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VOL. 88 ISS. 11
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009
Lax landlords
cause trouble
for students
Two students recently had their near-campus
apartment broken into after their landlord failed
to install security sensors on their windows.
BRIAN DZENIS
The Temple News
WALBERT YOUNG TTN
Thousands of Philadelphians, including Temple students, have a way to travel again after a six-day SEPTA strike froze
public transportation. The strike shut down the Orange Line, Blue Line and bus and trolley routes around the city.
MIDNIGHT
STRIKE
After six days, the SEPTA strike ended just as it began – in an abrupt overnight decision.
I
DONALD HOEGG
The Temple News
n its third strike in just
more than a decade, the
approximately 5,000 members of the city’s Transportation Workers Union Local
234 halted work last week and
with it, nearly all of the city’s
trolley, subway and bus lines.
Today marks one week
since the largely unanticipated
move took effect at 3 a.m. Nov.
3, exposing deep and bitter rifts
Actors visit
law lecture
to illustrate
gay issues
Angels in America cast
members performed
scenes concerning the
1980s AIDS epidemic.
THOMAS DRISCOLL
The Temple News
Philadelphia theater company BCKSEET Productions
traveled to a Temple law classroom from the Society Hill
Playhouse last week to perform
two scenes from the play Angels
in America.
The drama by Tony Kushner, subtitled “A Gay Fantasia
on National Themes,” follows a
group of characters caught in the
1980s AIDS epidemic.
The performance offered
students of the freshman-level
GenEd course Law and Ameri-
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between SEPTA management
and TWA members over workers’ contracts.
They reached a tentative agreement early Monday
and went back to work for the
morning commute. Mayor Nutter’s office did
not respond to requests for
comment on the resolution.
Many Philadelphians were
unprepared last Tuesday morning when they woke to learn
most public transportation
lines would not be running,
forcing them to rapidly make
other arrangements for their
morning commutes. Although
Regional Rail lines remained
in operation, SEPTA reported
widespread overcrowding and
delays.
The union’s tactics and apparent lack of cooperation had
those at City Hall livid.
“It’s very disappointing
that the union leadership would
walk away from negotiations
at a time when other Philadelphians are losing their jobs
… taking pay cuts, taking furlough days and worrying about
losing their pensions,” Luke
Butler, a spokesman for Mayor
Nutter, said shortly after the
strike began.
“To inconvenience their
fellow Philadelphians, who
are trying to get to work or get
around the city, in such a way
is, frankly, outrageous,” he
added.
Butler said the city offered what it considered to be
a “very fair” package Nov. 2.
While wages would not be in-
An NBC10 anchor and local abuse shelter education coordinator teamed
up to discuss dating violence and domestic abuse at a campus event.
The Temple News
The issue of dating violence and domestic abuse is
seldom discussed publicly.
For many victims, it’s a personal subject. Some Temple
students, however, attended an
event last week at the Student
Center to share their personal
experiences and give encouragement to other abuse victims.
About 50 students and
faculty members attended the
event “Talking Frankly,” hosted by the Dean of Students
Office. The hour-and-a-half
talk, led by Tommie Wilkins,
director of training and education at Laurel House domestic
abuse shelter in Norristown,
was highlighted with a special
appearance by NBC 10 anchor
Tracy Davidson.
The two discussed dating
and domestic abuse and how
to handle situations of abuse,
along with personal stories
of how domestic violence affected them.
“I grew up with domestic
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The “Love and Control”
flyer wins second place
in a contest for domestic
violence posters.
violence, so I witnessed it for
a long time, the control that
somebody can have over another person,” Davidson told
the audience.
Unfortunately for many
in situations similar to Davidson’s, the problem of
abuse can follow its victims
into their college years. Recent data on college dating
violence and abuse from the
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Students ‘talk frankly’ about abuse
SERGEI BLAIR
Juniors Natalie RamosCastillo and Eva Alkasov came
home on a recent Friday night
to one of the worst fears for students living off campus – someone broke into their home and
stole their belongings, including
laptops and a television.
Burglars broke into the
apartment near Willington and
Oxford streets through the second-floor window by knocking
out the screen and escaped with
the living room TV, laptops and
their backpacks. In the aftermath
of the robbery, the students, who
both serve as Temple Student
Government senators, have met
plenty of other issues, beginning
with compiling a record of what
was stolen to try to replace their
property with insurance.
“I have no record of what
was stolen, so basically we have
to start fresh.” Alkasov, a political science major, said.
“On top of that, there’s deductibles we have to pay. I have
to pay $500 to get stuff back.”
Ramos-Castillo, an education
major, added.
Since the robbery, the pair
has also encountered problems
with their landlord.
“She’s tried to pin a lot of
this on us,” Ramos-Castillo
said. “She said we didn’t lock
the windows, and that’s how
they got in.”
Ramos-Castillo and Alkasov contend that the windows in
their house were either broken
or left open by someone other
than the tenants and said a contractor working at the house had
scaffolding set up outside the
window where the burglars en-
National Center for Victims
of Crime indicates that 60
percent of acquaintance rapes
on college campuses occur in
causal or steady relationships.
The report says of all documented cases, 54 percent of
dating violence victims stay
in physically abusive relationships.
Wilkins identified the cycle of violence as a three-step
process that most couples find
themselves in during their relationships: a tension-building
phase, then a violence and
abuse phase, followed by an
apologetic honeymoon phase.
She said each step of the cycle
develops over time and may
reveal itself in subtle ways
without others suspecting
anything. The cycle only ends
when someone involved in it
takes action to end it, she said.
“The abuser is not going
to let it go,” Wilkins said. “If
it’s the abuser ending it, it will
end in death.”
During the discussion,
an open forum was provided
for students to ask questions.
COLIN KERRIGAN TTN
Tyler School of Art displays the artwork of Ryan Trecartin
and other Wolgin award finalists. Trecartin’s “post-millenial
technology” video artwork won him the $150,000 prize.
Prize winner plans
to use $150K for art
Ryan Trecartin, winner of the first Wolgin award,
will start new projects with his prize money.
VALERIE RUBINSKY
The Temple News
On Oct. 22, Temple’s Tyler
School of Art held its award ceremony for the Jack Wolgin International Competition in the Fine
Arts. Ryan Trecartin was named
the recipient of $150,000, the
largest juried visual art prize
granted to an individual by a
university.
Trecartin said he plans to
spend the award money on exactly what he received it for –
art.
“I’m literally going to
spend all of it on making art,” he
said. “The freedom this will give
me is going to be taken very seriously, and I’m extremely excited to start a new production
with this money.”
The Jack Wolgin competi-
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Wachovia Spectrum, a legendary Philadelphia landmark,
closed its doors Oct. 31 after more than 30 years of service.
tion began when the Philadelphia-based philanthropist decided to donate the $150,000 cash
award to an emerging artist who
“transcends traditional boundaries.”
“Temple, specifically Tyler,
[has] an awards committee,”
painting and sculpture professor
Philip Glahn said.
The awards committee
worked with Jack Wolgin to establish competition guidelines.
“Mr. Wolgin considered
[this] to be an international art
prize for emerging artists, for
young artists. We got together,
and the committee decided who
would be representative [among
artists, curators and critics] internationally to serve as nominators,” Glahn said.
After choosing from the list
the committee organized, Glahn
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‘Angels’
scenes stir
freshman
intro class
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can Society a closer look at the
issues they’re studying. With
more than 400 students, the university’s largest class filled Anderson Hall’s room 17 to watch
the scenes.
The first scene showed the
character of a powerful, closeted
gay lawyer pleading with a colleague to accept a job with the
justice system to get him out of
a legal jam.
The following scene took
place between the same lawyer
and his new partner, centering
on a confrontation the pair had
about the lawyer’s involvement
in law decisions that hurt gays
and other groups, which escalated into a physical fight.
“I like how they’re all dramatic,” freshman biology major
Carmen Taboada said. “It was a
very interesting topic, actually.”
Taboada said she would
like to see the full play.
“If I had the disposable income I would go see it,” said
freshman accounting major
Kadija Cole, who went on to
comment on social issues raised
in the play.
“I don’t like how they discriminate against gay people,”
she said. “They’re not hurting
anyone as far as I’m concerned.”
Students are working on a
project in which they act as lawyers and take a stance on an issue, then write a brief and argue
the case, Professor Samuel D.
Hodge Jr. said.
“It’s a scenario that’s created, and we’re focusing on an
area of the law called Equal Protection in the 14th Amendment,”
the teaching assistant, law student Matthew Morley, added.
“There were a lot of things
brought to the table that I really
didn’t think about,” freshman
political science major Julian
Fowler said.
“I think that politics are
personal, that laws have effects on individuals,” Andrew
Borthwick-Leslie, director of
Angels in America, said, relating
the play to the law class. “Every
time a law is passed or somebody is elected, somebody’s life
is changed, and it’s very easy to
forget the impact.”
BCKSEET Productions is
the resident theater company
of the Society Hill Playhouse’s
Red Room at Eighth and Lombard streets. The play is showing now and will run through
Nov. 28.
Thomas Driscoll can be reached at
[email protected].
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levee system after Hurricane
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009
There are roughly 35 cast and
crew members, but volunteers
are needed to lend a hand, specifically with performances,
writing, advertising and marketing.
McClennen reached out
to the Temple Reel Society for
volunteers, and sophomore philosophy major Lauren McEntyre was one of the several society members who obliged.
“Scott came to one of our
meetings for set-up help. I
don’t have any film experience,
and I thought it would be fun,”
she said at one of two tech rehearsals held last week.
The first act to practice was
a short comedy sketch titled,
“Who Invited Her,” written by
Ryan “Toast” Dadalski, about a
girl who shows up to a typical
KAIT DOUGHERTY TTN college party and ruins it with
Temple Smash producers Scott McClennen and Kim Burnick give instructions to cast and her incessant fact and statistic
crew members about a fake gun to be fired using the green screen during production.
dropping.
“When I was applying [to
Temple], I asked if there was
something like this that I could
get involved with,” said sophomore BTMM major Emily Diego, one of the actors in this
skit, “and they were like, ‘No
but you can start one.’”
Diego, who was part of the
audience for the pilot episode,
Temple students are writing, producing and starring in their own variety
knows McClennen and several
show reminiscent of SNL. The show’s second episode films this Thursday.
of her co-stars through Temple’s Improv Club. She acts
MICHELLE PROVENCHER nenberg Hall’s Studio 1 in front they are all related,” McClen- in another one of the show’s
of a live audience, a la the ever- nen said. “One of the missions
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sketches with Victor Gennaro, a
popular Saturday evening vari- of Temple Smash is to get stujunior theater major and host of
dents to come together and put
A group of Temple stu- ety show.
Temple Smash, but hadn’t forScott McClennen, a junior their media skills into practice.
dents is making like the gang
mally met him before rehearsal.
from Saturday Night Live by film and media arts major and It serves as a platform for stu“I came late and just met
writing, directing, producing SNL intern, is co-producing dents to showcase their talents.” him for the first time right beThe project currently has
and starring in its own TV se- Temple Smash alongside fellow
fore,” Diego said of the scene
junior
FMA
major
Kim
Burindependent
extra-curricular
ries being filmed on campus
where Gennaro, playing an
this Thursday and airing online. nick. McClennen had the idea status, but McClennen said he over-the-top movie director, is
The program, Temple Smash, of putting together a student- hopes Smash will become uni- supposed to slap her backside.
will also be broadcast on Tem- run variety show last year, and versity-sanctioned.
“That was like our handshake,
“Trying to do this takes
ple’s television station once it is completed a pilot episode durif you will.”
ing the Spring 2009 semester money, and fees keep popping
up and running.
Junior advertising maTemple Smash is a 30-min- to show at the Diamond Screen up for costumes and props,” he jor Aaron Miller acts in two
ute TV variety show series Film Festival in May. The up- said.
sketches, including “Who InFunding isn’t the only isfeaturing sketch comedy acts, coming episode is two months
vited Her,” alongside Diego. He
sue Smash faces, however.
musical performances and in the making.
said he is glad to be involved.
“There’s a lack of unity The show could also use more
stand-up comedy, taped in An“[This experience] probetween SCT departments, but support from fellow students.
Second ‘Smash’ episode
tapes with live audience
vides something that wasn’t
there before, and a lot of people
at Temple, which I found out
through doing this sketch, have
very similar interests,” he said.
Frank Sauerwald is the
staff supervisor overseeing the
operation, but it’s the students
who are in charge of pulling the
show together.
“What’s cool about working with other students is we
can sit down and talk about
the scripts, like last night we
went over to one of the writers’
house, and we went through the
script, and we looked at things
that might be good to cut out
or things that might be good to
add,” Miller said.
Performers aren’t limited
to Temple students, either. David Ray, a University of Pennsylvania sophomore, was invited by McClennen to deliver
his stand-up on Temple Smash.
“I wanted more experience
doing stand-up in a new environment,” Ray said of why he
accepted.
Ray met with McClennen
at Temple during rehearsals to
do a test-run of his four-minute
stand-up act.
“He’s not sure about one of
my jokes,” Ray said. “And it’s
my best joke.”
Other acts include a song
by Boxcar Children, a folk band
that uses guitars in concert with
a banjo, a ukulele, a harp and
other string instruments, and a
performance by four of the Bell
Tower’s Freestyle Friday MCs,
Verbatum Jones, Mic Stewart,
Faze 2 and the Alien Architect.
Temple Smash is showing
Thursday, Nov. 12 at 8:15 p.m.
in Annenberg Hall. Admission
is free. The episode, as well as
the pilot, will be available at
templesmash.com.
Michelle Provencher can be reached
at [email protected].
TUCC students face parking issues
Validation system problems recently caused headaches for
TUCC students. Management is working to correct them.
LENA VAN
The Temple News
Students who take classes at TUCC
recently found themselves forced to pay
$8 more for guaranteed discount spots
at the Centre Square garage at 15th and
Market streets.
In an e-mail sent to TUCC students
the last week of October, Associate
Director William Schreiber addressed
technical difficulties with the validation
process for the garage. Some students
who have parked there after 3 p.m. on
weekdays or during weekends, times
when discounted parking in guaranteed,
were being charged $13 instead of $5,
according to his e-mail.
If the price comes up as $13 after
inserting a validated ticket, Schreiber
urged students to cancel their payment
and notify a Central Parking employee
to have their ticket knocked down to $5.
Centre Square Parking Manager
James Urso noted the efforts he and
his staff went through to alert students
about these technical difficulties.
“[Central Parking employees] have
posted signs on the payment machines
reading ‘Attention Temple Discount
Parkers,’ which provide specific directions on how to correct the miscalculation,” he said. “More importantly, we
have provided TUCC with discount
validation tickets to use until the technical problem is properly diagnosed and
corrected.”
This technical difficulty has added
to the frustration TUCC students are experiencing with the Centre Square Garage. Other than this malfunction, many
students expressed dissatisfaction with
its fare rates and parking times.
Central Parking charges $5 a space
for Temple students for parking between
3 p.m. and midnight weekdays and up to
12 hours on weekends, Urso said. Before 3 p.m. weekdays, students must pay
the regular fees to use the garage.
“I think [the fare] should be $5
all day, especially during the SEPTA
strike,” senior human resource management major Joe McEvoy said, adding
that he does not like the rule that students cannot park at the discounted rate
until after 3 p.m.
Senior Elina Shklovin echoed McEvoy’s opinions. Shklovin, also a human
resource management major, said she
was frustrated with parking at TUCC.
“Spots are tight,” she said, adding
that the time rules for discounted parking were an inconvenience.
“I think it should be open from
morning until night because people who
have night classes have to come in early
to do assignments, and it’s not fair to
make us pay $29,” Shklovin said.
Other than these issues, students
have much to complain about. Urso acknowledged he and employees received
complaints from students regarding the
TUCC security staff, claiming they have
refused to validate their ticket which had
correct entry time and a valid Owl Card
for identification.
Schreiber said he was unaware of
these complaints. He stressed the rules
set in place, which prohibit students
from using the parking garage at its
discounted rate for anything other than
Temple-related activities, including
class, faculty appointments, meetings
and lab use.
Senior risk management and insurance and legal studies major Kendall
Givens said she recently started taking
advantage of the discounted parking at
TUCC and was thankful for the garage.
“I wish it was free, but it’s OK,”
Givens said. “At least it’s a place where
we can park for just temporarily.”
WALBERT YOUNG TTN
Above: The Centre Square garage,
across Market Street from TUCC,
offers $5 evening and weekend
parking for students.
Right: Signs inside the Centre
Square garage alert students to
get tickets validated properly by
employees, even if they read $13.
The Centre Square garage is privately owned and managed by Central Parking, but has a partnership with
TUCC. Another garage in the area, Expert Parking’s location on Market Street
at 17th Street, also offers the discounted
rates to students for night and weekend
parking at TUCC.
“[The partnership between the Centre Square garage and TUCC was] probably based on location and convenience
to TUCC,” Urso said, noting that he was
unsure of its actual origin.
Schreiber said the garage is very
beneficial to TUCC students.
“Temple has had a relationship with
Central Parking for many years, and
there have been very few problems,”
he said. “When I distribute the parking
information over the TUCC student listserv at the beginning of each semester I
often receive replies from students saying how much they appreciate the discounted rate of $5.”
Lena Van can be reached at
[email protected].
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Students break lease after break-in
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tered. The landlord also agreed
to install security sensors in the
windows but never did, the students said.
The situation is one example of how students sometimes
face landlords who don’t make
good on safety promises.
“I know a lot of landlords
promise the world verbally but
deliver nothing with actual services,” Yamile Perez, interim
coordinator for Off-Campus
Living and Summer Conferences, said. “I think a lot of students are finding out that if it’s
not in the lease, legally they’re
not bound to offer it.”
Once a student signs a
lease to live off campus, there
is very little Temple can do to
help that student in any direct
capacity.
“It’s a contract between
them and the management
company, so Temple has no
wherewithal,” Perez said. “If
they sign a lease, it’s tough. By
signing it, they’ve agreed that
everything in that lease is correct.”
The off-campus living
branch of Perez’s job focuses
more on helping students find
favorable living situations and
leases before they sign themselves into trouble.
