative press. Gerard said it has to
start with using the
various Temple media and build up
from there. The auKylie Patterson
dience again brought TUACTION!
up communication
with students as an issue.
Patterson said her ticket intends to
make TSG more transparent and have
students participate in weekly surveys.
Amazan talked about TU Dream
Team’s plan for a “Be a Leader” cam-
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The property manager says she
did all she could to help tenants
retrieve their possessions. The
house was knocked down within a
few days of being condemned.
really that we could do to stop people
from going into a dangerous building
if they want to. We did everything we
could.”
Williams said free legal counsel
arranged for the tenants by Temple’s
Office of Off-Campus Living informed
him he will likely have reason to take
legal action against both the property
management company and Ferraro
Properties, Inc.
So far, neither Williams nor Dullek
has filed a lawsuit. Dullek said her parents’ homeowners’ insurance company
is likely to cover her losses.
“Temple doesn’t allow juniors
and seniors to live in dorms, so we’re
forced to go into off-campus housing,
which allows us to be covered by our
parents’ insurance,” Dullek said. “Because I lived alone, I’m covered. If I
lived with a roommate, I would not
have been covered for whatever reason, so it just played out really well.”
Williams, however, did not have as
much luck with his parents’ insurance.
“[We] should have hired somebody to take all the property out before
the building was destroyed,” Williams
said. “Me and my family, nobody’s been
through a situation like this. We would
have insisted she [hire someone], but
this was a chaotic experience.”
Morgan Zalot can be reached at
[email protected].
paign, as well as making a new Web
site. She stressed students have to get
involved.
“We are all about representation
and communication, but we need students to get involved first,” Amazan
said.
Senate President Jeff Dempsey
asked how TUACTION! plans to pay
for all its proposed services when TSG
is running very low on money.
DeSantis said money is a huge
concern, but TUACTION! wants to go
through all the services and really make
sure they are important to students.
Voting begins today and ends tomorrow. All voting will be done online
at uvote.temple.edu.
Rebecca Hale can be reached at
[email protected].
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EDITORIALs
Safety
Endangered
W
hen students and their parents think of crime on Main
Campus, they imagine latenight muggings, broken car
windows and missing Owl Cards – all
common listings in Campus Safety’s
crime report.
What students don’t consider is
their safety inside their residence halls
and off-campus apartments – their
homes away from home, where they
eat, sleep and store everything worth
keeping.
But recent events are the source of
unrest among students living on and off
campus, as The Temple News reports
this week.
On Feb. 27, two residents at The
Edge were followed to their apartment
by a man they shared an elevator ride
with. The man slipped past security
when resident Amy Gargulio scanned
her I.D. upon entering the building.
The security guards – who are not required to check Temple I.D. cards since
there is a machine that does so – did not
stop or question the man, who police
believe is mentally ill.
The man tried to force his way into
Gargulio’s apartment, even after she
threw hot coffee on him. Gargulio said
she is not satisfied with AlliedBarton’s
reaction, though a spokesperson said
the guard who was on duty at the time
has been reprimanded.
Two weeks later on March 11, Pa-
M
Spring
Steps
arch really did roll out like
a lamb.
It’s perhaps redundant
to say that cliché is overused, but the month of March seemed
to seamlessly fade into April. And with
that, we enter the final month of the
academic year.
It’s the time of year where the trees
begin to bud and Mr. Softee sits by the
Bell Tower. Spring Fling is around the
corner, and classes end May 4. Everything is coming to an end.
This, however, is no excuse to get
caught up in the contagious springtime
environment.
With all of this said, The Temple
News would like to encourage students
to take advantage of the final month of
the spring semester rather than become
absorbed in the excitement.
First, vote for Temple Student
Government. Elections for next year’s
administration are being held today
and tomorrow. While their platforms
may be similar and students’ expectations low, TSG is a committed organization that does care about all students.
They just need to find a better way of
expressing it, so give them a chance.
Lounge on Beury Beach, but don’t
skip out on classes. Think of it this way
– every class you skip costs $31 (or
$57 for out-of-state students). Remember that you’re at Temple to receive an
Lax guards and landlords
should not be tolerated for
the money being paid.
tricia Dullek and Eric Williams’ house
on 18th and Monument streets practically collapsed. The newly constructed
building split in half at the foundation
following construction on an adjacent
lot. After being told by their landlord
that the house was too unstable for
them to enter, Dullek and Williams returned to their home, which is occupied
by three other tenants, to find some of
their belongings missing and damaged.
The tenants say they had seen the landlord and a few neighbors removing
their belongings from the home.
How are students supposed to feel
safe in their homes if they can’t trust
the people who are supposed to be
watching over them?
AlliedBarton guards are employed
with the express purpose of monitoring
the buildings they patrol. A machine
cannot take the place of a person, no
matter how fool-proof it proposes to
be. It is a landlord’s job to keep an eye
on the property, not take advantage of
what is already an infuriating situation.
With limited campus housing and
impending Yorktown evictions, student
housing like The Edge and off-campus
homes have become the norm for Temple students. Now that these options
are becoming less desirable, it’s only a
matter of time before the housing situation becomes and enrollment issue for
the university.
TTN provides tidbits on how
to finish the final weeks of
the spring semester.
education, not to get a suntan on a faux
beach.
Eat at the Johnson & Hardwick
cafeteria at least once a week. It seems
that a renovated eatery has improved the
moods of the workers, many of whom
are now delightful and accommodating. And, compared to most school cafeterias, the food is pretty good
Keep picking up The Temple
News. It’s a pretty good paper.
Don’t let Temple shelter you. Get
to know and explore the community.
Talk to neighbors and locals. Learn
about them and their lives, and share
something about yours.
And for the seniors – hope that Bill
Cosby will return to speak at graduation in exactly a month and a week. We
were pleased to see him reappear last
year – sources say he showed because
of a column in The Temple News – and
we can only hope he’ll make another
cameo at this year’s ceremony.
We’ve reached a strange period of
the year, where the beautiful weather
energizes all while senioritis spreads to
underclassmen. Prove to yourself that
you can find that perfect balance between academics and entertainment.
And one more bit of caution – with
a forecasted high of 48 degrees tomorrow, don’t put away those winter
clothes just yet.
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russell’s forecast
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By the time the
Yorktown issue
is resolved,
there will be
few student
tenants. No one
wants to put
money down
on a place they
may not have in
a month.
Inform Yourself
Follow this QR Code to
the State Department’s
travel alert for Mexico.
Then, read Kirsten
Stamn’s article about
traveling there on
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Featured letter
Good-bye from TSG president
Dear Temple University Students,
It has been a pleasure to serve as your Student Body President this year. This year had its successes and shortcomings but, overall, was a progressive year. Last year, many of you heard about
the changes TSG made and the goals Owl VOICES wanted to achieve. We were elected with a
platform that we stayed true to and dealt with the situations that came up throughout the academic
year.
We worked on building the Senate, providing opportunities for students to get involved and
bringing change to campus. We worked with administration and local officials and addressed the
Yorktown concerns, including having a lawyer speak to students about their rights to stay in the
area. We also provided off-campus housing and financial aid forums so that students could know
what to look for when taking the first steps to moving off-campus and themselves from situations
that occurred in Yorktown. We provided an outlet to have student concerns addressed, whether it
was about the labor unions, financial aid, diversity, GenEd or more speakers at our monthly State of
the Campus meetings, including the provost, the director of enrollment management, the director of
GenEd, the chief financial officer and the president.
We were able to accomplish so much as a team. With the relationships we’ve established, we
hope that TSG is in a direction to achieve more with support from the students and administration.
I say all of this knowing that many of you didn’t have a chance to get involved and see this take
place. However, our initiatives go to show what a group of committed individuals can do to bring
change when they are given an opportunity to do so. This election is your chance to get involved in
the process. Elections are taking place today and tomorrow at uvote.temple.edu. I encourage you to
get to know the candidates, find out who they are, what they’ve accomplished and what they want
to bring about next year. Talk with your peers, and learn about these students. TUACTION! and TU
Dream Team are vying for your votes because they are ready and willing to serve you and want to
continue improving Temple University.
I am confident in their abilities for next year, and I have hope in what TSG can and will accomplish next year and in the future.
Sincerely,
Nadine F. Mompremier
Student Body President 2008-2009
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Consumer,
college debt
bury student
A Temple student dealing with overwhelming debt tells her story.
K
rista Boshinski is in “horrible, horrible
debt.”
The senior theater major, whose parents aren’t “financially equipped” to provide the cash for every facet of her college life,
needs loans to pay for her
education and four credit
cards she uses for living expenses.
“I’m in two different
worlds of debt,” Boshinski,
22, said. “Tuition and all that
stuff world, and then, there’s
thomas
credit card debt world. The
rowan
two are going to merge when
I graduate, which is absolutely terrifying.”
Today’s economic woes tend to bring out the
worst in any situation, and there is no silver lining
in debt. As college students continue to pass the
buck, the burden becomes insurmountable.
In a 2005 study conducted by Nellie Mae, the
average undergraduate was found to have an outstanding credit card balance of $2,169.
Boshinski has credit cards for Gap, American
Eagle and Target. She is nearly $2,500 in credit
card debt.
“I am a girl,” Boshinski said, “so there are
times when I just need to buy a shirt, but I’m definitely not one of those girls who are like, ‘Oh my
God, look at that $500 Coach purse, I have to find
a way to have it.’ I’ve been paying the minimum
payment because I don’t have the money to pay
more, so it just stays at that limit and accumulates
interest, which is even worse.”
The ambitious actress doesn’t have time to get
a job after school due to rehearsals on nights and
weekends, so she relies on tuition reimbursements
to get her through each semester. During her first
three years at school, she lived in an apartment
with a friend, taking care of her own bills.
“I took out my first couple credit cards to try
and establish credit,” Boshinski said. “My major
one is a Capitol One card, which has a $1,500
limit that has been at the max limit for months and
months now.”
Boshinski said she used the cards for groceries and taking care of her two cats.
“Unfortunately, being a student is so hard
these days,” she said. “I’m just trying to maintain
a mentality where I will take it one day at a time,
try and make all of my minimum payments until I
can do more, and that’s the best I can do.”
Seventy-four percent of undergraduates reported using credit cards for school supplies, the
No. 1 reported use of cards, according to Nellie Mae. The second most common use of credit
cards reported by undergraduates was a tie between textbooks and food, with 71 percent reporting these as charged expenses. Slightly less than
24 percent reported using credit cards for tuition.
Fortunately, Boshinski learned her lesson on
buying extravagant things or wanting to splurge
on new items.
“I got a Target card with a $500 limit because we needed furniture in our apartment my
first year,” she said.
Boshinski now lives at home with unneeded
furniture and an outstanding limit on her Target
credit card.
Undergraduates reported freshman year as the
most popular time for getting credit cards, with 56
percent reporting having obtained their first cards
at age 18.
At 18, students will pay for anything using
their credit cards – food, clothes, tickets, all-terrain vehicles and, yes, even furniture.
If you can’t wait until you’re gainfully employed to enjoy the fruits of your labor, then
you’re inevitably going to find yourself in a bad
situation. If your apartment is empty, borrow
some couches and chairs or try to inherit from an
outgoing senior.
Keep the plastic at bay for a few more years,
and $200 coats and $500 handbags will be a killer
accessory rather than a ridiculous burden.
Tom Rowan can be reached at
[email protected].
COMMENTARY
Editor’s work is valid
The term “student journalist” should not devalue honest journalism.
F
our years is a long time to study something
and still be considered an amateur. That is exactly what happened last week when an article
written by Shannon McDonald, managing editor of The
Temple News, started getting
media attention.
As part of the journalism
department’s capstone class, the
Multimedia Urban Reporting
Lab, the senior journalism major
dave
wrote an article about her ridealong with an officer in Philadelisaac
phia’s 22nd Police District.
During the ride-along, Officer Bill Thrasher made some off-color comments
about the neighborhood he patrols. He has since been
assigned to administrative duties pending completion
of an investigation into his remarks.
Describing the problems in the community as
“typical n----- s---,” or “TNS,” put Thrasher in hot
water with the police department after McDonald’s
article garnered attention.
