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AFSCME
Union Dissent
vol. 87 Iss. 22
Tuesday, march 3, 2009
Though Temple’s AFSCME union has been without a contract since October 2007,
many union members are speaking out against union leadership on a listserv.
KATHRYN A. LÓPEZ
The Temple News
T
emple’s members of the
American Federation of
State, County and Municipal
Employees union are lashing
out against their negotiation team
after going without a pay raise for
more than a year and a half.
AFSCME union’s contract
expired Oct. 31, 2007. AFSCME
consists of more than 750 campus
professional and technical employees, including laboratory managers,
programmers, analysts and accountants.
“This is very frustrating for employees because we have no power
or say. Both the university and
AFSCME are at fault for not compromising,” an AFSCME member
said, speaking on the condition of
anonymity. “There are people who
would like the current contract to
be signed and move forward rather
than keep waiting. We’re concerned
that this could continue for a year or
more, which is very discouraging in
this economic climate.”
Throughout the course of the
past few weeks, AFSCME members
have been voicing their disdain with
the union on a listserv created by the
university.
Paul Dannenfelser, president of
AFSCME, said the listserv is distracting.
“Members are trying to do their
jobs and get work done, and they’re
being bombarded with e-mails,” he
said.
Many of the e-mails were sent
anonymously, he said, although a
source familiar with the listserv
said many more AFSCME members
voiced displeasure while using their
actual names.
George Moore, university
counsel, said the university initially
sent out a communication on its listserv in response to inquiries from
AFSCME members regarding the
status of negotiations.
“When it became clear that
AFSCME members were using the
listserv to communicate amongst
themselves, the university did not
believe it was appropriate to interfere,” he said. “The university
did not encourage or intervene in
those discussions. AFSCME members have First Amendment rights
to talk to their colleagues and share
opinions. This is consistent with the
usual exchanges of ideas on a university campus.”
Dannenfelser said Temple is
not negotiating in good faith.
“They really want an antiunion atmosphere. They’re using
tactics that are questionable in legality and ethics,” he said. “Most
members didn’t even know that it’s
a university listserv. It’s not a union
listserv.”
Last fiscal year’s final proposal
was made to the union on May 19,
2008, said Sharon Boyle, assistant
vice president of labor and employee relations. This included a pay
increase scheduled to take effect in
November 2008.
She said AFSCME was asked to
take the proposal to its members in
order to obtain a vote. However, the
union failed to obtain a vote and did
not schedule another meeting with
the university’s negotiating team.
“The membership calls for a
vote, not management,” Dannenfelser said.
“Since [November] came and
went, we met again Dec. 18 to touch
base,” said Boyle, a university negotiating team member. “There is
still no movement, but we’ve said
that we’re open to listening.”
“I would certainly like to come
to an agreement,” Dannenfelser
said. “The university needs to negotiate and not dictate to us.”
Because AFSCME did not accept the contract, the previous offer
of giving members retroactive pay
for the 2007-2008 fiscal year is no
longer on the table, Boyle said.
Dannenfelser said they want
“an across-the-board raise and merit
pay on top of that and fair-share
pay.”
Fair-share means all mem-
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Layoffs, budget cuts loom on horizon
In an exclusive interview with TTN, CFO Anthony Wagner discussed Temple’s future.
LeAnne Matlach
News Editor
Ongoing financial issues at the state and university
level are forcing Temple to take a hard look at its finances and relationship with Harrisburg.
Temple’s exclusion from the proposed Pennsylvania Tuition Relief Act and a cutback in appropriations
have Chief Financial Officer Anthony Wagner worried.
“It makes me feel like we’ve got a bit of a bull’seye on our backs,” he said. “Is it inconceivable to say
that the state could be in a situation in two to three years
where they’re saying, ‘Temple, we can’t afford to fund
you at this level anymore’?”
The university has already cut its budget by 5 percent, and Wagner said further cuts would seriously hurt
Temple. The administration is trying to minimize the
impact of the cuts on students and Temple’s academic
services as much as possible.
Wagner said there will be layoffs, but tenure and
tenure-track professors will be protected. There will be
layoffs on the administrative side. Adjuncts who teach
one or two classes a year could also be subjected to the
cutbacks.
“Typically, they would be people that have other
jobs, and they may teach a course a semester. They may
not even teach every semester. They might teach in the
fall,” Wagner said. “We’re going to evaluate all of the
workloads and try to understand if there’s any way to be
JOHN MEHLER TTN
Wagner tells The Temple News how adjuncts
may be laid off in an effort to balance the budget.
more efficient.”
Efficiency is key for Temple during this budget
crisis. The university is in the midst of streamlining its
administrative systems.
Wagner said the technology will improve how
Temple does administrative chores.
“All of those things go into how can we do the same
amount of work with fewer people,” he said. “There’s
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Honors director Ruth Ost and TSG Sen. Kylie Patterson discuss the difficult
interview process Patterson will face in the next stage of the Truman Scholarship application.
TSG Sen. snags shot
at prestigious award
Ruth Ost, director of the Honors Program, nominated Kylie Patterson for the national Truman Scholarship. The TSG senator
wants to dedicate her life to public service.
Rebecca Hale
The Temple News
Kylie Patterson sits in the front office
of her residence hall trying to finish the
task ahead of her.
It’s 4 a.m., and this is not the first night
she has stayed up late to work on this application. With eight essays and a public
policy to write, getting a full night’s sleep
was not an option. She had to finish if she
wanted to be a Truman scholar.
The Truman Scholarship is the only
living memorial dedicated to a president.
The Truman Foundation awards $30,000 to
60 candidates who show leadership skills
and exemplify a commitment to public service.
This year, only 194 finalists have been
selected, and Patterson, the Temple Student
Government Senate university affairs chair,
is one of them. She is the only Truman finalist from Temple this year.
“I would be lying if I said I was surprised,” Senate President Jeff Dempsey
said. “She has the passion that greatness is
made from.”
Honors Program director Ruth Ost
nominated Patterson, a dual political science and African-American studies major,
to be considered for this award. Ost has
watched Patterson’s progress since her
freshman year, noticing her commitment
to public service and her academic credentials, which made her eligible to become a
Truman scholar.
Many people around Patterson said
they have noticed what makes her “Truman
material.”
“She’s definitely one of the most motivated and determined person I’ve met,”
said Kyle Bagenstose, a fellow TSG sena-
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Throughout her college career, Patterson has worked at several internships.
During the spring semester of her freshman year, she worked and campaigned for
Philadelphia’s first openly gay judge, Dan
Anders.
During the summer of 2007, she participated in the summer union intern program at the AFL-CIO. She lobbied, held
rallies, wrote press releases and learned
about union negotiations. She also helped
with a nonprofit in Maine, raising funds
for people who were recently laid off from
their jobs.
The next fall, she worked for State
Rep. Tony Payton Jr. (D-179th District).
Patterson stressed how much she valued the experience she gained working in
Payton’s office.
“I was able to go into this man’s office and really have a hand in seeing things
get passed and have a hand in informing
people,” Patterson said.
More recently, Patterson worked in
the public policy and grants department in
Mayor Michael Nutter’s office.
“She’s one of the voices of TSG,” Sen.
Gaëlle Amazan said. “You’ll always hear
her at the meetings, and she will always
bring up something that may seem small
but is really significant.”
Patterson wrote two bills thus far as a
TSG senator. The first bill created an ad hoc
committee that plans to address the problems in advising at Temple. The second
was a resolution that declared TSG’s support for Temple against Gov. Ed Rendell’s
Pennsylvania Tuition Relief Act.
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Arabic dept. sees rise in interest Student
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In the current world climate, Arabic is becoming an increasingly popular language to study among university students.
MORGAN ZALOT
Assistant News Editor
Senior David Kammiel, whose parents emigrated from Egypt in the 1970s, takes Arabic classes for
cultural reasons.
For junior Ali Shater, learning the language
quelled a curiosity he developed as a teenager.
Regardless of reasons, Kammiel, a political science and economics major, and Shater, a criminal
justice major, are both part of a growing Arabic Certificate of Specialization program in Temple’s department of critical languages.
“The Arabic program keeps expanding,” said
Gordon Witty, who is in his sixth year teaching Arabic. “It is expanding beyond the borders of Temple
itself. More of our students are studying Arabic
overseas at the undergraduate level.”
He said many Temple students travel to Jordan,
Lebanon and Israel — among other Arabic-speaking
countries — to study, and that others often receive
prestigious scholarships to continue their studies of
the language.
“In today’s world, the Arab culture is becoming
woven into our culture very quickly,” said Shater,
who is one of Witty’s students, adding that he hopes
his certificate will help him to one day be fluent in
the language. “To learn this language is to be able
to communicate with other Arabic speakers in this
country.”
Kammiel, another of Witty’s students, said
while he decided to obtain the certificate because he
already spoke colloquial Arabic at home and wanted
to learn more, he hopes it will help him with a career
in government.
“Most majors do not intermingle the way mine
do, especially with the role the Middle East has had
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JAKE SIEMIAROWSKI TTN
Professor Gordon Witty teaches students Arabic. There are 116 students in the department.
and will have in current and future political climates,” he said.
When Kammiel and Shater embarked on their
paths toward Arabic specialization at Temple six
semesters ago, they were members of a very small
community of Arabic students on campus.
Department of critical languages chair Barbara
Thornbury said enrollment in Arabic classes – and in
courses of the other seven languages offered by the
department – is growing quickly.
“We’re offering a robust program in Arabic
language. We added a second full-time position
this year,” she said. “But we’ve also added faculty
in other languages in response to lots of interest at
Temple and [to prepare students for] study abroad
programs.”
In the Arabic department specifically, 116 students are enrolled in four different Arabic language
and studies classes this semester, compared to only
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Union members angered over contract rejection
listserv PAGE 1
bers of the bargaining unit would be
required to pay dues. The university,
however, maintains that 85 percent of
the bargaining unit must already pay
dues in order for it to require that the
remaining 15 percent do so.
Between 60 percent and 65 percent of the bargaining unit currently
pays dues, Dannenfelser said.
AFSCME
member
Beverly
Frantz, coordinator of the criminal
justice initiative in Disabilities, said
she has been trying to leave the union
since the contract expired. She was
told she could only leave the union if
she had given notice 15 days prior to
the end of the contract, she said.
Frantz said she then began trying
to work with the executive board of
AFSCME on broadening that.
“There should be some kind of
means to allow members to leave,”
Frantz said. “The contract really forces
you to stay in the union. I can’t imagine why someone would want someone in the union who doesn’t want to
be. It’s not even the money, it’s the
head count. If someone decided now
seen as
‘Truman
material’
that they wanted to leave the union, through brown bag lunches and six letthey could end up waiting four or five ters throughout negotiations. He said
years. They would have to wait for the they personally met with more than
contract that hasn’t even been settled 250 members and solicited input prior
to then expire. It’s forced membership. to negotiations. He said they also alThere needs to be a way for mem- ways respond to members’ phone calls
bers to leave the union in a respectful and e-mails.
way.”
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membership
the president
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of AFSCME
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approximately $21,330 per year in ad“We haven’t put out specifics dition to his salary. This statistic was
as to numbers because we feel they recorded in 2006.
shouldn’t be in public,” Dannenfelser
Dannenfelser said he shares the
said. “They should be at the negotiat- feelings of bargaining unit members
ing table.”
about not having a pay increase. AFDannenfelser said they have SCME has not, however, submitted a
communicated with the membership proposal to the university since early
in the negotiations, he said.
“They know what it will take,” he
said.
Non-dues-paying members have
voiced complaints on the listserv
about being harassed by dues-paying
members to join the union.
Frantz said she had a similar experience upon beginning her job at
Temple.
“I’m not against unions,” Frantz
said. “They play an important part in
the economy, and we need them, but
I don’t want to be a part of this union.
I don’t think the union knows how to
negotiate without bullying tactics and
threats and badmouthing. That’s not
the way you negotiate in the 21st century.
“I don’t see it doing anything except hurting me, and it’s costing me
much more money to be in the union
because we haven’t gotten pay increases. I understand that the university can be difficult, but I think they’ve
been fair with what they’ve offered.”
Kathryn A. López can be reached at
[email protected].
“She’s really great to work with
because when she’s really passionate
about something, she works hard until
she gets it done,” TSG Sen. Kevin Gerard said.
Patterson said the greatest thing
about the Truman Scholarship is that
it helps recipients set paths for their
lives.
The ultimate goal Patterson said
she hopes to attain is becoming a Pennsylvania U.S. senator. Before that, she
intends to get her master’s in public policy, as well as her J.D. degree,
which she wants to use to work as a
civil rights attorney in Pennsylvania.
Afterward, she plans to work in the
mayor’s or state representative’s office
as a legal aide before she runs for office
as a state representative.
“[The Truman process] really
makes you center your life. It makes
you realize where you really want to
be in however many years,” Patterson
said. “It makes you more knowledgeable of your own self.”
As a Truman finalist, Patterson
will now have to go through intense
interviews. The Truman Foundation
Web site describes these as rigorous
and sometimes hostile. The questions
are rapid-fire, and Patterson will only
have up to 60 seconds to answer each
of them.
“Their primary goal is to beat you
down, and of course, if you can take it,
they’ll be more apt to consider you for
this scholarship,” Patterson said.
The interviewers will be former
Mayor Wilson Glenn, an associate
professor of law from Villanova University, the director of Save Africa’s
Children and the deputy secretary of
the Truman Foundation.
To prepare for the interview, Patterson is reading all the books about
Truman she can find in the library. She
also studies her application closely to
make sure she does not contradict herself and stays informed about all current events.
Despite her anxiety about what’s
coming next, Patterson said she remains excited throughout the process.
“One of my greatest accomplishments has been that I have always been
able to see the final step,” Patterson
said. “So many people get mired down
in the process, and I can really always
see the final picture.”