“A lot of the students we
see are already fed up or want
to break a lease for whatever
reason,” Perez said. “We would
like to see students that are
starting to look and give them
the tools to be better consumers
other than renting something
and finding themselves in a
bind.”
The extent to which a student reviews a lease and can interpret the statutes of it before
signing can be critical. Offcampus Living offers a review
process to students who have
not yet signed leases to ensure
they follow all the guidelines
from Philadelphia’s Department of Licenses and Inspections.
“Before you sign the lease,
it’s a good idea to write what
you think is fair and then have
the landlord review that,” criminal justice major Madalee Apgar said. “I did that. I was lucky
to room with some girls who
are knowledgeable about that
kind of thing, so they taught me
a lot about my rights.”
Ramos-Castillo and Alkasov, however, say they had to
see and sign their lease under
Some took the opportunity to
open up and share their own
stories of how dating abuse affected their lives. One student
was overcome with emotions
when she recalled instances
of emotional abuse and bullying she suffered from acquaintances on campus and how her
boyfriend ended up being the
one person she could lean on
through rough times.
“He knew how to take the
emotional abuse that I felt from
this school and hold me. All I
wanted was someone to hear
me and understand what I was
going through,” she said.
Sexual crimes do not seem
to dominate the crime statistics
at Temple, which generally
sees high numbers of robberies, thefts and aggravated assaults. According to figures
from Campus Safety Services’
2009 Annual Security and Fire
Safety report, there were four
documented cases of forcible
sex offenses last year on Main
Campus. That number decreased by 71 percent from 14
cases reported in 2007.
Wilkins explained that no
matter what type of relationship it may be, the issue of
dating and domestic abuse all
boils down to a single issue –
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after striking for six days
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Fence locks, like window bars and deadbolts, are a
safety precaution found on many near-campus properties.
suspicious circumstances from
the get-go.
“The problem with the realtor was we didn’t get to see
the lease till the day we moved
in, so we had no time to look
over it,” Ramos-Castillo said.
The fact that a landlord
would not give out a lease until
moving day is a cause for concern, Perez said.
“If a landlord will not
show you a lease until the day
you move in, that should raise
red flags,” he said. “If something does not look or smell
right, it’s not right.”
If students find themselves
bound to unfavorable leases,
Off-Campus Living can direct them to the Tenant Union
Representative Network, a
non-profit that advocates for
tenants.
“They answer those kind
of legal questions like ‘Can I
sue them?’ [and] ‘How much
can I get out of this or break my
lease?’” Perez said. “They help
you in that sense.”
TURN does not provide
lawyers to tenants, just legal
advice. Campus Safety Services does not get involved in
disputes between landlords and
tenants because it is a legal issue, not a law enforcement one.
If a student cannot reach
an agreement with his or her
landlord and cannot get the
help of a lawyer, a last resort
would be to withhold rent or
break the lease, which is what
Ramos-Castillo and Alkasov
did. They will move out by the
end of the month.
“It actually went really
well, just because there have
been so many problems,” Alkasov said. “This is the easiest
way not to get into any legal issues.”
Their landlord could not be
reached for comment Monday.
Students can also use the
terms of their leases against
landlords if they are aware of
their tenants’ rights to settle
disputes. It is better for a student be aware of the service he
or she is getting before signing
a lease than to find issues after
a legally binding contract has
been signed.
“If the landlord is offering
you the world, make sure it’s in
the original lease,” Perez said.
“So you have a leg to stand on
and say, ‘You didn’t give me
this service.’”
Brian Dzenis can be reached at
[email protected].
Dating violence forum opens
floor for students’ experience
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the power of control.
Wilkins said the power
of control stems from the past
and ultimately affects most relationships in the future. She
added the most common way
of thinking of most abusers
have a lot to do with taking
advantage of power they never
had.
“Even though I grew up
in a great home, somewhere
in my life I felt powerless and
out of control,” she explained.
“This relationship is how I get
that control back.”
Wilkins and Davidson
teamed up on behalf of Laurel
House, an independent nonprofit organization that provides shelter, medical care and
legal advocacy, plus a free 24hour help hotline for victims of
abuse.
After the discussion, students were offered resources
for abuse prevention. Several
on-campus clubs and organizations, including the Health
Education Awareness Resource
Team provided assistance and
literature on the topic.
Among others, one small
organization with a big presence at the event was LIFT.
As part of a larger group, the
National Student Partnerships founded by college undergraduates in 1998 to work
side-by-side with low-income
community members and college students, LIFT at Temple
handles issues like poverty,
healthcare, employment and
education.
Student volunteer Trang
Pham said her organization is
also dedicated to helping victims of abuse.
“We’ve seen a couple of
times when our clients come in
with bruises, and we just want
to know how we can help them
and how we can bring up the
topic without making them feel
uncomfortable,” she said.
Although the event was
primarily geared toward females, as they more often find
themselves in abusive situations, several male students
and faculty members joined the
conversation as well.
“There are women out
there who are physically and
psychologically
[abusive]
to their boyfriends and husbands,” Wilkins said. “It’s no
longer a gender issue where
there’s this big guy beating up
poor, helpless women. There
are some scary women out
there.”
Sergei Blair can be reached at
[email protected].
creased this year, the contract
included a $1,250 signing bonus
for all TWU members. Annual
raises, meanwhile, would have
resumed next year, ultimately
amounting to an 11 percent increase over the contract’s fiveyear duration.
The average SEPTA worker
earns $52,000 annually, according to an Associated Press report. The report did not, however, offer a figure on annual TWU
members’ salaries, as opposed
to non-union workers.
The deal provided for increased pension spending, although it would have had workers increase their contributions
to the fund. All this would have
taken place without any increase
in healthcare charges, which
currently account for 1 percent
of each member’s salary.
But TWU President Willie Brown apparently found
these terms unacceptable. The
strike began three hours after he
walked out on contract negotiations. Those hoping for a quick
resolution lost an ally Sunday,
with Gov. Ed Rendell stepping
out of negotiations to return to
Harrisburg.
An anti-strike rally on
Market Street just east of City
Hall, drew half a dozen protesters Sunday, all angered over
Brown’s tactics.
Protester Till Alaya said the
stirke caused her commute to
work to last more than an hour
a day, and noted that many more
may have attended the demonstration had transportation been
available. She urged passersby
to write a message to TWU
leadership on a poster.
Most comments were inflammatory and some explicit.
One read, “Be glad you have a
job,” and another, “You can be
replaced by the unemployed.”
Chris Galanti, a 2004 Temple graduate and protester, was
somewhat less infuriated.
“I’ve lived in Philly for a
while,” he said. “I’m used to
strikes.”
Another
demonstrator,
blogger and graphic designer
Larry West, 24, said the union
was well within its rights to
strike, but thought the decision
was unwise on its part.
West blamed Brown for the
strike. He accused Brown of
“holding the city hostage,” and
held a handwritten sign reading,
“I’m not anti-union – I’m antiWillie Brown!”
“They’ve been working
without a contract for some
months, and I sympathize with
that,” West said. “But [Brown]
waits until the World Series to
threaten a strike. Now he’s trying to pressure the city to get the
deal he wants.”
Unlike many others, West
admitted that he would rather
see the strike go on than Brown
rewarded with an unfair deal,
calling him a bully.
“I think they got a very generous offer, especially with the
recession, when unemployment
is over 10 percent,” he said.
West is not alone in his sentiments. During a time of drastically decreased revenue for the
city, SEPTA officials said, the
contract’s terms were exceptionally generous. But TWU
leadership addressed this assertion in a newsletter to members
last month, pointing out that
increased ridership raised fare
revenue by 30 percent. After
taking state funding and federal
stimulus money into account,
the union argued, the city could
afford wage increases.
Also of great concern to the
union was SEPTA’s disregard of
“picking rights” – the ability of
workers to choose what equipment they work with based on
seniority. Additionally, a TWU
newsletter sent out to its members last month cited “discrimination” against union workers.
Union leadership did not respond to requests to elaborate
on that allegation.
A temporary deal brokered
early Monday morning put
workers back on the job. The
contract is expected to pass an
at-large vote next week, with
the city allowing the union to reopen negotiations on health insurance payments in the future
if President Obama’s healthcare
bill passes the Senate.
For Thomas Davis, a union
representative at Fern Rock
Transportation center, pension
funding is a major issue.
“We’re getting an 11 percent raise over the next five
years, but we’ll also have to
pay 2 1/2 percent more on our
pensions each year,” Davis said.
“Suddenly, the 11 percent starts
to look like a lot less.”
Davis also pointed out that,
unlike SEPTA management,
which has 90 percent of pension
contributions matched, workers
only receive 50 percent.
Davis and the other picketers at Fern Rock expressed mistrust of City Hall, which is juggling contract negotiations with
several other unions. They want
the budget to be independently
audited by a third-party firm.
Regardless of tensions that
may continue, Samantha Salley,
a sophomore psychology major,
was glad to hear the strike ended
Monday.
“It’ll be so much easier getting around the city now,” she
said. “I don’t have anything
against unions, but striking
seemed a bit extreme.”
At six days, the strike did
not last as long as its two predecessors – a 1998 strike lasted
40 days, and one in 2005 lasted
a week.
Don Hoegg can be reached at
[email protected].
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“Post-millenial” work lands prize
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explained that they compiled
a number of nominators in the
United States as well as abroad.
“[We] called them up and
said, ‘Who would you like to
see? Whose works [deserve]
this award and the kind of publicity that comes with it?’ These
people then wrote us back, said
‘I would like to nominate this
person or that person,’ so we
had a pool of artists,” Glahn
said.
The committee also chose
the jurors who would select the
winner. This year’s jurors were
Melissa Chiu, museum director and vice president of Global
Arts Programs, Asia Society in
New York; Paolo Colombo, an
art advisor to the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art and director of Dorje Film in Rome; and
Ingrid Schaffner, senior curator
for the Institute for Contemporary Art in Philadelphia.
Jurors selected finalists
New York-based Sanford Biggers, Chicago-based Michael
Rakowitzand and Philadelphiabased Ryan Trecartin. They
completed a two-day residency
at Tyler where they held question-and-answer sessions, individual meetings with certain
students and gallery lectures.
“I was really impressed
with the types of questions I got
from the undergrad students,”
Trecartin said. “I left feeling inspired.”
During their stay at Temple,
the artists were assigned faculty
members to act as their guides
to the university. Trecartin’s li-
COLIN KERRIGAN TTN
Jack Wolgin fine arts competition finalists display their
art. They completed residencies at Tyler School of Art.
aison was Foundations Department Chair Gerard Brown.
“It makes Temple at a level
that no other school in the country can approach because we
now offer as competitive in profile [a prize] as London or New
York, or any other international
art prize,” Brown said. “It’s
very exciting.”
Trecartin’s art is described
as a “singular video practice”
that enhances the understandings of “post-millennial technology.” His work, in addition
to that of the other finalists, is on
display at Tyler until Nov. 14.
Interim director of the exhibition Shayna McConville said
Trecartin created a new piece
for the exhibition.
“It will actually premiere
the fourth piece in the series
of eight that he is working on,”
McConville said.
Junior graphic design major Kelly Thorn said that while
she was thrilled Tyler was able
to host such a prestigious award,
she thought student involvement could be amped up.
“I was so psyched when
I found out that we were hosting the biggest art award in the
world,” Thorn said.
“[One] thing that I really
did not appreciate was the fact
that Tyler [and] Temple students
were not invited to the ceremony. In fact, we weren’t allowed
to even walk in the hallway near
the gallery or the reception,” she
added.
Brown agreed, saying that
while he thought the competition was a success, he hopes to
incorporate even more student
activity into the artists’ two-day
residency next year.
“I hope that next year we
find ways to move forward
with it,” Brown said, “and get
more students from Temple involved.”
Valerie Rubinsky can be reached at
[email protected].
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EDITORIALS
Smelling
SEPTA
P
hiladelphians woke up
for work and school
last Tuesday morning to
find they had no way to
get there, as, in an underhanded
manner, members of SEPTA’s
Transport Workers Union 234,
announced at midnight that they
would officially walk off the job
in three hours.
Unions, the entities created
to protect the rights and welfare
of employees, aren’t the problem – as long as they don’t abuse
their power. TWU 234, however, hasn’t done the best job of
convincing Philadelphians they
deserve what they demanded.
The message SEPTA’s union
leaders put forth loud and clear
is that they don’t care about the
everyday people of Philadelphia
who constitute their ridership.
There have already been reports of SEPTA riders berating
transit drivers, but riders should
think twice before taking their
anger out on SEPTA workers.
Let’s not forget SEPTA employs
non-union workers, helpless to
union action. Likewise, while
union workers benefited from
their leaders’ negotiations - each
worker will receive a $1,250 bonus derived from $7 million in
state money - not every member
agreed with the 3 a.m. wake-up
call.
If anything, we should be
disappointed in Gov. Rendell’s
decision to pony up $7 million
in state funding to quell union
leaders’ requests, which came
off as particularly selfish, especially when the nation’s un-
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Methods
T
employment rate stands at 10.2
percent and the average SEPTA
employee earns $55,000 a year.
For the governor to put $7
million of much needed state
money on the table - Temple’s
$180 million state appropriation
is still lingering in the Capitol as
students face a possible spring
tuition hike - seems reckless.
Gov. Rendell may have helped
to solve the city’s crisis, but he
did so at the expense of many
taxpayers whose income stands
at $0. SEPTA workers certainly
do not deserve additional compensation when so many other
Pennsylvanians are suffering.
Gov. Rendell also pleaded
for the strike to be postponed
for the Phillies to play Game 5
of the World Series at Citizens
Bank Park. People paid
hundreds – even thousands – of
dollars for World Series tickets.
Realistically, those who could
afford tickets that high in price
would probably spring for the
$12 parking at the stadium, so
holding off on the strike until the
end of Game 5 made no sense.
When New York City’s
Metropolitan Transit Authority
went on strike Dec. 20, 2005,
a judge slapped the union with
a $1 million per day fine for
walking off the job, pushing
workers to call off the strike just
two days later. Mayor Nutter
and Gov. Rendell should have
taken a lesson from them to end
the senseless, selfish neglect
of Philadelphians by SEPTA’s
union members before it extended longer than a day.
Problems between students and their landlords
need help being solved.
ing to students for fear of having to deal with a third party.
Also, part of branching out on
your own as a college student
is learning how to deal with
landlords, fair and otherwise. It
would be doing a disservice to
students for Temple to be completely involved, as students
would be handicapped in dealing with landlords when they
graduate.
The best method of being
involved is listening to students.
Temple Student Government
is taking a lead on this issue,
and Temple’s officials should
as well. The more students feel
they have a strong support system in the university, the more
they will turn to it when they
have problems with landlords.
This will benefit the university
because it will know exactly
which problems are occurring,
not to mention which landlords
are consistently fair and which
ones are not.
Students are ultimately responsible for their rented homes
and their relationships with
landlords, but Temple should
make an effort to listen and be
aware of any issues occurring in
the process. Living on your own
is part of college life, especially
at Temple as the student population grows. Temple should be
aware of any problems its students are facing, without taking
an aggressive role in solving
those problems.
DANNY DONNELLY TTN
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Renting rooms
Last week on temple-news.com,
we asked why so few people vote in
local elections.
Here are the results:
65%
20%
15%
Voters are not informed
enough.
The campaigns
are not advertised
enough.
Local elections do
not matter as much
as presidential
elections.
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CITY VIEW
SEPTA unreliable even when trains can’t be late
After undergoing volatile SEPTA negotiations, union leaders and SEPTA finally struck a deal early
Monday morning, ending the six-day strike. Here’s a look back at the aftermath of the strike.
TUESDAY, NOV. 3
3 a.m. Willie Brown, the Transit Worker’s
Union Local 234 union president, calls
for a strike in the wee hours of the
morning, causing a good portion of the
city to get up on the wrong side of the
bed.
THURSDAY, NOV. 5
8:43 a.m. The R2, R3 and R5 lines were halted for three hours after an R3 West Trenton
train hit track inspector Kevin Sparks, who
died from the accident.
5 p.m. In an effort to restart SEPTA service,
Gov. Rendell and U.S. Rep. Bob Brady meet
with union members, but fail to strike a deal.
SATURDAY, NOV. 7
2 p.m. After specultation that the strike would end
by Saturday night, Gov. Rendell and Rep. Brady
emerged from their afternoon meeting with union
leaders without a deal when the union presents a
new contract proposal to SEPTA.
Gov. Rendell wiped his hands clean of being
involved in the negotiating process, remarking he
had “a state to run.” Rendell also threatened to
take $7 million in state money with him as well.
SUNDAY, NOV. 8
Before inching toward a deal late Sunday night,
a 1 p.m. protest was scheduled outside SEPTA
headquarters in Center City. The protest, meant
to encourage SEPTA to stand their ground and
maintain collective bargaining, never took place.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4
Black Line (SEPTA Strike Line)
emple’s increasing presence in the surrounding
communities has created
opportunities, in programs like the Philadelphia Experience Passport, for example.
Along with the benefits, though,
come challenges for students
and by extension, for Temple.
Integrating students into the
neighborhoods and mitigating
conflicts between roommates
must be dealt with – to some
degree – by the university. But
perhaps the most crucial way the
university needs to be involved
in students’ off-campus lives is
when it comes to landlords.
As reported by The Temple
News in this and previous issues,
some students have reported issues with landlords – including
what they say is deception and
unfair treatment.
The university’s position
in student-landlord issues is
delicate, but it must have at least
some role in them. If it leaves
students completely on their
own, they could easily become
victims of unscrupulous landlords, which not only looks bad
but isn’t fair to students. We
don’t know the ins and outs of
rental regulations, and a landlord who wants to can try to get
students to pay more than they
should – for less than it’s worth.
Temple officials face challenges in being involved in student-landlord issues, though. If
they get too involved, they may
discourage landlords from rent-
SEPTA union leaders have
been inconsiderate of
their city peers.
7 a.m. Already busy, service for crowded
Regional Rail trains between Center City and
Paoli-Thorndale was set back after the front
car of an R5 train caught fire at Overbrook
station in West Philadelphia.