But the controversy didn’t stop at the officer’s
comments. Soon after, some began to question the accuracy of the story because the author of the article is
still a student.
In the March 31 edition of the Daily News, a police spokesman, Lt. Frank Vanore, was quoted as saying, “We don’t know the validity of this article. This
is a student journalist. We don’t know how much of
what she wrote is true or who was there. There are a
lot of variables.”
His comments seemed to precede a media frenzy
of news organizations trying to get in touch with McDonald to interview her about the officer and his comments.
Once the story broke six weeks after it was posted
on Temple’s MURL Web site, McDonald was peppered with media requests from NPR, NBC10, FOX29
and 100.3FM The Beat.
McDonald granted FOX29 reporter Claudia Gomez an interview on March 31, in which Gomez al-
Dave Isaac can be reached at
[email protected].
Don’t hype travel alert
Northern Mexico may not be safe, but the whole country isn’t a war zone.
W
henever I tell people I’m going to Mexico,
I get lectured about how “unsafe” Mexico
is or hear about the New York Times article
that said it’s dangerous to travel there.
Need I remind people that
traveling to any country has a
certain degree of danger? Even
the overridden tourist cities have
crime.
Like many Temple students,
I am studying abroad in Oaxaca,
Mexico, this summer.
Mexico is not just there to
kirsten
get drunk off margaritas. AmeriStamn
cans treat Mexico too lightly,
traveling without asking enough
of the right questions regarding their safety.
The violence in Mexico has definitely worsened.
In towns bordering the United States, kidnappings and
violence involving American citizens have increased
due to the rampaging drug cartels that have thrown the
entire country into crisis.
“Mexico’s attorney general has published a list of
24 drug kingpins in the country’s six largest cartels,”
ABC News reported, “and is offering rewards of almost $3 million each for information which leads to
their arrests.”
But the fact that the Mexican government is doing
all it can to maintain peace doesn’t seem to comfort
many people. Instead, the acknowledgement of the
current issues has created a public panic.
Travelers should be well informed on the place
they’re visiting, no matter where they are.
For instance, Phoenix and Atlanta have had an increase in cases where “U.S. law enforcement officials
see cartel violence spill into the United States,” according to the El Paso Times.
Southern states aren’t the only ones suffering
from an outbreak of crime. The New York Times has
reported that authorities say drug traffickers “are responsible for a rash of shootings in Vancouver, British
Columbia, kidnappings in Phoenix, brutal assaults in
Birmingham, Ala., and much more.”
If I told my family and friends that I would be
traveling to any of these places, I wouldn’t be getting
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most condescendingly asked whether McDonald took
notes while in the car.
As any respectable journalist would, McDonald
accompanied Thrasher in the cruiser with a notebook
and pencil in hand, jotting down her findings.
She essentially became the story because she is a
student, and still one month away from receiving her
bachelor’s degree in journalism.
If a writer from the Daily News or Philadelphia
Inquirer wrote the story, surely the officer would still
be under investigation, but there wouldn’t be as much
of an effort to double-check the validity of the article’s
contents.
As a student journalist, a reporter has to be even
more careful than a full-time employee of a newspaper. Students have to build solid reputations as accurate reporters if they want any shot at finding positions
in the currently depleted job market.
Journalism students, unique from many other majors, are usually required to do work in their fields before they can graduate and pursue internships or freelance opportunities. But McDonald’s prior experience
gained her no respect.
Two days removed from his comment in the
Daily News, Vanore said he didn’t treat McDonald’s
article any differently than he would had it come from
a reporter from one of Philadelphia’s two major newspapers.
“There’s really no difference. It’s just that we
didn’t know anything about it,” he said. “[At the time]
we really had no knowledge of it. Just because she
wrote it doesn’t mean it’s true. Nowadays, there are
so many blogs, you just don’t know what you’re reading.”
On May 14, McDonald will stand with her classmates in McGonigle Hall and officially receive her
degree in journalism. That day, she should not only
hold a piece of paper but also a sliver of the respect
that she should have been afforded all along.
Kim Kepner
lectured.
Why? Because of the U.S. Department of State
travel advisory.
Issued on Feb. 20, 2009, for U.S. citizens who are
planning to visit or live in Mexico, the alert has caused
frenzy.
But if they really read what the travel alert says,
they’d realize all we need is common sense.
“Common-sense precautions such as visiting only
legitimate business and tourist areas during daylight
hours,” the alert reads, “and avoiding areas where
prostitution and drug dealing might occur, can help
ensure that travel to Mexico is safe and enjoyable.”
The alert instructs American citizens to travel
along popular roads, to avoid traveling alone and not
to display large amounts of money or expensive jewelry.
But these “common-sense precautions” should always be used when traveling. The travel alert has only
succeeded in causing a fuss.
People also do not understand where the violence
is in Mexico. Drug cartels wreaking havoc are in northern Mexico. The Temple summer program takes place
in Oaxaca, which is in the southern part of the country.
While an American citizen was killed in Oaxaca during a 2006 protest, I find it ridiculous that so many
people have been thinking drug cartels are spending a
lot of effort in the region.
According to an e-mail issued by Temple’s International Programs, “Oaxaca is currently stable and not
experiencing the violence occurring in the border cities. Summer study abroad programs located in the interior of Mexico are in general continuing to run, and
reports from these sites are that things are normal.”
Mexico is indeed dangerous. But the emphasis
people are putting on the travel alert is putting stress
on people who decide to venture there.
The best thing to do is keep away from the northern cities that are experiencing the most violence and
use common sense. This situation is not unexpected
or shocking enough to try to force people not to go.
All anyone can do is support his or her loved ones and
pray for a safe journey.
sophOmore
Kirsten Stamn can be reached at
[email protected].
JOANNE PORUCZNIK
sophomore
elementary/special education
“College is
not affordable
at all. And I
definitely think
more could
be done to
provide aid to
students.”
“
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Else’s
Opinion
“Narcotics is one of
those units that requires
a small span of control
because they deal with
search-and-seizure
warrants, confidential
informants and other
high-risk situations.
In light of the articles
and the scrutiny the
Narcotics Bureau is
under, we felt this was
necessary.”
William Blackburn,
Phila. Police Deputy Commissioner
A Philadelphia police
narcotics unit has been dispersed into other units after
it was caught cutting camera
wires at shops it raided.
“I’m not going to take
money from candidates
and give it to people who
are not supporting them.
We’re a party and this
is a club, and these are
the club rules. I’ve had
enough of it.”
U.S. Rep. Bob Brady
Chairman, Phila. Democratic Party
Brady was reprimanding party officials who were
taking street money from one
candidate and then
supporting another.
“I just said it’s a wonder that the only people
he’s going after are
Caucasians. There’s a lot
of other people who owe
more money than me
who are African-American. The bottom line is
they just think I’m more
capable of paying it than
these other people.”
Joseph Santaguida
Attorney whose taxes weren’t paid
Santaguida paid part of
his delinquent taxes but said
Mayor Michael Nutter wasn’t
pursuing African-American tax
scofflaws.
“If I had agreed to a
deal, I would have put it
in writing. It’s almost ludicrous to think a mayor
would tell two private
citizens, ‘You go and
make a deal that binds
the city of Philadelphia,
and there’s not going
to be any writing of any
kind.’ And somehow, the
city is going to be bound
by that? That doesn’t
make any sense.”
John Street
Former Philadelphia mayor
Street held a press conference and denied that he
had ever made a secret deal
with the Eagles to accept less
than what was owed to the
city.
JAN COX-CARTER
jewelry/metals
“In the current
economy, I
don’t think that
the middle
class can
afford school. I
think the school
is trying to do
enough to help
students, but
there’s always
room for more.”
Junior
finance
“I’m out-ofstate, so I don’t
think they’re
doing enough. I
only got a loan
amount that
is minuscule
compared to
the overall
tuition.”
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hen Camille Joseph was asked if she ever thought of herself as
normal, she quickly and emphatically said “no.”
“I haven’t wondered if I was normal,” the freshman biology student said. “I’ve wondered if I were crazy before.”
For students, depression, parental divorce, new living environments
and relationships are identity issues that normally affect college-aged individuals.
“It is normal to question whether the things you are experiencing fall
within the realm of normal,” said psychologist Michael Hanowitz of Tuttleman Counseling Services, a free service provided for all Temple students.
Dr. Jeremy Frank, a practicing psychologist of 15 years who works at
the center, said Joseph’s questions about her identity are “closely related.”
Joseph said she wouldn’t seek professional help in the event she ever
began to feel overwhelmed because then, “that would mean I am crazy.”
Frank said he believes just the opposite.
“You don’t have to be crazy to seek help,” Frank said. “I sometimes
find that it is the healthiest member of the family that comes to sit on my
couch.”
Acknowledging issues that make students uncomfortable is a big step.
Some students are often inclined to keep those issues private, making it
difficult to determine whether their experiences are
normal.
“I think it’s important that we look at these
things that we aren’t comfortable with,” said
Kesse Humphreys, a sophomore metals major.
Humphreys openly discusses his depression, saying the world would be a
much better place if we had more “uneasy conversations.”
He said students “just don’t
want to talk about it,” leaving
many to secretly wrestle with an
Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo
was being realistic when
he was “Tired of Sex.”
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LARA STRAYER TTN
Tuttleman Counseling Services is located on the fifth floor of 1810 Liacouras Walk. Tuttleman offers support in the form of counseling, support
groups, literature, educational programs and outreach events. Assistance is confidential and free of charge.
Two different techniques for toning
PART 3 OF A 4-PART SERIES
20-20-20 and 30-30 sessions at the IBC give students the benefits of two styles of full-body cardio and toning-focused exercises.
CHRISTINE FISHER
The Temple News
No matter how you break it down, 20-20-20 and 30-30 offer full-body cardio and toning exercises.
These combination-group fitness classes, which are currently offered five
times a week, break an hour into segments of aerobics and toning that provide a
full-body cardio and strength-building workout.
The 30-30 sessions combine 30 minutes of high- and low-impact aerobics
with 30 minutes of full-body toning. The 20-20-20 sessions also break an hour
into segments of high- and low-impact aerobics and full-body toning, while
adding step aerobics to the workout.
Leaders of the classes agree that these sessions are beneficial because in
one hour, participants are able to take part in both cardio and strength-building
exercises.
“Cardio exercise is great for a number of things such as weight loss, re-
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Cardio-intensive workout sessions like 20-20-20 and 30-30 can help
students lose weight, reduce stress and strengthen their hearts.
y beloved readers,
here’s a brief lesson
for you in the world
of music: in 1996, a
little band named Weezer released
its sophomore album, Pinkerton.
After the wild
success of the Pillow
band’s self- Talk
titled debut
(referred to
by dedicated
fans as The
Blue Album),
thanks to the
single “Buddy
Holly,”
libby
record sales
Peck
weren’t
as
impressive as
expected.
The first song track on this album is called “Tired of Sex.” Lead
singer Rivers Cuomo wails, “I’m
tired / So tired / I’m tired of having sex / I’m spread so thin, I don’t
know who I am,” and proceeds to
complain about his inability to find
true love on the road while surrounded by groupies.
The lead singer of a popular,
rock band was seemingly tired of
sex. And so am I. I mean, it’s not
like I have rabid fans of The Temple
News chasing me around campus,
begging for entry into our sacred
newsroom (hell, I don’t even get
that) in order to spend time with
me. So, perhaps I should elaborate.
I’m not tired of sex; then, I
would probably be a terrible columnist, as well as inhuman.
But apparently, there’s some
kind of magnet embedded in me
that attracts the oddest males possible. In middle school, it was the
one boy who had already started
puberty without realizing he needed to use deodorant, who rocked a
pencil-thin mustache. He told me
all about his obsession with Anime
porn and told the captain of our
football team he wanted me to give
him a blow job.
And last night, a Penn student
I’ve been talking to off-and-on
called me at 2 a.m. and told me I
had a half-hour to get to his house
in University City, so he could take
advantage of me. Then he rapped
freestyle for me — terribly.
Cuomo had it right when he
sang about being “spread so thin.”
Despite my arguably easy schedule
this semester, taking care of extracurricular and social activities and
family obligations has become a
chore. I somehow managed to put
off dealing with all of it and instead,
spend too many hours complaining
about the crazies who had found
me. Needless to say, I’m ready for a
break – not only from this semester,
but also from getting involved with
people I don’t necessarily need to
keep around.