Rebecca Hale can be reached at
[email protected].
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• 1% bonus
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• 2% across the board
• 1% bonus
State cuts hit
budget hard
wagner PAGE 1
really no way to take a cut at the university and not
have personnel involved cuts because we’re so personnel intensive.”
Seventy percent of Temple’s budget goes toward personnel expenses like salaries and benefits,
and with decreased appropriations, the university
must be careful with its funds.
“We have to be very careful how we navigate
Temple through these waters. We have to plan for
To read both the current and May 2008 offers to AFSCME in their
entirety, go to temple-news.com
To read both the current and May 2008 offers to AFSCME
in their entireties, visit temple-news.com.
the worst, hope for the best, and if things start turning around and we really see a positive impact, then
certainly the president and Board of Trustees will
take that into consideration,” he said.
Planning for the worst could mean state-related
schools get less money from the commonwealth
than they have been.
Temple’s budget has been cut five times in the
last 10 years. In the governor’s most recent budget,
Harrisburg proposed $178 million for Temple. In
2001, the university received $179 million.
“That’s treading water in absolute dollars, but if
you do an inflation figure,” he said, “we’ve actually
lost $40 million in buying power from our state appropriation over the last decade.”
Wagner expressed disappointment about Tem-
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ple’s exclusion from the Pennsylvania Tuition Relief Act. The proposed act could deliver more than
$9,000 in aid to students at community colleges
and state-system schools. Temple, the University of
Pittsburgh, Penn State University and Lincoln University were not on the list of schools included.
“It’s always a good thing when the governor decides to invest in higher education. We want everyone to benefit from state investments if possible,”
Wagner said. “But to have the community colleges
and the state-system high education universities included in the program and to have Temple, Pitt, Penn
State and Lincoln excluded and treated like private
universities, is of very great concern to us.”
LeAnne Matlach can be reached at
[email protected].
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Accuracy is our business, so when a
mistake is made, we’ll correct it as
soon as possible. Anyone with comments or questions about content in
this newspaper can contact Editor in
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Got Grades?
Students and professors differ in opinion about what is a fair grade. Some
professors say students want the maximum grade for minimum effort.
VALERIE RUBINSKY
The Temple News
Students and faculty have a different idea of
what defines an average grade.
A recent study conducted by the University
of California, Irvine discovered one-third of students said they expected to receive B’s for attending lectures. Forty percent said they expected to
earn B’s for completing assignments. Temple students and professors generally say they agree.
“I think that if you efficiently do the minimum
requirements for a course, you should earn nothing lower than a B,” said Brian Gibbs, a freshman
business major. “If you’re one to go above and
beyond and make the extra effort to earn an A,
then you deserve that grade, but the minimum requirements should get you at least a B.”
Economics professor Andrew Buck said he
notices students’ desires for good.
“It is not uncommon for students to believe
that if they come to class, do homework and take
tests they will receive a passing grade,” he said.
“Over the years, there has been a small increase
in this attitude.”
Buck said the average or default grade for doing the basics and coming to class should be a C,
and he tries to grade, so the median grade in his
class is a C+ or B-. In his classes, Buck’s grading
system allows for many graded exercises for each
student.
He said he believes it is a fair method of assessment because one assignment will not prove
detrimental to their grades.
“In observing my own kids going through
high school, they had many graded exercises
throughout a marking period. The system that I
use for [economics] 1102 eases the transition to
college life, in which the students assume more
responsibility for keeping on track and up-to-date
with the material,” Buck said. “Usually there is no
mystery as to why they did or did not do well.”
“The value of a letter grade, such as whether a B or a C represents average, is up to either
professors, departments or schools,” said Carol
Philips, the associate director of the Teaching and
Learning Center. “At the Teaching and Learning
Center, we assist faculty members with articulating their expectations for particular letter grades
and including that information in both the syllabus and with assignments.”
Philips said when students are aware of what
their professors expect, they are more likely to do
well in class. She added that research indicates
when students are aware of specific faculty expectations, they are more likely to perform well.
Temple students generally mirror the results
of the study and generally say a B is an average
grade.
Most students also say the effort they put into
their classes should be taken into account.
Laura Caporizzo, a sophomore photography
major, said if she does what she is supposed to do
for a class, she deserves at least a B. If the minimum requirements are filled well, she deserves an
A.
She said the grading policy in most of her
classes considers C’s to be the average grades.
Amanda Concha, a senior linguistics major,
said if a student attends all of the classes and completes the required work, they can fairly expect an
A or B.
“You either do the work for the class or you
don’t,” she said.
Many professors said they consider a C as
an average grade. Students complain that a C is,
by most standards, not good enough. Most graduate schools require at the very least a B-average
and even “average” students are not satisfied with
C’s.
“More important than the grade expectation
disconnect between faculty and students is the disconnect between faculty and student expectations
of what it means to be in college, from a personal
responsibility standpoint and from the standpoint
of prior preparation,” Buck said. “To generalize,
students believe that college should be essentially
Trash troubles mean fines
Area realty companies are being hit hard with fines from the sanitation department. The
city is also considering charging a trash pickup fee to close the $2 billion budget gap.
ford Village declined to comment
on the current situation but has held
meetings with tenants in each apartment to explain the consequences of
In light of Philadelphia’s recent not properly sorting waste.
“If you leave your trash out on
budget crisis, the city is toying with
Sunday,
I don’t know who they are,
the idea of charging each of its housebut
they’ll
pick through your trash,
holds a weekly $5 trash collection fee
and
if
you
have
[recyclable items] in
to close the budget gap.
the
bin,
they’ll
fine
you for each one,”
While it decides whether to imRoss
said.
“I
think
it’s a $20 fine or
plement the fee, the Philadelphia Desomething
like
that.”
partment of Streets is collecting monAccording to recyclenowphilaey from nearby off-campus real estate
delphia.org,
the city’s Streets and
companies for trash violations.
Walkways
Education
and Enforce“Right now, we’re getting
ment
Program
officers
enforce the
slammed by city trash violations,”
trash
laws
and
may
issue
$25 tickets
said Jill Kerrigan of TempleTown Reto
those
in
violation
of
them.
alty.
To avoid a fine, recyclable items
The realty group, which operdo
not
necessarily have to be placed
ates more than 60 properties near
in
blue
recycling bins issued by the
Main Campus and houses about 500
city.
Instead,
items can be placed in
Temple students, is being hit hard by
any
rigid
container
marked “RECYvarious violations that include trash
CLING,”
according
to the Streets
found outside of disposal containers
Department’s
online
list
of frequently
and recyclable items found in stuasked
questions.
dents’ trash bags.
Kerrigan said TempleTown hopes
In 1987, Philadelphia passed Bill
to
“instill
in tenants they need to sepa1251A, the city’s mandatory recycling
rate
trash
from recyclables.”
ordinance – the first mandatory recyAs
for
the city’s possible $5 trash
cling law of its kind in a major U.S.
pickup
fee,
it is currently under recity. The ordinance allows for the city
view.
to specify what items are to be recyProperty management companies
cled and to issue fines to those caught
of
student
housing are unsure how the
with the specified recyclable items in
weekly
$5
fee will affect Temple stutheir trash bins.
dents.
Oxford Village has been hit with
“We haven’t gotten anything in
fines from the Department of Streets,
writing
from the city,” Kerrigan said.
as well.
If
the
fee
is “rolled into real estate
Michael Ross, a resident of the
property taxapartments at
es,” Kerrigan
15th and Ox[Five
dollars]
said students
ford streets,
would
not
per
week
per
said student
likely
pay
it.
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have not yet
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15th
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ford streets.
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Five
dollars
may
not
seem like
tenants like Ross, however, were not
much,
but
eventually,
it
adds
up. The
issued any fines by Oxford Village
fees
may
help
the
city
raise
an
addimanagement.
tional
$85
million
to
$105
million
a
“I guess it just came out of their
year.
That
money
may
prevent
the
city
pocket,” Ross said.
Management personnel at Ox- department from cutting jobs and reducing monthly garbage collections.
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no more intellectually challenging than their high
school experience.”
He said the big difference between high school
and college is the workload and assumption of the
responsibility to learn outside the classroom.
“If there is a grade disconnect, it may be
caused by the student misperception of what it
means to be a college student,” Buck said.
There are exceptions to the generalization of
what students and professors consider to be average.
“In real life, just showing up for work, sitting at your desk for eight hours, then going home
isn’t going to get you that raise, bonus or promotion,” said Keith Colton, a sophomore international business and finance major. “Why should
we promote that kind of attitude in college, where
we are supposed to be preparing ourselves for the
real world?”
He said he thinks students have entitlement
issues and don’t deserve an A or B just because
they attend class or do homework.
“Just because you pay to go to school doesn’t
mean you deserve your diploma. If they gave diplomas to everyone who paid their tuition it would
have zero meaning or worth,” Colton said. “It’s
really unfortunate that students think they should
be rewarded for doing what is already expected
of them.”
Buck said he has taught plenty of students
whom he does not perceive as having any entitlement issue.
“I have had many students that were more
than adequately prepared in both basic skills and
willingness to assume responsibility for their college education,” he said.
Gibbs said the way to close the gap is to keep
an open dialogue.
“I think the relationship between students
and professors should be very open about grading,” Gibbs said. “If you disagree, you should be
able to voice your opinion without a problem. It
shouldn’t be an awkward or closed subject.”
Valerie Rubinsky can be reached at
[email protected].
Students see languages
as culture, résumé boost
tion to her dual English and communications major, helping her in the job
75 students spread among three differ- market when she graduates.
ent classes last spring.
“Arabic language programs are
In Spring 2006, only 57 students becoming more widespread,” she said,
were enrolled in classes.
adding that she knows a fair number of
Witty said a review of the names students take classes in the language
on class rosters from the year before each semester at Penn. “But it’s still not
he arrived at Temple shows that most the first language most people would
students enrolled in the program then think of taking.”
were of Arabic or Muslim descent.
Witty said knowledge of Arabic
He said despite the fact that more will not only help students get jobs but
than 50 percent of students enrolled will also make students more rounded
during the past several years come from in general.
Arabic or Muslim background, the
“When you study the language,
number of students with no religious you learn about the culture, too, and I
or cultural Arabic
believe Americans
connections
has
really do need to
grown most in the
better understand
past few years.
the Middle East,”
Though Temhe said. “Students
ple doesn’t yet ofwho have studied
fer a major or mionly a semester or
nor in the language,
two of Arabic are
Spring 2009 - 116
the growth in its
not likely to reFall 2008 - 119
program is on par
member much of it
with that reported
a few years down
by other schools
the line, but they
Spring 2008 - 75
offering programs
will retain some
Fall 2007 - 102
like
Dartmouth
of the cultural lesCollege in New
sons and will have
Spring 2007 - 71
Hampshire.
benefited from be“We expect
ing exposed to anFall 2006 - 90
that our program
other culture.”
will continue to
He said in the
Spring 2007 - 57
grow for the forelong run, Temple
Fall 2005 - 86
seeable future and
has ambitions to
will continue to atadd an Arabic mitract outstanding students from all over nor and, hopefully, a major in the lanthe country,” said Hussein Kadhim, a guage.
professor of Arabic at Dartmouth.
“Most students are intimidated by
Kadhim said the school focuses Arabic because it gets a bad reputation
on undergraduate education in the lan- as a difficult language,” Shater said.
guage and offers a minor and major, “But overall, it was and will be a very
as well as a relatively large number of amazing language to learn and keep
courses.
learning.”
Emily Schultheis, a sophomore
Arabic and Islamic studies minor at the
Morgan Zalot can be reached at
[email protected].
University of Pennsylvania, said she
thought Arabic would be a good addi-
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The Temple News
Student Enrollment in Arabic
Courses
NIC LUKEHART TTN
Brad Hinkle takes out his trash.
The junior lives at Oxford Village.
The apartment complex has received numerous trash fines.
“[Five dollars] per week per
household seems like a reasonable
cost to not decimate services that people are looking to the city to provide,”
said Rina Cutler, deputy mayor for
transportation and utilities.
A Feb. 20 blog post by philly.
com titled, “Trash free: budget fix or
green idea?,” suggested if the city’s
residents are paying for trash collection, “maybe people will think twice
about how much trash they produce
and perhaps, start recycling more.”
Daniel Doherty, vice president of
Students for Environmental Action,
doesn’t think the trash fee would really affect freshmen and sophomores
living in on-campus housing.
“If the students living off-campus
are paying the fee directly out of their
pocket, then I think there will be some
tough thinking of how to reduce one’s
waste because that fee will add up
quickly,” the junior social studies and
secondary education major said in an
e-mail interview, “considering you
can easily fill up a trash barrel with
the crap left over from just one Friday
night party.”
Chelsea Calhoun can be reached at
[email protected].
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Critical Languages
To learn more about
Arabic and other
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Breaking
Tradition
wo of Philadelphia’s proudest traditions may be nearing
the end of their tenures. The
Philadelphia Daily News and
the Philadelphia Inquirer may no longer exist or may exist in dramatically
altered versions.
The two papers’ parent company,
Philadelphia Newspapers Inc., has filed
for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This does
not mean the company is actually closing down, just that it is finding it can
no longer make payments on its more
than $300 million of debt and is trying
to find a way to restructure itself so it
can still be viable.
Just how it does that is up to a
bankruptcy judge, who will hear the
case at two hearings in March.
This is not the only case of newspapers in trouble that is the closest to
us. As Philadelphians and as members
of a print medium, the development
concerns and worries us.
As news consumers, even if one
or both newspapers are forced to shut
down, we know this will not be the end
of journalism or of news in Philadelphia or anywhere else. There is simply
far too much demand for information.
This potential vacuum has a silver
lining, one that students from Temple
T
Rejected
Education
emple students are, as a statistical group, not wealthy. Many
find it difficult to scrape together the money to pay for tuition,
and any extra help they are given financially is appreciated.