FRIDAY, NOV. 6
Late Friday night Gov. Rendell and Rep. Brady
announce a tentative handshake deal had been
struck. The deal, of which the economic package does not differ from the original offer and
does not offer any wage increases, allows for
“$1,250 bonus upon ratification, a 2.5 percent
raise in the second year and a 3 percent raise in
each of the final three years,” according to the
Inquirer. The Inquirer reports the package also
provides for “a graduated increase of worker
contributions to their pension fund,” and stronger job-picking rights. Union members said the
deal was premature.
MONDAY, NOV. 9
12:45 a.m.: After spending a portion of Sunday
night brokering a deal similar to that of Friday’s
failed wager, SEPTA and union leaders appeared
at an early morning news conference with Gov.
Rendell, who helped negotiate even after telling
reporters he was finished Saturday afternoon.
The new deal included amendments to health
care concerns the union had, among other issues
it had with the Friday night deal. Buses, trolleys
and trains were working by the morning.
COMMENTARY
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009
PAGE 5
As government steps up, SEPTA stays still After returning home
SEPTA remains an unreliable city fixture even after ending its strike after less than a week.
from war, another
battle awaits vets
O
n again, off again – the
soap opera of the SEPTA strike had our city
in a traffic-congested
frenzy. Our Center City streets,
laid out in a day when the horse
and buggy combo were the
main means
of
travel,
resembled
something
of a military stalemate come
5 p.m. – and
CHASE
for
days,
MILLER
no one was
budging.
Surprisingly enough, our
governmental institutions reacted appropriately, working
around the clock to ensure a
swift end to this bitter strike,
which ended 12 a.m. Monday
morning. So if our government functioned at its highest potential,
at who could we angry Temple
students and Philadelphians,
robbed of our World Series title
and left sitting on the curb at neglected bus stops for six days,
direct our dismay?
For those of you not keeping track, the latest strike was
the ninth time SEPTA workers
took up picket signs since 1975.
That averages out to approximately one strike every four
years. So even though it may
seem fruitless, someone should
have stepped up and skewered
SEPTA workers along with their
Local Transporters Union 234
leader Willie Brown, the selfproclaimed “most hated man
in Philadelphia,” for the disarray they caused during the past
week.
Call me a scab if you want,
but I stand incredulous as to
how this type of reprehensible
union strong-arming of our city
was permitted. Granted, SEPTA’s service is an invaluable
commodity in Philadelphia, the
withdrawal of which has crippling effects on our infrastructure. But we as a city have to
draw the line somewhere. After all, TWU Local
234 rejected a deal drawn up
by Gov. Rendell and Mayor
Nutter that was scrimped and
squeezed from Philly’s budget,
even though funds are undoubtedly tight. In fact, Gov. Rendell
went as far as to call the deal
“sensational,” especially in a recession, adding that “the union
leadership walked on a victory
last night. They just didn’t know
when to declare victory.”
As a liberal Democrat who
comes from a long line of working class union members, I still
have to call foul on SEPTA’s
employees for not accepting
a completely reasonable deal
from a city being crushed under heaps of debt in the current
economic downturn earlier than
the stroke of midnight Monday
morning. It may indeed be time
to de-unionize such vital organizations or at least refrain from
giving in to their outrageous,
hard-line demands.
Senior public relations major Katie Crandley, a daily SEPTA user, shared my discontent.
“The strike has definitely
made my morning commute far
more difficult. I can’t wait until
the thing is resolved, to say the
least,” she said during the strike.
It appears, though, there is
another entit y to receive its due
commendation as well, because
when asked how she was currently getting to campus Crandley responded “the shuttle.”
Indeed, Temple enacted a
comprehensive plan to lessen
the transportation burden on its
students and faculty by introducing reduced parking rates
that encourage car pooling, as
well as a litany of additional
shuttle routes and stops – all
serving to replace shutdown
transit lines.
It’s reassuring to know that
even when the city’s infrastructure was cracking and crumbling on account of some bad
eggs, we could still put what
modicum of trust we have left
in city government, and even in
Temple. And you know what?
Don’t be afraid to restore your
confidence in the Phillies next
season, as well.
Chase Miller can be reached at
[email protected].
Apartment shopping more than a nice kitchen
Student tenants must shop for a quality landlord and know their tenant rights before signing the lease.
F
ew things can disrupt a
Nyquil-fueled haze, one
of which would be your
apartment caving in on
you. As I watched gallons of
water pour into my apartment, it
seemed the
only thing to
do was call
911.
Watching a fireman and a
police
ofSAMANTHA
ficer break
KROTZER
into another
part of my apartment building to
turn off the water and electricity
before a fire started is not a typical Sunday night. Hours later,
my roommate and I were left
in a dark, unsafe and half-destroyed apartment. That’s when
my landlord showed up to tell
me I should not have called 911.
A large number of students rent houses or apartments.
However, most are unaware of
their rights as tenants or what
their landlords, by law, have to
provide. Landlords may take
advantage of students who may
be ignorant to tenant rights, and
more students need to protect
themselves to avoid conflict.
by not repairing my heater or
“More people need to be hot water tank, my landlord was
educated on this matter,” Joseph actually committing landlord
McDermott, director of Dis- fraud. TURN works to defend
pute Resolution Program, said. the rights of tenants and holds
“There should be more advertis- free workshops to educate tening on what people can do when ants on their legal rights.
they have a problem with their
Also, a free mediation prolandlord or vice versa. A lot of gram has been created through
landlords do not even know the Municipal Court of Philatheir own redelphia. If a
sponsibilities,
tenant files a
After living with complaint toand students
should protect
no heat, no wa- ward a landthemselves.”
lord,
they
ter and then have an opI was 19
getting trapped tion to speak
when I moved
into my first
inside my bed- with a mediaapartment.
tor to come to
room, I realized an agreement
Like most students, signing
of
the value of instead
the lease was
leaving
the
shopping for a decision to a
more like getquality landlord. judge.
ting a golden
ticket to free“Not evdom, not aceryone
can
cepting a legal agreement. After speak to defend themselves in
living with no heat, no hot wa- court,” McDermott said. “Usuter and then getting trapped in- ally when a case is heard in
side my bedroom, I realized the court, the judge will agree with
value of shopping for a quality the landlord, but with medialandlord the hard way.
tion there is an 80 to 85 percent
According to the Tenant agreement rate.”
Union Representative Network,
Nathaniel Horwitz, a third-
year Temple law student, is one
of the housing mediators. However, he explained that most
people who come in for mediation are not students.
“More students should take
advantage of the program,”
Horwitz said. “It tries to do a
lot of good with fairness, and no
one leaves feeling as if they got
ripped off.”
My initial instinct when I
started having problems with
my landlord was to pack up and
walk out. But what college student has three months of rent to
cover the first, last and security
deposit of a new place? It is better to use programs made available to us to come to an agreement.
By being educated tenants,
student-renters can help prevent
their landlords from taking advantage of them. I wish I would
have known there were free programs to help tenants last year
when I was boiling hot water to
bathe and washing dishes wearing my wool coat.
Samantha Krotzer can be reached at
[email protected].
Classes to reintegrate soldiers into daily life are
lacking at Temple but thrive at other institutions.
A
s levels of combat
decrease in Iraq and
reach record highs in
Afghanistan, more and
more psychologically wounded
troops are
returning home.
Some are
able to reHANIYYAH
turn to a
SHARPE
“normal”
life,
but
many soldiers and families suffer repercussions of war.
One in three Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from
post-traumatic stress disorder,
depression, a mild brain injury
or a combination of all three, according to Research And Development Corporation figures in a
USA Today report.
Universities are creating
classes to train students how to
treat combat war veterans and
their families suffering from
war-related health problems,
producing the professionally
trained individuals we need to
properly deal with these issues.
So far, the University of
Washington-Tacoma and the
University of Southern California are starting programs that
address military culture, combat
experience and the problems
military families may endure.
Even local universities are
starting to get on the ball. The
University of Pennsylvania has
its Center for the Treatment
and Study of Anxiety. A worldrenowned treatment research
center, the CTSA is dedicated
to developing, refining and testing state-of-the-art therapies
for anxiety and traumatic stress
disorders. While there is no
particular curriculum in place
that specifically trains students,
CTSA has been very successful
in its workshops and studies that
help to treat war veterans.
“PTSD is very prevalent
in combat veterans who are
coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan,” Director of CTSA
Dr. Edna B. Foa said. “It is a
big issue for the Veteran Affairs
Department and the military in
general. Both the VA and the
military are doing their best to
meet the challenge, but we are
all behind.”
Drexel University does
not have a specific program designed to treat war veterans, but
it does cover the treatment of
PTSD using a cognitive-behavioral approach called prolonged
exposure therapy, which was
developed and validated by Foa.
PE is theoretically based and
highly efficacious for treatment
for chronic PTSD and related
depression, anxiety and anger.
Drexel offers free education to an unlimited number of
military veterans within all of
the university’s full- and parttime undergraduate, graduate,
doctoral and professional programs – both on campus and
online – as part of its participation in the new GI Bill’s Yellow
Ribbon Program.
The program, a partnership
between the federal government and Drexel (the university
matches the government’s contribution to the cost of an education), allows eligible veterans
to attend Drexel with no out-ofpocket expenses.
Temple is doing its part to
assist our war veterans but does
not currently offer a course specifically designed to address the
needs of veterans.
Tuttleman Counseling Services is an accredited mental
health service for students. It
provides individual and group
counseling services and crisis
intervention. Sessions with psychologists, social workers and
psychiatrists are confidential
and free of charge. The Office
of Disability Resources and
Services also offers confidential
services for veterans with a disability, such as PTSD or traumatic brain injury.
The repercussions of the
war linger and affect those who
have been on the battlefield.
Programs specifically designed
to train students and professionals will present an opportunity
for veterans to have a somewhat healthy transition and reintegration into their families,
workplace and communities.
Haniyyah Sharpe can be reached at
[email protected].
Reducing carbon dioxide levels begins with citizens’ support
While U.S. lawmakers have the final sign-off on environmental laws, the wellbeing of the environment rests in the people’s commitment to sustainability.
O
n Oct. 24, an international climate crisis
campaign,
350.org,
organized the largest
grass-roots
political
demonstration in history.
In 181
countries,
some 5,200
EMILY
actions were
GLEASON
carried out
involving an estimated 100,000
people calling for a reduction of
atmospheric carbon dioxide levels to 350 parts per million – the
safe upper limit of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In Philadelphia, more than 350 people
gathered to form the numbers
3-5-0 in a symbolic gesture on
Independence Mall – the birthplace of democracy in the U.S.
Using our democratic
rights to show lawmakers that
we support action to address
climate change is crucial, especially with wealthy polluters
staunchly opposed.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, long a stronghold of dirty
energy industries such as oil and
coal, continues to resist climatechange legislation aimed at reducing U.S. CO2 emissions,
opposing the American Clean
Energy and Security Act, now
before the U.S. Senate.
The chamber, along with
many Republicans, claims the
climate legislation will cost
Americans jobs and economic
viability with other nations.
Bryan Mann, a sophomore
Jewish studies major and Students for Environmental Action
member, instead views climate
change legislation as an economic opportunity.
“Green jobs can help boost
the economy,” Mann said.
In an effort to highlight the
utter hypocrisy of the chamber’s
stance against climate legislation, Andy Bichlbaum of the
Yes Men, a “culture-jamming”
collective that’s made its name
mimicking high-profile politicians and corporate leaders,
impersonated a U.S. Chamber
of Commerce spokesman on
Monday, Nov. 2.
“Without a stable climate,
there will be no business,” Bi-
VOICE of the
PEOPLE
Have you ever had a bad experience
with your landlord?
chlbaum stated in the hoax.
But the Yes Men couldn’t
be more right.
Neoclassical economists
do not believe it necessary to
consider the environment in the
realm of economics, and free
market ideology discourages
government regulation to protect the environment. Because
these economists create most
federal economic policies, it is
more profitable to allow pollution than to divert costs into
more sustainable production.
The current business-environment relationship is literally to
“bite the hand that feeds you,”
as all business depends on a
stable and productive natural
environment.
One of the casualties of
MAGGIE HUNTER
SENIOR
this economic system is the
atmosphere. As a result of unchecked fossil fuel combustion, the world’s atmospheric
concentration of heat-trapping
CO2, is 390 parts per million –
40 parts per million more than
what leading climate scientists
around the world recommend.
“When you have externalities like environmental problems, the government has to intervene in the free market,” said
Amy Sinden, associate professor of environmental law at the
Beasley School of Law.
Right now, two opportunities to regulate externalities, or
CO2 emissions, are on the table
– the Clean Energy Act, currently before the senate and the
Copenhagen Climate Confer-
SHANNON SWARINGEN
POST GRAD
SOCIAL WORK
“Yes,
he fixed the
garbage
disposal after
the fifth time
we asked. He
yelled at us
and said we
have to pay
for it.”
ence in December, where U.S.
leadership is needed to reach an
international agreement on reducing emissions.
While the 350 action and
current legislative opportunities
are inspiring, in exercising our
democratic rights, we cannot
allow a single piece of legislation or a target number to distract us from the bigger picture
– sustainability. A shift in values, from short-term profits to a
long-term wellbeing for the majority, sustainability is moving
our economic idea of wellbeing
from corporate gains to equilibrium of public and environmental health.
Emily Gleason can be reached at
[email protected].
STUART SHEPARD
MEDICAL STUDENT
“Yes,
he took my
deposit after
I forgot to
clean the
apartment
when I left.”
JUNIOR
ENGINEERING
“No, I
never even
met him.”
ANNA ZHILKOVA TTN
OPINION DESK 215-204-9540
[email protected]
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kim on her commute without SEPTA on Nov. 4, 2009 at 8:15 a.m.
I have to walk for 3 hours to get to my job. The mayor needs to come up with a
plan for when septa goes on strike again to eventually start a new transportation
company.
girl on the pains of the SEPTA strike on Nov. 4, 2009 at 4:39 p.m.
the line for train tickets (which you can’t buy on the train only beforehand) was
maybe 60 people long yesterday. and then the ticket woman left her booth.
stranding students. septa is evil.
Jessie Paine on the dog-fighting panel led by experts at the Beasley School of Law on
Nov. 3 at 12:16 p.m.
Thank you Matt Petrillo for covering this event! I just want to clarify that Federal
law does not “state” that animal clients are always innocent. Rather, animals are
used as the gun to commit a crime, but they aren’t the ones who pull the trigger.
Animal exploitation comes in many forms, and one of those forms is physically
and psychologically training a dog to be dangerous to others.
Gloria Pineda on the ongoing debate between Temple Hospital and its nurses on Nov. 3,
2009 at 1:54 p.m.
I think Temple management is missing the point that Nurses cannot be silenced
when their patients’ safety and care is compromised. Nurses know best when
their working environment is not safe for their patients for they are right there at
the middle of the action. You would think that any negative feedback should be
taken as a constructive criticism by management. My hats off to the nurses of
TUH for standing for what is right…freedom to speak on behalf of their patients.
John on keeping it safe in North Philadelphia on Nov. 4, 2009 at 2:56 a.m.
I agree that the causes of crime have to be addressed, not just law enforcement.
Living off campus around Temple can be challenging because of the crime. Its a
hard reality that students trying to deal with the challenges of school and study
have to deal with the stress of urban crime at the same time. No one ever listens
to me but I lived in Europe as a kid and there is no equivalent to North Philadelphia in Europe. I am talking about crime. Europe does not have crime like we do.
Not at all. Thats because they invest in the poor and strive to end poverty.
mustloveSEPTA on an editorial’s condemnation of SEPTA on Nov. 2, 2009 at 8:15 p.m.
Not sure I get the point of this. A union’s obligation is to its members, first and
foremost. And why is it “inexcusable” to use the high profile setting of a World
Series to showcase the robustness of labor in Philadelphia? Aren’t we interested
in attracting workers who’d like to make better salaries and have the protections
unions afford? As this piece points out, there’s no ‘right’ time to strike for SEPTA’s
vast ridership. So what is the ‘potential damage’ this editorial so darkly warns of?
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear editor,
As a proud Temple student and member of the North
Philadelphia community, I did
go to the voting booth Nov. 3
to practice my civic duty electing new officials that I think
will enhance our city’s politics.
However, as I was the only voter
at my polling place for the first
hour the polls were open, I was
discouraged that the enthusiastic
line that I stood in last Election
Day did not form at all while the
polls were open.
This reflects firstly, on the
apathy and ignorance that more
than 70 percent (cited by the
Philadelphia Inquirer) of the
registered voters in Philadelphia
have for local elections; I would
bet that a good portion of the
city didn’t even know there was
an election. Secondly, it reflects
on the indifference of many
Temple students living in this
area, who of course, are able to
vote here if they so choose.
Just because we haven’t
seen these local candidates on
fancy television commercials
during the World Series, seen
them on CNN every day or
heard them speak at crammed
venues with network news
crews on hand does not mean
that their causes are any less
important. Electing a new district attorney might be one of
the most productive things I’ve
done all week.
Local officials are the ones
who affect our immediate civilian lives most directly, as
the policies that they decide on
downtown dictate what happens
to anyone and everyone that has
to deal with the legal system;
you don’t have to be a criminal
for this to affect you, nor do you
even have to ever step foot in a
court room. As residents of this
city, permanent or not, we had
the power Nov. 3 to let our voices be heard by the politicians
who regulate what is considered
legally right and wrong, and as
far as voter turnout is concerned,
we failed miserably to do this.
Of course many students
may have voted absentee in their
RE: “GETTING EDUCATED” NOV. 3 ISSUE OF THE TEMPLE NEWS
Dear editor,
I noticed in your recent edition an editorial, which made
an excellent suggestion – that
GenEd include a course addressing local politics. Although the
letter focuses on introducing
students to the court system of
local government, I take it that
the overall thrust of the piece
was that Temple should offer a
course that would help students
better understand our local political system period. GenEd,
with its Philadelphia Experience
courses, couldn’t agree more.
An important way for Temple
to encourage civic engagement
would be to ground student understanding in our particular political context.
There is a course under development in GenEd that will
satisfy the U.S. Society area
of the program provisionally
called What Kind of City Do
You Want? The proposed course
would be taught by former city
councilman (19 years) and mayor (eight years) John Street and
will use Philadelphia as a case
study to examine tough questions surrounding the allocation
of limited resources in a large,
diverse U.S. city.