Are you feeling the last-thirdof-the-semester blues, too? I’ve
come up with a simple list to help
us get through the sluggish weeks
before spring finals and the exhausting process of ignoring phone
calls and Facebook chats:
Peck PAGE 8
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next week
WINGING IT:
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during its weekly meetings. Now, it looks to expand.
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Relocated Reporting columnist Carlene Majorino gives an update
on her newly adapted lifestyle in Oviedo, Spain.
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Music for
rainy day
ailments
Before May flowers come
April showers. Here are a
few rainy day suggestions.
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pril can be a real bummer.
Spring may be here, and
sure, the high temperature is
consistently staying above 50
degrees, but this month is known for
its precipitation.
And for students, OffBeat
this month only Academia
brings us closer
to finals with
each cloudy day.
Imagine
Paddington Bear,
with his blue
slicker and red
hat, clambering
SARAH
into class to take
SANDERS
an exam. It’s just
sad.
My column
isn’t about music, and I usually feel
uncomfortable writing about music because I lack the vocabulary. But I like
lists. Most of these songs don’t have
anything to do with weather, but music
can be great company when it’s drizzling outside. In no particular order,
here are my top five rainy day songs, if
there can even be such a thing:
1. “Puddle Splashers” by Cap’n
Jazz.
I was introduced to this band by
a very good friend of mine who put it
on a mixtape for me. The song is upbeat and fun. It will make you get out
of your house, your apartment or your
dorm room, and if not, it will at least
make you bounce around inside. It reminds me a lot of being a kid: immature, stupid and naïve. Even now, I feel
like a kid – and I think a lot of you can
relate to that every time you get embarrassed or you enjoy the freedom of
being alone. Hopefully, sometime this
month, you’ll have a chance to turn this
song up really loud and jump on your
bed. The title is suitable, too.
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LARA STRAYER TTN
Services provided by Tuttleman Counseling give students an opportunity to vent and relieve emotional stress. “You don’t have to be crazy to
seek help,” psychologist Jeremy Frank said. “I sometimes find that it is the healthiest member of the family that comes to sit on my couch.”
‘Venting’ an outlet for stress
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invisible giant. “It is hard to recognize how one
issue can impact everything else in
your life,” said a female sophomore,
who did not want to be identified.
According to the National College Health Risk Behavior Survey,
one in five college women experience
unwanted or forced sex that meets the
legal definition of rape. The Bureau of
Justice Statistics reports that 60 percent of rapes go unreported.
“I didn’t seek to prosecute the
person who raped me,” the sophomore
said, as she looked to the floor. “The
idea of [testifying] scared me. I just
wanted to be done with it.”
But it wasn’t that easy, and she
soon sought short-term counseling ser-
Don’t spread your
sex life too thin
peck PAGE 7
Focus on the family.
I would never condone a Republican think tank – especially one that
would consider this sex column my
one-way ticket to damnation. But they
have something right with their name:
no matter who your family is, it’s a
support system. So, spend time and
further develop your relationships with
those people any time you can. Blood
relatives, best friends and Greek brotherhoods or sisterhoods all provide networks of lifetime bonds that last longer
than 15 minutes at the apartment of the
guy you just met at the bar.
Put away the cell phone.
In class, of course! I know it’s extremely difficult to put your phone in
your pocket and leave it there for 50
minutes of your life. But if you pay
attention in class, you might actually
get your tuition’s worth, might actually know what your professor is referring to when you come back to the real
world after an interrupting daydream
and might not have to deal with a text
message from some girl who claims
she left her leather jacket under your
bed when she left your place early Sunday morning.
Avoid Facebook like the plague.
Reading wall-to-walls, painstakingly watching your list of available
friends fluctuate until you see the name
of the person you’ve been dying to hit
up for some action, seeing that she’s
“no longer listed as ‘single’” and going
through recently tagged photos, wondering why the hell he took someone
else to formal all suck. So, why do we
keep doing it? Sometimes, ignorance
really is bliss. If we’re not given the
opportunity to creep, the less interested
we become, the more time we can devote to scholarly pursuits.
Don’t take yourself so seriously.
We’re all college students, right?
We all have those cyclical moments
of debilitating stress, complete elation
and ravenous lust. However, unless
you really screw up in one of these cycles or consistently do things unhealthy
for mental stability, the decisions and
moods we find ourselves in on a daily
basis change too drastically and too often for one of them to define the rest of
our lives.
Take Cuomo, for instance: “Tired
of Sex” shows a complete shift from the
lyrics of “Buddy Holly,” where Cuomo
croons “But you know I’m yours/and
I know you’re mine/and that’s for all
time.” Apparently his “Mary Tyler
Moore” moved on but so did he. Cuomo is still releasing music (albeit disappointing) and raising a family.
I guess he wasn’t so tired of sex
after all, and I don’t blame him, really.
I know my annoyance definitely won’t
last forever, so for now, I guess I’ll just
soak up the new spring sun and once
again, see what happens this weekend.
Libby Peck can be reached at
[email protected].
vices from the center.
Frank said it takes a great deal
of courage for students to face issues
troubling them that, when faced, can
eventually lead to learning and wisdom.
“Mental illness is not always a
result of genetics. It can also sprout
from current environmental stressors
and trauma,” said Hanowitz, who has
been practicing psychology for more
than 10 years.
Stressors can result from sexual
abuse or assault, domestic violence,
divorce or even financial instability.
Thankfully, there are avenues of
relief.
MTV Web site halfofus.com offers an outlet for young adults to talk
about the unspoken. On the site, Pete
Wentz of Fall Out Boy and Mary J.
Blige share their stories of how ignored emotional stress in their lives
led to depression.
“The biggest thing for me was to
understand why I felt [depressed],”
Humphreys said, recalling his own encounter with feeling low.
“The ratio of females to males
that utilize the counseling services at
Temple is roughly 2-1,” said John DiMino, director of Tuttleman Counseling Services. “This may be because
women are generally more tuned into
their emotional life and, therefore,
more likely to ask for help.”
To test DiMino’s hypothesis,
two students, whose parents are now
divorced – one male and one female
– were interviewed.
Ashley Chappell, a sophomore
nursing major, sought the help of a
psychiatrist after her parents finalized
their divorce.
The male student, Preston Casper,
did not.
“My parents’ divorce is something I just didn’t feel the need to talk
about,” Casper said.
Casper, a sophomore kinesiology major and former football player,
found the best therapy for him was
sports.
“People have to deal with their
emotional stress by venting, exploring
its origin, getting social support or getting help in other ways, professional or
otherwise,” Frank said.
Quentin Williams can be reached at
[email protected].
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MARIA ZANKEY
The Temple News
Kristen Jones
sculpture
Year: Senior
Major: Sculpture and Art Education
M
alcolm Kenyatta doesn’t
mind being awkwardly
comfortable. In fact, this
poet welcomes the feeling.
“Before I performed ‘Awkwardly
Comfortable,’ I was originally against
it,” the sophomore theater major said
about performing his poem in the nude.
“But I realized: this is my medium, my
art, and it was exactly what the poem was
about.
“It’s about giving your all to someone, completely naked and unrefined.
Like poetry, it’s saying, ‘This is me.’”
As chairman and founder of Babel,
Temple’s collective of poets, Kenyatta
has made it his mission to bring life to an
otherwise dormant art form in the Temple and Philadelphia community.
His emotional, thought-provoking signature piece, “Public Service Announcement,” has been known to hail
standing ovations and finger snaps of approval in venues scattered across the city.
“People need people, whether they
like it or not,” Kenyatta said, “and there
are a lot of messed-up situations. ‘PSA’ is
an allowance to myself and others to show
weakness.”
Kenyatta said his writing process is
unconventional. Rather than beginning
with an idea and finishing it off with a
title, Kenyatta does the opposite.
“My poems start with a title, and I
work backward,” he said. “Sometimes,
the piece isn’t directly in sync with the
title, but some very cool ideas have developed from them.”
Kenyatta is an idea man. When he
isn’t fronting Babel, he is an actor, singer
and YouTube personality.
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He started his YouTube show, A Moment with Malcolm, in November and has
already collected more than 115 subscribers. In the show, Kenyatta entertainingly
gives his take on current events, pop culture and whatever else the artist has on his
mind.
For Kenyatta, art is a crucial factor
in getting whatever weighs him off his
chest.
“When you just want to scream or
yell or roll,” Kenyatta said, “sometimes
words just can’t express it. Sometimes
you just cry because you have nothing
left to say. Poetry is finding words for
those things that never had words
before.”
Maria Zankey can be reached at
[email protected].
Zack Gross
Year: Senior
Major: Photography
“Seeing the collaborative effort between photographer, crew and the person being shot was out of this world,”
Gross said. “It is definitely something to
be experienced, not just taught from in a
classroom.”
Gross also interacts with fellow
group members in Omelette Arthaus.
The group is comprised of more than
just graphic designers and photographers – it contains artists from ceramics and glass to sculpture and pottery.
Members meet to inspire and enhance
each other’s artistic work.
“The most important thing is portfolio,” Gross said about building his
résumé. “Grades should be good, however, visible proof of your work gives a
much better impression.”
With the intention of having photo
shoots booked every weekend until he
graduates, Gross is sure to have a marketable portfolio.
“I would like to graduate with a
portfolio that would be comparable to
someone who has graduated 10 years
before me,” Gross said.
Gross is continuing to advance his
status in the photography industry. He
hopes to one day work for companies
places she visited.
Jones received a partial track scholarship
and ran for Temple for two years. Though the
schedules can be rigorous, Jones said she encourages students interested in art and sports to
pursue both.
“It taught me a lot about being a studentathlete and what a student-athlete goes through,”
Jones said. “There aren’t many artists who are
athletes as well.”
Jones has always admired knowledgeable
teachers who could recommend three or four
artists she would be interested in. It is her goal
to be just as knowledgeable to teach her future
students.
“As a teacher, I feel it’s really important
if I’m looking at my students’ work, to be able
to be like, ‘OK, they’re working like this person, I’ll recommend people to them,’” she said.
“To me, that is key [to expanding] their knowledge.”
Kali Wyrosdic can be reached at
[email protected].
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Nic Lukehartt TTN
ithin the Tyler School of Art,
there is a student who does
more than just his homework. Making his way in the
big leagues, Zack Gross is booking his
own gigs.
This sophomore photography major
was chosen as one of the top 15 artists
for more than just his artistic abilities.
Aside from keeping up with his schoolwork, Gross is establishing himself as a
photographer and is one of the founding
members of Omelette Arthaus, a promising group of talented artists.
Gross has worked on projects for
companies like Febreze, Canon, AOL.
com and Melophobe.
He found his first gig on Craigslist.
The event was free, and Gross was able
to network with recognized photographer Richard Agudelo.
Agudelo went on to invite Gross to
a photo shoot, providing Agudelo with
free help and Gross with experience.
Gross participated in shooting for projects like Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist and reggaeton artist Daddy Yankee.
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olorful blocks strung along lengths of
plastic tubing make up Kristen Jones’
latest piece. The large-scale version
of a doctor’s waiting room toy invites
anyone to come and play.
Jones, a senior sculpture and art education
major, enjoys when the audience interacts with
her art.
Jones dabbles in sculpting, glass and printmaking, runs track, works for the Tyler Admissions Office and serves as a track camp counselor in the summer. After graduation, she looks
forward to coaching track and teaching art to
high school students.
“I like paying attention to the kids [who]
especially don’t necessarily think that they have
the best of abilities because they have the best
of something – they just don’t know what it is
yet,” Jones said.
Jones has a different way of using materials.
Last year, she welded a metal dance party tent.
“It’s always been interesting to me to see
how the public views sculpture because some
people think of it as more like the traditional materials being used,” she said.
Jones is currently working on a soft sculpture that she’ll be stuffing.
“It’s like a kid toy, only enlarged,” Jones
said.
She will fabricate a brightly colored, multisized stack of rings. The rings will be made of
fabric, stuffed and stacked on a post.
“I’ve always loved art,” Jones said. “I’ve
always done art since I was little. It was something I was kind of drawn to.”