Harrisburg is treating Temple students as if they are wealthier than they
really are.
In an exclusive sit-down interview
with The Temple News, the university’s Chief Financial Officer Anthony
Wagner said it is almost as if Temple
and the other state-related schools have
“bull’s-eyes” on their backs. State-related schools are receiving less and less
financial aid. Wagner said the schools
are almost being considered like private universities in terms of financial
support.
Temple’s budget issues are forcing the university to make cutbacks.
Wagner said there will be layoffs, but
Temple is trying to preserve the student
experience as much as possible. Tenure
and tenure-track professors will not be
laid off, but Wagner said adjuncts who
teach at most one class a semester or
year may be let go.
While it is important to protect the
jobs of tenure and tenure-track professors, the importance of adjuncts who
teach fewer classes than their tenured
peers should not be ignored.
Many adjuncts are working in the
The crisis of two major
newspapers may open the
way for tomorrow’s moguls.
and every other university can benefit
from.
If there is little to no supply of
quality journalism in Philadelphia, new
business models will spring up to fill
that void. And those models may come
from today’s students. The newspaper
men and women haven’t been able to
find a model that works, so maybe what
is needed are fresh minds to approach
the problem.
The solution may not come from a
student with a journalism background.
It could come from a business or marketing student. But that may be just
what our craft needs now: more outside
influence.
The media moguls of 100 years
ago had no strong tradition to build
their empires from. They made them up
because there was a need for the way
they produced the news, and money
could be made from it.
In that way, the media moguls of
the next 10 or 20 years will not be able
to draw from any coherent business tradition to create their empires.
We believe that students are up to
the challenge. If there is a viable business method for print media, it will be
found by our generation.
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The record
of this generation will be
documented
on Facebook
walls. That
may not be a
good thing,
but at least
you get to
have your own
voice.
Average number
of friends users
users have on
Facebook.
70%
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Percentage of
Facebook users
who live outside
the United States.
In millions, how
many new pieces
of content (posts,
notes, photos, etc.)
are put on Facebook each month.
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Shannon McDonald, Managing Editor
LeAnne Matlach, News Editor
Stephen Zook, Opinion Editor
Kevin Brosky, Temple Living Editor
Vanessa Rottet, Advertising Manager
Sherri Hospedales, Arts & Entertainment Editor
Brendan McHugh, Business Manager
Todd Orodenker, Sports Editor
Todd Oskin, Billing Manager
Anthony Stipa, Asst. Sports Editor
Kriston Bethel, Design Editor
Dave Isaac, Online Editor
Andrea Caldarise, Design Editor
Brittany Diggs, Chief Copy Editor
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Monica Zuber, Design Editor
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CEEBEE on commentary about a local coffee shop displaying cartoons of President Barack Obama.
Feb. 24, 2009 @ 6:59 a.m.
It just sounds like a form of political cartoons to me. I suppose the fact that a black artist painted them
sits better with folks than if a white artist had painted them. If the restaurant owner feels it is more
important to support the artist rather than the customers, that’s his decision...
EVA on commentary about a local coffee shop displaying cartoons of President Barack Obama. Feb.
24, 2009 @ 8:30 a.m.
Two words: Offensive and horrific. “Go-bama! Handle HItler like a grown-ass man”. What is that
about? Do these people even have the faintest idea of who Hitler was and the horrible things he did
in Europe and NOrthern Africa? What does mentioning Hitler have to do with Obama? Where is the
relationship?
ALANNA on Temple faculty protesting about its contracts during winter graduation ceremonies. Feb.
24, 2009 @ 3:24 p.m.
I was actually the student speaker at the CST winter ceremony, and while I won’t say my day was
ruined, I was annoyed and really flustered by the protesters. I think it was really thoughtless and not
reaching out to the right people - the administration doesn’t attend graduation, students and their
parents do.
LAURA on a new Web site that mimics the now-defunct Juicy Campus. Feb. 28, 2009 @ 2:35 p.m.
There’s no reason Temple
students shouldn’t get the
funding state schools do.
field in which they teach and can provide invaluable advice and experience
to students. They can also be an important bridge between students and their
prospective fields.
Laying off adjuncts will be detrimental to the educations and futures of
students.
Appropriations from the state to
Temple have been on a downward spiral
the past few years as the state tightens
its budget. Wagner said the amount of
money given to Temple by the state this
past year is less than what it received in
2001, when inflation is considered.
This has forced Temple to rely
more heavily on revenue from tuition.
Even though Temple needs as many
tuition dollars as it can get, Wagner
said the administration wants tuition
increases as small as possible.
He said times are difficult for everyone, including students, and a large
tuition increase is not in anyone’s best
interest.
Even though Temple is not a statesystem school, Harrisburg shouldn’t
forget that it is state-related. It still has
a duty to give Temple funding to help
the university carry out its mission of
providing an education at a reasonable
price. The state needs to figure out a
way to pay adequate attention to the
state system and state-related schools.
Why anyone would want to create another “juicy campus” is beyond me. I feel that the only reason
someone would create a website like this, is because they like seeing people suffer, and like seeing
people’s reputation being ruined.
JIM on a response to walking to Pathmark in North Philadelphia from Temple’s campus for groceries. Feb. 28, 2009 @ 9:52 p.m.
I agree that Temple students need to be more independent and interact more with the surrounding
communities in their daily activities, but walking to the Pathmark North of campus is hardly an appealing idea. Not for safety reasons, because I’ve shopped there before, but it’s produce is more expensive and less fresh than other grocery stores.
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Inside the uniform, anxiety emerges anew
Following the latest police shooting, some Philadelphia Police officers fear for their lives and the lives of their comrades, driving some to consider alternative careers.
T
homas Hyers undergoes a transformation every day.
After putting on his police uniform and going to the
23rd Police District, located at 17th Street and Montgomery Avenue, Hyers becomes Lieutenant Hyers. But last
week, the lieutenant thought, for just a moment, he wouldn’t be
able to transform the next morning.
“I was in the room, standing next to [Officer] John Pawlowski’s body, and I thought
to myself, it’s time to do something else,” Hyers said. “But then, you get some sleep, and
you wake up and come back the next day.”
Pawlowski had been a student of Hyers
during his time at the Police Academy. Hyers
also knew four other police officers who have
Ashley
died in the last 16 months.
nguyen
Last year, C. Scott Shields, the attorney
for the National Rifle Association, said, per
the Philadelphia Inquirer, “I’d advise every resident of Philadelphia to go out and buy their guns now.”
At the time, Philadelphia was fighting for the right to enact
city-specific gun control laws in an effort to curb the number of
shootings. The NRA filed a lawsuit, which was followed by a decision by the commonwealth to deny Philadelphia the ability to
“ban possession or sale of assault weapons within city limits” and
a one-gun-a-month limit.
yet the police force in Philadelphia has to do so.
If it’s evidence the commonwealth needs, it should visit the
Limiting the number of guns sold and to whom they are sold
station where Hyers works.
will not make violence in Philadelphia evaporate, but it certainly
“The captain and I look around and are concerned about [of- will aid the process.
ficers’] mental health,” Hyers said. “I’ve had a lot of officers in
Philadelphians themselves need to think a moment longer behere, and they’re upset. Inside the blue
fore they choose violence.
shirt, behind the badge or the vest, is
“Nobody calls us for birthday parI was standing
a person. Officers cry. They get upties. Nobody calls us for bar mitzvahs
set. They get scared. [They do] all the
or christenings,” Hyers said. “If you’re
next to Pawlowski’s
things every one else does.”
called there, it’s because they’ve albody, and I thought,
Hyers added that the human health
ready tried to work it out, can’t, and
it’s time to do
of police officers is being carefully
someone said, ‘We better get the police
something else.
monitored. The day after Pawlowski
here.’”
was shot, they “got right back on their Thomas Hyers
When people cannot control themhorse, as heartbroken as they were, and lieutenant, 23rd police district
selves because of domestic situations,
they did their job.”
Hyers said it puts everyone in danger.
With husbands, wives and children
“That’s why police officers are
urging them to quit, doing their duties is becoming increasingly killed.”
difficult. Hyers said he received a text message from his daughter
Though people need to take responsibility for them, if they
that day in regards to his safety.
didn’t have guns, no police officer would have a gun pointed at
If the NRA is concerned with the basic right of the Constitu- his or her chest.
tion for Americans to “bare arms,” the association should consider
Ashley Nguyen can be reached at
Philadelphians’ natural right to live.
[email protected].
Living scared is not the proper way to attend work every day,
Facebook brings all our Web site discriminates
secrets to light. So what? against student reporters
Facebook makes blackmail easy, but that doesn’t mean it’s responsible for it.
O
ur most intimate thoughts reside in the
deepest corners of our hearts where no
one can see. Yet, we update our statuses
on Facebook daily
for everyone to view, future
employers included.
In recent weeks, Facebook changed its termination policy. The switch
meant that the company
could keep a user’s upLeah
loads forever, even if that
Mafrica
user deleted the account.
User protests and petitions
ensued, and Facebook has since vowed to take
even stricter precautions to keep users’ information safe.
As if that matters.
I hate to break it to you, but we’re all going
down on this social ship.
As I scoured through tagged photos with
beer cans, lazy eyes and open-mouths-with-food
snapshots, I came to the realization that every
picture I’ve posted, every note I’ve written and
every group I’ve joined is forever encrypted in
the mysterious Internet abyss.
If employers want to check you out, they
very well could have snuck in through a mysterious friend request you accepted out of habit. This
is particularly important for college kids propelling themselves into the workforce.
Linda Lawton, associate director of the Career Center, warns Facebook users that employers are most certainly using social networking
sites as a means to weed out candidates.
“While a crazy picture at a wild party doesn’t
make you a bad person and doesn’t mean that you
will not be able to carry out the mission of the
organization – it’s just a snippet, but that one picture and comment could cost you,” Lawton said.
Chances are that crazy picture is probably
already gracing someone’s computer desktop or
tucked away in a virtual folder. It’s pretty scary
stuff, but should we be frightened?
It’s possible that as the subjects of our generation turn into the nation’s professionals, we’ll
be so used to inappropriate pictures that we won’t
think twice about seeing a throwback picture of
a presidential candidate playing beer pong in his
college days. Instead, we’ll sigh wistfully and remember the good times.
Realistically, we live in a world full of judgment. We’ll never separate the personal from the
professional. Now we have the resources to save,
crop and post evidence of that judgment worldwide.
“Even if in this generation, it becomes a little
less taboo to see a politician with a beer can,”
Lawton said, “there’s always going to be a requirement and a need to look at what people do
during off hours.”
So what do we do now that we’ll all be undoubtedly blackmailed in the future? We can’t do
anything about the past, but we can start behaving as if we’re not BFFs with all of Philadelphia’s
Facebook users and self-censor the content we
post.
Or, as junior history and secondary education major Hilary Auker suggests, “Maybe I’ll
just switch to MySpace.”
Leah Mafrica can be reached at
[email protected].
H
elpaReporterOut.com is supposed to do
I am a journalist. As a staff writer, I research,
exactly what its Web address says — report and write. Just because I am a student does
help journalists by locating sources for not mean I am not a journalist.
their works.
Kirsten Lindermayer, an adjunct journalism
But, as I learned last
professor, said the Web site’s policy was unreaweek, put the pesky title
sonable because the only way to become a true
“student” in front of “jourjournalist is to fill the role of the position.
nalist,” and that reporter
“To cut off an avenue like [HelpaReporteris at an extreme disadvanOut.com] to students seems to make absolutely
tage.
no sense, especially since it’s free,” she said.
After submitting a
Lindermayer added that classes at Temple
josh
query for sources on the
offer “a ton of practical experience” on “how to
site, I received a response fernandez
interview or how to structure a news story, but
less than an hour later from
the fact of the matter is, until you do it yourself
the site’s editor, Michael Griffin. Griffin said you don’t really know how to do it.”
HelpaReporterOut.com “is not for college newsCorinne M. Snell, executive director of the
papers.”
Center for Student Professional Development,
Why? Nowhere on the Web site does it say said a student’s being denied information was
that college journalists
uncommon.
are not allowed.
“I have not perI e-mailed Grifsonally encountered
To cut off an avfin to ask him why his
this situation or heard
enue like that to
site was not for college
from our business stustudents seems to
journalists, and he fordents that they were
make no sense,
warded an e-mail redenied access to reespecially since
sponse from the creator
sources simply beit’s free.
of the site, Peter Shankcause they are in colman.
lege,” Snell said in an
Kirsten Lindermayer
e-mail interview. “If a
Shankman wrote adjunct journalism professor
student is interested in
that getting quoted by
student newspapers was bothersome to the cli- specific services or resources offered by a professional organization, they take advantage of relents he was providing as sources for reporters.
“Three hours of prep time for what?” Shank- evant student memberships.”
Students may not have the credentials for
man wrote in an e-mail. “PR firms and clients
were far from pleased. I’d say that if there was certain services and opportunities. But for Shankmore transparency from the student journalists, man, who once had to start somewhere as well, to
this rule probably wouldn’t have to be put into prevent a student from getting ahead is baffling.
place.”
Joshua Fernandez can be reached at
I am extremely transparent about who I am
[email protected].
and the publication for which I write.
Food trucks and owners shouldn’t be left out in cold
O
dds are, if you’ve been at Temple for more than a semester,
you’ve eaten at one of the many
food trucks on Main Campus.
The trucks provide alternatives to the
daily cafeteria food, ranging from fresh
fruit to cheesesteaks and, now,
even cookies.
Although different people own
the lunch trucks,
the combination
of today’s troubled economy and
MANUEL
a cold winter can
AGURTO
have a negative
effect on business.
The cold weather has hindered
vendors’ abilities to keep up with one
of the strictest health inspection policies: hot water.
More than three trucks were shut
down due to hot water not being hot
enough. This policy, if not followed,
can lead to vendors being forced to
shut down, said Philadelphia health inspector Paul Menchik.