Given the many competing
claims on resources – to alleviate poverty, homelessness and
crime, to provide decent public
education, to stimulate sustainable development, for example
– the course will ask students to
consider the political and ethical
tensions within in the municipal
budgeting process.
Working in different “task
forces,” students will research
home communities or are registered in states without elections
this year, but the vast majority of students are Pennsylvania
residents and many registered
here in Philadelphia in 2008 for
the presidential election.
I certainly know I do not
speak for all Temple students
when I say that it is crucial to
a young adult experience that
we pay some attention to the issues at hand and be agents for
our community’s politics, but if
this isn’t realized eventually, we
will only be repeating a scornful
political history in the decades
ahead. Pay attention now, get involved, do something to be politically active. Those who did
not exercise their right to vote
Nov. 3 do not have the right to
complain or denounce the decisions of those who put forth
their efforts.
Audra T. Winn
Class of 2009
Sociology and health major
one of several important areas – education, public safety,
prison re-entry, economic development, et cetera – will keep a
blog and will present their findings to the class. As with any
GenEd course, there will be no
prerequisites. Students will not
need a background in political
science or public policy to take
this course.
GenEd is very interested in
what students think about the
program – about whether it is
succeeding, whether it needs to
change and how. Please don’t
hesitate to contact us with your
ideas and feedback.
Terry Halbert
Director, GenEd
Professor, Legal Studies, Fox
School of Business
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009
COMMUNITY VOICE
Feeling the ripple effects of SEPTA strike
A
bdul Kabir Hill may
have given up SEPTA
when he bought a car,
but he still remained affected by the strike, which ended
early yesterday morning. Since
last Tuesday, Hill had been playing taxi driver for his daughter,
her mother and a friend.
“It’s been a little hard,” he
said outside his home on 15th
and Dauphin streets Sunday
morning.
After bumming rides off his
own friends during the 1998 and
2005 SEPTA strikes, Hill said he
decided to get a car, among other
reasons.
“I have children and I
couldn’t depend on SEPTA,”
Hill said. “They always go on
strike and it’s kind of rough
when you depend on somebody
and then they go strike and they
only care about themselves.”
Hill’s brother-in-law is
particularly
dependent
on
SEPTA. A non-unionized bus
driver, he was not getting paid
and was forced to ride out the
strike by picking up part-time
work.
“He’s kind of upset because
he wants to get paid,” Hill said,
running his fingers through his
dyed red beard. “He’s got a
mortgage, you know.”
Noting the city’s reliance on
a single transportation system,
Hill proposed an alternative.
“They should have two bus
systems,” Hill suggested, remarking that SEPTA’s fares are
one of the highest in the country next to the Washington D.C.
metro. “Let SEPTA keep the
ASHLEY NGUYEN TTN
Abdul Kabir Hill, above, lost faith in SEPTA when the union
went on strike in 1998 and 2005.
trains and then have another bus
system running each route and
then we’ll see what happens
with the competition.”
Before word that the strike
had ended hit the news, Hill said
SEPTA’s Transit Workers Union
Local 234 union President Willie Brown was forcing the city to
play to the whims of his needs
and wants.
“[Willie Brown] is being
selfish because we don’t have
any money as it is, and he’s only
looking out for himself, not his
members,” Hill said, adding that
Brown acted without the support of the city.
“They’re utilizing Philadelphians’ time,” he said. “Philadelphians aren’t on the union’s
side.”
Ashley Nguyen can be reached at
[email protected].
RE: “TRAVELING TO END DOMESTIC DIVERSITY,” NOV. 3 ISSUE OF THE TEMPLE NEWS
Dear editor,
Your writer, Natsai Todd,
completely missed the point
about our city’s levee protection when writing this story.
This isn’t a matter of which
part of the city was better protected by levees.
Dear editor,
I read this article in The
Temple News with total amazement. As a native of the Ninth
Ward and resident of the city for
50 years who was here for the
disaster created by the Corps
of Engineers in 2005, I can tell
you that there are many incorrect assumptions in this article:
The French Quarter did not
flood. At most there was a foot
of water – not enough to even
enter the shops on the ground
floor.
The Ninth Ward levees
were designed by pre-Betsy
criteria instead of post-Betsy.
Therefore the levees were 2
feet too low. In addition, to
save money, the Corps forced
Pittman Brothers Construction
(see Pittman v. Corps of Engineers) to put sheet pile into the
reconstructed levees (1990-94)
that were between 10 and 17
feet, instead of the 35 to 65
Dear editor,
“Wealthy neighborhoods
remained intact due to their
highly sophisticated levee systems...”
Yikes Mr. Epstein! Thanks
for volunteering, but did you
sleep through your visit to New
Orleans? This statement goes
Parts of New Orleans
flooded because the federally
funded and federally built levee systems collapsed, even
though these systems were
supposed to be built for a Category 3 hurricane like Hurricane Katrina.
These levee systems were
feet required after soil tests revealed the absence of clay in
the levees. The soil for these
“upgraded” levees was from the
[Mississippi River Gulf Outlet]
channel, which was essentially
marsh silt and not clay.
The entire coastline of
Louisiana can be restored by
utilizing Dr. Ivan van Heerden’s
plan (in last chapter of his book,
The Storm) to allow the river to
rebuild the marshlands and cypress swamps that reduced Hurricane surge down to less than
2 feet by the time it got to New
Orleans.
Louisiana has more than
10,000 miles of canals dug into
the Marshland by Oil Companies, which creates the erosion
that has eaten away an area the
size of Delaware since 1950
and takes a football field sized
piece every 45 minutes.
The levee repair budget
was cut 25 percent in the five
years preceding Katrina by the
beyond inaccuracy and dives
headfirst into fantasy. I’m one
of those who lived in a rich
neighborhood. After the storm
passed and the federal, not-sosophisticated levee failed, my
rich father and I got into our
boat and spent a couple days
helping our rich neighbors out
of the 9 feet of water that de-
RE: LETTER TO THE EDITOR OCT. 13 ISSUE OF THE TEMPLE NEWS
Dear editor,
These are tough economic
times for all Americans, but few
have been hit harder than the
Republicans. Bush’s tax cuts
for the rich and no-bid contracts
for Halliburton are now a thing
of the past. Our neighborhood
mom-and-pop insurance conglomerates will no longer have
the liberty to drop people who
get sick. Oil companies will no
longer be able to pump greenhouse gasses into the air without penalty. Yes, these are tough
times for supporters of the Republican Party.
On Oct. 13, Barry Scatton, President of Temple Col-
lege Republicans, wrote a letter to the editor expressing his
concerns about the proposed
“Green Fee.” If this fee passes,
each Temple student will have
to pay $5 into a fund that will
make Temple more environmentally sustainable. It sounds
reasonable enough, but we can’t
forget what tough times these
are for Republicans, now that
they won’t be able to deny insurance coverage to pregnant
women.
So, Temple Democratic
Socialists is offering to compensate each registered member of
Temple College Republicans for
the $5 they’ll pay for the Green
Fee. Since we are new organiza-
not built properly, and the
United States Army Corps of
Engineers and its building contractors used inferior materials
and building techniques when
they built them.
Wendy King
New Orleans
Bush administration, and residents’ warnings about water
passing through and under the
1995 levees were ignored. Levees were not overtopped; the
water went under the sheet pile
and created heaves, thus collapsing the levees.
Louisiana produces more
oil than Saudi Arabia, refines
34 percent of the nation’s gasoline, passes 75 percent of the
grain exports through its port at
New Orleans, generates 85 percent of the nation’s seafood and
has the richest and most diverse
culture of any state in the union.
Abandoning New Orleans,
as the director of the corps
stated last week, is to ignore
the lessons of Holland where 68
percent of the country is 18 feet
below sea level.
Armand J. Richardson
President
Arabi Wrecking Krewe Inc.
Mandeville, La.
stroyed our rich homes.
The failure of the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers’
levees was not unique to the
Ninth Ward.
Al DuVernay
Metairie, La.
tion, and we are still becoming
registered, we do not yet have
any allocations from Student
Activities, so this will come out
of our own pockets. We know
it’s tough, but, as democratic
socialists, we believe in looking
out for those who are least welloff. Now that liberals are in
power, the Republican Party’s
corporate supporters are facing
more regulation of their reckless conduct, and the top income
bracket might even face higher
taxes. We just want to do our
part to ease the pain.
Donald Hopkins
President Temple Democratic
Socialists
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Street smarts
a necessity for
student safety
A MAJOR
In response to the recent break-in of Temple Student Government members’ apartments, columnist
Carlene Majorino offers tips for protection.
L
MATT FLOCCO TTN
Choosing a major isn’t as simple as deciding between Einstein Bros. Bagels or Mein Bowl in
the Student Center. Today, students are changing their majors, multiple times, more than ever.
and after taking a criminal justice class
at Wilkes, it seemed like a more direct
route than political science.”
Some, like Balice, decide early on
that they are unhappy with their areas of
focus. Others do not realize their happiness until they have been in college for
four years.
The American society is experiencing a new shift in terms of the work-
MATT FLOCCO
The Temple News
Vito Balice is a junior here at Temple. Originally a political science major
at Wilkes University, he transferred here
in Fall 2008 to study criminal justice.
“The decision was very quick for
me, almost instantaneous,” Balice said.
“I have always been interested in law,
place. As recently as 20 to 30 years ago,
Americans trained for a specific career
or career field, preparing themselves for
the 9-to-5 workday. It still exists, but it
is not nearly as common as it was back
then.
Research shows that anywhere
from 44 percent to 50 percent of under-
Business/Marketing
6%
inside
MAJOR SWITCH PAGE 8
BREAKDOWN OF
MAJORS AT TEMPLE
10%
ike many students living I went to a local bike shop to
near Main Campus, two see what they could do for me,
Temple Student Govern- the cashier said, “You know
ment members recently this city. If it’s not nailed down,
had their apartments broken it’s free. They took everything
into. The result was the theft of from your bike that wasn’t
valuables and COFFEE-FUELED locked.”
n e w f o u n d CONCLUSIONS
I’ve come to learn
fears of the
that this is absolutely true.
place
they
Never leave a bike, a bag or
should feel
anything else outside while
most safe and
you run inside for 10 seccomfortable
onds. Be sure to properly
– their home.
secure even a decoration
This inyou might want for next
cident is tragyear, or don’t put it out at
ic, though it
CARLENE all.
is certainly
Get a good security
MAJORINO
not the first,
system, and leave your
nor the last, occurrence in blinds closed.
North Philadelphia. FurtherNever make sacrifices for
more, there probably wasn’t the sake of your landlord. Upon
anything the two students did moving in, demand a security
to cause this, which is most up- system if one isn’t provided.
setting.
Demand bars on the window
However, there are pre- if you feel you need them. The
cautions stuTSG memdents
can
bers
said
take to make
their
landlord
You know
their
apartrefused
to
this city. If provide bars
ments safer
and to miniit’s not nailed for the winmize crime.
dows on their
down, it’s house – they
What follows
are a few sugfree. should have
gestions that,
gone further
over the years,
to make sure
have proven to
it happened.
be a “best bet”
Remember,
for students:
the landlord
First and foremost. don’t isn’t the one who has to live in
leave anything out in the open the apartment.
– not even for a minute.
Don’t flaunt your belongThis may seem obvious to ings.
most of you, but many students
I often see students walkcome from historically safe ing off-campus at places like
neighborhoods underestimate Montgomery Avenue or Diapeoples’ intuitions and down- mond Street, where many sturight morality at times.
dents live, and they’re talking
About a month ago, I had on their cell phones or looking
a tire and seat stolen from my
MAJORINO PAGE 17
bike in Center City, and when
Junior journalism major Lauren Grant is aiming to dispell stigmas
in the black community in her new documentary.
Communications
11%
6%
Visual and Performing Arts
Education
5%
11%
5%
22%
Psychology
Social Sciences
Biology
While celebrating Halloween in Japan, Jimmy Viola is exposed to a
surprisingly satirical view of American holidays and culture.
next week
Health Professions
Information courtesy CollegeBoard.com
A new Facebook group called “Overheard at Temple” is sweeping
the social-networking Web site in membership and posts.
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Overload of options stupifies students
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graduate students switch their majors
at least once, which does not include
those pursuing graduate degrees in separate fields from their college majors.
Studies have shown Americans
switch careers anywhere from four to
seven times before they retire. Within
those careers are countless job switches.
Students are now graduating colleges and universities with double majors, different concentrations, multiple
minors, various certificates and then
Master’s or Doctorate degrees in graduate school.
This “multi-degree” approach exists for many reasons. Some major in
the performing arts but obtain a second
degree, often in education, in order to
make money while they are not performing.
Some double major because they
really can’t decide which one they like
more. One may have a passion for art
history but may be really good at physics. That person may switch between
the two fields throughout their life, or
find ways to combine them.
Some use one major as a piece
of information and the other medium
through which to express it. For example, one who really enjoys Japanese
culture might major in Japanese and
minor in film. This would allow them
to fluently communicate the culture
of Japan to American society, or viceversa.
Dr. Michele Reich, a Philadelphiabased psychologist, explains where
much of this indecision comes
from. People don’t think for themselves or make their own decisions anymore in part because
of technology, she said.
“Decisions that are personal are now posted on
Facebook so that friends can
decide,” Reich said. With a
hollow laugh she then recalled one of her friends
posting “What should
I name my child?” as
her Facebook status.
Reich said she thinks
decision-making
now rests more on a
societal level.
Students in
the early 21st
century are not
being prepared
as much for “the
real world” as their parents were. Adolescence now continues
into college and doesn’t really end until
students get into their careers in their
late 20s or early 30s. In short, students
tend to be pampered longer, cannot
think as much for themselves and are
more apt to changing their minds later
in the game.
Another factor is the pressure to
“decide.”
In an increasingly fast-paced
world, students are not given
as much time to explore their different
interests in high school. They are too
busy worrying about SATs, college es-
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says, AP tests, extracurricular activities
and community service. Many rarely
make time for themselves and can be
pigeon-holed into a career field too
quickly.
If a student were to open up a catalog 50 years ago, she would not see
the lengthy list of majors offered
at universities today. A boom in
technology and globalization has
created careers such as a videogame developer, computer software engineer and translator.
Rachel Yudell, a counselor
in Temple’s Career Center, said
“multi-potentiality” is another reason students switch majors. She
stressed that they are given so many
options and so much information that
it is often difficult to handle.
But while some fear it is too
much, others welcome the choice.
“Most my age, in their mid-30s,
have already gone through multiple career changes,” Yudell said.
As opposed to the traditional
“working up the ladder” approach to
a career, many today are choosing to
move in a horizontal manner to try different fields.
When focusing on career choice,
Yudell encourages students to step back
from questions like, “What am I going
to be doing for the next 30 years?” and
ask, “What am I going to be doing for
the next 5 years?” This approach is not
for everyone, but in a constantly changing world and depending on a student’s
field, it can be more realistic.
Yudell said she strongly recommends anyone re-evaluating his or
her major or career field to come meet
face-to-face with a counselor in the Career Center.
After the initial interview, the Career Center offers students personality
tests in order to help them see themselves on paper. After these self-evaluation results come through, the counselors sit down with the students and
explain what the results mean.
The purpose of these tests, however, is not to tell students what to do
with their lives. The tests serve to give
them a comprehensive understanding
of their wants, needs and interests.
Many careers, especially in the
arts and some of the liberal arts, do not
even require their employers to have a
degree in that field. It is not required to
have a degree in acting in order to be
an actor, for example. For these types
of careers, college is more about gathering knowledge, developing skills and
networking.
Matthew Flocco can be reached at
[email protected].
Fleeting flirting
provides possible
hurdle for LGBTQ
After a promiscuous encounter with a not-so-available
photographer, columnist Josh Fernandez notices a trend.
T
QUENTIN WILLIAMS TTN
COLIN EMILIUS, winner of the 2009 Mr. Greek competition, is currently serving his term as Temple’s
male Greek ambassador and president of his fraternity, Alpha Kappa Lambda. He is also involved in
various community service projects and participates as treasurer of the Order of Omega, the honors and
leadership society for Temple Greek Life.
QUENTIN WILLIAMS
The Temple News
The Temple News: What’s the life story of Colin Emilius?
Colin Emilius: I decided to go to Temple because when my older brother was a freshman [here], he was the
president of White Hall. I also wanted to go to a school that was in the city and that was focused on diversity.
Also, my major was business undeclared going in, and I knew that if I wanted to get a proper education, then I
needed to be in the city in a school that was doing things all the time. I’ve always felt that when you’re in the city,
you get knowledge a lot quicker.
TTN: What do you like most about Temple?
CE: At my start at Temple, I always appreciate getting involved. I commuted my first semester freshman year.
Then, right off the bat, I joined Alpha Kappa Lambda Fraternity and that was kind of my foot into Temple and AKL
… AKL was founded by Duscha Holmes, and my older brother was also a founding father.
TTN: How is that you were voted to be president of your fraternity?
CE: What’s funny is that in high school, the first time that I met Duscha, I told him, “Hey, I heard that you’re
in a fraternity, and I’m going to be president of that fraternity one day.” And one thing that we stress is being a man
of our word.
And being the president and CEO of my fraternity is a dream come true. It’s funny to see how Greek life on
campus has expanded since my freshman year. We have over 10 [Inter-Fraternal Counsel] fraternities, and I think
that when I came here there were only six IFCs. There have been two new IFC fraternities this semester alone, so I
think that it’s a great thing to be a part of.
TTN: What are some of your goals as president of your fraternity?
CE: One of my goals for this year is for AKL to be Greek Chapter of the year. Overall, it has been a good year
for me. I was awarded our Clearance Frame National Leadership Award, which is given out to one brother out of all
of the chapters of this national organization.
Other than AKL, I was a member of Gamma Iota Sigma [student professional organization] for actuarial science in Fox School of business. I’m no longer a member since I changed my major. Last year, I was vice president
of Temple’s Greek Association and I did various events like the Greek Showcase, Greek Week … I hosted a carnival
for kids at the Duckery School District, over on Diamond Street, back in May. It was great. We had carnival games,
a popcorn machine, different things to get the kids and people in the community together and have a great time.