She draws inspiration from her recent trip
to Rome. At first, it was difficult not knowing
the area or the language. But by the end of her
stay, Jones made work that was inspired by the
photography
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KALI WYROSDIC
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Kali Wyrosdic TTN
Year: Sophomore
Major: Theater
student artists
Sabrina Jacot TTN
poetry
Malcolm Kenyatta
Fifteen artists were chosen to share their
stories in our special issue, created to showcase
some of Temple’s most passionate and creative
on-campus talent. The artists are shown in no
particular order on the following pages.
TTN’s fashion columnist Nicole
Saylor explains the dos and don’ts
of dressing for success.
next week
like H&M and Elle Magazine.
Setting the bar high is not an issue
for an artist like Gross, who makes all
the right moves.
Maria Cannon can be reached at
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DANCE FOR THE CURE:
The Imhotep Charter High School hosted “Dancing for Pearls,” a
community dance-a-thon for cancer awareness.
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Kelsey Morton
Hallie Lehuta
Year: Junior
Major: Printmaking and art
education
Year: Sophomore
Major: Printmaking
Courtesy Hallie Lehuta
painting
printmaking
JULIE ACHILLES
The Temple News
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GRACE DICKINSON
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vide equal inspiration.
“I can look at a piece of art and know
what I like, but I can also look at how
rain collects on a window and feel just as
inspired,” she said.
Lehuta is currently studying abroad
in Rome, where she recently showed
her work. Lehuta and classmates from
her painting class were invited to create
paintings for a charity masquerade ball
hosted by the French ambassador.
After graduating from Tyler, Lehuta
plans to pursue an advanced degree in
printmaking and is considering moving
overseas to continue her future artistic
career.
“Who wouldn’t want to make art in
Rome?” Lehuta said.
Lehuta said she is a country girl at
heart and is grateful for her family.
“I wouldn’t be where I was today,”
she said, “if it weren’t for the love and
support of my family.”
Grace Dickinson can be reached at
[email protected].
elsey Morton is a creator. When she’s not
busy creating artwork,
she’s creating a name
for herself in the art community.
The Tyler School of Art
sophomore has always held art
in high esteem, trying her hand
in countless media ever since
she was able to hold a pencil.
“Everything you look at
that is man-made was touched
or influenced by an artist in
some way,” Morton said.
Originally from York, Pa.,
Morton came to Tyler to be
a painting major but decided
on printmaking, a technique
that combines drawing, painting, woodcutting, engraving or
etching to produce a unique sequence of prints.
Her most recent work is a
series of detailed baseball cardsized prints depicting Queen
Victoria and the caste system.
Although she is the only
one in her family to pursue art
as a career, Morton attributes
her success to her parents and
the Tyler staff.
“The teachers are willing to
work with you and develop new
ideas, expand on your knowledge and really push you to become a better artist,” she said.
Morton is also working to-
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W
ith a mother and an aunt who
both attended the Tyler School
of Art, Hallie Lehuta has always been surrounded by art.
However, it wasn’t until high school that
Lehuta realized she wanted art to be the
focus of her future career.
It was this realization that prompted her to apply to Tyler, her dream art
school, located about an hour from her
hometown of Perkasie, Pa. Since being
accepted to Tyler, junior printmaking and
art education major Lehuta has won multiple artists’ awards.
Lehuta was awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the Pennridge Chamber of
Commerce. The scholarship could be
used at any art school of her choice.
She also received the Dean’s Promising Artist award after submitting a portfolio of her work, which was honored
with a $1,000 merit scholarship, as well
as a $50 grant for Tyler’s supply store.
Although many of her individual
pieces of work have been awarded prizes,
Lehuta says the greatest accomplishment
comes from within.
“If I can be happy with the work that
I am creating, and if others can relate and
identify and be inspired by my work, that
is the greatest success of all,” she said.
Lehuta said numerous artists inspire
her, but the everyday aspects of life pro-
ward receiving a teaching certificate while at Tyler and hopes
to one day educate high school
or college students.
Until then, she spreads her
love of art throughout the community by returning to her high
school to speak with students
about careers in art. She plans to
start a cross-stitching and needlepoint club with her church
members this summer.
When she’s not in the studio working on projects that
may take more than 70 hours
to complete, Morton works at a
hospital transporting patients.
“I work with every kind of
patient there is, and I think that
transpires into my art,” she said.
“It has helped me network and
learn how to talk to people.”
Morton said communication is one of the most important
parts of being an artist because
of the stereotypically secluded
nature of the field.
Morton regularly schedules
her art exhibitions and will be
showing at the Maryland Federation of Art’s Emerging Artists
Exhibition April 18. Her work
will also be on display May 9
at “Jazz on the Ave,” an annual
jazz festival and health fair that
takes place at Broad Street and
Cecil B. Moore Avenue.
This may only be her second year of art school, but Morton is already a confident and
passionate artist.
“Artists may only be 3 percent of the world’s population,”
she said, “but we’re an important 3 percent.”
Julie Achilles can be reached at
[email protected].
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Foley
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Year: Senior
Major: Painting
STEPHEN KIMMERLY
The Temple News
A
quick lick of guitar strings by smooth
moving fingers is followed by a slow,
easy-going strumming pattern. This
is the sound of Justin Foley.
Foley is a transfer sophomore student,
majoring in film and media arts. He hails
from Macungie, Pa. During his first year at
Temple, he made quite an impression with
his music’s acoustic sounds.
Foley frequently performs during events
at Saxbys Coffee and the Temple Hillel
House. He has also played at the biweekly
open mics at Saladworks located on the
University of Pennsylvania’s campus.
Foley said his biggest influences are
Sublime, Jason Mraz, Jack Johnson, State
Radio, Dispatch and the Decemberists. He’s
also inspired by classic artists Steely Dan and
Van Morrison.
What are most memorable to any person
who listens to Foley are his performances. He
belts out a strong and soulful voice. Despite
his exciting performances, Foley said he has
experienced stage fright.
Much like his varied musical tastes, Foley’s set lists are often composed of a complex mix of original and cover songs.
“Hell or Highwater,” an original song,
begins with an impressive and unforgettable
riff.
The smooth transitioning of his version
of Van Morrison’s “Domino” is often accompanied by his friend Corey Abramson, a
sophomore BTMM major.
Foley also plays an acoustic version of
Snoop Dogg’s “Gin and Juice.”
He plans on recording a demo of his new
and old material. He is also planning to record his version of “Gin and Juice” with Saladworks open mic host Lee G.
Though he spends most of his time working toward his film career, Foley would also
like to establish a music career.
“I may still want to make music as a career,” he said, “but with or without the fame
that may come with it, I still plan on playing.”
For those interested in finding out more
about Foley and his music, check out his page
on MySpace, Facebook and ReverbNation at
reverbnation.com/justinfoley.
Stephen Kimmerly can be reached at
[email protected].
Sabrina Jacot TTN
ceramics
Year: Senior
Major: Ceramics and Photography
ELIZABETH
MCILNAY
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a lot of opportunities and
paths that you can explore
as an artist.”
Longenecker hopes to
incorporate both majors into
her future after graduation.
“My dream job would
be to be a traveling photographer. Maybe even to work
for National Geographic,”
she said.
She has developed flexibility in regard to her future.
“I think every artist
should always be in that
stage of constant development,” she said.
Elizabeth McIlnay can be
reached at
[email protected].
Fairmount Park.
Okere said he’s designing a system that will harness
all natural resources of the
site and recycle rain water
to be reused for gray water
within the hotel, restoring the
natural look of the site that
was lost with the addition of
expressways and overpasses.
“This hotel is meant to
reshape our vision of sustainability, and true green
design that fully engages the
Nic Lukehartt TTN user from the underground
entrance to the above ground
SERGEI BLAIR
occupancy, containing trees, vegetation,
The Temple News
natural light, outdoor trail paths, a pool
hile most youngsters in his pavilion and an overall great educational
hometown spent their Sat- experience.”
Even though he’s prolific in many
urdays playing outside or
watching television, Uchen- areas of art like painting, sculpting, potna Okere would busy himself with art tery, graphic design and model making,
classes at various universities. It came architecture is what he prefers most. He
as no surprise when one of his paintings said he finds it to be the most difficult
was accepted and displayed at a perma- activity of everything he has learned so
far.
nent art collection in Jersey City, N.J.
“It’s really just a thought process
The multitalented junior architecture major said he continues thinking that’s difficult,” Okere said. “Every deabout art as a progression. Instead of us- cision and everything you do has to be
ing a pencil to draw a picture, Okere said thought out and well-explained.”
Being able to master many things at
he’d use watercolors.
“No matter how vague an idea once may not be as important to some as
someone gives me about anything, I it is to Okere. He stressed that it is essenautomatically come up with something tial for an artist to be multitalented.
“I think when you finally sit down
much more creative,” Okere said. “Everything I create is a reflection of my and say, ‘OK, I’m going to master something,’” he added, “all those other things
thoughts.”
What’s keeping Okere busy these that you know as background will ultidays is the Green Hotel project, in which mately start to reflect itself.”
W
he and other Tyler students are involved
in building a lifesize structure of a 900foot environmentally friendly hotel. The
studio-wide project is carried out by second-year architecture major students at
painting
Year: Freshman
Major: Architecture
Anna Zhilkova TTN
Christine Fisher
The Temple News
M
ost artists spend years creating an international platform
for their artworks, but Muhammad-Hakim Azly began
his work as a mural painter on the international level at an early age.
Azly, a freshman architecture major, has already completed five murals.
By doing so, he said was able to regenerate a lost spark of interest for art in the
community.
Azly was offered the chance to paint
his first mural when he was a freshman in
high school, after a family friend asked
him to design the mural for a school she
built in Nigeria.
Soon after, he completed a second
mural for another school in Africa. Each
theme is based on where the mural is located, Azly said.
In his senior year, Azly completed
two murals at his high school in Teaneck,
N.J. The first was an honor roll mural,
which was meant to inspire students to
maintain good academic standing,
Azly said.
Azly said his main outlet for artistic
expression will most likely be architecture. He plans to focus on designing residential buildings.
Azly will use his artistic talent
and passion as an advantage as he goes
through the program.
“In architecture, it’s good to have an
art background because it gives you an
edge,” he said.
Azly said he hopes to make a trip to
see the murals he painted in Africa and is
considering participating in the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program.
Azly’s main goal in painting murals
is to enrich communities where his artwork is featured. Born and raised in Malaysia, Azly said he feels a strong connection to the town of Teaneck.
“It’s my second home,” said Azly,
who lived in Teaneck for eight years.
“That’s why I wanted to give back to the
community.”
After completing his fifth mural,
Azly organized a group of students from
his high school. The students in the program paint murals in both the school and
community. Most of the work is done
during school hours when there are free
blocks of time.
Azly said the mural-painting group
is a productive alternative to going home
after school or cutting class.
“The idea is to get the kids to go
around the community and leave something, a legacy,” he said. “Ultimately,
my hope for this still small yet growing
organization is to make all types of art
considerably ‘cool’ again.”
Christine Fisher can be reached at
[email protected].
Sergei Blair can be reached at
[email protected].
Angela Washko
Year: Senior
Major: Painting
painting
LAUREN WILLIAMS
The Temple News
W
ithout hesitation, Angela Washko
said she knew from the moment
she picked up a paintbrush in kindergarten, she found her passion.
Art has become a driving force in the
senior painting major’s life, a journey she
hopes will lead to a career teaching young
people how to express and motivate themselves through art. She hopes to sell a few of
her eclectic paintings and photographs along
the way.
At the moment, Washko is busy preparing
for graduation, working as a student ambassador for the Tyler School of Art and serving as
president of Produce Exhibitions, Tyler’s student-run exhibition program. Somehow, she
still manages to find time to paint and photograph a range of subjects.
At Temple, she was encouraged to experiment with photography. She figured it would
be good for her to photograph her paintings.
After taking a few courses in photography,
she became more interested in contemporary
photography than contemporary painting because “photography allows a sense of removal
that painting just doesn’t.”
Her paintings show a funny, irreverent
side to the young artist: a woman who sees the
playful side of life and creates attractive paintings with bursts of colors and hues.