“Having your hot water at 110 degrees at least is necessary or else you
cannot operate,” Menchik said.
The weather freezes up the gaspowered boilers at night, and it takes
about four hours for it to get warmed
up when vendors open their trucks in
the morning.
“Sometimes, the water freezes, and
it freezes the tubing, too,” said Gokhan
Bati, owner of Take 5, located on the
VOICE of the
PEOPLE
What letter grade would you give Temple as an
institution?
ANDREA SYMONDS TTN
OPINION DESK 215-204-9540
corner of Broad Street and Montgomery Avenue.
The only alternative for many
of the owners is to use electric boilers. This option, however, is not up to
code.
The hot water must be kept in a
boiler, which is already installed in
trucks. By the time the water is transferred, it has already dropped in temperature.
Even though some problems can be
easily fixed, some trucks were not able
to survive the one-week suspension,
and some, like the Campus Grub Spot,
formerly located on the 1700 block of
North Broad Street, had to shut down
permanently. Some vendors are able
to survive week to week, uncertain of
what their futures hold.
JUSTINE KANE
SOPHOMORE
Serkan Bagcivan, owner of Chicken Heaven, was one of the vendors who
was forced to shut down, but he says he
can only attribute that to luck. He received a warning to keep the temperature of the water higher.
“If they had shut me down, that’s
it. I gotta sell the truck,” he said.
In 2006, however, Bagcivan’s
truck was hit by a catering van. The
impact was forceful enough to move
the truck, causing fryer oil to spill on
Bagcivan’s wife’s back.
The oil caused severe burns, and
she had to spend 10 days at Temple
University Hospital to recover.
Bagcivan does not have insurance,
so every day his wife spent in the hospital totaled $30,000.
“They keep calling me, asking
JESSICA MILLER
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
“B+ to A- for
its variety of
majors and
study abroad
programs.”
FRESHMAN
UNDECLARED
“B+. Some
teachers can
be difficult and
not easy to
relate to.”
how am I gonna pay it? How the hell
am I supposed to pay it?” he said.
With more than 60 percent of his
profit going back into the truck and a
1-year-old son, Bagcivan is struggling
to stay afloat. He hopes the weather
will warm up so his truck won’t freeze
again.
Bagcivan is only one food truck
vendor who faces struggles daily
– struggles that go unnoticed simply
because there are so many.
The next time you’re hungry
around campus, remember there are
those who really depend on the students here to put food on their tables.
Manuel Agurto can be reached at
[email protected].
DALE PARRIS
JUNIOR
SPORTS & RECREATION MANAGEMENT
“C+. Alumni
that I talked
to have said
they can’t do
anything with
their Temple
degree.”
[email protected]
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Some of the Valaida S. Walker Food Court’s most healthy-looking choices may carry some hefty calories.
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Healthy eating can be misleading
A
SAMANTHA KELLY
The Temple News
salad is generally a healthier meal to eat,
but what about an 820-calorie salad? No,
it is not from McDonald’s or Wendy’s.
This 820-calorie salad, called the Bros.
Bistro salad, comes pre-packaged from the Einstein Bros. Bagels.
Unfortunately, unlike the Johnson & Hardwick cafeteria, there are no signs at Einstein Bros.
Bagels to inform customers about the nutritional
information on any of its products. None of the
We are not liable by
the company to post
this information, so
we choose not to.
DAN CALLEN
manager, einstein bros. bagels
pre-packaged food in the Valaida S.Walker Food Court
is labeled either. To obtain this information, students
can ask Dining Services personnel or visit einsteinbros.com.
“We are not liable by the company to post this
information, so we choose not to,” said Dan Callen,
manager of Einstein Bros. Bagels in the Student Center.
Also high in calories are the chicken caesar and
chicken chipotle salads, which are in the grab-and-go
refrigerator. The chicken caesar salad chicken has 820
Nutrition PAGE 8
Residence halls allow
students to stay in shape
Though students opt for dorm fitness rooms, fitness experts advise to keep workouts varied.
CHRISTINE FISHER
The Temple News
CARROLL MOORE TTN
Temple students keep up with treadmills in the upper level of the IBC
Student Recreation Center. Many students, however, prefer to work out
in their own residence hall.
It is hard enough to go to class, not
to mention the gym, when the temperature drops to 30 degrees or below.
Fortunately, it is easy enough to get
a comprehensive workout that doesn’t
require walking in the cold, rain or
snow to get to the gym. Students living
on campus have the added advantage
of fitness equipment that Temple provides in every Main Campus residence
hall.
A combination of cardio, resistance and stretching provides the best
workout geared toward general weight
loss and maintenance. The elliptical
trainers and treadmills available in residence halls give students the chance to
get a cardio workout without having to
go out in the cold.
Tricia DePoe, a fitness coordinator
at Temple, suggests students alternate
between the treadmill and elliptical
trainers or use both on some days.
“You don’t ever want to do the
same routine all the time,” she said.
“Your body gets used to it, and it’s not
as beneficial.”
She also advises students not to
hold onto the treadmill when walking
or running.
“When you swing your arms, you
inside
are increasing your heart rate and getting more of a workout,” she said.
For cardio activities, DePoe tells
students to focus on their heart rates,
noting that the benefits of increasing
heart rates include burning fat, losing
weight and strengthening the heart.
Assistant Director of Student
Recreation Anne Wilkinson, who also
serves as an adjunct professor in the department of kinesiology and the School
of Tourism and Hospitality Management, emphasizes the importance of
working at an increased heart rate.
She recommends working at levels
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Nutrition info
hard to find
Nutrition PAGE 7
calories, while the chicken chipotle
has 710. Choose any one of these three
salads, and the average calorie count is
about 780.
The Bros. Bistro salad weighs 10.5
ounces and costs $4.98. The chicken
caesar salad weighs 14 ounces and
costs $5.89, and chicken chipotle is
15.2 ounces for $5.89.
In the food court, there are two
seemingly healthy options: the Einstein
Bros. Bagels grab-and-go salads and
the Sizzling Salads bar, where diners
can create their own salads. The charge
to create salads is 42 cents per ounce.
For the same price of a pre-packaged
salad, diners can make about a 14ounce salad.
Freshman kinesiology major Sarah Plaviak chooses to eat the chipotle
chicken salad despite the 710-calorie
amount.
“If you get a salad from the salad
bar, it costs too much,” Plaviak said.
Lindsay Scott, a senior finance
and international business major, got
a chicken caesar salad because “it was
more convenient.”
If Einstein Bros. Bagels’ salad can
contain as many as 820 calories, how
many calories are in the salads of fast
food restaurants?
McDonald’s and Wendy’s are just
two top fast food chains nationwide
that now have salads on their menus.
McDonald’s Premium Southwest
salad with crispy chicken is the high-
est calorie salad on its menu. It weighs
12.5 ounces and has 430 calories. Wendy’s mandarin grilled chicken salad
weighs 14.2 ounces, has 540 calories
and is the highest calorie salad on the
fast food restaurant’s menu.
Feasting on one of these two salads and ordering a small fry and would
still have a lower calorie count than
Einstein Bros. Bagels’ bistro salad or
the chicken caesar salad.
For those who reluctantly choose
to get a salad instead of giving into a
sweet tooth, Ben & Jerry’s and Edy’s
ice cream are available.
Instead of high-calorie salads,
choose to down a whole pint of Ben
& Jerry’s “Lighten Up!” chocolate
chip cookie dough ice cream, which
contains a total of 800 calories. There
would be 20 calories to spare.
If the idea of cookie dough isn’t
appealing, have a whole pint of Edy’s
MAXX Java Chocolate Mash Up ice
cream, and there still would be 20 calories left over.
With the ice cream pints, nutritional facts are provided.
Wandering around the Student
Center debating what to eat?
Good luck deciding.
It is a tricky choice between convenience and cost — and the choice
between salad and ice cream.
Samantha Kelly can be reached at
[email protected].
ANNA ZHILKOVA TTN
Above left: Students have many choices for breakfast, lunch and dinner in the Valaida S. Walker Food Court.
Above: Students eat lunch in one of the dining areas outside the Student Center food court. The salad options through Einstein Bros. or the salad bar may not be as healthy as you think.
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Technical duties
a 24/7 profession
The work of Computer Services is often overlooked and even
unheard of, but it keeps Temple’s vital systems running.
sible for many background technical
aspects.
“We are responsible for knowing
that
online applications like OWLnet
When students plop down in front
are
indeed
running and there are no isof computers, log on to OWLnet to regsues
with
it.
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ister for classes, access MyBackpack
directly,
we
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partment
should
there be a problem,”
sites, they expect a pleasant online exLauff
said.
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physical
hardware
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properly.”
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telling
me there’s
running.
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issue,
and
I
have
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to
get
in here.”
“I don’t think people realize how
Computer
Services
personnel
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the
Active
Directory
Service,
Lauff said. “There are over 200 fulltime employees involved in Computer the system on campus computers that
prompts students to authenticate their
Services.”
Lauff works in the infrastructure, accounts by plugging in their Accessoperations and security department Net usernames and TUsecure passwithin Computer Services. He, along words.
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Our focus in
Centro Musical
is not so much
to make the
money... We’re
here to help the
community in
any way we can.
cristina gonzalez
centro musical
Philly moves
to the
LATIN BEAT
Centro Musical is not only a
music store but a pillar of
hope in the community.
C
SABRINA JACOT TTN
Centro Musical maintains a close
relationship with its customers and
the surrounding area.
MARCOS RIOS
The Temple News
entro Musical, the No. 1 Latino music store in the tri-state
area, keeps close ties to its surrounding community not only
by promoting local artists and catering
to Latino music fans and local bands
looking for exposure, but also by catering to the needs of the community.
“This store has done a lot for us,”
said William Bobe, a Philadelphia native who is often found hanging out at
Centro Musical. “It is definitely a pillar
to this community.”
Centro Musical has become a his-
torical monument in the Philadelphia
Latino community. Once customers
walk through the front doors, they are
immediately greeted with a smile and
treated like family.
People who enter Centro Musical
on a Saturday morning are immediately transported into a musical sanctuary
where a welcomed chaos ensues. Classic records, hanging boxing gloves,
Latin percussion drums, stringed guitars and not-yet-extinct cassette tapes
surround the local salsa band being
featured on the live radio show.
On Feb. 21, local reggaeton artist
and Puerto Rico native Kathy Amatos
was featured on Centro Musical’s local
radio show. The show is hosted on radio station La Mega 1310 AM and can
be heard every Saturday from 10:30
a.m. to noon.
“Two years ago, I was here in Centro Musical, and I started rapping in
front of [store owner] Wilfredo Gonzalez,” Amatos said. “He was the one to
push me to do all of this. I never thought
I would be able to record a CD.”
Since that day, Gonzalez and his
wife have paid for Amatos’ tickets and
rental cars whenever she has needed to
record in Puerto Rico.
“I feel as if they have adopted me
as their daughter,” Amatos added.
“[Gonzalez] has a very big
heart.”
Sonora Los Fantasticos, a local salsa
band headquartered in
Lancaster, Pa., that includes members from
Philadelphia,
also
played live for the radio show that morning.
Local residents crowded the store, carrying
on heated debates about
Spring into this year’s
flower show
Fashion, food and the gardens of Italy
come together for the annual Philadelphia Flower Show.
CHRISTINE FISHER
The Temple News
With expensive airfare and limited time, it can
be difficult for anyone, let alone students, to visit Italy. This week, the 2009 Philadelphia Flower Show
is saving students a trip by bringing a sampling of
Italy’s finest flora to Center City.
The Italian Renaissance-inspired 2009 Philadelphia Flower Show, which began Sunday, brings
fashion, food, performing arts, Italian-themed gardens
and an exhibit by Temple’s landscape architecture and
horticulture department to the Pennsylvania Convention Center for one week.
The American Institute of Floral Designers is hosting a 2,400 square-foot boutique featuring original work
inspired by Italian designers Prada and Gucci, as well
as international designers Elly Lin and Alexander McQueen.
The Institute’s team of more than 30 designers has
been working to create an array of high-fashion dresses,
accessories and perfumes, which are all made of flow-
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ers. Those who attend the show will be able to view and
purchase items in the collection.
Students at the Moore College of Art and Design
have been working with wearable art and the floral concept of the show. In the “Fashion District,” 16 haute couture dresses designed specifically for the flower show will
be on display. Inspiration for the dresses was drawn from
floral patterns and classic Italian artists.
If floral-based fashion designs are not enough of an
incentive to attend the flower show, there are plenty of
other attractions that will please a diverse and hungry audience.
Live cooking demonstrations will be held three times
a day as part of the “All-Star Culinary Demonstrations”
hosted by Chef Joseph Shilling and the Culinary School
of the Art Institute of Philadelphia. In addition, Italian
cheeses and traditional dishes will be available for sampling throughout the week.
On March 7, Danny DeVito will make an appearance
to introduce his brand of limoncello, an Italian lemon liqueur. More than 100 wines from a variety of wineries
will be available for sampling. Wines will be sold starting
at $7.99.
Twice-daily teas will also be hosted in a flower and
music filled setting. Reservations for the tea must be made
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politics and music. Friends danced to
the Latin rhythms of old-school salsa
hits performed by the band.
“It’s been a blessing to be able to
do this and expand my horizons,” said
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READ MORE FOR LESS:
It’s a recession out there. TTN’s
book columnist Peter Chomko
tells you what books are worth
the read.
THE SOUND OF MUSIC:
Jennifer Damiano of Spring Awakening and
Kathryn Sullivan of The Seven discuss the
impact of pop music in theater.
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WE LOVE BEER:
Philadelphia celebrates
its rich brewing history
for Beer Week, which
stretches from
March 6-15.