TTN: It sounds like you are quite involved. What are two things that motivate you each day?
CE: I would have to say that I am a very passionate person. It starts with my family. I am a very family-oriented
person, and it’s been instilled in me by my parents. Neither of my parents had the opportunity to go to college, and
that is one of the things that pushes me to strive for an education. And I think that you should strive to be passionate
about something.
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hursday night, several friends tographer, so I asked her to once
and I ventured to South Philly again do a little recon for me and get
to pregame and decide which the scoop. She came back shortly aftrendy, over-priced bar we ter.
would invade.
“He has a boyfriend,” she said
A female friend of mine did with a disappointed look.
some recon at a quaint lesbian bar
Out of frustration, I blurted loudaround the corner from Rittenhouse ly, “Then why is he flirting with me?”
Square. After
“I don’t know. Come on, let’s go
QCHAT
exchanging
dance,” my friend said, trying to get
a few Blackme to do something to keep my mind
Berry and text
from wandering.
messages, we
I try not to judge people who
walked toward
“cheat” on their significant others. If
the Center City
you have an open relationship or rules
gay bar, desas to what constitutes cheating and
perately trying
those rules are followed, then good.
to escape the
But I couldn’t figure out whether that
40-degree fall
JOSHUA was the case.
weather.
An hour goes by, and after a couFERNANDEZ
After
a
ple of drinks, I jokingly kissed one of
chilling walk, we arrived at our des- my female friends. The photographer
tination: a side alley where the bar’s saw, pulled me away from her and
entrance was located. Outside the bar pushed me against the wall, his hand
was our friend, waiting for us and covering half my face. He was agsmoking a cigarette.
gressively less than thrilled to see me
“Finally, my entourage is here,” kissing the opposite sex. He walked
she announced to the two boys ac- away jokingly offering to find me a
companying her.
guy to kiss, which I just shrugged
I immediately recognized the off and continued to dance with my
one boy as an acquaintance from friends.
school. I caught myself staring at the
As my friends and I readied
second boy, a
ourselves
to
photographer,
leave the bar
who
looked
and brave the
He flirted with
familiar, but I
cold, the phome, invaded my
couldn’t figure
tographer came
out where I’d
up to me and
personal hulaseen him. Once
we
chatted
hoop and threw a
inside, he came
for a little. At
over and introsome point, we
plethora of pickduced himself,
kissed with my
up lines at me. I
and I realized
friends a few
we were Facefeet away. Our
didn’t mind since
book friends
faces parted,
the guy I invited
and that he’d
so I decided to
been inviting
bust it for him.
up and left.
me to this bar
“So, tell
through event
me about this
invitations for
boyfriend of
the last several
yours,” I said
weeks.
with a smirk.
My friends
“ H e ’ s
and I had drinks, we danced, and the cute, we’ve been together for about a
photographer took several photos year,” he replied smoothly.
of us. He flirted with me, invaded
He said he was leaving and that
my personal hula-hoop and threw I should walk him out, so I did. As
a plethora of pick-up lines at me. I you’d expect, we kissed - and a little
didn’t mind since the guy I invited more - 10 feet away from the bar enand was trying to flirt with up and left trance, before he dashed off.
me before we decided on a bar.
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Magazine founder
dedicated to city
Tayyib Smith, one of the founders of two.one.five,
gives some of his favorite Philly locations.
T
The Spectrum
signs off
KRISTIN GALLAGHER TTN
he two.one.five magazine tagline says it all:
“In Philadelphia, it’s
worth a million bucks.”
A Bible of sorts for the
city’s young, hip, restless, and
reckless, two.one.five covers
everything from music to fashion to sports to social issues to
Philadelphia history – in a way
that is smart, relevant and funny
– not to
m e n t i o n , EAT, DRINK,
free. The SHOP, PLAY
quarterly
publication
can
be found
scattered
around
the
city
in coffee
ANNA
shops, restaurants,
HYCLAK
bars and
boutiques
– and online, at twoonefivemagazine.com. The mag’s Web site
is, in some ways, better than the
print version, with frequently
updated features and reviews, a
nifty street style blog and photo
galleries from all of the city’s
hottest parties. What more
could the city’s pretty young
things want?
Tayyib Smith, 38, is one of
the magazine’s publishers and
founders. Smith said he and cofounder Matthew Bacine wanted to create a forward-thinking
publication that catered to, as
he put it, “the Philadelphia we
know.” So they teamed up, using Smith’s marketing experience and Bacine’s vision, and
with a little love and a lot of
hard work, two.one.five was
born.
Smith, whose family has
been in Philadelphia (specifically Center City) since the 1920s,
said he hopes that the magazine
can offer its readers consistence
and quality in content.
After four sold-out Pearl Jam shows the last week of October, the legendary building
that served as the site of championships and concerts over the years, closed its doors.
ROSELLA ELEANOR
LaFEVRE
The Temple News
Beer cost a dime at the
concession stand.
A slice of pizza cost a
quarter, a roast beef sandwich
just 75 cents, and a 12-ounce
soda – the largest size available – cost a quarter. These
were just some of the items on
the Wachovia Spectrum’s (then
simply named the Spectrum)
menu in September 1967.
The Spectrum, which
opened Sep. 30, 1967 with the
two-day Quaker City Jazz Festival, closed its doors Oct. 31
after a four-show concert series by Pearl Jam. The arena’s
closing signals the end of an
incredible era and marks, or at
least Comcast-Spectacor and
The Cordish Company would
hope, the beginning of a new
era.
Demolition of the Spectrum is set for this spring and
in its place will be Philly Live!,
a Main Street-style concourse
that will connect Citizens Bank
Park and the Wachovia Center
and will be lined with shops,
bars and restaurants.
Philadelphia 76ers until 1996
“Our vision when we built when the Wachovia Center
the Wachovia Center was to opened.
create the ultimate sports desBoth teams participated in
tination. Philly Live! is the total of 10 playoff games at the
dining and retail entertainment Spectrum. The arena was home
component of that vision. And, to the Stanley Cup Finals in
Philly Live! will not be limited 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1985
to the sports
and 1987. The
and entertainNBA Finals
Philly Live! were at the
ment goers.
This property
is going to Spectrum in
will be open
1977, 1980,
truly be the 1982 and
to everyone,
every
day,
ultimate 1983.
whether they
One of
sports and the greatest
are attending
an event or
entertainment sports monot,”
Comments at the
destination S p e c t r u m
cast-Spectacor
Chairman Ed
for our fans. came in May
Snider
said
1974 when
in a press rethe
Flyers
lease.
competed
Since the PETER LUUKKO
against
the
opening
of president, comcastBoston Bruthe Spectrum, spectacor
ins in Game 6
it has seen
of the Stanley
three name changes, countless Cup Finals and defeated the
concerts and been home to a opposition, 1 - 0. Fans in attennumber of Philadelphia sports dance were over the walls and
teams. The Spectrum, built to on the ice before time had even
bring ice hockey to Philadel- run out.
phia, was home to both the
In 1996, when the WachoPhiladelphia Flyers and the via Center opened, both the
ESTHER AKINTOYE TTN
Tayyib Smith has a firsthand view of the city in his
work at two.one.five.
“I think that ultimately two.
one.five should be a brand that
people trust and value,” he said.
“Like all media outlets, old and
new, we’ve tried to figure out
how to manage our Web and
print publications, and I think
we’ve succeeded in creating a
superior product.”
So where does someone
with his finger on the pulse of
the city spend his time and money? Check out Smith’s picks:
EAT
My favorite restaurant in
Philly is Dmitri’s. There’s one at
3rd and Catharine [streets] and
one at 23rd and Pine [streets].
I love it because everything’s
fresh, it’s small and intimate,
and the food is always good. I
also love Silk City for both the
food and atmosphere – there’s
always a good, diverse crowd
there, young and old, and they
book good DJs and talent.
DRINK
Johnny Brenda’s is probably my favorite place to drink
in Philly – they have one of the
best sound systems in town and
SMITH PAGE 10
Flyers and the Sixers moved to
the larger space to accommodate more fans and give everyone the best seat in the house,
where the Spectrum’s single
concourse was tight when the
stadium neared capacity and
some seats had serious obstruction issues.
This move meant other
teams could now play at the
Spectrum.
The Philadelphia Phantoms, part of the American
Hockey League, played at the
Spectrum from 1996 until the
arena closed just more than a
week ago. For the same time
period, the Spectrum was home
to the Philadelphia KiXX, part
of the Major Indoor Soccer
League. The KiXX will call
Temple’s Liacouras Center
home starting with the 20092010 season. The first game
is scheduled for 7 p.m. Jan. 9,
against the Rockford Rampage.
Notably, the arena was
home to the Philadelphia Freedoms tennis team for just one
year in 1974.
Villanova
University’s
basketball team, the Wildcats,
played games at the Spectrum,
as well.
inside
The West Philadelphia Hybrid X Team turned an after school
project into an innovative experiment to design a new hybrid car.
A recent box office
hit, This Is It gives
viewers a unique view
into the personal life
of a pop icon before
his untimely passing.
next week
SPECTRUM PAGE 14
The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival announced recently the launch
of a year-round Artist-in-Residency program at a new art house.
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Michael Jackson
film reveals soft
side of performer
Already a box office hit, This Is It displays a
lesser seen side of the King of Pop.
DIANA COOPER
The Temple News
JESSICA HERRING TTN
The West Philadelphia Hybrid X Team experimented with alternative fuel vehicle designs with low-carbon emissions.
West Philly high school team builds hybrid
The team, which has received national prominence, is one of 43 teams in an international competition.
JESSICA HERRING
The Temple News
West Philadelphia’s Hybrid X Team has been called
the “multi-million dollar afterschool project” by NBC’s Today Show, which chronicled the
team two weeks ago.
The EVX, or Electronic
Vehicle, team is a prominent
high school automotive group
that operates out of West Philadelphia High School. The team,
currently in its 10th year, is
composed of 10 to 15 students
and mentors who design alternative fuel vehicles, using existing technology to build cars that
have low-carbon emission and
high fuel efficiency.
Simon Hauger, the team
director of West Philadelphia’s Prize competition in New York
EVX, said the team is always to build hybrid cars.
thinking ahead
Just 120
and
“thinkteams
were
The team is chosen intering of always
trying to do
always trying nationally to
more, [which]
–
to do more, participate
brings a state
EVX
being
of mind in
which brings one. Now, the
which nothteam and
a state of EVX
ing is impos42 other teams
sible.”
mind in which continue to the
The Hennothing is next “round.
ry Ford quote
T h e
personifies the
impossible. X Prize is a
team; it is a
competition
belief the team SIMON HAUGER
to spur innohas made real- team director
vation in the
ity. It received
automotive industry by true
national recognition when the members competition,” Anna Cohen, the
were invited to participate in team’s manager, said.
The goal of the X Prize is
the Progressive Automotive X
to build two cars that can get
100 miles to the gallon and
have lower than average carbon emissions. The EVX team
is building a Ford Focus and a
Factory Five GTM kit car. The
winning team will receive $10
million.
The students building the
automobiles are inner-city atrisk youth, and the team gives
students a creative, after-school
outlet while teaching them useful skills that can be employed
in the future. The team also
provides an example of how
students can strive to achieve
sustainability and help preserve
the environment.
Gerri DiLossi, the automotive tech teacher for the team
HYBRID PAGE 12
This Is It, produced and directed by Kenny Ortega, comprises an hour and fifty-one
minutes of rehearsal time and
other behind-the scene footage from April 2009 through
June 2009 in the late Michael
Jackson’s life. Eight days before the start of his 50 sold-out
shows at London’s O2 Arena,
Jackson died June 25, 2009, at
age 50.
Opening in 3,481 theaters
worldwide, the film grossed
$101 million in its first five
days, according to the Associated Press, with United States
box office estimates totaling
more than $34 million.
The film may be behindthe-scenes footage of the show,
but what it seems to reveal is a
side of Michael Jackson’s personality rarely seen by mass
audiences.
The film also points out
at times what makes Michael
Jackson a fashion icon, with
sharp-shouldered blazers and
sequined gold pants – two of
Jackson’s signatures – are popping up this fall in magazines
like Teen Vogue. Customized
outfits for Jackson with special
effects, such as lights, were
also in development.
Aside from footage of
Jackson, the film featured four
singers, guitarists, drummers
and dancers. A million dancers
auditioned, the film said, but
only 11 male back-up dancers were chosen. The footage
showed them learning and
practicing choreography and
participating in yoga and Pilates classes.
Ortega revealed that Jackson wanted This Is It to be a
show of fans’ favorites. An
online contest offered fans the
chance to vote on which songs
they wanted to see in the show.
Fireworks erupt on stage,
Michael Jackson appears and
begins to sing: “I said, you
wanna be startin’ something.
You got to be startin’ something…”
After the opening, moviegoers become audience
members in Jackson’s final
performance, getting a look at
everything from fire streaming
across the stage for “Beat It”
to crisp choreography in tune
with every beat of “Jam.”
But the show doesn’t stop
with stunning pyrotechnics or
sharp dance moves. Before
“Smooth Criminal,” the producer shoots a scene in which
Jackson arrives in the middle
of a mugging. After editing,
the film was transformed into
an old-fashioned black and
white show. Jackson enters the
JACKSON PAGE 13
ESTHER AKINTOYE TTN
One of the founders and editors of two.one.five, Tayyib
Smith helps satisfy Philly’s entertainment needs.
two.one.five editor
shows street smarts
SMITH PAGE 9
a good selection of beer. I also
like North Bowl in Northern
Liberties. They’ve got a great
atmosphere. The staff is always
friendly, and I really like the design and layout of the place. It’s
also one of the largest venues
in the city, so you can meet up
with just one person to chill or
get a big group together and go
there.
SHOP
I really like Made to Order,
a clothing store on 2nd Street
between Brown and Poplar
[streets], because they have a
lot of brands that other stores in
the city don’t carry, and I like to
support independent businesses.
Unfortunately, my favorite record store, Cue Records, just
closed, and I haven’t found a
replacement yet.
PLAY
I like going down to Penn’s
Landing. It’s a great view, it’s
a quiet place, and there are always lots of good things going
on there in the summertime. I
also like going to the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Rodin Museum, and I love hanging
out at Fairmount Park and reading, picnicking, barbecuing.
Anna Hyclak can be reached at
[email protected].
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Pete Yorn lights up
Electric Factory
The storied songwriter returned to the city that
has shown him plenty of brotherly love.
Like many native-New
Jersey musicians, Pete Yorn
has built up a solid fanbase
in Philadelphia. And while he
hasn’t achieved the international star status of, say, Bruce
Springsteen and THE
played to SOUNDBOARD
sold out
arenas,
he’s still
warmly
received
each time
he visits
the city,
KEVIN
the
last
BROSKY
of which
was July’s
XPoNential Music Festival,
across the river in Camden.
Last week’s show at the
Electric Factory was no exception, as fans crowded in
for an intimate, yet energetic
performance from the longhaired, now bearded singer/
songwriter. Unlike most Electric Factory concerts, this one
felt even more intimate, with
the balcony closed off, bleachers set up along the back of
the room and a few pub tables
scattered around the room,
perhaps a sign of the economic
recession.
After a riveting set from
buzz-worthy Brooklyn rockers
Alberta Cross, Yorn took the
stage, diving straight into the
pulsing “Can’t Hear Anyone,”
a rare, non-album gem.
His six-piece backing
band, which included Yorn’s
longtime friend and keyboardist Joe Kennedy, rounded out
the crooner’s sound, showcasing some raw talent for
musicianship. From mandolin
plucking to feverish box drumming to theatrical tambourine
playing, the band gave Yorn a
platform from which to shine.
Yorn’s steadily growing catalog of songs now includes Break Up, a duets album with actress and friend
Scarlett Johansson, released
Sept. 15. Though Johansson
did not make an appearance
at the Electric Factory Thursday night, much to the dismay
of concert-goers, Yorn did
perform three tracks from the
collaboration, all songs which
he wrote. While the light, melodic progressions of songs
like “Search Your Heart” and
“Blackie’s Dead” could have
used Johansson’s raspy female
vocals, Yorn and his band gave
them new life on stage.
Yorn performed songs
from his most recent, fourth
studio album, aptly titled Back
and Fourth, including “Social
Development Dance,” “Shotgun” and the feverish “Last
Summer.” He also made sure
to balance out the performance
with eight songs from his highly regarded first album musicforthemorningafter. Fans delighted in familiar songs like
“Strange Condition,” “Life on
a Chain” and the heart wrenching piano ballad “Lose You.”
The 20-song set also included his upbeat and original
cover of New Order’s 1986
smash “Bizarre Love Triangle,” which has been a staple
of his live shows on recent
tours.
Yorn seems to just know
how to warm the hearts of his
Philly faithful and the Electric
Factory seems to be the perfect venue for him to display
his prowess as a performer.
His encore included a short
teaser of Springsteen’s “Hungry Heart” before transitioning into recent single “Don’t
Wanna Cry.”
The encore also included
fan favorites “Crystal Village”
and the blistering “For Nancy
(‘Cause It Already Is),” which
closed out the night on a high
note.
Pete Yorn may not have
the sheer power of the E Street
Band behind him, causing
50,000 people to jump up and
down yelling the words to a
hit song, but he does have the
natural ability to put together a
more than cohesive set full of
well-written music to light up
a room for two hours. It’s plenty of power to run the Electric
Factory.
Kevin Brosky can be reached at
[email protected].
JESSICA HERRING TTN
This hybrid car is one of the after-school projects that brought the West Philadelphia High Hybrid X Team national claim.
Team innovates in after school project
HYBRID PAGE 10
and teacher at West Philadelphia High, explains how students benefit from being part of
the EVX team.
“The kids use common
sense, troubleshooting … they
learn how to operate equipment
properly and be successful mechanics,” DiLossi said. “They
are proud of what they do …
like all life lessons, you learn it,
and you want to put it into play.”
Sowande Gay, 17, said he
loves being a member of EVX
team because “being on the
team, we get to do more than we
usually do in class.