One of her favorite paintings shows a
group of baby chicks highlighted by vivid
hues of pink and orange to depict the morning
sun. Another painting was of a rabbit nestled
Lauren Williams TTN
Muhammad Hakim Azly
Nic Lukehart TTN
ophomore
Sarah
Longenecker didn’t
always aspire to be
an artist. However,
encouragement from a high
school art teacher along with
an unsuccessful venture into
accounting led her down
that path.
Longenecker is a ceramics and photography
major with a new outlook
on life. When she first came
to Tyler School of Art, Longenecker had her whole life
laid out.
“This semester, I’ve really changed my work, and
I’m exploring new techniques,” Longenecker said.
Not only was she bored
with using the same approach to her art all the time,
but a ceramic tiles class
forced her to think within
the 2D realm, which was
something new for her.
Longenecker is most
proud of her current work
and gives credit to her teachers at Temple for helping
and motivating her.
“The teachers [at Tyler]
push me to expand my work
and skills,” she said.
Recently, Longenecker
has been combining her two
majors into single pieces
of artwork, baking photographic prints onto ceramic
pieces. “I think photography was the most amazing
invention—that you can
capture a moment in time,”
Longenecker said. “And
with ceramics, it’s fun to
just get dirty sometimes.”
Longenecker’s outlook
seems to have affected the
way she approaches art.
She brings the two
realms of ceramics and photography together in a very
successful way, using the
human body and light.
“I would like to present
an innovative beauty that
inspires others and pushes
them to think about the everyday ‘simple’ forms that
can be surprisingly complex
and alluring,” Longenecker
said.
She’s also exploring different hobbies, from cooking and singing to playing
guitar and bookbinding. She
has also added salsa dancing
to her list of activities.
She said her favorite
part of being an artist is that
you’re “free to do whatever
you want because there are
Year: Junior
Major: Architecture
Uchenna Okere architecture
Sarah Longenecker
beneath a set of large pink rabbit-ear slippers.
Washko said she believes she was bitten
by the teaching bug during her sophomore
year when she worked with Sam Rich Photo
on a mural project at Sheridan Elementary
School in Allentown, Pa. She loved interacting with the children, who would hang around
between classes and after school to watch her
paint.
With a concentration in art history, Washko said she plans to pursue a career as a teacher. She applied to teach at low-performance
and -income schools with Teach for America.
“I came across a lot of applicants with
portfolios that show passion and potential but
lacked the necessary skills to be admitted into
an art college,” Washko said of working in the
admissions office at Tyler. “It’s these students
I want to help.”
Lauren Williams can be reached at
[email protected].
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Rainy day songs
ease April showers
sandErs PAGE 8
2. “Only in Dreams” by Weezer.
Oh man, does this remind me of
high school. See, where I grew up, it
wasn’t like the movies (as I’m sure
most hometowns aren’t). We didn’t
have big parties when parents went
out of town because they never really
left, and we didn’t have any money.
There was a house, though, where
we did our “hanging out.” And those
kids showed me The Blue Album. I
will be forever grateful, and I hope
you can scratch eight minutes into
your schedule to check out this song
,if you haven’t already. It’s pretty epic
– for high school, I guess.
ROMAN KRIVITSKY TTN
Improv club members Dominick Lebo and Liz Schwartz work their way through an off-the-cuff routine during one of the club’s weekly meetings in Barton Hall. The group is open to new members of any skill level.
Improv club explores
risks, social possibilities
Temple’s improv club, Fowl Play, meets weekly and provides a forum for performance.
MONICA SELLECCHIA
The Temple News The art of improv has made its way
to Temple’s Main Campus. Thanks to
Fowl Play, an improv club that develops impromptu techniques, students
now have the opportunity to perform
on-the-spot skits.
After two years of holding practices in Barton Hall Rm. 300, the improv club held its first performance in
the Underground at the Student Center
last month.
“Our first performance was a huge
success, and we are hoping to have
many more in the future,” said Sara
Goldrath, the club’s president.
“Improv teaches people to take
risks,” the sophomore theater major
said. “We have fun and work together
to entertain.”
While learning is a huge part of
each weekly meeting, it’s not the kind
of thing that’d be taught in a classroom.
“Training is great and really helpful in a lot of ways,” said Scott McClennen, a junior film and media arts
major and member of Fowl Play.
“It makes you learn to think on
your feet, improves your public speak-
ing and helps you to practice working
on a team. You really gain the ability to
listen and communicate effectively.”
The club does more than improve
members’ improv skills; it fosters a
comfortable environment for dedicated
individuals who are ready to perform
onstage.
“It’s the best way to chill out after a long day,” McClennen said. “You
have the chance to explore the ridiculous and discover new possibilities.”
Goldrath and Liz Schwartz, the
club’s treasurer, have dedicated time
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Departure” by The
Weakerthans.
Kitty-cat! Staying inside can be
better than anything if you have a
cozy, cuddly feline to snuggle with.
This song is about a cat, which is absolutely delightful, and it’ll turn those
Two Gallants blues right around. Unless you have an allergy (or an empty
space where your soul should be), you
can’t help but feel fuzzy after listening
to this song. So, when the rain bids
you to stay inside, pull your cat from
under the bed and rock her like a baby
singing, “I can’t remember the sound /
that you found for me…”
5. “Hazy Jane II” by Nick Drake.
This has been my favorite song
by the late Nick Drake ever since I
started listening to his music. If you
I figured if I’m doing a rainy day ever get a chance to learn about his
song list, I have to include a sad song. life, I warn you the story is pretty sad.
That’s what rain is all about, right? Although, from the sound of this song,
Crying. So, if you’ve felt loss, this one it’d be hard to imagine. The trumpets
will promise you there is always a silshould really wrench your heart.
The most impressive thing about ver lining to every dark cloud. Drake
is always good for book readin’ or a
this song is
long drive.
its power on
I
was
those
who
Imagine
hesitant
at
have caused
Paddington
Bear,
first,
but
I
feel
the hurting,
pretty good
as well. Even
with his blue
about this list.
the
femme
slicker
and
red
hat,
Like any top
fatale can’t
five, it’s not
swagger to
clambering into
permanent.
this – the guilt
class
to
take
an
In fact, by
will build up
the time this
in her throat. I
exam. It’s just sad.
is published,
don’t mean to
I will have
get so gloomy
scrapped the
(or
maybe
whole
thing.
Whether
they
remain in
I do), but I felt like I had to throw a
my
top
five
or
not,
they’ll
always
be
song in for the kids who like to sit and
songs
I
connect
to
a
person
or
a
time.
watch the raindrops trickle down the
This issue of the column is dediwindow pane.
cated to Joseph Alan Sivick Jr.
3.“The Trembling of the Rose”
by Two Gallants.
4. “Virtue the Cat Explains Her
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Mat Tonelli
Erronious Krunk
Year: Junior
Major: Printmaking
jazz and funk
Year started: 2007
Major(s): Jazz studies
NICOLE WELK
The Temple News
FRANCES MCINERNEY
The Temple News
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design
The uniquely spelled “erronious” was an idea the group had while
out to dinner one night. It’s actually
a play on the name of the famous
jazz musician, Thelonious Monk.
“We came up with some pretty
serious names,” Velardo said, “but
thought this one was lighter.”
Erronious Krunk has a small
but growing fan base not only in the
Temple community, but also in the
Philadelphia jazz scene.
“People have started recognizing us on campus,” Rise said.
“They’re like, ‘you’re in the band
right?’”
On stage, the band is surrounded
by pictures of jazz musicians Dizzy
Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Miles
Year: Junior
Major: Architecture
IAN ROMANO
The Temple News
eryone else, a way to tie
these things together,” he
said.
Olaloye said toying with
clothing styles helps a culture just
as much as drawing building designs.
“Shirts are the first thing you
see on someone,” he said. “I want
to find ways to make things with
style and comfort.
“If I’m a well-refined designer, I don’t have to just design
buildings. T-shirts, clothes
and shoes are an extension
of my creative style.”
M
eet the girl
behind the poet.
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themes are on many of Olaloye’s
clothing creations.
“Eventually, I want to put
together a line of shirts geared toward soccer,” he said. “I’m looking for what appeals to other soccer players.”
Some of his work extends to
word play and typography. One
of Olaloye’s favorite shirts has the
words “Creative People Must Be
Stopped” printed in clumsy and
bubbled letters.
“A lot of people
liked it,” he said. “It had
a feeling of irony.”
By keeping up
with his high school
hobby, Olaloye said he
shows off his traits while
giving others the chance
to do the same. He
added that soccer, art and
fashion were
always his
primary interests.
“I felt it
was a way to
express these
things to ev-
Frances McInerney can be reached at
[email protected].
n
t’s a common assumption that
most architecture students set
out to achieve goals like mapping skyscraper blueprints. But
this isn’t always the case.
“I still want to be an architect,” said junior architecture major Ebun Olaloye, “but there are
things I want to do besides designing buildings.”
Olaloye began designing shirts
as a sophomore at Pennsauken
High School in Pennsauken, N.J.
Since then, he has hand-painted
more than 300 shirts.
“Most of them are separate
designs,” he said. “Only a few of
them were actually for my friends
and family.”
Born in Nigeria, Olaloye
brought his love for soccer to the
United States when he immigrated
to the country nine years ago.
Today, soccer athletes and
Davis.
Velardo is definitely the energized leader of the group. He connects with his guitar and is so in-tune
with the music that he and Parks can
move in sync with each other without making eye contact.
Shtuhl can also match up with
him on the saxophone. Playing with
so much power, it is hard to see when
he takes a breath.
Rise’s vocals slide in easily with
each song and bring the group together nicely.
Ia
Ebun Olaloye
rial.
bstract. Surreal. Experimental.
The art and music of Mat
Tonelli embody these things
and much more. As a junior printmaking major and musician, Tonelli is constantly pushing his artistic boundaries,
as well as the boundaries of viewers
and listeners of his work.
“I need their eyes to shake,”
Tonelli said. “My goal is to make an
impact with art, mainly creating a little
uneasiness with shape and color.”
Tonelli achieves this goal and expands upon it. Using the technique of
abstraction and rich Native American
and Japanese themes, he has created dinate the school’s annual Tyler Fest,
diverse works during his years at Ty- bringing bands from Worcester to play
for the event.
ler.
“It is almost like I live in two difWorking primarily with etchings,
ferent
worlds,” Tonelli said. “My muscreen prints and litho prints, Tonelli
sic
is
in
Massachusetts, and my art [is
carefully considers topics for his work
in]
Philadelphia.
My passions for each
before producing his final product.
have
evened
out
though, and they inTonelli’s passion for music origifluence
each
other.
My art influences
nates in his hometown of Worcester,
my
music.”
Mass. He is a guitarist in two bands
Tonelli said he would like to con– Franco, a progressive rock band
tinue
with his art and music for the rest
in memory of a friend who passed
of
his
life. With the determination and
away, and Happenings, a progressive
talent
he shows in his work, there is
experimental band that puts abstract
no
doubt
that this artist will find great
beats and diverse harmonies at the
success
in
his future.
forefront.
“Pushing
one’s self and breaking
Although his music interests denew
ground
is
what being an artist is
rive from Massachusetts, Tyler has
all
about,”
he
said.
created a bridge from the New England state to Philadelphia for Tonelli’s
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here is a low murmur in the
dimly lit Chris’s Jazz Café on
Friday evenings. Patrons begin to settle in for the weekly
Sunset Jazz Sessions until they are
awakened by the sudden blare of a
saxophone: Erronious Krunk has
taken the stage.
The jazz and funk band, formed
a little more than a year ago, is made
up entirely of Temple music students.
All jazz studies majors, the band
consists of guitarist Frank Velardo,
Rob Parks on bass guitar, drummer
Alex Maio, Tal Shtuhl on saxophone
and vocalist Samantha Rise.
Erronious Krunk began when
Velardo and Parks met during a
transfer student orientation in 2007.
Parks was coming to Temple after
spending time in the army and playing in the Army Band. Velardo was
transferring from the University of
Pittsburgh, and they met then-freshman Shtuhl soon after.
Rise recently joined the group,
but the members knew about her for
awhile, Velardo said.