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Popular music finds new home in theaters
Temple Theaters’ The Seven and Spring Awakening are changing the way we enjoy theater with the exploration of modern music and themes.
M
usic is a way of life. For
young people, music is
expression, emotion and
even a lifestyle.But rarely
in musical theater do we see our music on stage. From Biggie Smalls to the
Beatles, great musical theater seems far
from our iPod’s
playlists.
ON
So
this
STage
past Valentine’s
Day, as I exited
the converted
To m l i n s o n
Theater after a
performance of
Temple Theater’s The Seven, I began to
MAX
wonder, when MCCORMACK
it comes to music and theater,
how far is the iPod from the libretto?
Musical theater was once an
odd genre – relegated to the back
“soundtrack” section of the music
store, much of it written by two old
guys named Rodgers and Hammerstein. In contrast, The Seven, which ran
from Feb. 5 to 22, used song and dance
in a new, hip-hop way.
The show, written by Will Power
and directed by Lee Kenneth Richardson, is a “retelling of Aeschylus’ The
Seven Against Thebes through hiphop,” said The Seven’s Kathryn Sullivan. Hip-hop and Greek tragedy? The
show was proof that just about any
kind of music can be crafted to work in
a stage musical.
While I can enjoy a big Broadway
classic now and then, it’s exciting to see
the music we listen to used in this way.
The Seven was by no means the first
show to be built around non-traditional
music. Hair will always be considered
the groundbreaker here, showcasing
music of a younger generation. Hair,
the story of a handful of hippies living
in the 1960s in New York City’s Central
Park, is being revived on Broadway in
March. And about 25 years after Hair
first shocked Broadway theater-goers,
Rent came along and, again, reinvented
the way we see theater.
The hit contemporary hip-hop
musical, In the Heights, follows a
handful of street characters and their
struggles in New York City’s Washington Heights. It won the Tony for Best
Musical last year.
the modern musical, Next to Normal.
In 2006, Spring Awakening opened Damiano, who stars alongside Alice
on Broadway to critical acclaim, using Ripley and J. Robert Spencer, said she
rock music to tell the stories of teen- loves “anything with a modern edgy
agers growing up in Germany in the thrill.”
1890s. The edgy Duncan Sheik, an acAlong with the music, the story
complished
lines in shows
folk singerlike Next to
I love theater that
s o n g w r i t e r,
Normal and
wrote
the
The Seven also
is moving and
music, which
reflect modern
creates a new
won the adulacultural and
tion of legions
social themes
way to connect to
of young fans
better
than
the people on the
and the Tony
older, tradiAward
for
tional musistage.
Best Musical
cals can.
in 2007.
“The pro“ I ’ v e
cess was surJennifer DAMIANO
only been inprisingly easy
spring awakening
volved in rock
to develop in
musicals,”
The Seven besaid Jennifer Damiano, who was in cause the story is really relatable,” said
the original Spring Awakening cast. “I Sullivan, who played Funky Fate in the
think it’s because they’re so relatable Temple show.
to a younger generation, which I’m a
If musical theater is going to appart of.”
peal to younger audiences, they need
Damiano made her Broadway de- to change with the times. Young people
but in Spring Awakening and, on April are looking to be shaken up by theatri15, will take on Broadway again with cal productions, including musicals.
“It’s impolite theater. It doesn’t
beat around the bush,” Damiano said.
“I love theater that’s moving and creates a new way to connect to the people
on the stage. It’s intimate and real. It
just so happens that rock musicals are
associated with the edgy and the intimate.”
Sullivan agrees.
“Part of the reason I loved The
Seven was because it shook people up.
Some people don’t agree with it, but it
was great to bring together these two
worlds.”
The trend on Broadway to produce
Disney spectacles is unsettling – based
more on ticket sales than on originality and art. I’m hopeful that shows like
The Seven and Spring Awakening will
continue to swim against that tide. No
one can predict where live theater is
headed, particularly during the current
financial downturn. But people will
always love good music and good theater. It just needs to be relevant.
Max McCormack can be reached at
[email protected].
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Good TO KNOW
YOU
BEFORE GO
Make the best of your visit to this
year’s Flower Show with these suggestions from the Pennsylvania Horticultural
Society:
Flower power
Courtesy Baldev Lamba
Temple students are featured in the Flower
Show this year with an exhibit that reuses
rainwater to generate power.
Use the QR code above
on your cell phone to
view the full list of events
at the Flower Show.
To learn how to use the code,
visit temple-news.com/QR
Temple contributes to the Flower Show
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ahead of time. Tickets cost $28 per person.
Italian architecture and garden displays are
features of this year’s flower show. The department of landscape architecture and horticulture
prepared an educational exhibit based on the
“Bella Italia” theme.
Junior landscape architecture and horticulture students in professor Baldev Lamba’s design studio developed the concept at the beginning of the Fall 2008 semester. They detailed
the project toward the end of the semester and
began constructing the exhibit after winter
break.
“[The exhibit] has Italian influences, but
it goes beyond that,” Lamba said. “It does not
replicate but brings the underlying principles
and spirits of Renaissance gardens.”
The students said this year’s exhibit is en-
vironmentally friendly. They incorporated regional, salvaged and recyclable materials and
used recyclable construction.
Lamba and his team are investigating how
to use the exhibit after the show and plan to donate parts of it to nonprofit organizations like
Habitat for Humanity.
Water conservation is another main aspect
of the design, which harvests all the rainwater the Convention Center generates to run the
exhibit.
Lamba said the extent to which this exhibit conserves water is another creative feature of
the Temple students’ design.
Andrew Korzon, a junior landscape architecture major, agreed that the exhibit is an excellent hands-on project for students.
“For four years, most people sit and draw,”
Korzon said. “To be able to design and build is
invaluable experience.”
Students on a budget can justify spending
money on a spring fashion accessory, bottle
of wine, traditional Italian food or anything
else from the approximately 150 retailers. The
flower show generates about $30 million for
local businesses by drawing crowds of more
than 250,000.
Philadelphia Green, a project that revitalizes parks, vacant lots and community gardens
in the city, will receive $1 million in donations
from money raised through the 2009 Philadelphia Flower Show.
In addition, students receive a discounted
rate of $17. More information about ticketing,
the show and features, like private group tours,
is available at theflowershow.com.
ADVERTISEMENT
Christine Fisher can be reached at
[email protected].
If you want to beat the crowds, the
best time to visit is after 3 p.m. on weekdays. Since the show will be open until
9:30 p.m., you will have plenty of time to
see everything.
You will do a lot of walking, so come
prepared with comfortable shoes. It’s also
a good idea to bring an extra sweater
since the temperatures will be kept cool
to preserve the flowers.
It takes an average of five hours to see
everything at the Flower Show, so plan
ahead to make the most of your visit.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask the Flower Show volunteers
dressed in bright pink smocks. The information booths can also provide help.
Pick an easily identifiable place to
meet up with your group. There’s a number of entrances to the Pennsylvania
Convention Center, so make sure your
meeting area is specific. If you are separated from your party, the PNC Park tent,
located on the show floor is the official
“lost person’s area.” Regular announcements on the public address system will
help reunite you with your group as soon
as possible.
- Sherri Hospedales
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Books you can’t
afford not to read
Learn how to beat the recession in just 766 pages.
U
nder normal circumstances,
at least half the point of book
reviews is that they’re timely.
Once a book’s been out for a
couple years, you can usually assume
that it will already have flourished or
failed on its own merits.
However, under particularly abnormal circumstances – and you’d be
hard-pressed to
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argue that we’re
living through WORM
anything but
particularly abnormal circumstances right
now – it seems
that a departure
from conventional wisdom
PETER
can be easily
CHOMKO
justified.
For one thing, new books are
expensive, and you can hardly be expected to go out and drop $28 for a
hot-off-the-presses hardcover in the
current economic climate. On top of
that, recession jokes are the humor du
jour, and I could hardly pass up my
crack at them.
More important than that is
given the state of our national economy, there are certain books that you
simply can’t afford not to read. That
three of those books happen to be a
collective 150-plus years old is no argument, in my mind, against their importance. If anything, their longevity
is a testament to that importance.
The fact of the matter is, after
all, that recessions are nothing new.
Our country has been through this
territory before and so have plenty of
others. We’ve strayed so far into this
territory that such great numbers may
be cause for alarm – but not necessarily for surprise.
Nor should it be cause for disregarding advice from the past – specifically, advice from economist John
Maynard Keynes, universally-acclaimed as the smartest man in the
universe (except by those who happen to declaim him as the most dangerously idiotic man in the universe).
Regardless of which side of the
Keynesian debate you fall on, there’s
a lot to be said for familiarizing yourself with his theories.
In The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money,
Keynes interpreted economic variations as being products of “aggregate demand” (sound familiar?) and
argued for activist government intervention, particularly in times of crisis
(again, sound familiar?), in order to
promote demand.
Although Keynes’ book was initially published in 1936, his influence
continues to be felt in contemporary
economics and politics. In fact, a
contemporary Keynesian took home
last year’s Nobel Prize in economics
– Paul Krugman, a regular New York
Times contributor and the author of
1999’s The Return of Depression
Economics.
A decade ago, Krugman theorized that a world economic structure
largely dominated by supply-side
economics lacked long-term viability
and would soon lead to prolonged,
painful economic collapses. His conservative critics laughed, cited Alan
Greenspan and continued to tout the
greatness of mortgage-backed securities. Guess what? Krugman was
right, and with last year’s release of
The Return of Depression Economics
and the Crisis of 2008, he’s likely to
be one of the few people to benefit
from this recession.
Of course, no matter if you read
Keynes or Krugman, John Boehner
probably won’t read either – and as a
result, we may be in this for the long
haul. That’s why I’ve got a third recommendation for your reading list:
Claude Goodchild and Alan Thompson’s classic Keeping Poultry and
Rabbits on Scraps.
First published during the Nazi
bombardment of England during
World War II, the book advised the
British of the little things they could
do to make everything go a bit further. In response to popular demand,
Penguin Group has chosen to reissue
the book in (you guessed it) a budget
edition, suggesting that you can keep
a steady supply of eggs and meat on
hand, even in the worst of times.
Of course, the best part is that all
this reading comes out to less than
800 pages. Tell that to your conservative friends as they try to slog their
way through The Wealth of Nations,
clocking in at a hefty 1,200 or so.
The upshot, of course, is that you’ll
have more time to futilely mail out
all those résumés – and plenty to read
while waiting in the unemployment
line.
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think you’re
or know someone who is?
The Arts & Entertainment
section is looking for the most
creative Temple students to
feature in our upcoming “15
Best Student Artists” story.
We have a broad definition
of artist. It includes opera
singers, violinists, actresses,
ballerinas, graphic designers,
hip hop emcees, filmmakers
and indie bands. And
whatever else you think is
artsy.
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Roommate choices
affect home harmony
It’s easy living with a bunch of friends when all you have to
fight about is whose turn it is to do the dishes. Living with
a significant other is a whole different ballgame.
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Heavy workload for online systems
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“In the past, you’d have credentials to log in to each building separately. It was really a pain, especially
for those people creating the applications,” Lauff said. “You would have to
keep track of 30 different passwords
and usernames.”
Much like this effort to make the
university’s technology more userfriendly, Lauff has been involved in
several other advancements throughout
his 20-year career at Temple.
“It could be said that I brought up
the original public e-mail system for
Temple,” he said.
Under Lauff are three students,
one of whom is Mathew Currier, a senior computer science major.
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Currier is responsible for writing
the code for the online version of MyBackpack, as well as maintaining and
updating it.
MyBackpack is one of the programs that rely on the internetwork
operating system to maintain stored
information onto tapes nightly, and because of this, both students and faculty
are able to retrieve information that has
been lost for up to three months.
This proactive attitude extends to
the most important servers and systems
at the university, as the job also falls
on IOS to ensure students’ online security.
“We are the ones that have to back
up Temple’s key systems. I’d say out of
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the 300 systems, there are about 30 to
50 that have to be backed up nightly,”
Lauff said. “Those are the systems that
are critical to the university. We can’t
play any games with those because they
have to be solid and reliable. We have
to know that they can be recovered.”
Without the Temple employees
like Lauff and the rest of his group,
much of what is currently available
would not be.
“Temple is a great place to work.
They let me stay technical while advancing,” Lauff said. “I love all of the
things I get to do here.”
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here are you going to live? the boys, I didn’t have to see them all
With whom?
the time. They had girlfriends, shows
I mean, it’s already and other friends to tend to. I mostly
March. The deadline for hung out with my dying cat, which
Temple housing is approaching quick- wasn’t a very happening scene, and
ly. Maybe you should be worried that’s probably why I took her back
about
ending
home. But him – he’s more like the
up on the streets OffBeat
dying cat.
next
semes- Academia
I blow up over little things. I
ter. You could
haven’t stomped out yet, but I threaten
live in the TV
to often enough that it’s hard to belounge of the
lieve anymore.
Student Center.
Before we moved in together this
Just shove your
semester, I remember my mom asking
stuff in a corme if I was worried about anything
ner, and cover
concerning the living arrangement. He
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and I spent most of our time together
so no one noSARAH anyway, so I really wasn’t. Of course,
tices. Not a bad
SANDERS there are those things you don’t expeidea, right? It’s
rience until you’re living in the same
got proximity.
house, but I didn’t think they would be
Just kidding. Don’t do that. You’ll a big deal.
probably get kicked out if you try. But
And they’re not a big deal. Like
some people might prefer that option I said, I blow up over little things.
to moving in with a boyfriend or girl- His guitar, for example: I’ve watched
friend.
him play for the five years I’ve known
Well, OK, maybe you were de- him. Now, I get to hear it every day
lighted when you moved in with him, – while I’m sleeping, while I’m doing
but now it
homework
seems
like
and
while
Domestic duties
he won’t go
I’m cooking
have become the
away, right?