“I like to work with my
hands and build things,” he
added. “We also get [public re-
lations] and writing experience. team and team director Hauger
It helps us get a head start in the drove the hybrid car on a nationautomotive industry.”
al airing of the morning NBC
He said
program. The
the team is
has also
The kids use team
also building
received pubcommon licity in the
marketing experience by
York
sense, trouble- New
competing.
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and
shooting. They A m e r i c a n
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market at least
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GERRI DILOSSI
The cars
Gay said.
will race in
J e n n a automotive teacher
different diviBush
docusions in the
mented
the
team for the Today Show, which competition between April and
aired Oct. 20. Members of the September of 2010. Team man-
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ager Cohen is very optimistic
about the team reaching the finish line.
“We are the underdog,” Cohen said. “I want to be the Appalachian State of the car competition. I think we’ll make it to
the finals.”
Despite being up against
tough competition, the team remains confident in their efforts.
Ron Preiss, team coordinator
and teacher, summarized the
EVX’s team optimistic and tenacious philosophy.
“If you can imagine it,”
Preiss said, “we can do it.”
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stage, singing, “You’ve been hit by,
you’ve been struck by a smooth
criminal,” and the piece ends with
Jackson jumping through a window
in the short video.
For “They Don’t Care About
Us,” green screen turns 11 male
dancers into one million, wearing
black G.I. Joe outfits and dancing
as soldiers.
Near the end of the show,
Jackson gives an emotional performance of “Human Nature.”
The short film shows a young girl
exploring a beautiful nature scene.
Throughout the performance, nature scenes are destroyed and by
the end of the song, there’s just one
plant left in the forest. The lonely
girl spots it and is nearly crushed by
the tractor. On stage, a 3-D tractor
opens, and out comes Jackson.
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Pearl Jam closed
out the legendary
Wachovia Spectrum with four sold
out shows. The
Grateful Dead hold
the record for the
most performances
at the arena with 53
total shows.
Philly Live! to take over Spectrum space
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The Philadelphia Soul, a team in
the Arena Football League, played select home games at the Spectrum from
2004 to 2008. Coincidently, Philadelphia Soul owner Jon Bon Jovi’s band
Bon Jovi had played 12 shows in the
arena. Bon Jovi’s first Spectrum show
was Jun. 1, 1984. The band’s last concert there was Aug. 6, 1993.
The Grateful Dead performed at
the Spectrum a record 53 times, by
far the most concerts any single band
played there. Billy Joel played 25
shows in the arena; Aerosmith played
22 shows; Neil Diamond and Elton
John played 18 shows each; the Beach
Boys and Chicago, 16 each; AC/DC
and Black Sabbath, 13 each; and David Bowie played 12 shows.
Other bands and musicians who
played at the stadium include: Dave
Matthews Band, Bob Dylan, Eminem,
Fall Out Boy, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy
Idol, the Jackson 5, Janet Jackson, LL
Cool J, Linkin Park, Marilyn Manson,
Maroon 5, Tim McGraw, Menudo,
Motley Crüe, Elvis and Queen Latifah.
The Doors played a 95-minute
show on May 1, 1970 that was later released as the recording The Doors Live
in Philadelphia ’70.
The Spectrum is a monument to
millions of historical moments and
memories to which Philadelphians
cling. One look at rememberthespectrum.com confirms the connection
citizens feel to the stadium.
Now Comcast-Spectacor, the very
company that owns the Spectrum and
started the Web site rememberthespectrum.com to commemorate the space,
is moving on.
The organization has partnered
with the Cornish Company and archi-
tect Megan N. DiNicola to make Philly
Live! a reality. The complex will include an upscale 300-room hotel and
a two-story entertainment space with
roof and climate-control.
The space is meant and expected
to invigorate the South Philadelphia
Sports Complex and to bring a stream
of visitors not necessarily attending
sporting or entertainment events.
“Philly Live! is going to truly be
the ultimate sports and entertainment
destination for our fans,” ComcastSpectacor President Peter Luukko said
in a press release. “Our fans are going
to love coming down early and staying
later or even coming down to Philly
Live! whether they are attending an
event or not.”
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[email protected].
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number of souvenirs at
rememberthespectrum.
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began taking orders from
those wishing to purchase
chairs ($395 per pair,
$295 for a single seat and
$195 for a single folding
chair). Also available are
plaques with pieces of the
basketball court (pieces
are available in two sizes:
3 inch x 5 inch and 10
inch x 10 inch for $76 and
$176, respectively) and
God Bless the Spectrum,
a complete photographic
history of the Spectrum
(available for $24.95).
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Nightclubs and characters
Columnist Jimmy Viola’s
Halloween in Tokyo exposed
him to Japan’s satirical
perspective of Americans.
M
CARROLL MOORE TTN
According to a Nielsen Company report, 40 million people are
constantly connected to the Internet via mobile Web technology.
Millennial minds
crave connectivity,
self-importance
The millennial generation’s dependency on new media
stems from more than just easy access to technology.
O
The Nielsen Company reports
range juice and Cheerios
are rarely accompanied by that millennials made 255 phone calls
a daily newspaper anymore. per month and sent 435 SMS text messages in 2007, but fast forward
There’s
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calls per month and sending
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gering, but it should come as
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no surprise. While this seeming
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need to consistently transmit
to Facebook wall
and receive information is due
posts and tweeted
largely to the rise of the Digital
about how they
Age, these Baby Boomer offwish they could hit
spring also grew up in a social
their snooze butKATHRYN LÓPEZ environment unlike those of
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they roll out of bed
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pers.
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This generation of “millennials,” class, and your mom let you choose
as we’re called – born approximate- pizza or ham and cheese Lunchables.
ly between the early 1970s and late You were raised in schools where
1980s – is pegged as both more tech- teachers constantly reinforced how
nologically savvy and dependent, and
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neon, strobe lights and fog
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from the concussive bass of the sound
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The minutes crept closer to dawn. I
had been dancing for four hours to the
point of delirium.
“As soon as TRAVELING
this song ends,” TOKYO
I kept telling
myself, “I will
leave when this
song is over.”
But
the
house disc jockeys seamlessly
blended, faded
JIMMY
and
morphed
VIOLA
into the next,
like a boa constrictor determined to squeeze every
last drop of sweat from the crowd.
And then I was on the subway at 7
a.m., drenched, air raid sirens echoing
in my head, astonished that the soles of
my shoes had yet to be eroded into rubber goo on the dance floor.
I was among the hoards of zombies, video game characters, angels and
devils in revealing dresses and other
pop culture detritus to descend on the
waterfront of Tokyo’s industrial district
for the Halloween bash at Ageha, Japan’s largest dance club.
Just traveling to Ageha from
Shibuya crossing was a party in itself.
The club offers a free shuttle every half
hour at Shibuya crossing, which was
inundated with camera flashes and interlocked arms of drunken foreigners
wearing Pokemon costumes, much to
the amusement of the locals, some of
JIMMY VIOLA TTN
A monk in Ueno park sells hand drawn Kanji calligraphy, the Chinese
alphabet. The characters being drawn translate to ‘pursuit of curiosity.’
whom had also dressed up in American novelty costumes, such as Statues of Liberty and cowboys.
Ageha’s assault of electronic
rhythms remitted around 3 a.m. for a
costume contest. It featured a panel
of Japanese celebrity judges I could
not recognize, and the contestants
included a man who controlled a 12foot aluminum robot suit and ninja
turtles wearing thongs and full green
body paint. The finale saluted to Michael Jackson with an impersonator
who expertly mimicked every one of
the King of Pop’s moves while singing abbreviated, gibberish-English
versions of his greatest hits along
with even a few popular Japanese
pop covers.
The Japanese, it would seem, are a
nation of fierce partiers with a working
addiction. But after a weekend of allnight dance parties, sometimes I need
to escape from Tokyo’s frenetic nightlife and stroll around the calm spots in
I was on the
subway at 7 a.m.,
astonished that
the soles of my
shoes had yet to
be eroded into
rubber goo on the
dance floor.
the city.
Ueno Park is offers three museums,
a zoo and several shrines, one being the
perpetually burning flame ignited from
the atomic bomb at Hiroshima. Street
vendors at Ueno’s Shinobazu pond sell
VIOLA PAGE 17
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W
Temple Tweets
hen I open my wallet and dust bunnies hop out at me, it is a little obvious that taking
a cab to class isn’t happening. I’m sure if I would have pouted to Temple about my
transportation expense woes, they would have told me to be a big girl and wait endlessly for the shuttle they provided to get us through the SEPTA strike. For those of
us without the lung capacity to bike around or for those who actually operate on a time schedule,
the SEPTA strike spat in our faces.
I know I could have resorted to the Regional Rail from Center City to
get to Main Campus, but would giving more money to SEPTA when they
were screwing so many people over have made sense? Especially when
my rent, electric and cell phone bill payments were all late in August just
so I could buy a Transpass, which, until yesterday, was a waste of paper. I
would rather have failed by attendance than lost my pride to SEPTA, and
the tweeters of Temple seem to agree with me.
@ThatQuietChick: I love how Temple sends an email saying to
save money by using public transportation the day SEPTA is going on
strike...
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009
Dispelling stereotypes
in the black community
SAMANTHA
KROTZER
What I really love is that when the strike first happened, Temple didn’t send out an e-mail
alerting anyone about their options to get to school. Yes, there was a link to information posted
on Temple’s homepage, but who wakes up and goes to that Web site? Clearly, everyone checks
Twitter first, and that is how I found out about the Broad Street shuttle.
@Phanatical: Freezing waiting for the Temple Shuttle - unlike @SEPTA Temple actually does MORE than its job and is RESPONSIBLE. Greedy assholes.
I guess whoever tweets for SEPTA didn’t go on strike. Temple didn’t have to give us the
shuttle, but it is a bit lackluster. I didn’t braved the school bus, although I heard horror stories of
students waiting hours in the cold, only to be denied a ride because the bus was already packed.
Why couldn’t the Owl Loop have stretched its wings and taken a break from cruising around
Main Campus, helping to transport students and faculty to North and South Philadelphia? I
think everyone could have handled walking from Paley to J&H for a couple weeks.
@Cynderblock: @PhillyWeekly im riding my bike to temple u from s philly. septa is
bloated & corrupt & should not be allowed to cripple the city this way.
I can see corrupt, but bloated? Thinking about SEPTA being bloated makes me feel more
uncomfortable than riding the 23 Bus with a man to my left with his hand down his pants and a
woman to my right licking her Dorito fingers.
@AshesToSea: Response to the Septa strike stuff is out of control. Temple created an
online forum for rides...creepy much?
It was, indeed, very creepy. You had to log into the forum with your TU ID number and
password, and anyone who made a post was identified by the name on his or her Owl Card, thus
creating a new purpose for Cherry and White Pages. On the forum, people posted whether they
needed a ride or could have offered one. Someone was feeling extra friendly and said whoever
gives him or her a ride can fire his or her gun off in the woods during Thanksgiving Break if they
live close. The point is, just because someone goes to Temple doesn’t mean she’s not a freak or
safe to travel with.
We survived the SEPTA strike in six days of anger. Thankfully, it ended – I’m afraid
another week would have only brought depression. Twitter would never have done this to us.
Samantha Krotzer can be reached at [email protected].
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Learning Generation ‘Me’
TECH PAGE 16
“special” and “unique” you are.
“It’s not the same as being
‘spoiled,’ which implies that we
always get what we want,” writes
Jean M. Twenge in Genertation
Me, a book that explains why today’s young Americans are more
confident and assertive, yet more
miserable than ever before. “We
simply take it for granted that we
should all feel good about ourselves, we are all special, and we
all deserve to follow our dreams.”
And so we do, and we’re sure
to let everyone know about it. According to Facebook, there are
more than 45 million status updates each day.
“I don’t like to complain, even
though I do it often,” one Facebook user’s status reads. “I truly
am grateful for the things I have,
but there is this emptiness inside of
me… I force a smile, I go on with
my days...but something is missing and all I can do is pretend I am
OK...”
Too-much-information statements like these get a little more
personal than the “Steve is going
to the gym”-type statuses Facebook probably intended for the
feature. But the rate at which we’re
increasingly expressing “what’s on
our minds” is truly exponential.
Between December 2007
and December 2008, Internet usage as a whole grew 18 percent.
Facebook usage, however, grew a
whopping 588 percent, according
to the Nielsen Company. We’re
not spending that much more time
on the Internet –
we’re just shifting the way we
allocate our time
Between December
on it.
2007 and December
Some of that
2008, Internet usage
stems from our
kindergartenas a whole grew 18
rooted vanity, but
percent. Facebook
that’s not the only
factor. The more
usage, however,
technology
begrew a whopping 588
comes accessible
percent.
and inexpensive,
the more people
are using it. And
as these statistics
rise, so do the
numbers of questions as to why
and how we use it
the way we do.
“Today, you can watch, listen
We’ll explore some of these
to,
and
read whatever you want;
issues and questions here in For
seek
out
and discuss, in exhaustive
Tech’s Sake. We’ll cover overand
insular
detail, the kind of news
sharing and digital etiquette. We’ll
that
pleases
you,” writes Farhad
check out the latest in technolManjoo,
author
of True Enough:
ogy, like Google Wave – a barrierLearning
to
Live
in a Post-Fact
breaking communication and colSociety,
“and
indulge
your politilaboration tool. We’ll even risk our
cal,
social,
or
scientific
theories,
own millennial sanity, turn off our
whether
sophisticated
or
naïve,
MacBooks and leave our Blackextremist
or
banal,
grounded
in reBerrys at home for 48 hours in an
ality
or
so
far
out
you’re
floating
against-the-grain experiment.
But don’t forget that along in an asteroid belt, among people
the way, we’ll be turning to your who feel exactly the same way.”
Facebooks and Twitters, observing
Kathryn Lopez and Maria Zankey
your online language and looking
can be reached at
into your digital and social trends
[email protected].
for our inspiration and reporting
because let’s face it – we millen- This edition of For Tech’s Sake is Part 1
nials might pride ourselves on our in a five-column series exploring the link
between the attitudes of the Millennial
individuality, but we’re in this toGeneration and technology.
gether.
Lauren Grant (to the far right) meets with project members Antonio Boone and
Fatia Kasumu in preparation for the project’s spring continuation.
Junior journalism major Lauren Grant aims to highlight the positive
black community in her documentary, What Happened to Our Race?
IRIS STILL
The Temple News
If you ask Lauren Grant, she would say
the negative aspects of the black community
are all people see, hear and know – and that
needs to change. Grant, a junior broadcast
journalism major, was compelled to create a
documentary, What Happened to Our Race?,
examining the progress and current position
of blacks since the Civil Rights Movement.
Grant commented that since the Civil
Rights Movement, blacks have stopped looking for doors to open.
“This was an idea I had after watching
TV and looking at some of the things that are
happening in the African-American community,” Grant said. “I was looking at things like
the number of young girls with babies, how
real black men are disappearing, our entertainment and other issues as far as the conditions
for African Americans.”
The film, produced by Temple students,
will, highlight individuals breaking free from
stereotypes and expose the reasons others give
in to them. The documentary is scheduled for
completion May 2010.
Fatia Kasumu, a freshman BTMM major
at Temple and member of the project, agreed
with Grant. Though she said she’s proud of the
progress the black community has made, she
said ignorance is also part of the problem.
“Ignorance. [The black community is]
high on that,” Kasumu said. “We’re ignorant
in what else is out there.”
Kasumu and Antonio Boone, a sophomore magazine journalism major, both got
involved with What Happened to Our Race?
during a meeting for the Temple Association
of Black Journalists. TABJ has been instrumental in providing Grant’s team with people
to contact and other production participants,
along with formulating the purpose and process for the film’s production.
“The film is more about putting light on
the differences between what’s being seen and
what’s really going on,” Grant said.
Grant’s project will feature experts and
professors in the African American Studies
Department. She also hopes to contact radio
personality DJ Charlamagne, known for his
criticism of hip hop and black performers,
on Philly’s 100.3 The BEAT. Grant said she
hopes this will bring national issues to a local level by interviewing North Philadelphia
residents.
Boone said he hopes this film will educate people, especially children. So often, he
said he feels kids listen to music and think the
only things that matter in life are money, cars
and women.
“I respect rappers doing their thing, but
when [their music] is taken out of the context … as entertainment … that’s a problem,”
Boone said.
He wants kids who may view this film to
know they can do more with their lives and do
and see more outside of Philadelphia. The film
will also touch on areas like progress since the
Civil Rights Movement, the black man, the
black woman, education, entertainment and
the tension between African Americans and
Africans.
“I want [kids] to see this film and know
this is what’s going on, but you can be the one
to change it,” Boone added.
Grant and Kasuma said they hope the film
will strip people of their ignorance and show
positive role models in the community. Grant
is planning to screen the film to Temple students before taking it to a network for airing.
Grant is still looking for Temple volunteers, regardless of major or race, to get involved.
Iris Still can be reached at [email protected].
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Staying safe in Philly
MAJORINO PAGE 7
through their bags. I’ve also
heard that some students are
told to talk – or pretend to talk
– on their phones on the way to
class if they feel unsafe.
Not so surprisingly to
many, this is one of the most
unsafe things a student can do
in an unsafe neighborhood.
When a person wants to commit a crime, they tend to look
for the most vulnerable person
to victimize – if a student is on
his cell phone, he’s most likely
not paying very much attention
to much else.
Of course, looking through
a bag or into a wallet is another
“given,” but for those who associate a desolate street with
safety due to their suburban upbringings, this is a mistake that
causes muggings – or sometimes more – for innocent students.
Don’t be hesitant to make
friends or become neighbors
with the police.
Campus Safety Services is
here for you if you live almost
anywhere near campus. CSS pa-
trols 24 hours a day between 8th
and 17th streets from Oxford
Street to Dauphin Street. And,
of course, if you’re a student
in distress, they will help you
if you call from outside those
boundaries.
If you’re skeptical of someone in your neighborhood who
has posed a threat to you or
your home, it’s simple to call
CSS. Granted, there’s a lot of
work to be done daily there, but
the Temple Police can’t refuse
you – so, remember, the ball is
in the student’s court. The more
you’re in touch with the police,
the more they’ll look after you.