After joining, she began adding
lyrics to Erronious Krunk’s previously written songs and is now part
of the writing process for new mate-
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Alumnus Scott Young and junior film and media arts major Tom Angiorlas keep a continuous improv
activity going.
Improvisation a useful art
“All of our members feel comfortable after warming up, and that’s
Goldrath, Jill Ferris, a professional
improviser, and Temple alumna Auto teach students improv
brie Williams, took the
techniques through specific
lead in training members
games and warm-ups.
and did their best to enIt makes you learn
“We play a variety of
sure students (and maybe
to think on your feet,
games such as passing the
even
Philadelphians)
clap, to help the members fowill recognize Fowl Play
improves your public
cus,” said Schwartz, a sophwhen they see it.
speaking and helps you
omore theater major. “FoBut having fun is still
cus is important to improv
the group’s primary goal.
to practice working on
because you always need to
“Mainly, we want to
a team.
be listening and attentive to
have fun, entertain people
your surroundings.”
and perform,” Goldrath
SCOTT MCCLENNEN
Officers said they aspire
said. “If we just so hapjunior film and media arts major
to open a forum to students
pen to make a name for
who might not normally
ourselves, well, that’s
think of improv as a performance art. vital to productive performances and even better.” Once students are in their zones of being able to work with one another,”
concentration, the beauty of improv Schwartz said.
Monica Sellecchia can be reached at
[email protected].
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Founding members, including
improv PAGE 13
duced stress, stronger heart and many
other things,” said Jenna Page, 30-30
leader. “Combining cardio with toning
provides a full-body workout, not leaving any muscle group out.”
“You’re losing weight and gaining
strength,” said Albrina Alston, a 20-2020 fitness leader.
As with most group fitness programs at the IBC Student Recreation
Center, these combination sessions are
set to upbeat music and taught by different leaders who bring various personalities and levels of motivation to
the sessions.
“I work you hard so you feel it
and come back,” Alston said about her
methods in leading 20-20-20 sessions.
Because you need at least 25 minutes of cardio, Alston tends to avoid
rigid time limitations and instead,
blends the exercises together.
In each session, the exercises are
repeated. This allows first-time participants to catch on to the aerobic and toning routines.
“Don’t get discouraged, and give it
your all,” Alston said. “Whether you’re
a novice or a pro, you have to be willing to come in.”
Page also encourages people of
different fitness levels to participate.
“The 30-30 provides alterations of
more difficult moves and the choice of
any size weight,” Page said. “Basically,
the participant can form their workout
to what fits their needs.”
Page pushes men and women to
try the 20-20-20 and 30-30 fitness sessions.
“Most men do not want to try group
fitness because the classes are predominantly women,” she said, “or they think
they will not get a good workout. Men
who have tried the class have not been
disappointed.”
Christine Fisher can be reached at
[email protected].
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The many moods of music
For all of college’s unexplainable, chaotic situations there is a
band that can turn senselessness into clarity.
M
usic can be a lot of things.
It can adapt to any
mood, or it can create a totally separate, new mood. For
every completely
random, twisted The
situation and mo- SOUNDBOARD
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song somewhere
out there that fits
the occasion perfectly. College is
full of these unexplainably chaotic
scenarios, and muKEVIN
sic is always there
BROSKY
to fill the senseless
void.
For me, the music of certain bands
often plays specific roles throughout my
everyday college life. Here is my attempt to explain some of those roles:
The Feel-Good Band
Let’s face it. College is full of
ups and downs. Sometimes the downs
are a little too much to take without a
good dose of music. Enter the FeelGood Band, also known as the CheerUp Band. For me, this is Fountains of
Wayne.
If you’ve only heard “Stacy’s
Mom,” I don’t want to hear your opinions on this band. I find it to be a highly
creative, witty band with some seriously
fun songs. An example: the song “Mexican Wine,” which begins its third album
with the verse, “He was killed by a cellular phone explosion / They scattered
his ashes across the ocean / The water
was used to make baby lotion / The
wheels of promotion were set into motion.” This is a band that proves it’s all
right to just have fun with music.
The Go-To Band
Everybody has that one band that
exemplifies everything they love musically. It’s the band you’ve “grown up listening to,” the band people think you’re
“obsessed with” and the band that you
are ashamed of being able to name every unreleased song the band has ever
written. My Go-To Band is Third Eye
Blind.
Lyrically and musically, its creativity has always captivated me. Its selftitled debut album has been the primary
soundtrack to my life since 1997 (wow,
that’s a long time ago). It isn’t a big deal
to me that I know every word on that
album or that I can hum every note to
those guitar solos. And I’m completely
not ashamed that I know all the words
to “Scattered,” a song only released as
a demo before anyone had ever heard of
Third Eye Blind.
The importance of a Go-To Band
cannot be underestimated in college.
I’m talking about music that makes you
feel comfortable – something familiar
that you can always fall back on.
The Angry Band
There are plenty of times in college when it’s necessary to just blow off
some steam. This is when you throw on
one of your best Angry Bands and crank
up the volume to a level that might be
bad for your ears, but you don’t care
– you’re angry.
Here, there is room for interpretation. It can be the outright musical intensity of a band like Rage Against the
Machine. It can be the classic rock voltage of a band like AC/DC. It can be the
rebellious punk rock attitude of a band
like the Clash. It isn’t hard to find a band
that will help you unleash frustrations.
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The Pensive Band
Not all emotions are as clear cut
as anger or frustration. Sometimes you
can’t really describe how you’re feeling,
and you need to take some time to yourself for a little reflection and thinking.
The ideal Pensive Band has a more mellowed-out sound and plenty of thoughtprovoking lyrics that can hopefully get
you out of your weird mood. Taking a
walk with one of these bands on your
iPod is a fairly decent solution.
Some of my favorites in this category are U2, the Fray, John Mayer, Nada
Surf and Coldplay. I may not exactly understand the significance of Chris Martin
telling me that the stars “are all yellow,”
but listening to Coldplay’s “Yellow”
while staring up at the stars could easily take me out of any kind of emotional
funk, if only temporarily.
The You-Oughta-Know Band
A lot of students have their causes,
which they stand by passionately. Similarly, it’s possible to feel the same way
about a band you feel is entirely underrated or underappreciated. This is a band
you recommend to all your friends, you
play their music all the time within earshot of others and have their biography
on tap for anyone who asks, “Who is
this?”
Here’s my pitch: the Damnwells.
It’s the brainchild of singer/songwriter
Alex Dezen, founded in Brooklyn, N.Y.
The band’s lineup has evolved throughout its career, but its basic, solid rock
sound has stayed fairly constant. It’s
gone on successful tours with the Fray,
Los Lonely Boys and the Dixie Chicks
and somehow, never gained any kind of
mainstream following. In today’s music business, the Damnwells is a tragic
example of talent not equating to wide
acclaim. Nevertheless, I plug the Damnwells to anyone who will listen, and here
I’ve done it again, rather shamelessly.
I don’t just walk around campus
with my iPod blaring for the purpose of
background music. There is a definite
purpose in the majority of my music
choices (unless it’s one of those days
where I leave my iPod on shuffle). Of
the 200 plus artists in that digital music
box, all of them fit some kind of role in
my life.
Music is one of the only consistent
things that make sense in a college environment that is ever-changing and
wholly unpredictable.
Kevin Brosky can be reached at
[email protected].
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Brown Recluse Sings
retro band
Year started: 2006
Genre: Indie rock
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BIANCA BROWN
The Temple News
hree 20-something Temple alums
founded a band in 2006 named after an evil killer spider, the poison
of which induces stomach-turning
wounds – not a likely source for feel-good
indie pop, right?
“I wanted the imagery to contrast the
aesthetic of nice pop songs,” lead singer
Tim Meskers said.
Brown Recluse Sings, a retro-throb
indie rock group with eclectic vibes, has
gathered its growing fan base with ethereal vocals and a ‘60s feel. Tim Meskers, 24, and Herbie Shellenberger, 23, have played at Kung Fu
Necktie and Khyber.
With producer Mark Saddlemire, 25,
the band is busy working on its fourth album, The Soft Skin.
Sitting in an intimately-lit apartment
on a vintage couch, surrounded by modern art and foreign film posters, Meskers
talked about his years at Temple. He said
he loved those years, as they changed his
life. “A series of classes helped me radically restructure my perception of American culture,” Meskers said. “Some professors had a great impact on me.”
All were attached to music at an early
age. Meskers and Saddlemire sang in their
respective church choirs as children, both
with musical families. Shellenberger listened to his mother’s cassettes of Thriller
and ‘60s rock band, the Turtles. “I watched MTV obsessively,” Shellenberger said. Kate Patsch
photography
Year: Alumni
Degree: BA in Photography
Courtesy Sheena Allen
Meskers, who writes the majority of
the band’s lyrics, said the words are mostly inspired by his life experiences.
“Periodically, I assemble [lyrics] in a
way that might be intriguing,” he said. “I
can learn about myself through the process of making music.”
“It’s an intimate metaphysical description,” Shellenberger added.
The band also takes cues from visual
art, sociology and politics.
Soft Skin will introduce percussion
and electronic accents to the sounds of
Brown Recluse Sings. “We’re going in new directions,”
Shellenberger said of the new album.
Maybe the ball of human hair the
trio has assembled, apparently for its own
amusement, will be of some inspiration. Check out Brown Recluse Sings’
MySpace page at www.myspace.com/
brownreclusesings.
Bianca Brown can be reached at
[email protected].
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KALI WYROSDIC
The Temple News
raditionally, water and cameras are two
mediums that do not mix. In fact, the combination can be quite disastrous.
But in the case of Kate Patsch, who
has a bachelor’s of fine arts in photography, she
not only figured out how to combine the two, but
how to use her love for art, photography and lifelong interest in psychology as a tool to help others.
“Art is an outlet,” Patsch said.
A little more than a year ago, Patsch was a senior at Tyler’s Elkins Park campus. She plunged
into underwater photography while lifeguarding
for Temple.
Taking pictures of models under water required underwater housing, or an “$100 of black
bag,” as Patsch calls it. The bag protects a photographer’s camera and lenses underwater.
The underwater photography was a therapy
for Patsch.
“I was submerging myself in this completely
deafening world like it was nothing. You’re encasing yourself in nothing, and it’s calm,” Patsch
said. “To be in that environment and feeling such
a sense of that but having this inspiring person in
front of you moving around… I loved every second of it, and I never stopped doing it.”
“The figure is a very key component in my
work,” said Patsch about the freedom of the figure while encased and floating.
All her models had different reactions to the
environment, and this is what Patsch captured.
Whether they were terrified, wrapped floating in
billowy sheets or fell to the bottom relaxed and
serene, their spontaneous reactions were recorded.
“It’s so natural. It was insane how natural it
was, and I just loved every second of it,” Patsch
said.
Patsch grew up in Three Tuns, Pa., where her
interest in photography was cultivated. Her father was a photographer for 26 years, and his
experience continues to inspires Patsch.
Patsch graduated in December 2008
but has been showing and selling her
Courtesy Julie Miller
work since 2005, when she participated in the
Greetings and Grievings exhibit at the Muse Gallery in Philadelphia.
“As my photography matured, it sort of
morphed into an art form, like something that
embodied me instead of just something that I did
and didn’t even think twice about.”
Patsch looks forward to earning her master’s
of fine arts in art therapy. She also wants to teach
art at the college level.
Patsch has already been accepted to the
Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Patsch is dedicated to helping people find,
create and wholeheartedly travel down their
paths.
“Art, especially photography … struggles to
be seen as art,” Patsch said, “but it has its place,
and it has its purpose and is some of the most
beautiful work I’ve ever seen.”
She admires artists who show the world
something new.
“That’s the thing, we’re recreating. We’re
not creating anymore,” said Patsch with a smile.
“We take for granted these days the beauty that’s
to be found in each frame.” Kali Wyrosdic can be reached at
[email protected].
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MEN’S AND WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS
Women come in third, men finish fourth
The men were looking for their third straight ECAC Championship but came up short. The women were pleased with their best finish in Temple history.
ERIC PELLINI
The Temple News
The two-time defending Eastern College Athletic Conference
champions, the men’s gymnastics team, took a backseat this year to
the women’s team and one individual.