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right
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next to you,
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duties
know when this shift
brushing his
have become
teeth
while
the molten
happened, but it did.
you’re on the
lava of our
toilet – and
arguments,
you’ve
bebut it probcome fearful
ably
isn’t
that you’ll never again have the luxury what you think. I’m the lazy one now.
of sleeping alone.
I don’t mind waiting until tomorrow
Suddenly, you’re defensive. You to do the dishes, leaving my clothes
start blowing up over little things. on the floor or accumulating drinkShe’s trying to suffocate you, she ing glasses on my nightstand. He calls
never apologizes, and she hated your me lazy as he pulls out the vacuum
black bean rice soup. You’ve become and scrubs the bathroom floor on his
a self-destructive, ticking time bomb, knees. I cook the dinners. But that’s all
waiting for the right moment to stomp I really have. I don’t know when this
out and never come back.
shift happened, but it did.
That happens a lot, I’m sure. But
Living with one person, especialit hasn’t happened to me, yet. I’m ly a significant other, is very differcrossing my fingers.
ent from living with multiple people.
Before living in this house, I You rely on each other for something
lived with three boys with whom I had to do on the weekend and for food in
strictly platonic relationships, so it the fridge. One of you has to be neat,
didn’t happen there either. Although, I one has to know how to cook, and one
pretty much became the mother of the needs to remember trash day or the
house – cooking dinner, cleaning, tak- deadline for the electric bill.
ing care of a dying cat, adding and diMind you, I only sound cynical
viding bills – I enjoyed it for the most for the sake of this column. He isn’t
part. Like any good nuclear mother really so much like a dying cat.
would say: it gave me a wonderful
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Make
safe sex
a priority
February was National Safe
Sex Month. It may be time
for some guidance.
I
s it just me, or has February flown
by? Granted, there are only 28 days
in this frigid month, but an extra 48
hours isn’t a lot of time to make a
month seem longer.
Maybe it’s because I was sick every day last February. I went into the
month with walking pneumonia. I had
that for about two
weeks and, after Pillow
two days of re- Talk
covery, found out
I had debilitating
strep throat.
Needless to
say, I was pretty
excited for March
2008
to
roll
around. This year,
libby
I slept through
Peck
most of Valentine’s Day (thank
you, Friday night) and had class on
President’s Day (thank you, Temple). I
heard lecturers on Black History Month
and tried not to fail my physics class.
Amid all the excitement, I completely missed the February event
that’s probably most relevant to what I
do here at The Temple News. February,
apparently, is also National Safe Sex
Awareness Month.
Now, either I’m completely shut
off from society in my little apartment
bubble, or I missed any publicity that
was given to this important exposure of
the nation’s sexual health. Or, maybe
the country doesn’t have enough money to publicize that. Hmm, that makes
more sense.
Either way, I feel like I’ve failed
as a columnist for not lecturing my
faithful readers on the virtues of safe
sex last month, so excuse me if I sound
like your parent for a few paragraphs.
Here are some things all of us need to
remember before our reproductive organs start doing the thinking:
Crossing the
cultural divide
AHRIN GIBBONS
The Temple News
Kwame B. Osei is a senior criminal justice major at Temple who was
born in Ghana, a country in Western
Africa, where he lived for 16 years before coming to the United States.
The Temple News: How has
your experience in the United States
been? What has been the most drastic difference between Africans and
Americans?
Kwame Osei: America has become a great country, and even though
it is harder for some than others to be
successful in America, it is a country
where, with enough hard work, anyone can fulfill their dreams.
However, sometimes I am appalled by questions that have been
asked to me about Africa by some
Americans who are somewhat ignorant when it comes to African culture.
Examples of some questions include:
Are there cars in Africa? Are there
houses in Africa?
My personal observation and
opinion is that the majority of Africans tend to be more cultured, amicable and definitely more family-inclined than the average American.
TTN: Can you describe the African culture?
KO: African culture is rich and
valued by Africans. African cultures
can be similar and also different upon
different locations and tribes. For example, a child is always expected to
greet their elders and also offer help
when needed such as carrying farm
products. In the African communities,
the majority of Africans look out for
each other.
TTN: As an African who has
lived in America for 16 years, do
you feel the African Americans in the
United States display African pride
and appreciate the culture as much as
they should?
KO: I do not think African Americans practice enough of any African
culture, and I think Kwanzaa should
be celebrated by more African families. I think African Americans are
much more into the American culture,
and this is one major reason as to why
there is a wide gap between African
Americans and Africans.
I would like to see African Americans celebrate and recognize more
African traditions such as Akwasidae,
which is a festival of the Ashantes that
occurs once a year in Ghana. At this
festival, they celebrate their history,
heritage, victories and accomplishments.
TTN: Do you personally feel
there is a disconnect between Africans
and African Americans?
KO: Yes, I believe there is a disconnect between some black Americans and Africans. I think this is
because African Americans can be totally lost to their culture and heritage.
I think black Americans should practice their forefathers’ African culture
and heritage, while still observing
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CARROLL MOORE TTN
Ghanian student Kwame Osei lived in Ghana for 16 years before moving to the United States and attending Temple.
No glove, no love
Cheesy line? Absolutely. Does
it need to be said? Obviously. Taking
the time to whip out the Trojan Man
(or asking for him to be present) isn’t
the sexiest thing to say in the heat of
the moment, but it’s a lot sexier than
contracting HIV. Condoms from the
Health Education and Awareness Resource Team in Mitten Hall are 10 for
a dollar, so saying you’re out or don’t
have enough money for them is not an
excuse.
Two is better than one
Ladies, even if you’re on the pill
or are using some kind of newfangled
contraceptive ring, telling a guy to wrap
up his junk will do more good than bad.
The only thing I really remember from
my high school’s joke of a sex education class is that two forms of protection are more effective than one — basic probability right there. And since
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CARROLL MOORE TTN
Above: Temple students have options as far as working out is concerned. The IBC offers treadmills, weights
and other equipment. Left: Some students prefer to work out in their residences, like this student in the Edge.
Fitness options not
too far from home
fitness PAGE 7
students can keep up with, but that would make having a
conversation somewhat difficult.
As for how much exercise, students need to maintain
or lose weight, Wilkinson said, as she follows the “Fitness,
Intensity, Type and Time,” principle guidelines. By FITT
standards, workouts should be between 20 minutes and 60
minutes, as many as three to five times per week.
Wilkinson said the most important thing is to simply
get moving. If students cannot exercise for 20 minutes, she
said one way to get to this level is to start with three 10minute exercise sessions a day.
In addition to doing cardio with the treadmills and elliptical trainers available in the residence halls, students
can do resistance and stretching exercises without having
to leave the building.
Free weights and weight machines can be used when
available, but students can use their own body weights for
this type of exercise. Push-ups, lunges, squats, sit-ups and
back extensions are just a few resistance exercises that can
be done without fitness equipment.
Such exercise is important for weight loss because
your body burns more fat at rest when it has more lean body
mass. Resistance training also tightens muscles, increases
strength and tones. It is important, DePoe notes, to work
arms, legs and abs into your regular exercise routine.
Wilkinson admits that students will feel minor aches
because “if you are doing it right, you will feel it.”
To deal with these aches and pains, Wilkinson emphasizes the importance of stretching. She advocates stretching
as a means of reaching a fuller range of motion, repairing
muscle and relieving stress.
As with resistance training, stretching can be done almost anywhere and does not require students to walk in the
cold, snow or rain to get to a gym.
With any and all types of exercise, Wilkinson advises
students to drink water before, during and after working
out.
“If you’re thirsty,” she said, “you’re already dehydrated.”
Electrolyte sport drinks, however, should be avoided
unless exercising for more than 60 minutes. These drinks
provide more calories than health benefits.
Wilkinson also stresses the importance of safety measures such as telling someone when and where you plan to
exercise.
As the cold winter months linger, do not let the weather
keep you from staying in shape. With a few basic exercises
and the assistance of Temple’s fitness equipment, you can
stay in and still stay fit.
Christine Fisher can be reached at
[email protected].
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Cultures collide for student In the college world,
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American traditions. This relationship
can be strengthened by teaching young
black Americans African culture studies at younger ages such as in elementary schools. While trips to Africa can
be expensive, I think it will be helpful
in bridging this disconnect between
Africans and African Americans.
TTN: “What to the Slave is the
Fourth of July?” is a speech that was
given by Frederick Douglass during
an Independence Day celebration July
5, 1852. This speech was to illustrate
the shame of slavery, and it took aim
at the pieties of the nation, the cherished memories of its revolution, its
principles of liberty and its moral and
religious foundation. While an African
American can celebrate both American and African holidays, do you think
one should take precedence over the
other?
KO: Frederick Douglass is very
inspiring, and I agree with his speech.
Things are currently a lot better in
America than when he delivered his
speech. An African American should
most definitely feel more comfortable
celebrating American holidays. However, I do not think enough African
Americans practice and know about
African culture and holidays enough.
I think African-American holidays
should take precedence over American holidays because for hundreds of
years, neither America nor Americans
considered African human beings citizens but merely property and slaves.
This should never be forgotten or overlooked no matter how equal America
gets. As mentioned, America has become an amazing country. However, it
is true that for many years America did
not recognize or claim blacks as human beings or citizens.
I think blacks will be more proud
of who they are if exposed to African
culture. African Americans are racially profiled and presented negatively
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many associate all African Americans
with negativity. Children grow up believing that blacks are a certain way.
But if the accomplishments and history of Africans and African Americans
are embedded in them as a child, they
will have no choice but to be proud of
where they came from.
Most of the time, all they see
through the media regarding Africa is
poverty, starvation and disease, and
while this is present in Africa, there is a
lot more going on in Africa than that. It
seems to me that due to the way many
schools are ran in Africa, a black youth
will not know much about their history
unless they do their own research, are
taught it in their homes, or take African
or African-American oriented classes.
I suggest every African American
should visit Africa and become exposed
to their heritage and culture as people
of African descent and see that their
culture is a culture that is rich, victorious and contains much to be proud of.
Knowing this culture will build selfesteem, motivation and gives African
Americans a better understanding of
who they are.
TTN: How has Nelson Mandela,
who fought for the elimination of apartheid in South Africa, inspired you?
KO: Nelson Mandela has inspired
the whole African continent and even
across the Americas. He is a true role
model for Africans and African Americans. [He] fought for what is right and
equal.
TTN: How do you and other Africans back home feel about the election
of President Barack Obama?
KO: The election of Barack
Obama as the 44th president of the
United States and also the first black
president is a dream come true for Africans and Americans in general. The
day Barack Obama got elected president of the United States was one of
the happiest days of my life because it
meansPMthatPage
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dreams can come true with hard work.
Even though racism is still alive, it is
possible for all races to see past color.
This will inspire many kids of all races.
Back home in Kenya, they see him as
an African true to his African roots. We
consider him an African son.
TTN: In Africa, would you say
there is a lot of kin support among families and villages? Can you explain the
way African villages are conducted?
KO: In Africa, there is a lot of
family support, as family is taken seriously in Africa.
From my personal experience,
very rarely have I heard of singlemother households in Africa. There is
almost always a man in the house. If
there is no father present, it is usually
due to death but sometimes other marriage.
Also, if there is not a father in the
household, almost always an uncle or
grandfather will play the father role for
the children. I by no means am saying that Africa is perfect or that single
mothers are not present in Africa, but I
think this is different in African-American households because in Africa,
families and unity is a big part of our
culture.
The role of the African king is to
protect the citizens, as well as creating
jobs, making decisions in time of crisis, protecting the tribal land, settling
out of control family issues or disagreements and enforcing traditional
order rules. Africans have high respect
for their leaders and their elders ,therefore they are their brother’s keeper.
TTN: What are your future plans
and goals?
KO: My educational goal is to go
to law school within a year’s time. My
parents, whom I respect greatly, reside
in Ghana and visit me occasionally in
America. Akwasi Osei, Nana Yaw, Dr.
Osei Tutu and Edward Osei are my
siblings who live in the United States.
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better safe than sorry
peck PAGE 14
I abide by everything I was taught in
high school and am so skilled in math,
I’m passing along the same advice.
been. Don’t let it stop you, but after
that, getting tested might become a bigger priority to you.
If you thought the condom question was awkward, then you probably
haven’t had someone throw the “are
you clean?” interrogative your way.
One friend told me the first time her
crush’s face found its way between her
thighs, he asked, “So, you don’t, like,
have crabs or anything, right?” Sexy,
right? At least he was taking some
kind of precaution. Sexually transmitted diseases common on college campuses usually don’t show themselves
immediately after they’re contracted,
so unless you get tested, you probably
won’t know what you might be spreading around.
My best guy friend has a Facebook group dedicated to himself. It
contains about 80 pictures of his face
Photoshopped onto random animals’
bodies, including a unicorn’s, camel’s,
hyena’s and Elton John’s. The name
of the group is “The Herp Zoo,” and
all the animals have been renamed to
include some form of “herpes.” My
friend basically hates life because of
his group’s popularity. Therefore, no
matter how funny the story is, don’t go
around telling anyone who will listen
how you contracted Chlamydia — unless you want the story to spread faster
than your infection.
Well, my parent-like lecture is
done. When it comes down to it, just
don’t be stupid. Keep it safe, keep it
sexy, and that’s pretty much all there is
to it. Oh, and if you do decide to start a
Facebook group dedicated to your best
friend’s STD, just don’t let him or her
know it’s there.
Get tested
Less is more
Think about it this way: you hook
up with someone at a party whom you
know as Sarah and have heard about
her reputation as a seductress around
campus. Thus, you’ve also hooked up
with every other person whose mouth
has been on hers and every other person whose mouths have been on their
mouths and so on. You get the point.
Just keep in mind where that person’s
Keep it in the family
Libby Peck can be reached at
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Darnell Scott, a member of Sonora Los Fantasticos and a West Philadelphia native. “I had always
been open to Latin music, and I’ve been playing
with the band for two years now.”