Finally, don’t forget to locate the police stations near
Main Campus, and find housing near them, if possible. Many
students live close to the 23rd
Police District on 17th Street
and Montgomery Avenue,
which is convenient in the event
of an emergency or even just a
worry.
Don’t make your neighbors angry.
Most likely, if you moved
off campus and into North Philadelphia as a second- or thirdyear Temple student, you live
on a street that was once populated completely with North
Philadelphia natives. Try to remember that when going about
daily activities.
Your neighbors have probably lived on that block for
most of their lives and may not
have been thrilled when nearby
houses became populated with
rowdy college-aged students.
Though I’m not implying that
this fact would cause a crime
on your block, it may agitate a
neighbor enough to complain
about you or show disrespect if
your actions disrupt their lives.
Unlike some Temple partygoers, many locals have families and won’t be in the mood to
listen to loud music until 4 a.m.
on a Thursday night. So, more
than anything, always keep in
mind the golden rule.
Carlene Majorino can be reached at
[email protected].
Questionable commitment
FERNANDEZ PAGE 8
I felt like a mess. My only
guy friend of the group came
outside and was encouraging
me to just cut my losses and not
feel guilty.
“Look,” he started, “I hope
you don’t become as bitter as I
am, but after a certain point, you
learn that a lot of gay men are
incapable of commitment.
“If anyone deserves a little
fun,” he added, “it’s you.”
To an extent, that is true.
I’m tired of floating along and
not finding anyone decent worthy of my time. I’m very over
the college dating scene. But I
have no way of knowing what
the photographer and his boyfriend consider cheating.
Some people don’t consider kissing to be a big deal. For
others, kissing is a deal breaker.
The photographer and I might
have hurt his boyfriend.
All of this, in addition to
my friend’s belief that a majority of gay men can’t commit,
has me thinking that I was born
in the wrong generation. In an
ideal world, I would’ve been
brought up in an environment
where homosexuality wasn’t
conflicting with mainstream
society, and gay men didn’t get
this kind of reputation.
I would also like to point
out that it’s not solely an issue
for gay men. Plenty of people in
the queer community deal with
this. Our heterosexual counterparts also deal with this. I think
the issue as it relates to queers is
a result of two factors. For one,
many of us weren’t in nurturing
environments where queer dating was acceptable in our adolescence. Many queers are just
beginning the sexually active
phase they didn’t get to have
when they were younger.
The other factor is the influence of the media and, to an
extent, preceding generations,
both stressing that the queer individual’s attractions need not
follow the norms that are established for heterosexual coupling
and sexual habits. Anyone who
watches Queer as Folk, specifically the charismatic, man-eating character Brian, knows what
I’m talking about.
There are gay men out
there whose motivations are
solely based on sex. Anything
more — conversation, commitment, et cetera — isn’t necessary. There’s absolutely nothing wrong this, as long as any
action is consensual and both
parties are fully aware that it’s
sex – nothing more.
At times, I feel like I’m a
rare commodity. I love to love,
and I love to be in love. I want
to take that feeling and let it
manifest for an individual. I
get a little jealous when I see
my straight friends, and the few
queer friends, who are in relationships. They seem so genuinely happy, almost all the time.
Right now, I have serious
fears that my male friend was
right. Perhaps our generation
isn’t ready for commitment.
Maybe 10 years down the line
they’ll be ready.
For now, I’m just going
to enjoy my life, and cross my
fingers from time-to-time hoping someone worthwhile comes
along. And if they don’t come
for a while, that’s fine too. Patience is supposedly a virtue.
Josh Fernandez can be reached at
[email protected].
JIMMY VIOLA TTN
A taiko drummer poses between beats during a performance in Shibuya in Tokyo.
Tokyo-style partying
VIOLA PAGE 15
scrumptious squid dumplings
and grilled tentacles for one to
snack on while admire the view
of reeds that dwarf men rising
from the water lilies.
Before
Shinjuku
and
Shibuya became Tokyo’s entertainment hubs, the title belonged
to Asakusa, and it still retains its
lure among the locals for its antiquated charm and shopping. It
is a profitable marriage of Buddhism and Shintoism, as the
religious landmarks are flanked
lines of arts and wares shops,
eateries and bars.
Even the gravel parking
lots are adorned with life-sized
statues of Buddha and kabuki
performers. One of the most famous landmarks in Asakusa, the
Senso-Ji temple, is marked by
mammoth paper lanterns hanging from the center of its outer
gates, commanding the attention of all who pass.
Along the Sumida river
is Tsukishima, another vintage piece of pre-war Tokyo
known for monjayaki, a type
of stovetop-fried batter. Most
of the city’s original architecture was destroyed during the
bombing in World War II, but
Tsukishima still houses many
architectural relics, immediately noticeable by their cascading
roof shingles and dark wooden
walls.
The surface of the Sumida
River was sprinkled with jellyfish when I visited the day after
the Halloween madness. Their
transparency and gelatinous
captured my state of mind after dancing all night with only
a few hours of sleep to recover.
Jimmy Viola can be reached at
[email protected].
SPORTS
PAGE 18
Saint Louis slipup costs soccer
Despite upsetting No. 15 Charlotte, 2-1, Sunday,
the men’s soccer team missed the playoffs.
JAKE ADAMS
The Temple News
The men’s soccer team (97-2 overall, 4-4-1 in Atlantic
Ten Conference) defeated No.
15 Charlotte, 2-1, Sunday, in
the regular-season finale.
Unfortunately for the
Owls, the win against the 49ers
(11-3-4 overall, 5-2-2 A-10)
came too little too late, as
Temple was eliminated from
the A-10 Tournament Friday
after its loss against Saint Louis. The Owls faced a must-win
scenario for both games this
weekend to even have a shot at
a playoff berth.
“It’s nice that the guys
played when we were knocked
out of it on Friday,” coach David MacWilliams said. “For
them to come with that passion
was pretty good. Obviously,
it’s bittersweet because I feel
my team should be playing in
the A-10 Tournament.”
Charlotte scored first, following a Cherry and White
ceremony for the team’s seven seniors, but the Owls responded quickly with a goal
from senior Francois Sagna.
Senior J.T. Noone, Temple’s
career leader in assists, nailed
a clutch penalty kick prior to
the end of the first half to put
the Owls up for good.
Overall, Temple’s season
mixed a little good with a little
bad. Tough losses – shutouts
actually – against William
and Mary, Old Dominion,
Duquesne, La Salle, Fordham
and Saint Louis proved critical in deciding the fate of the
season. One or two victories
from those games could have
changed the outcome of an
otherwise competitive year.
“Well, I think if we take
the whole season, there was
only a couple weeks during the
season that we struggled, and
that was the key to our whole
season,” MacWilliams said.
After those two tough
weeks, the Owls managed to
find their groove and pull off
six consecutive wins, including against Albany, Siena and
rival Saint Joseph’s, to put
themselves back in contention
for a possible postseason berth
thanks to the offensive combination of sophomore Tyler
Witmer and Noone.
“Both of those guys are
great guys, great players, and I
think they did an awesome job
for us,” MacWilliams said.
Noone highlights the departure of seven seniors for the
Owls. He will be accompanied
by Bryant Hosler, Augustin
Coly, Martin Dell’Arciprete,
Mike Puppolo and Sagna. The
departure of nearly one-third
of the team leaves a huge hole,
and MacWilliams said it will
be “difficult to replace them.”
“You can’t replace J.T.,”
MacWilliams said. “I think
Marty did a great job. All the
players did a great job for us.”
The team will return five
juniors next season, including
goalkeeper Bret Mollon.
MacWilliams said their
consistency and a greater number of goals would be pivotal
to the Owls’ 2010 season if
they’re to have more success.
Jake Adams can be reached at
[email protected].
Pass defense
weak in victory
DZENIS PAGE 20
do – protect the ball. He only
threw the ball 11 times, completing six of them for 143
yards, but that’s the way it
should be with freshman running back Bernard Pierce having the success he’s had on the
ground.
“We don’t need a guy that
throws 300 yards when we’re
rushing for a whole bunch of
yards,” Golden said. “We want
to control the clock. We can’t
have a quarterback that turns
the ball over.”
It doesn’t really matter who the quarterback is, as
long as he doesn’t turn the ball
over. Stewart was fine against
Miami (Ohio), but whether he
can keep this up remains to be
seen.
Pierce had another multitouchdown game, as he made
three trips to the endzone to
go with his 178 yards, but that
shouldn’t surprise anyone by
this point in the season.
“It’s awesome to have a
running back like Bernard. It
just makes our job so much
easier,” sophomore offensive
lineman Steve Caputo said.
“When he makes big runs, it’s
all him, and he’s unbelievable.
We haven’t had somebody like
this in a while.”
It’s remarkable that he
can keep up this production as
teams key in on him.
“There’s always a possibility that he’s going to score,”
Stewart said. “The way he runs
causes teams to stack the box
and gives us the opportunity to
throw the ball downfield.”
That was a big reason
Stewart connected on a 31yard pass to sophomore receiver Joe Jones. The Miami
(Ohio) defense stacked the box
because of Pierce’s 18-yard
run on the previous play.
For this game, at least, the
offense made up for some of
the defense’s struggles to will
Temple to the win.
“I kept telling the staff
and the guys, ‘If you want to
be a good team and have one
of these streaks, there’s going
to be games like this,’” Golden
said.
Brian Dzenis can be reached at
[email protected].
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009
Deep throws
from Stewart
help Owls
continue wins
FOOTBALL PAGE 20
it’s been the quarterback position that has
underachieved this season. With that, Golden decided to make a change.
After watching redshirt junior quarterback Vaughn Charlton complete just five
passes for 37 yards with two interceptions
at Navy, Golden replaced him with Stewart.
Charlton had thrown for nine touchdowns
and seven interceptions on the season. Three
of those picks came in Temple’s openingnight loss to Villanova.
“We just thought it was time to make a
change there,” Golden said. “It was no secret that Vaughn didn’t have a good day last
week. Chester’s been really improving. To
be honest with you, the team has improved
the last couple of weeks, and Chester just
went to work. He never complained about
not being the starter. He was ready for his
opportunity, and we just made the decision.
“We want to control the clock, and we
can’t have a quarterback who turns the ball
over,” Golden added.
Stewart did just that, completing 6-of11 passes for 143 yards with no touchdowns
or interceptions. Stewart completed deep
passes of 30 and 45 yards and threw a 31yard pass to sophomore Joe Jones on the
final drive that put the Owls in the redzone
and set up McManus’ game-winner.
Thursday was Stewart’s first significant
action under center this season. He played
in six games last season – three of them
starts – and threw for 524 yards with four
touchdowns and seven interceptions.
“He threw the ball well during the
week,” Golden said of Stewart. “He didn’t
miss too many [today]. He really threw the
ball with confidence.”
Stewart, who was told he would be
starting Tuesday after practice, said there
was no sense of panic in the huddle after
Miami (Ohio) took the lead late in the fourth
quarter.
“We were relaxed and knew we had to
execute,” he said.
“I think I did pretty well,” Stewart
added. “My teammates made it easy for
me. The line protected me all day, Bernard
opened it up with the run game, and receivers got open so I just had to deliver the ball.”
While the Owls edged out another win,
there is definitely more work that needs to
be done as they strive for a spot in the MAC
Championship in December. The oft-tough
defense allowed 426 yards passing by RedHawks freshman quarterback Zac Dysert
and fumbled the ball five times.
Nevertheless, times are good for Golden and his team. The Owls travel to Akron
to face the 1-7 Zips Friday before they wrap
up the regular season with two important
games against Kent State and at Ohio – both
teams right behind Temple in the MAC East
standings.
“I said eight weeks ago after Villanova
you got to have fun, you have to enjoy the
battle,” Golden said. “Our kids are enjoying
the battle now. We’re going to go attack and
see how many we can win here.”
Pete Dorchak can be reached at
[email protected].
JAZMYNE ANDERSON TTN
Redshirt sophomore quarterback
Chester Stewart stepped into the
starting lineup and, for the most part,
handed the ball off to freshman running
back Bernard Pierce, who ran for 178
yards. That marks his sixth 100-yard
rushing game in his last seven games.
Men’s rugby
Basic
rules
continues to roll of rugby
The club men’s rugby team downed the one-loss
Millersville Marauders, 46-20, in its first playoff
game to continue an undefeated season.
NADIA ELKADDI
The Temple News
In a week when the scent
of defeat saturated the Philadelphia air, Temple men’s rugby
team and coach John Sciotto
turned the tides.
The Owls, undefeated this
regular season at 5-0, kept that
momentum going in the first
game of the Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union Semifinals
with a 46-20 win against the
previously 4-1 Millersville Marauders.
Millersville, a member of
the Division II Freedom league,
put up a fight in the first half,
scoring twice in the first 20 minutes, but the Marauders’ playoff
run ended against Division II
Liberty powerhouse Temple.
The Owls recorded their first
undefeated season in team history, securing wins against
teams like The College of New
Jersey and East Stroudsburg by
72 and 43 points, respectively.
This time against Millersville,
though, the Owls seemed a little shaky in the first half, only
scoring four tries and two conversions along with a penalty
kick.
It turned around in the second half, as Temple added three
more tries and two more con-
versions.
Team captain and outside
centre Gareth Jones said a halftime speech prompted the turnaround.
“Thanks to an electric
speech by [fellow player] Mike
Rizzo, we turned around in the
second half,” Jones said. “It
wasn’t our best. We have a lot
to work on, but a win’s a win.”
The men’s rugby team finished first in its league, scoring
197 points, including completing 31 tries, while allowing just
14 points, all from the game
against Saint Joseph’s.
The playoffs continue this
weekend before picking up
again next semester. This weekend’s game could pit Temple
against either St. Joe’s or West
Chester. The Rams finished
ahead of East Stroudsburg in
the Freedom League with 205
points. St. Joe’s ranked behind
the Owls in the Liberty League
with 119 points.
Despite Temple’s momentum entering the playoffs and
the win against Millersville,
Jones refused to look ahead and
simply said, “It was a team effort [today].”
Nadia Elkaddi can be reached at
[email protected].
WHY WAIT
‘TIL TUESDAY?
History of rugby:
Rugby has gained in popularity since its creation in 1823
when William Webb Ellis first disregarded the rules of soccer
and took the ball and ran with it, thus originating the distinctive feature of the rugby game. Earlier this year, the rugby
community celebrated the inclusion of Rugby Sevens in the
2016 Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro. The sport won by
a vote of 81 ‘yes’ votes to eight ‘no’ votes.
How to score in rugby:
There are four possible ways to score points in Rugby:
1. Tries – 4 points
A try is when a player puts a ball on the ground in the opponent’s goalzone, which mainly consists of a player diving
on the ground in the equivalent of an endzone in American
football. If the scoring player is fouled or an “offence” is made
against him or her, the referee can grant the team a penalty
kick following the goal kick.
2. Goal Kick – 2 points
A goal kick is similar to the point-after-touchdown in
football. The kick is taken after a try is scored, and it must be
taken from the exact spot in the goalzone where the try was
scored. The ball has to go between the uprights of the goalpost for it to count. The goalpost is similar to the goalposts in
American football. The opposing players must be stationary at
the goal line during the kick.
3. Penalty Kick – 2 points
A penalty kick is taken after a team commits an offence.
A player can punt, drop kick or place kick the ball through
the uprights from anywhere behind the area where the offence
occurred. If the penalized team argues or commits further offences, the player can move 10 meters toward the goalzone.
Opposing players can attempt to block a penalty kick.
4. Drop Goal – 1 point
A drop goal can be scored as an alternative to a try. It
occurs when a player drops kicks the ball through the uprights,
but the ball must touch the ground before it is kicked.
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Hitting the rink with the roller hockey team
Sports columnist Brian Dzenis spent his Tuesday
night practicing with the club roller hockey team.
BRIAN DZENIS
The Temple News
At The Temple News, I’ve
done my fair share of watching
and analyzing Temple sports
teams, but last week, I became a
participant when I spent a practice with the club roller hockey
team.
I have a bit of a hockey
background, and as far as skills
are concerned, here’s what I
bring as an amateur hockey
player: Most of my experience
comes from playing Dek hockey, that is, hockey played wearing sneakers instead of skates.
I first donned roller blades
this past summer, and while I
am not a complete fish-out-ofwater on them, there are two
major flaws in my game.
One, I cannot stop. If I’m
skating and want to stop, I explore two options. The first is to
crash into the boards, which can
be painful. The second is to spin
around in a circle until I stop
moving, which can take a little
bit of time, but at least I don’t
run into anything.
Two, I cannot skate backward. This immediately rules
out playing defense, and it
would make navigating around
the rink easier.
Senior defenseman Mike
Peterson generously offered me
a ride to Sportsplex in Bucks
County, where the team practices once a week. I arrived
and talked with coaching team
Jamie Babcock and Steve Siliani, plus a few players, whom I
warned about my limited skills.
Before I could hit the rink,
I had two minor equipment issues to work out. I showed up
in shorts and a T-shirt, thinking
that would go with my skates,
helmet and other protective
equipment. It turned out I needed roller-hockey pants and a jersey. Babcock lent me both.
The jersey, which was
bright yellow and from a team
called “Lethal Bananas,” made
me laugh. Its nameplate on the
back read “Bananarama.”
Both the jersey and pants
carried what some players call
the “hockey smell,” a polite euphemism for body odor.
“I don’t think I’ve washed
that jersey for a few months,”
Babcock said, “same thing with
the pants.”
No big deal. In my opinion,
if you’re playing hockey and
you don’t smell bad afterward,
you’re doing it wrong.
Then, it was time to hit the
rink.
The first drill involved
skating in a single-file S-pattern
up and down the rink. I was the
last guy in line because of my
lack of speed, but I turned OK.
At the recommendation of
Babcock, I stood aside for the
second drill, when the team
practiced breakouts. A breakout occurs every time the team
gains possession of the puck in
a game. A defenseman carries
the puck around the back of the
net while the forwards spread
out and move up the rink. During this drill, I realized roller
hockey is a four-on-four sport,
as opposed to five-on-five in
ice hockey, which completely
changes the game’s philosophy.