While the men’s team did not have the finish it wanted at the
ECAC Championships, placing fourth, it was not entirely its fault.
Several of its top performers, sophomore Adam Al-Rokh (third
place on pommel horse), senior Jason Russo and junior Patrick
McLaughlin had nagging injuries. It was especially disappointing
for the departing Russo (strained wrist) and McLaughlin (strained
oblique), who was the defending floor exercise champion. AlRokh’s injury was not any less painful, as he dealt with a pulled
pectoral muscle.
However, the women’s team had its best team finish in Temple
history at the ECAC Championships, placing third, just less than
two points behind second-place Cornell and first-place Towson.
For the Owls, the season has been yet another improvement.
Third-year coach Aaron Murphy, who took the job in 2007 after
serving as an assistant under men’s gymnastics coach Fred Turoff,
earned his first ECAC Coach of the Year Award. He also coached
the team’s first individual to NCAA Regionals since 2005, when
Lexi Zafferes qualified for vault.
Sophomore Katie Canning not only made it to the NCAA Regionals, but she shined as the only Temple women’s gymnast in
Tuscaloosa, Ala. Murphy didn’t know how Canning would respond
when he brought her to the biggest stage in women’s gymnastics.
“As a coach, I was thrilled to bring this girl here,” Murphy said.
“Some of the best girls in the country are at this meet, and I didn’t
know how she would react to it. I think there was close to 8,000
people in the crowd, and she hit four-for-four [events].”
Canning’s emotions got the best of her before the meet, exactly
ANNA ZHILKOVA TTN
Chris Mooney balances himself on the parallel bars last
week at team practice. He came in second place on vault.
ANNA ZHILKOVA TTN
Tyler Croteau performs a routine at team practice last week
at McGonigle Hall. His team came in fourth place overall.
Playoff dreams
still a possibility
STIPA PAGE 20
rip through the opposition’s porous
defense would give us a 3-0 lead with
which to take the field.
The hard part came next. Our
defense lacked the stability of most
teams, so getting through the bottom
half of the inning unscathed was a rarity. However, solid plays at second base
helped restore confidence.
Second Inning
A one-two-three offensive output
didn’t sag our spirits. The five-run bottom portion did. Playing seven innings
and minimizing errors was easier said
than done, and we got a much-needed
workout flagging down balls. After two
innings, it was 5-3 “bad guys,” and
two-thirds of my Gatorade bottle was
drained.
Third Inning
We led off the top of the third inning by doing something we hadn’t
done all season — rebounding from a
tough inning. Three more RBIs helped
secure a 6-5 advantage. But, like most
intramural softball games, the runs
show up in bunches.
Our resilient opponents rocked
a few underhand tosses into all the
right gaps. A few errors compounded
the mess, and a nice relay home was
botched at the plate. Just like that, our
lead washed away, and the score was 76. It was a seesaw battle fit for Citizens
Bank Park.
Fourth Inning
A hitless top of the inning and onetwo-three bottom kept the game close.
Our defense was building momentum,
and the right side of the field bottled up
the lefty-heavy lineup. The old Little
League days were rekindled again —
minus the tee and competitive sideline
parents.
Fifth Inning
Things began to break in our favor,
as our third three-run inning gave us a
9-6 edge. A couple players had trouble
holding onto the bat — an honest mistake — and were promptly called out
for the action. Fortunately, no umpires
were injured, and for once, I wasn’t the
one doing the accidental throwing.
Sixth Inning
A blistering line drive skipped
through the deep fielder, and I cashed
in by scoring a run in the top of the
inning. The middle of the lineup also
provided support, and our first “W” actually seemed possible. However, the
11-6 lead was tested in the bottom half
of the inning.
With the bases loaded and two
outs, a one-hopper to our left fielder
(and ringer) landed in his glove. A snap
throw bounced into our catcher’s glove
for an out, preventing further damage.
We took an 11-8 lead into the final
frame.
Seventh Inning
The anticlimactic inning ended with
a play that easily would have made
SportsCenter’s daily “Top 10.” With
the lead still at 11-8 and two down in
the bottom of the inning, our left fielder
came through again. A sprawling grab
produced our first win and a bloody
hand. The “turf burn” struck hard, but
the celebration began.
It was probably the closest to a
World Series win I’ll play in, but it was
enough for me. It was also one of the
thousands of intramural games happening all over college campuses this
spring. The beauty of it is that anyone
has a chance to win. For me and plenty
others, the dream continues.
Anthony Stipa can be reached at
[email protected].
when she needed to let them out.
“I was definitely intimidated. I called my dad, and I was crying,” she said. “I said, ‘Dad, I’m so out of my league here.’ I talked
to my coaches, and they told me I made it this far, and that I know
I can do it. Just be confident and hit your routine, and that’s what I
did, and it worked out pretty well.”
Temple has a solid nucleus returning next year for the women
in Canning, junior Nina Oteri and freshman Kaity Watson, despite
saying goodbye to some of its best competitors in the conference in
seniors Winter Sneed, Natasha Crawford and Nikki Berrian. Sneed
placed second on floor exercise at the ECACs, and Berrian was
honored as the ECAC specialist of the year for her consistency and
hard work in the uneven bars.
The men’s team’s hard work and consistency did not earn it a
third consecutive ECAC Championship. The Owls started off the
year strong and healthy, especially when senior John Vogtman returned to the Owls’ lineup after missing almost the entire previous
season because of injury. However, the injury bug proved to be too
strong this year.
The Owls fell to two teams they beat handily earlier in the year,
Navy and William & Mary. The Owls scored a season high as a
team against William & Mary in their previous meeting, despite
a poor finish on the high bar when several Owls were penalized
with falls. Turoff noted this was a problem for the Owls again this
weekend.
For the Owls’ individual finishes at the ECAC Championships,
it was mostly disappointing, as they brought back defending champions in the floor exercise and vault, junior Patrick McLaughlin and
sophomore Scott Bloomfield, respectively. Neither of them could
defend their crowns, although McLaughlin did repeat as the thirdplace finisher in the all-around.
The Owls counted on their youth, freshmen like Matt Martin
and walk-on Evan Burke, for a big portion of this season. It was no
different during the ECACs, as the Owls had an emerging performance from freshman Chris Mooney. Mooney took second place
on vault (15.600) and third place on rings (14.550). Overall, in individuals, the Owls did take home six medals.
Turoff is optimistic about next season, as the Owls return all
the individual medalists from this year, but says every year ultimately comes down to health.
“The other teams are going to be better and bringing in some
good guys, too, but I look at the talent in the gym,” he said. “If we
have good health and good training, then I think we can challenge
for the championship again.”
The women’s team finishes its season at the USAG Nationals
in New Haven, Conn., Thursday. The men’s team is still waiting to
see who will go to the NCAA Qualifier, which begins next weekend.
Eric Pellini can be reached at
[email protected].
sports rewind
Women’s Basketball
Rhode Island. In the first leg of Sunday’s
Updating a story The Temple News doubleheader, senior outfielder Jamie
broke last week, sophomore guard Lind- Abercrombie hit a two-out grand slam in
say Kimmel has decided to transfer. The the top of the ninth inning with the Owls
6-foot, Binghamton, N.Y., product was re- down by three runs to give them an 8-7
leased from her scholarship with the Owls victory.
The Owls return to A-10 action this
after two seasons on North Broad Street.
Sources have indicated she might trans- weekend in Norristown, Pa., to battle
fer to another city school like Villanova or Saint Joseph’s.
Drexel or go back home to Binghamton, softball
though no decision has been made.
After an 18-game losing streak in the
Kimmel averaged 5.3 points per game earlier part of the season, the Owls manthis season. She played in all 31 contests aged to settle things down and split their
and started 17 of them, averaging 17.0 four games over the weekend. Splitting
minutes per game, though, her playing two games each with George Washingtime decreased as the season went on. ton and Fordham has sent the Owls to
Kimmel shot 33.6 percent from beyond 3-5 A-10 record and tie for sixth place.
the arc this year, the first under new coach
Lacrosse
Tonya Cardoza. Kimmel was recruited by
The Owls finally won a game after
former coach Dawn Staley, who left last
losing their first 10 games of the season.
year to coach South Carolina.
The 12-6 victory over Richmond Sunday
Men’s Basketball
at Geasey Field was highlighted by three
Xavier coach Sean Miller has accept- goals from freshman midfielder Kelsey
ed the coaching job at Arizona. Miller Zenuk. The Owls stand at 1-3 in conferhelped turn the Musketeers into a na- ence, which puts them in a four-way tie
tional power, as they won three straight for fifth place.
Atlantic Ten Conference regular season
Men’s and Women’s Tennis
titles and made the NCAA Tournament in
The men’s team downed St. Joe’s 6-1
four out of his five years there.
and shutout Fordham 7-0 over the weekSenior guard Dionte Christmas was
end. They have three matches left before
named an Honorable Mention All-Amerithe A-10 Tournament begins April 24.
can and to the second team of the Lowe’s
In addition, freshman Filip Rams was
Senior CLASS All-Senior All-America.
named A-10 Rookie of the Week for goChristmas led the A-10 in scoring for
ing undefeated in both singles and douthree straight seasons and is expected to
bles last week.
be drafted in June’s NBA Draft.
The women’s team downed BingBaseball
hamton 4-3 and will close out its regular
The Owls took two out of three from season Friday against UMass in Amherst,
Massachusetts over the weekend in Am- Mass. The A-10 Tournament begins April
herst, Mass. Coach Rob Valli’s squad 17.
now stands in first place (8-1 in conference), a full game up on second-place
- Todd Orodenker
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Red-hot start
for co-captain
DEL MASTRO PAGE 20
JOHN MEHLER TTN
Carmen Del Mastro catches the ball during last Tuesday’s game against Villanova in Plymouth Meeting, Pa.
The Owls’ co-captain has helped put his team in sole possession of first place in the A-10.
thinks about going into the rest of the
season is how his rise in status came
about. The help of his teammates and
coaches got him there, and he hasn’t
forgotten that.
“Going away to Colorado for summer ball helped me clear my mind a
lot,” Del Mastro said. “Besides that,
coach [Rob] Valli is very influential.
He gave me my chance, and I owe him
that. Former [assistant] coach [Casey]
Faye had a big hand in my upbringing,
and [assistant] coach [Greg] Lemon is
really doing a great job now with my
swing and showing me new things with
my footwork.”
The help has certainly given Del
Mastro a boost, as he is currently
among the top five averages in the A10. In addition to his 13 stolen bases
and 45 hits, his health status is finally
in check.
Del Mastro has constantly been
plagued with injuries over his four
years.
“It’s a lot about being healthy. The
last two years has been either an ankle,
foot or an arm, just something,” Del
Mastro said. “I’m glad I’m finally back
in there and getting a chance to do what
I do.”
That attitude has come with a few
changes, though. After two campaigns
of hitting sub-.300, Del Mastro finally
feels his batting is back
“I switched up my stance,” Del
Mastro said. “In the fall, I got my confidence down. I was tracking the ball
down better, getting it lower on my bat,
just making sure my on-base is better.”
Those changes are evident, as at
this point in time during the last two
seasons, he was hovering around the
.250 range. Change ended up being
good, but the Penn State Delaware
County transfer ended up keeping some
of his habits, like his stellar defense.
“I take so much pride in my defense. I got my footwork down from
taking balls off the turf, and it’s something I always thought was one of my
strong points,” Del Mastro said.
In four years of work, he has only
committed about 20 errors. That stat is
golden for a player who has been in the
lineup consistently, which Del Mastro
said is the key for winning the rest of
this season.
“I’d say consistent is a good word
to describe my game,” he said. “We
have to take it one step at a time, and
right now, that’s exactly what’s working for us.”
Del Mastro and company still
have a ways to go, though. With Saint
Joseph’s and Charlotte on the horizon,
Del Mastro will have his squad playing
its best baseball.
Christian Audesirk can be reached at
[email protected].
New faces take over leadership on D-Line
DEFENSE PAGE 20
The Owls hired Randy Melvin as their defensive line coach last month. He will replace Jared
Backus, who coached the defensive line the previous two seasons. Backus will take over the linebackers, replacing Curtis Bray, who left for Iowa
State.