The store first took root 48 years ago at the
intersection of Sixth Street and Germantown Avenue. Nestor Gonzalez started the business in a
shoebox-sized store selling LP records. After retiring, his son, Wilfredo Gonzalez, took over the
family business and moved it to 464 W. Lehigh
Ave. Today, the store is managed by Gonzelez’s children, Cristina and Ray
Gonzalez.
Major
salsa,
merengue and reggaeton
artists
have been known
to stop by the store unannounced. Before Grammy award-winning salsa artist Marc Anthony became famous, Gonzalez encouraged him to keep
trying because he knew he had the talent to make
it big someday.
The iconic store also has its own record label
called CM Records. CM Records serves as a beacon of hope for local artists who have aspirations
of making their own albums.
“There is a lot of good talent out here in
Philadelphia. You just don’t hear them,” Cristina
said. “We’re here to help them get the promotion
they need.”
The workers at Centro Musical have also
made it their priorities to lift up the surrounding
neighborhood by reaching out to those in need.
This past Thanksgiving, the music store collected canned goods in collaboration with the
Council of Spanish-Speaking Organizations,
Inc., also known as Concilio.
“The entire community came out in
full force. Restaurants donated food,” Cristina
said. “As it turned out, homeless people began to
walk in, so we would just feed them right here.”
Cristina’s smile grew as she remembered
how one elderly woman with a cane walked all
the way from Allegheny Avenue to give a single
food can, which made the difference for at least
one person that day. A local girl diagnosed with
cancer fulfilled her life-long dream of meeting
reggaeton superstar Hector El Father inside the
walls of Centro Musical.
“Our focus in Centro Musical is not so much
to make the money,” Cristina said. “We realize
where we come from, and we’re here to help the
community in any way we can.”
Marcos Rios can be reached at
[email protected].
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501 Vine St.
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p.m., Gallery talk, 6:30 p.m.
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Historic Germantown
“Lunch & Learn” Series
Stenton All Aflutter: The Animal
Bones of the Logan House
Historic Stenton
4601 N. 18 St.
215-329-7312
www.stenton.org
The generosity of artists Bruce
Kaiser and Joe Seltzer will allow visitors of the Wood Turning Center to
get a sneak peek of their private collections of wood-carved art. The collection dates from 1981 to 2004 and
contains the works of 69 wood artists
from all over the world. Additionally,
new works from some wood artists will
be featured so viewers can track their
progress over time. It’s a First Friday
event you won’t want to miss.
Sherri Hospedales can be reached at
[email protected].
Join archaeologists Barbara Liggett
and Teagan Schweitzer for an informative talk at Stenton, one of the oldest historic houses in the city. Liggett
will talk about the animal remains and
surviving family cookbooks, while
Schweitzer will explain the diets of
the Logans – the prominent politician
and philanthropist family who lived at
Stenton in the 18th and 19th centuries.
For more information, e-mail [email protected].
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look into the lives of the Logans, one of the most important families
in Philadelphia history.
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Focus stays inside A-10
tennis PAGE 22
were more of Temple’s inexperienced
players from the fall—singles players
sophomore Josephine Bergman (6-2
singles match record), junior Anastasiia Rukavyshnykova (7-3 singles
match record) and Clermont all with
6-0, 6-0 scores.
Other bright spots were sophomore Stephany Almonsa and junior
Monique Peterson, who won their
first collegiate matches. No. 1 doubles
pair, sophomores Lucie Pazderova and
Theresa Stangl, won and improved to
6-3 in doubles play.
The Owls, winners of six of their
last eight, have only the sour loss to
Old Dominion that interrupts what is
otherwise an impressive winning streak
since the start of the season. Sandwich-
ing that loss were what Mauro considers impressive wins, especially over a
competitive Army team.
“Army wins their conference every year and have some really tough
players, and we handled them pretty
easily,” the Owls’ first-year coach
said.
But even with all that, the focus
will always remain in conference.
“A-10 matches are the most important matches,” Mauro said. “Richmond is probably our biggest challenge. We lost at home to them, but we
didn’t have our full lineup. Once we
get healthy for A-10s, we look forward
to playing them again.”
Eric Pellini can be reached at
[email protected].
KRISTON BETHEL TTN
Jasmine Stone heads toward the basket Sunday against George Washington. The Owls’ junior forward
played a major role in her team’s upset of then-No. 13 Xavier Wednesday at the Liacouras Center.
Surging into Charlotte
a long way in the [NCAA] Tournament, regardless of what
happens in Charlotte.”
The Owls seem to have a strong case.
quarterfinals on Saturday, March 7.
Their RPI stands at 25, and they had a strength of schedThe Bonnies defeated the Owls, 55-52, back on Jan. 24
at Olean, N.Y. Temple held a 29-23 halftime lead but then ule at 38. During the non-conference portion of its schedshot just 29.4 percent from the field compared to St. Bo- ule, Temple played four teams that are either ranked now or
were ranked at the time — Auburn, Rutgers, Florida State
naventure’s 52.4 percent.
The Owls fared much better against their archrival, the and Duke. Granted, the Owls lost all four, though they were
within three points of the TiHawks, beating them twice
gers at halftime and led the
this season, 58-53, on Jan.
The fact that we just
Scarlet Knights by as many
11 at Philadelphia Univeras 11 before Rutgers won
sity and 60-48 Feb. 15 at the
went 5-0, I think we def64-60.
Liacouras Center to start that
initely put ourselves in
Last Wednesday, the
five-game winning streak.
Owls finally got that vic“At this point, we’re just
the NCAA Tournament.
tory over a ranked opponent
happy to be in the position
and then followed it up with
that we’re in,” Cardoza said. tonya cardoza
a road win against G.W.,
“We’re just ready to do what women’s basketball coach
which has made the Sweet
we have to do.”
16 the past two seasons.
A win in the quarterfi“There’s no limbo. [G.W.] played ourselves into fifth
nals would pit the Owls against the team that prevails in the
place. Temple played themselves into second,” G.W. coach
Charlotte/Duquesne/UMass games.
But, regardless of what happens in Charlotte, Xavier Mike Bozeman said after Sunday’s game. “They deserve
coach Kevin McGuff thought the Owls’ 74-65 win over the it.”
With the pieces coming together at the right time, the
Musketeers last Wednesday all but guaranteed them a trip to
Owls could very well have played themselves back into the
the NCAA Tournament.
“I think there are still things to be determined in Char- NCAA Tournament for the sixth straight year.
owls PAGE 22
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Steve Mauro, who coaches both the men’s and women’s tennis
teams, has his hands full these days. His women’s squad has dealt
with injuries while his men’s team is off to a 5-6 start this season.
men’s tennis
In search of more
than just a City 6
As the Owls break for the spring recess, coach Steve Mauro
hopes his squad can make a run in the conference.
PETE DORCHAK
The Temple News
After winning the Philadelphia
City 6 Championship in the fall, the
men’s tennis team had even loftier
goals for the spring.
However, the Owls haven’t been
able to get the ball rolling and get on a
streak to start the spring season.
With a 7-0 win against Monmouth
last Friday afternoon at the Arthur Ashe
Tennis Center, the Owls improved to
5-6 as they split for spring break.
While the record looks average
and aspirations are high for an Atlantic
Ten Conference run after besting the
rest of the city in the fall, coach Steve
Mauro is encouraged with his team’s
start.
“The season is going well,” he
said. “We’ve been in some close
matches, and we’ve lost some close
matches with ranked teams.”
This spring, the Owls have fallen
to No. 32 Virginia Commonwealth,
No. 64 William & Mary and No. 74
Old Dominion.
Despite losing to those three
ranked teams by a combined 16-2
score, Mauro pointed out that his team
has been working hard and has a positive outlook after battling some of the
top teams in the nation.
“The matches were closer than the
score indicated,” he said.
Mauro’s been doing it with a roster that starts three freshmen: Mansur
Gishkaev, Filip Rams and Dmitry Vizhunov.
Gishkaev, from Moscow, was living in Florida for the past four years
before coming to Philadelphia. He was
academically ineligible last semester
but has started this semester with a 6-5
record.
Vizhunov, who at age 14 was
ranked No. 1 in Russia, has had more
experience than his fellow countrymen. Vizhunov, who was named A-10
Rookie of the Week two weeks ago,
has 10 wins with 10 losses over both
semesters.
While Vizhunov has an award, the
Polish freshman Rams already has two
A-10 Rookie of the Week honors. With
a 6-2, 6-3 win Friday afternoon, Rams
improved to a team-best 14th victory.
“I’m not worried about the youth,”
Mauro said. “They are getting better
and better and more acclimated to college tennis.”
The positivity and optimism continued from the Owls’ coach, as he
thinks better things are ahead for his
young squad.
“All are playing very well,” he
said. “All of them are stepping up,
which is great, and they are only going
to get better throughout the season.”
Mauro is hoping the time off
will give his team some time to rest,
recharge and come back focused on
making a run in the conference.
“We’re getting there,” Mauro said.
“As long as my team is healthy, we can
make a run at the A-10s.”
The Owls return to the court in
two weeks when they travel to Xavier
to begin their final 11-game stretch
run. The next day, they stay in Ohio to
battle Dayton. They don’t return to the
Arthur Ashe Tennis Center until March
27 for a match with UC Riverside.
Pete Dorchak can be reached at
[email protected].
lotte, but I would certainly hope that we would be a multipleteam league,” he said. “This victory shows Temple could go
Jennifer Reardon can be reached at
[email protected].
2009 Women’s Basketball
A-10 Championship Bracket
2009 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET
Halton Arena, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
CHARLOTTE,
N.C.
Halton Arena, University
of North Carolina
at Charlotte
March
6-9,
2009
Charlotte, N.C.
March 6-9, 2009
Mar. 6
Mar. 7
Mar. 8
Mar. 9
#1 Xavier
#8 Dayton
Game 5 – 12:00pm
Game 1 – 12:00pm
#9 Saint Louis
Game 9 – 12:00pm
#5 George Washington
Game 2 – 2:30pm*
#12 Rhode Island
Game 6 – 2:30pm*
#4 Richmond
Game 11 – 5:00pm
Champion
#2 Temple
#7 St. Bonaventure
Game 7 – 5:30pm
Game 3 – 5:30pm
#10 Saint Joseph’s
Game 10 – 2:30pm*
#6 Duquesne
Game 4 – 8:00pm*
#11 Massachusetts
Game 8 – 8:00pm*
#3 Charlotte
Courtesy Atlantic Ten Conference
* Approximate start time
* Game times approximate, game will start 23 minutes after conclusion of Game 1 of that session
sports
Fan support will
be an asset in A.C.
men’s and women’s basketball
Men and women
on different paths
stipa PAGE 22
modest figures during the week at around $49 per night.
During the weekend, prices jump up to $149 per night. If
you’re feeling lucky, maybe a few nights on the blackjack
table wouldn’t be so bad.
So long as you’re 21.
The men’s team has played itself out of at-large contention
while the women’s recent surge has made them close to a
“lock” for the NCAA Tournament later this month.
TODD ORODENKER
Sports Editor
It once seemed so promising.
Two weeks ago, the men’s basketball team went into the A.J. Palumbo
Center and beat the Duquesne Dukes,
78-73. It was the team’s second nice
road win in a row, as just a few days
earlier, the Owls took down Saint Joseph’s at the Palestra.
Then they came home, finally, for
three games against clearly inferior
teams in Fordham, St. Bonaventure
and La Salle. The Owls got by the first
two without playing particularly well.
But not the third.
A stunning 70-63 loss to the rival
Explorers turned Temple’s trip to Dayton Saturday into a must-win situation.
But at UD Arena, the Owls were never
really in the contest until senior guard
Dionte Christmas hit a barrage of 3pointers in the final few minutes. Still,
that was too little, too late, as the Owls
fell, 70-65.
Now standing at 17-11 overall
and 9-5 inside the Atlantic Ten Conference, the Owls’ at-large chances are
gone. Over. Done with. Kaput.
Sure, they have nice wins against
Tennessee, Penn State and Rhode Island, but the bad losses to Long Beach
State, Massachusetts and La Salle
clearly outweigh them. With that,
the only way the Owls will make the
NCAA Tournament is by winning the
A-10 Tournament next weekend in Atlantic City, N.J.
To do that, the Owls will probably need to pick up a bye in the first
round of the A-10 Tournament. That
feat once seemed like a lock, but now
with Duquesne on their heels, things
are getting interesting.
However, the Owls received some
help Sunday afternoon, as the Dukes
fell at home to Rhode Island. Now the
Owls are two games up (counting the
tiebreaker) with two games to go on
fifth-place Duquesne, meaning the
Owls’ magic number is one to clinch
a bye for the first round of the A-10
Tournament. The top four seeds gain
that bye and only have to win three
games to gain the automatic bid.
So, there are still things to accomplish for this Owls team, even though
the days of checking “bubble watch”
and Bracketology are a distant memory.
It’s the exact opposite case for the
women’s basketball team.
Expectations were not high for
coach Tonya Cardoza’s squad this season, but the first-year coach has defied
critics’ expectations and put her team
in a terrific position to gain an at-large
bid into the NCAA Tournament.
Actually, they’re not just in a terrific position.
They’re in.
Barring something crazy, the
Owls are going dancing for the sixth
straight season. Wins at Charlotte two
weeks ago and at George Washington
Sunday, combined with Wednesday’s
upset of then-No. 13 Xavier, have lifted the Owls off the bubble and comfortably into the field of 64.
Nothing is guaranteed, of course,
but the Owls’ chances are looking
pretty good. Things seemed bleak after last month’s loss to Massachusetts,
but to Cardoza’s credit, her team has
rebounded and is full of confidence
right now.
With a No. 2 seed in the A-10
Tournament this weekend in Charlotte, N.C., the Owls are going there
to play for improved seeding in the
NCAA Tournament. Three wins down
there, and the Owls could climb as
high as a No. 6 seed. An early exit and
they might be stuck in No. 10 or No.
11 range.
Either way, Cardoza should be
the frontrunner for the A-10 Coach
of the Year and could even get some
consideration for National Coach of
the Year.
No matter what happens, the next
few weeks are going to be busy ones
for Temple basketball. Let the madness begin.
Todd Orodenker can be reached at
[email protected].
BasketBall update
men’s
Record:
17-11
A-10: 9-5
Place: 4th
(1 GB Dayton)
Last week: Lost vs. La Salle, 70-63
Lost at Dayton, 70-65
this week:
Thurs. vs. St. Joe’s, 7 p.m. (CBS CS)
Sat. at George Washington, 7:30 p.m.
women’s
Record: 20-8
A-10: 11-3
Place: 2nd
(2 GB Xavier)
Last week: Won vs. No. 13 Xavier, 74-65
Won vs. George Washington, 59-49
this week (A-10 TOURNAMENT):
Sat. vs. St. Bona/St. Joe’s, 5:30 p.m.
Sun. vs. TBA, 2:30 p.m. (CBS CS)
Mon. vs. TBA, 5 p.m. (ESPN2)
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The competition
A group of heavyweights will be waiting to take out
the defending champs. No. 17 Xavier sits directly at the
top of the class. The Musketeers took down the Owls 8374 on Feb. 5 in Cincinnati. Next in line is Dayton, who
gave Temple trouble Saturday in a 70-65 loss. The Flyers
are tied for second in the A-10 with a 10-4 record.
The second crop of teams who will be salivating to
knock off the Owls includes archrival St. Joe’s, Rhode Island and an underestimated Duquesne team. So far, Dunphy’s squad holds a 3-1 record against these conference
foes.
The bottom of the barrel consists of a few potential
trouble spots mixed in with a handful of cupcakes. Massachusetts, although very inconsistent, took out the Owls
79-75 on Jan. 17. La Salle, a perennial opponent, popped
the team’s bubble last week at the Liacouras Center. The
rest (Saint Louis, Richmond, St. Bonaventure, Charlotte),
should be landslide victories on the neutral surface.
In Conclusion
JOHN MEHLER TTN
Ryan Brooks and the Owls’ recent two-game losing
streak has taken them out of contention for an at-large
bid, meaning they need to win the A-10 Tournament in
order to make the NCAA Tournament.
It won’t be a Spring Break vacation by any means but
business as usual for the Owls. If successful, the team will
bring its eighth career A-10 trophy back to the Liacouras
Center. How much fan presence they’ll have there just depends on how you want to spend your spring break.
Anthony Stipa can be reached at
[email protected].
Last hurrah for three
seniors PAGE 22
The Owls dealt themselves a serious blow to their at-large chances last
week when La Salle outplayed them at
the Liacouras Center. Temple then lost
to Dayton Saturday, a defeat it might
have been able to stomach had the
Owls properly disposed of the underdog Explorers.
With their grasp on one of the four
byes in the Atlantic Ten Conference
Tournament slipping, the Owls desperately need to right the ship against
an even more desperate Saint Joseph’s
team.
With two games remaining, the
Owls (17-11 overall) sit in fourth place
in the A-10 with a 9-5 conference mark,
one game ahead of Duquesne, St. Joe’s
and Saint Louis, which each own an 86 A-10 record.
“I think this last stretch with the
situation we’re in, we have to pay attention to every little detail and every
game we come across,” Christmas
said. “We’ve got to go out and play every game like it’s our last.”
For one, this is their last home
game (unless they draw a home matchup in the National Invitational Tournament, which leaves them shy of their
NCAA hopes).
“The last game, you want to have
a good memory,” Olmos said. “Beating
St. Joe’s would be a good memory to
have there.”
The Owls turned the table on their
rival recently, beating the Hawks three
straight times. But they haven’t won at
home since Valentine’s Day 2006 when
the seniors were freshmen. Christmas
was the only one to appear in that game
– a sparse four minutes, at that.
In last season’s meeting here, the
JOHN MEHLER TTN
Owls appeared to be headed for a vic- Dionte Christmas drives to the basket last week against La Salle. The
tory but let a seven-point, halftime lead Owls’ senior guard will play his final Liacouras Center game Thursday,
wilt away. Ultimately, Pat Calathes along with fellow seniors Semaj Inge and Sergio Olmos.
drilled a wide-open 3-pointer to win
the game.
including last season when he mostly rience and was better prepared when he
“That wasn’t a good memory, but watched Temple’s A-10 run from the briefly lost it again this season.
it had to be one of my most memora- bench. This season, however, his pro“This is going to happen in basketble,” Inge admitted.
duction has been the best of his career, ball,” Olmos said. “It’s going to hapThe Owls haven’t lost to St. Joe’s as he’s averaging 7.2 points and 3.5 as- pen, just keep your head up.”
since, a proud accomplishment for this sists in 28 minutes per game.
Christmas’s struggles have been
team, which had previously dropped 12
“I had a lot of obstacles to over- less dramatic, but his biggest obstacle
of 13 meetings.
come,” Inge said. “But I think the main just might be ahead. Last season, he
But the seniors have each had their obstacle was being confident on the was an accomplice to seniors Chris
own personal obstacles to clear, par- court and knowing my teammates have Clark and Mark Tyndale as the Owls
ticularly Inge and Olmos.
confidence in me and the coaching staff advanced to the NCAA Tournament. If
Inge often appeared overwhelmed has confidence in me.”
the Owls are to make a similar run to
during his freshman season, failing to
Olmos has certainly had his share the NCAAs, they’ll need him to be the
register his first collegiate point until of hurdles, too. The Spaniard had to backbone.
the Owls’ last regular-season game. learn English and adapt to the more
But, Christmas said, he’s only takThat pursuit became somewhat of a physical American game. He’s also lost ing it one game at a time. And next on
spectacle for his teammates.
his starter’s spot – twice. The first time the docket is Temple’s last home game
During one late-season game in came as a sophomore.
against the hated Hawks.
which Temple was significantly ahead,
“You can’t paint the picture bet“I took it the wrong way and got
the Owls’ bench anxiously cheered down on myself,” Olmos said. “It was ter,” Christmas said.
Inge as he toed the free-throw line. He hard. I was thinking about going home.
missed them both.
John Kopp can be reached at
I was homesick. It was tough.”
Inge has also battled inconsistency,
[email protected].
But Olmos learned from the expe-
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Here’s your
method for
some A-10
Madness
S
ome have the luxury of an automatic bid into the NCAA
Tournament – a free pass into
the Holy Grail of college bas-
ketball.
Others, like the men’s basketball
team, take the long road. The Atlantic
Ten Conference Championship, held
March 11-14 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J.,
is the Owls’ last
gamble at the field
of 65.
If you’re not
spending spring
break in Jamaica,
Mexico or another
exotic retreat, perAnthony
haps you’ll want
Stipa
to take a weekend
trip with coach Fran Dunphy and senior guard Dionte Christmas.
The Cherry and White will be represented in the 12-team Tournament
and are currently looking at a four or
five seed. They are 17-11 overall, 9-5 in
the A-10. Last season, it was a string of
victories over La Salle, Charlotte and
Saint Joseph’s that gave the Owls their
first A-10 Championship since 2001.
For a repeat performance, the Owls
will need a bit of support from the fan
base. Here are a few pointers for making yourself at home away from home.
men’s basketball
Seniors prep to say goodbye
Three Owls will play their last game at the Liacouras Center Thursday against St. Joe’s.
JOHN KOPP
The Temple News
For Dionte Christmas, Semaj Inge and Sergio Olmos,
the emotions will be heavy Thursday night as the three senior captains are introduced to the Liacouras Center crowd
one final time.
After playing a combined 144 games in the building,
suiting up for two legendary Big 5 coaches and leading the
men’s basketball team back to the NCAA Tournament last
season, how could emotions not run high?
“This is not going to happen to me again,” the center
Olmos said. “I’m not going to be in college. I’m going to
do whatever I do after college. I can’t explain this sense of
it being over.”
Christmas had an easier time putting his emotions into
words.
“They’re like my brothers,” the guard said of his teammates. “Leaving after the season is hard. It’s going to be an
emotional night for me.”
Dunphy has said in previous seasons that senior night
creates an unnecessary pressure to perform. Thursday’s
game already carries its share of pressure.
Therein lies the trap and the major reason coach Fran
Dunphy hates senior night.
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Two big wins have
sent a red-hot Owls
team streaking into
the A-10 Tournament.
Flying into
the
postseason
JENNIFER REARDON
The Temple News
W
If the Owls finish with one of the
top four seeds, they get a bye. That will
leave three teams in the way of winning it all.
What that also means is that they
start play on Thursday during either
the noon doubleheader or the 6:30
p.m. one. In the event the Owls don’t
earn the bye, they will tip it off during
one of the same times on Wednesday.
Stay tuned to this week’s two games
(St. Joseph’s and George Washington)
to know when to make travel arrangements.
Should I stay or should I go
stipa PAGE 21
JOHN MEHLER TTN
Senior Sergio Olmos has spent
four seasons in Cherry and White.
Women’s basketball
Game One
The traditional debate is this: Stay
overnight at the Tropicana Hotel or another fancy residence or cram into the
car for several days straight. Obviously,
this depends on the Owls’ performance,
so let’s take a look at the numbers.
According to MapQuest, the ride
is two hours, 26 minutes roundtrip. It’s
just more than 62 miles each way—not
too shabby. The Tropicana maintains
KRISTON BETHEL TTN
LaKeisha Eaddy lays the ball in Sunday afternoon in Washington,
D.C. The Owls took down the host Colonials, 59-49, to secure a No. 2
seed in the A-10 Tournament. Eaddy had 13 points in the contest.
ashington — After a
71-60 loss to Massachusetts on Feb. 11, the women’s basketball team knew
it needed to win its next five games to
have a chance to get into the NCAA
Tournament.
And following Sunday’s 59-49
victory over George Washington, that’s
just what the Owls did – and against
four of the Atlantic Ten Conference’s
top five teams — No. 16 Xavier, Charlotte, Richmond and George Washington — at that.
“All season, once we started conference play, we’ve only had one game
we’ve dominated from start to finish
and that was probably the Rhode Island
game,” coach Tonya Cardoza said. “We
would get up 10, get down 10, but we’d
find a way to pull it out. The seniors,
this is their last go-around, and I think
they want to finish on a good note.
“Our backs were up against the
wall after the UMass game. The way
we were playing at the time, we were
probably hoping to get a bid to the
WNIT. The last five games we had to
win. It was against the top teams in the
conference. The fact that we just went
5-0, I think we definitely put ourselves
in the NCAA Tournament.”
The Owls haven’t clinched one
of the 64 NCAA Tournament bids yet,
of course. The A-10 Tournament still
needs to be played this weekend in
Charlotte, N.C. With an 11-3 conference record and the tiebreaker over
Charlotte, though, they hold the No. 2
seed, meaning they get that all-important first-round bye.
“The No. 2 seed is huge,” Cardoza
said. “That bye is key. You don’t want
to have to play four games to win the
Championship. I was looking at the
brackets, and that fourth seed plays at 8
p.m. and then turns around and plays at
noon. It was great for us to get that No.
2 seed because that gives you a couple
extra hours. And, it’s a different path,
and it just hopefully works out better
for us.”
What Cardoza didn’t say outright is that Temple can avoid another
matchup with either Xavier or G.W.
until the A-10 final Monday, March 9.
Instead, the Owls will face the St. Bonaventure/Saint Joseph’s winner in the
OWLs PAGE 20
women’s Tennis
Injuries make young players step up
With ace Dina Senkina out, players like Josephine Bergman have taken on larger roles. The Owls are off to a 6-4 start.
ERIC PELLINI
The Temple News
TTN File Photo
Dina Senkina has been sidelined
for the women’s tennis team.
It’s been an interesting ride for the women’s tennis team so far this season.
Due to injuries, the Owls have mixed and matched
their lineup, especially after losing the 2008 Atlantic
Ten Player of the Year in Dina Senkina. Coach Steve
Mauro’s lineup switches have kept the team sharp
and opposing teams honest.
With that, Temple has compiled a 6-4 record, despite a 4-3 loss to Dartmouth Sunday.
“The first half of the season, we did a lot of ex-
perimenting with different lineups because we were
dealing with injuries,” Mauro said.
The Owls have handily beaten teams, relying on
depth in their roster, and most recently defeated St.
Francis and city rival Penn last Friday and Saturday
respectively.
Temple didn’t close out its win against Penn until
the back end of the rotation, fifth and sixth singles,
stepped on the court. Anchoring the Owls were senior
Felicia Frazier (4-5 singles record) and junior Christine Clermont.
Clermont is one of the team’s members who
Mauro said has furthered her game.
“A couple of players are starting that hardly
inside
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MAURO’S MEN:
The men’s tennis team is also in season, as it took down Monmouth 7-0 last week at the Arthur Ashe Tennis Center.
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played in the fall and have stepped up for us,” Mauro
said. “Their games have improved dramatically.”
Saturday also marked the return of No. 1 singles
player junior Elyse Steiner. Steiner has had a rough
time this year, as she currently has a 1-5 record.
Mauro said that eventually Steiner’s return will bring
stability to the team’s lineup and make everyone else
better. A bright spot for Steiner has been her doubles
play with Clermont. Together they have made an impressive combination, winning their last three matches by a combined 24-8 set margin.
In their match against St. Francis, the Owls
won convincingly with a sweep. Anchoring the wins
LOOKIN’ BAD, LOOKIN’ GOOD:
After two drastically different weeks, the men’s basketball team is
in trouble while the women’s basketball team is riding high.
A10-TION:
The men’s basketball team will be in Atlantic City, N.J., for the A10 Tournament, and temple-news.com will cover all the angles.
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