Melvin spent the past four seasons in Cleveland as the defensive line coach for the Browns.
He has coached collegiately with Illinois, Rutgers,
Purdue, Wyoming and Eastern Illinois. Melvin
also was the defensive line coach for two years
with the New England Patriots and was part of
their Super Bowl run in 2001.
“I think he’s a guy we needed as far as the
[defensive] line goes,” Neblett said. “He’s going to come to work every day, make sure we’re
working and push us every day to get better.”
And with that motivation comes what Melvin
brings to the table with his long career in coaching.
“He had the opportunity to coach in the NFL,”
Neblett said. “Just his experience, he’s teaching
us a lot of things we didn’t know.”
Melvin is excited with Neblett’s work ethic
so far this spring and knows he wants to leave
Temple a winner.
“He wants to play well and leave this place
with a good taste in his mouth,” Melvin said.
“Through this spring, he’s showing that he wants
to be a better player.”
Neblett is a Preseason First-Team All-MAC
selection by four sources and a candidate for the
Bronko Nagurski Trophy and the Rotary Lombardi Award.
Along with getting praised, Neblett dished
some out to his fellow defensive leader.
“He’s a big, physical guy,” Neblett said of
Sanford. “He’s always bringing energy in the
weight room, on the field, off the field. Just en-
ergy 24/7.”
As a matter of fact, the same can be said for
the rest of the defensive line.
“It’s a hardworking group,” Melvin said.
“They have some experience, and a lot of guys
have played, so I think there’s a good foundation
here.”
Starting alongside Neblett and Sanford will
be junior defensive tackle Elisha Joseph and sophomore defensive end Adrian Robinson. Joseph
started three games last season and finished with
20 tackles. Robinson also started three games and
had 20 tackles along with a sack.
“What we’re working on is trying to be a
little more disruptive,” Melvin said. “Getting off
the football, getting off the blocks and trying to
make plays.”
Physicality is a word that was mentioned often by the defensive line, as Neblett and Sanford
spoke about what they are hoping to improve on.
The defense allowed 165.9 yards on the ground
and recorded just 18 sacks last season.
“We would say sacks,” Neblett said. “We’re
on the D-Line, and that’s what we do. So, sacks,
and we definitely want to improve on the rushing
game. A lot of teams think they can run on us and
do whatever they want on us.”
The biggest question mark on the defensive
line is the status of senior defensive end Junior
Galette. Galette, who played just eight games last
season but recorded eight sacks, will not practice
this spring due to injury.
Galette was suspended indefinitely after the
game against Navy last November due to an undisclosed incident. Al Golden later decided to
give him a second chance after the 2008 season
ended.
“He won’t be behind,” fourth-year coach
Golden said at the beginning of spring practice.
“He’s a senior. He’s been through it all.”
Melvin agrees and is excited to get Galette
PAUL KLEIN TTN
Brian Sanford runs during a drill Thursday at Edberg-Olson Hall. The senior defensive end,
who totaled three sacks last year, will help front the Owls’ defensive line this season.
back on the field.
“What I’ve seen on film I really like,” he
said. “Once we get him practicing, there are some
things we can help him get better at.”
As minicamp and the season opener against
Villanova inch closer, Neblett and Sanford know
this is their best shot, along with their last.
“Three years already, going into a fourth
year,” Neblett said. “We know the coaches, we
know what they want, and we know the routine.
[We’re] very confident and know what we have to
do this year.”
Pete Dorchak can be reached at
[email protected].
DiMichele still involved
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PAUL KLEIN TTN
Chester Stewart looks for a receiver during practice Thursday. The
redshirt sophomore started three games for the Owls last season.
Senior wide receivers Dy’Onne Crudup and Jason
Harper have worked with Charlton and Stewart in the past
when DiMichele was out and now practice with both on the
first-team offense. Both said leadership will be a determining factor in the battle.
“Both quarterbacks are doing really well right now, but
I think what’s going to take over between the two of them
is whoever can lead the team down the field better,” Harper
said. “They’re both pretty much the same. They both got
good arms and size [Charlton’s listed at 6-feet-4-inches and
235 pounds, Stewart at 6-feet-3-inches and 225.].”
Crudup agreed with Harper.
“It’s just a toss-up,” he said. “One day, one’s having a
good day, and the other’s not. It’s back-and-forth. Eitheror is fine with me. Coach will probably make the decision
when we get to camp [in August].”
Two years ago, Golden had to make a similar decision
between Charlton and DiMichele.
Now, DiMichele roams the sidelines at Edberg-Olson
Hall, serving as Rhule’s eyes and ears with the quarterbacks
when the coordinator is busy directing the entire offense.
“Adam’s really serving two functions,” Rhule said.
“When the quarterback is not playing, he’s going through
the plays with them and making sure they know what’s their
footwork, what’s their progression, what should their eyes
be seeing. It’s sort of one-on-one tutoring. And then he’s
also really helping them develop their leadership skills because Adam was a tremendous leader. He’s kind of stepped
back and been kind of a coach and tutor.”
All that’s left now is for Golden to determine which
quarterback leads the Owls into the 2009 season.
Jennifer Reardon can be reached at
[email protected].
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Del Mastro of
his domain
BASEBALL
The Owls’ senior second baseman has been on
fire this season, hitting .417 through 26 games.
CHRISTIAN AUDESIRK
The Temple News
Carmen Del Mastro’s time on the baseball team is
wearing thin, but his career is coming full circle.
The Owls’ senior second baseman has been on a
tear, as he’s helped Temple begin its first three Atlantic
Ten Conference series with an 8-1 record. So far, Del
Mastro is hitting .417 with 34 runs and 18 RBIs in 26
games. He’s turning heads in the stands at Skip Wilson
Field, but his fans are not the only ones to take notice.
For the first time in his career, Del Mastro was
named A-10 Player of the Week for hitting .650 two
weeks ago. He picked up some more hardware, as he
was also named the Big 5 Player of the Week for his
hot bat. Even inside the game, he had the feeling the
accolades were coming.
“When I hit in another RBI against La Salle, [senior outfielder Jamie] Abercrombie just came up to me
with a big smile and said that should wrap it up for
you,” Del Mastro said. “All I could do was smile from
there.”
Del Mastro had some big shoes to fill when he was
named one of the leaders of the 2009 squad, but he’s
taking the role on headfirst. The first thing Del Mastro
DEL MASTRO PAGE 19
JOHN MEHLER TTN
FOOTBALL
Not enough for Neblett
The senior defensive tackle wants to do more after last year’s 5-7 record.
PETE DORCHAK
The Temple News
Andre Neblett disagrees that last season was
some sort of success.
Sure, the football team finished 5-7 — which
is as many wins as the previous two years combined.
Sure, Neblett, a senior defensive tackle, posted 36 tackles, two forced fumbles and a sack en
route to his second straight Second Team All MidAmerican Conference selection.
The thing that still haunts the defense’s
leader up-front is the wins that were left on the
field against teams like Buffalo, Connecticut and
Navy.
“Last season, people would call it a good season. I would call it a nightmare,” he said. “Last
year, we had a lot of close games that we lost by
that much.”
As April 18 nears, the annual Cherry & White
Game at Edberg-Olson Hall will conclude spring
practice. Neblett returns to anchor a defensive line
that is hoping to attack the quarterback and give
opposing offenses nightmares.
Joining Neblett as the other leader of the unit
will be senior defensive end Brian Sanford.
“We’re happy with the way our practice is going,” Sanford said. “I feel everyone on the [defensive] line is going real hard, and we’re learning a
lot.”
It was a learning experience last season for
Sanford, who, in his first season as a full-time
starter, recorded 31 tackles with three sacks.
While Sanford was the new man on the line
last season, the unit has a new man in charge.
DEFENSE PAGE 19
INTRAMURALS
Play ball:
Inside an
intramural
experience
I
n four years at Temple, I’ve played
in various intramural athletics
— floor hockey, basketball and
flag football, to name a few. But it
wasn’t until my final year that I tried
my hand at softball. Subsequently, my
roommates and I strung together an
eclectic group of
anxious competitors and fixed our
hopes on a championship.
For me, the
old glove was just
as durable, but
Anthony
the game needed
some tuning up.
Stipa
Three trial games
in the regular season would serve as the
much-needed revival — but three losses would do little to boost confidence.
Still, my compatriots and I longed
for a little George Mason/Fresno State/
Cinderella-type performance. Since
everyone made the playoffs, the opportunity for redemption was there.
In the shadow of March Madness,
we studied our own bracket — this
time, a field of 28. There’s just something special about brackets, whether
it’s the NCAA Tournament or an intramural softball tournament.
Sunday night, we took to the green
turf blanket that covers Geasey Field’s
playing surface. Were we the most
skilled team? No. But we had some exball players with talent and a few reliable bats.
Sizing up the opposition was never
reassuring. We had played some uninspiring-looking athletes and been on
the other end of some serious crooked
numbers. But other than a setting sun in
our eyes, things appeared promising.
First Inning
PAUL KLEIN TTN
Andre Neblett jogs into the huddle during team
practice Thursday at Edberg-Olson Hall. The senior
defensive tackle will lead the Owls’ front four this
season after the departure of Terrance Knighton.
After winning the coin toss, we
elected to step to the plate first. A
couple early baserunners set the table
for our biggest bat, and he naturally
drove in some early support. Another
STIPA PAGE 18
Quarterback battle a toss-up
The Owls redshirted Vaughn Charlton last season so he could have two full years of eligibility. But
he’s still splitting snaps with Chester Stewart, and no one is willing to declare a winner.
JENNIFER REARDON
The Temple News
PAUL KLEIN TTN
Vaughn Charlton prepares to toss a pass during practice
Thursday. Charlton is at the top of the quarterback depth
chart.
A classic quarterback battle brews
down at Edberg-Olson Hall during the
football team’s spring practices.
Redshirt junior Vaughn Charlton,
though listed first on the depth chart, splits
his reps 50-50 with redshirt sophomore
Chester Stewart. Redshirt sophomore
Mike Gerardi also sees some action, while
incoming freshman Chris Coyer watches
from the sidelines on Saturdays, when he
often drives up from Virginia to acclimate
himself with his teammates, the campus
and the offense.
And that’s the way it will stay for the
foreseeable future, offensive coordinator
and quarterbacks coach Matt Rhule said.
“I really don’t know when the decision will be made. I really don’t,” Rhule
said. “That’s the head coach’s call. It’s my
job to get all the quarterbacks ready. It’s
their job to win the job.”
Charlton, who redshirted in 2008 so he
could have two full years of eligibility with
Adam DiMichele set to graduate, played in
seven games his sophomore season, starting four of them when DiMichele went
down with a season-ending injury. He completed 78 of his 137 attempted passes for
808 yards and three touchdowns. In 2006,
as a freshman, Charlton made three starts,
again for an injured DiMichele, throwing
for 417 yards and two touchdowns.
Stewart replaced DiMichele last season when the senior quarterback hurt his
right throwing shoulder against Penn State
and missed three games. He played in
11 games, starting three and completing
53 passes for 524 yards and four touchdowns.
“The first six practices we’re install-
inside
QBS PAGE 19
next week
FINAL VAULTS:
The men’s and women’s gymnastics teams competed in the
ECAC Championships, as their seasons are coming to a close.
sports DESK 215-204-9537
ing our offense, so there’s a lot of mistakes
that everyone makes, including the quarterbacks,” Rhule said. “But I think they
both really want to play, so they’ve really
studied. They’ve worked hard. They’ve all
played pretty well. What’s going to be the
key for me is who really accelerates their
development now that the installation’s
done, and they’re not out there saying
what do I have. They know what they’re
doing. We’ll see over the next seven practices who can really play. If you repeatedly
make plays, we don’t care what you did.
We care what you do.”
Neither quarterback was available for
comment on the issue, per coach Al Golden’s policy that places them off-limits to
the media throughout spring practice.
Golden was also unavailable to answer questions.
LEAVING THE NEST:
Lindsay Kimmel has decided to transfer after two years as an Owl.
The sophomore guard averaged 5.3 points per game this season.
PLISKO ON TOP:
The junior golfer has been tearing it up on the links this season,
leading the Owls to several top 10 finishes so far this spring.
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