“The biggest difference
between roller hockey and ice
hockey is that the game is a lot
more open. With there only being four guys out there, there is
a lot more room on the rink to
operate,” Siliani said. “There
is also no icing and offsides in
roller hockey, so in roller hockey, you can have guys set up on
two opposite ends of the rink.”
In an ironic turn of events,
the one drill I didn’t participate
in happens to be the one during
which I fell down during the entire practice.
As I stood next to Siliani
and watched the team’s breakouts, which end with the team
shooting the puck against the
goalie, senior forward Mark
Diviny skated backward toward me to get into position to
shoot. He didn’t notice me, and
I didn’t realize how close I was
to the action until it was too late.
He backed into me, and I went
down.
“I was just in total confusion, and I didn’t realize you
were behind me, so I tried to receive it on the backhand, didn’t
look, and then I crashed into
you, and we plummeted to the
ground,” he said. “I was counting on no one being there. The
thing about hockey is you have
to have awareness out there on
the rink.”
For the next drill, the
coaches split up the team into
two groups, the A team and B
team, in a varsity/junior varsity setup. They assigned me to
the B team. The drill involved
one-on-one matchups between
a defender and a forward. I was
a forward, and I matched up
against sophomore defenseman
Evan O’Connell. I struggled
mightily at first. I lost control of
the puck and turned it over the
way redshirt junior quarterback
Vaughn Charlton turns the ball
over on the football field. Eventually, I adjusted the way I was
holding my stick and was able
to move with the puck without
losing it.
“You shot on me a few
times and beat me a couple
times,” O’Connell said.
Well, that depends on your
definition of a shot. My shots
look as though I’m scooting the
TTN File Photo
Senior forward Mandi Ruth dribbles around a West Chester defender earlier this season.
Ruth is one of three seniors whose Temple careers ended with the Championship loss.
Richmond exacts revenge in playoffs
HOCKEY PAGE 20
victory proved crucial for the
Owls, who came down the
stretch needing every win to
secure a spot in the tournament.
With the win against Richmond
on that last day of the regular
season, Temple earned the third
seed and faced Saint Joseph’s,
while Richmond played defending champion Massachusetts. The Owls had beaten both
Richmond and then-No. 10
UMass during the regular season, but in the first round, they
drew the one team in the tour-
nament they had not yet beaten,
St. Joe’s, who beat the Owls,
4-0, back on Oct. 9.
Since the Owls’ first-round
game against St. Joe’s took
place 3 p.m. Friday, the Owls
already knew their opponent
would be Richmond should
they win.
And as the game against
St. Joe’s got underway, it didn’t
take long for Temple’s offense
to take control. Within the first
six minutes of action, the Owls
earned two corner opportunities. They capitalized on the
second one when senior forward Kasey Ruth scored off
an assist from senior defenseman Kristen Wanner to put The
Owls on top, 1-0. Early in the
second half, junior goalkeeper
Sarah Dalrymple made a save
on a Hawks’ attempt that would
have tied the game. Not only
did the save preserve Temple’s
lead, it also gave the Owls possession, which led to a two-onone goal by senior midfielder
Charise Young thanks to an
assist from freshman Katie Briglia.
Ruth would later score
again to increase the lead to
3-0, the game’s final score.
“Perfect execution on her
JOHN MEHLER TTN
Above: The Temple News
sports columnist Brian
Dzenis participates in a Russian Circles skating drill Tuesday at a club roller hockey
practice. Other drills included
one-on-one matchups and
chasing pucks.
Right: Dzenis gets in
on the action at the
Sportsplex rink in Bucks
County while practicing
with the team.
puck in the general direction of
the net. I don’t have much experience shooting a puck, as Dek
hockey uses a ball.
The last drill involved oneon-one, two-on-two or threeon-three battles between the
forwards and defense for a puck
dumped in one of the corners.
The forwards would have to
shoot the puck, and the defense
would have to carry it to Babcock. I did my best not to be a liability. By the time I reached the
action, it had moved elsewhere.
And just like that, practice
ended.
I’m glad I got the opportunity to practice with the team,
part,” coach Amanda Janney
said of Ruth’s performance, especially her goal-scoring.
The 3-0 shutout, Dalrymple’s fourth of the year, sent
the Owls to their first A-10 title game in six years and their
first championship appearance
with Janney as coach. Temple
had not won an A-10 title since
1994, and that streak continued
after the team faced Richmond.
The Spiders’ only A-10 loss this
season came to Temple, and
they exacted revenge.
Neither team did much
offensively. The Owls’ leading scorer, sophomore forward
Bridget Settles, had a shot
blocked 10 minutes into the
first half. It seemed like defense would characterize this
game, which was not a problem
for Temple, which had only allowed six goals in its last six
games.
Richmond broke the defensive dominance, as A-10 leading scorer senior defender Sarah Blythe-Wood scored the first
goal, her 21st of the season,
on a corner opportunity. Richmond wasted no time padding
its lead and added another goal
five minutes later on a two-onone opportunity by sophomore
forward Katelin Peterson. The
Spiders eventually won, 3-0.
“[Despite the loss], I think
with the returning crew we have
[Settles and Dalrymple], I do
expect to be in the final game
next year,” Janney said.
Raymond Boyd can be reached at
[email protected].
and I’ll say this: Club sports are
a serious business. Everyone involved is very skilled and committed to their craft. The roller
hockey guys, who are responsible for keeping up with their
own conditioning apart from
practice, do this on their own
time and without scholarship
money.
Before I left practice, I had
one last question for Babcock –
would I make the roster?
“At this point, no, but if
you keep skating and you get
your legs under you and move
out there, it’s all about skating,”
he said. “If you can skate, you
can play.”
Brian Dzenis can be reached at
[email protected].
Zips seek second upset
AKRON PAGE 20
total as they wrap up the season with Akron, Kent State and
Ohio.
Chester Stewart, Round 2:
The redshirt sophomore quarterback replaced redshirt junior starter Vaughn Charlton
Thursday night and did what
coach Al Golden wants from the
quarterback position – manage
the clock and avoid turnovers.
Stewart did just that, as he threw
for 143 yards and committed
no turnovers. Stewart threw a
couple of nice, deep balls, and
his 31-yard pass to sophomore
Joe Jones set up the Owls’ lastsecond win. Stewart starts his
second consecutive game under
center Friday at Akron against
a defense ranked second in the
MAC in pass defense.
Turnovers still an issue:
Turnovers still appear to be a
problem, as the Owls fumbled
the ball five times Thursday
night. Senior linebacker Alex
Joseph fumbled Miami (Ohio)’s
kickoff with less than three
minutes remaining. Luckily, he
recovered it, allowing the Owls
to march down the field and win
on freshman kicker Brandon
McManus’ late field goal. The
Owls were fortunate to squeak
out a victory last week, but they
can’t keep pushing the envelope
by turning the ball over so often
each game.
AKRON
Not
Temple
so
fast:
enters
While
this
matchup riding a seven-game
winning streak, Akron is the
complete opposite. The Zips are
looking for just their third win
on the season after a 28-20 upset
over Kent State Saturday. The
Zips, 1-4 in the MAC, have a
chance to break even in the conference with remaining games
against the Owls, Bowling
Green and Eastern Michigan.
Another young gun: After
getting shredded for 426 yards
by Miami (Ohio) freshman
quarterback Zac Dysert, the
Owls defense will attempt to
contain another freshman arm
– Patrick Nicely. Nicely started
the previous four games for Akron and has thrown for 1,135
yards and five touchdowns this
season. He threw for 261 yards
and two touchdowns as the Zips
held off Kent State for the upset.
Avoid negative yardage:
While the Owls allow the most
passing yards in the MAC, they
are tied for third in sacks recorded. Akron quarterbacks have
been sacked 23 times this season. The Akron offensive line
has its hands full this weekend
trying to stop sophomore defensive end Adrian Robinson (4.5
sacks) and sophomore defensive
tackle Muhammad Wilkerson
(3.5 sacks).
Pete Dorchak can be reached at
[email protected].
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009
Surprises
from
unlikely
sources
The defense played
poorly, while Chester
Stewart started at QB.
game Saturday.
Temple entered the A-10
Championships riding a threegame winning streak, with victories against La Salle, Saint
Louis and Richmond. Each
While it isn’t surprising
that Temple beat a then-1-8
Miami (Ohio) team Thursday,
a few surprising things happened during the game.
The first thing is the score:
34-32. Fun fact: The now-1-9
RedHawks have scored more
points against the Owls than
any other opponent this season, including Penn State. The
Nittany Lions defeated the
Owls, 31-6, back on Sept. 19.
“You’ve got to give tremendous credit to Miami
[Ohio]. I can see they have
changed on film early in the season until now. I knew we were
going to
have our
h a n d s
full,”
coach Al
Golden
said.
The
BRIAN
defense
DZENIS
certainly
had
its
hands full trying to contain
the spread offense led by redshirt freshman quarterback
Zac Dysert. Dysert seemed
to move the ball easily judging from his stats, 426 passing
yards and three touchdowns.
Every kind of pass play –
short, long, screen – seemed to
work against the Temple secondary. The defense managed
to get one interception, which
led to a first-quarter field goal,
but other than that, it wasn’t
the unit’s best week.
“We just didn’t get as
many takeaways as you should
get against a team that throws
that many times,” Golden said.
Golden opted to go with
redshirt sophomore Chester
Stewart in a surprise start at
quarterback instead of redshirt
junior Vaughn Charlton. The
move was surprising and not
surprising at the same time. On
one hand, Charlton has played
poorly and can be seen as a liability rather than an asset to the
team this season. But Golden
stuck with him through eight
games, so it seemed he was
willing to ride out Charlton’s
struggles.
“Chester’s been really
improving,” Golden said. “He
was ready for his opportunity,
and we just made the decision.”
“Coach always preaches
to prepare as if you were a
starter,” Stewart added. “I’m
always prepared to be the starter in case Vaughn goes down.”
Or if Charlton puts up a
stinker like the one he had at
Navy, where he threw for 37
yards and two interceptions.
Stewart had a few hiccups taking snaps from the center, but
he did the job he was asked to
HOCKEY PAGE 19
DZENIS PAGE 18
JAZMYNE ANDERSON TTN
The football team (including redshirt junior holder Vaughn Charlton, whom redshirt sophomore Chester Stewart replaced at starting quarterback)
celebrates after freshman kicker Brandon McManus’ game-winning 18-yard field goal Thursday night against Miami (Ohio). The Owls won, 34-32.
Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat
The Owls survived a fourth-quarter comeback from Miami (Ohio) to win their seventh straight game. Redshirt sophomore
quarterback Chester Stewart started under center, but the formula remained the same, handing off to freshman Bernard Pierce.
PETE DORCHAK
The Temple News
It was a scene all too common the
last three seasons.
The football team held a halftime lead and nursed that lead into the
fourth quarter, only to see a sure victory
snatched from its hands in the final moments.
But one thing has changed this season – the finish.
With a late comeback victory at
Navy and a last-second field goal Thursday night, the Owls finally understand
how to close out wins.
“I kept telling the staff and kept telling the guys that if you want to be a good
team and you want have one of these
streaks, there’s going to be games like
this in there, and I just didn’t know when
they were going to be,” coach Al Golden
said. “I’m so proud of our team for the
way they responded.”
The Owls led 21-13 at halftime and
31-13 after three quarters against 1-8 Miami (Ohio) Thursday night at Lincoln Financial Field and seemed to be in cruise
control to their seventh straight win.
However, the RedHawks made a
furious, fourth-quarter dash, scoring 19
unanswered points to take a 32-31 lead
with less than three minutes remaining.
The 2006-2008 Owls would have
never recovered.
But 2009 is a different story.
Freshly named starting quarterback
redshirt sophomore Chester Stewart and
freshman running back Bernard Pierce
drove the Owls down the field, paving
the way for freshman kicker Brandon
McManus. McManus’ chip shot 18-yard
field goal with three seconds remaining
gave the Owls a 34-32 win and improved
them to 7-2 overall and 5-0 in the MidAmerican Conference.
“Bernard got us down there, and my
offensive line, snapper and holder did a
great job,” McManus said. “I just wanted
to win this for the seniors because of all
the hard work they’ve gone through over
the four years.”
While the upperclassmen have endured the pain and punch lines during
their careers, it’s clear the underclassmen
are contributing to the team’s success.
And it starts with Pierce.
Pierce wasn’t able to reach the 200yard plateau for the third straight week,
instead settling for just 178 yards on the
ground. Pierce, already Temple’s freshman rushing leader, has rushed for more
than 100 yards in six of his last seven
games. Pierce’s three touchdowns Thursday night put him at 14 for the season,
one shy of single-season record holder
Paul Palmer.
“To have a running back like Bernard, it makes our job so much easier,”
sophomore left guard Steve Caputo said.
“When he makes big runs, it’s him. He’s
just unbelievable. We haven’t had someone like him in a while.”
While Pierce has blossomed into
one of the premier rushers in the nation,
Akron looms under Close to
Friday night lights title, but
The Owls go for their eighth straight win and a
6-0 record in conference against the Akron Zips.
PETE DORCHAK
The Temple News
The football gods seemed
to be on the side of the Cherry and White Thursday night,
as the team survived Miami
(Ohio)’s late comeback and
won, 34-32, on a field goal
with three seconds left. The
win increased Temple’s winning streak to seven games and
kept the Owls undefeated in the
Mid-American Conference.
The Owls play another
game under the lights, this time
Friday night in Ohio against
the Akron Zips. Here are three
things to watch for from each
team Friday night as the Owls
look to keep up their winning
ways:
TEMPLE
Making history: Thursday night’s win against Miami
(Ohio) means that for the first
time in 19 years, the Owls will
finish the season with a winning
record. Temple won its seventh
straight game and improved to
7-2 overall on the season. The
Owls look to improve their win
AKRON PAGE 19
no cigar
The field hockey team
made it to the Atlantic
Ten Championship but
lost, 3-0, to Richmond.
RAYMOND BOYD
The Temple News
The field hockey team fell
one win shy of an Atlantic Ten
title and automatic bid to the
NCAA Tournament this weekend in Amherst, Mass. The
Owls (9-12 overall, 4-2 A-10)
TTN File Photo
Senior midfielder Charise Young shoots for the goal earlier in the season. Young scored a goal in the field hockey
team’s 3-0 shutout of Saint Joseph’s Friday.
advanced to the A-10 tournament on the strength of a 4-2
win against eventual champions the Richmond Spiders (138 overall, 5-1 A-10) on the final
day of the regular season. The
Spiders came back and bit the
Owls, 3-0, in the championship
next week
inside
The Temple News sports columnist Brian Dzenis suited up for the
club roller hockey team during practice this week.
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Men’s soccer closed its season with a 2-1 win against No. 15
Charlotte. A loss Friday ended any Atlantic Ten Tournament hopes.
The men’s and women’s basketball teams return to the hardcourt
to open their seasons against Delaware and Illinois this week.
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Shooting for
HREE
The men’s basketball team looks to win its third straight Atlantic
Ten Championship for the first time in school history.
JENNIFER REARDON
Sports Editor
M
assachusetts won five consecutive Atlantic Ten Conference titles from 1992 to 1996
with coach John Calipari and
forward/center Marcus Camby.
In the history of the A-10, no other
university has won more than two consecutive men’s basketball titles.
In the mid-1980s, Temple won the
A-10 title in 1985, 1987, 1988 and 1990.
Saint Joseph’s took the title in 1986,
and Rutgers, which is now affiliated
with the Big East Conference, won it in
1989. Xavier broke the Owls’ attempt at
a three-peat in 2002.
The men’s basketball team will try to
break that streak this season, as coach
Fran Dunphy and the Owls attempt to
win their third straight title minus seniors Dionte Christmas, Sergio Olmos
and Semaj Inge and with just two starters returning from last year’s squad.
Given that, the A-10 preseason
coaches’ poll picked the Owls to finish
fifth in the conference this season.
“I think that would be to our advantage if [other teams] are doubting us,”
senior guard and captain Ryan Brooks
said. “We have guys who have an extreme amount of confidence and who
can get the job done. We knew that this
time would come, when certain players
would leave who have contributed a lot
to the program, and we would have to
step up. If teams are doubting us, that’s
motivation for us.
“But of course, we’ve got a target on
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UMass last
team to threepeat in A-10
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our back,” Brooks added. “It’s something we
welcome, and it’s something we’re kind of used
to now. We’re definitely looking forward to the
challenge. People want to beat Temple. Back-toback championships are not something that other
teams are very happy about, and we want to keep
that statement in our heads as motivation.”
In addition to junior forward Lavoy Allen
and Brooks, who finished second and third, respectively, on the team in scoring last season,
sophomore guard Juan Fernandez begins his first
full season at point guard this year.
In 23 games last season, Fernandez averaged 5.5 points per game, 2.7 assists per game
and 1.7 rebounds per game.
“He’s played a lot of basketball. That’s the
biggest issue early on for me is how much to
push him,” Dunphy said. “He went right from
our program at the end of the year to playing on
the national team. He’s got a lot of basketball in
him. I think the biggest thing for me is that when
you’re the point guard, you need to set the tone
defensively and keep everybody in front of you.
That’s the biggest concern. His offense will take
care of itself. He’s a very good jump shooter.
He’s also a pretty good decision maker, although
he tries to do some things that sometimes I wish
he wouldn’t do.”
Senior guard Luis Guzman will most likely
spell Fernandez, Dunphy said, and sophomore
guard Ramone Moore
should also see time.
“That’s what Ramone Moore does. He
scores,” Dunphy said.
“His issue is his defense.
As much as you score,
you still have to stop the
other team. Our philosophy is that if you give me
something at one end,
we’ll give you someLAVOY ALLEN
thing at the other.”
Though freshman junior forward
Khalif Wyatt projects as
a scoring threat, Dunphy said freshman Rahlir
Jefferson could see playing time first because of
that emphasis on defense.
“I think Rahlir is a little bit ahead of everybody else in that he brings a defensive presence to the game,” Dunphy said. “When you can
guard, you can be out there on the court. You
have an absolute role right away.
“Carmel [Bouchman] is a solid basketball
player who knows how to play. He’s just got to
get bigger physically and learn the American
game a little bit,” Dunphy added. “Chris Clarke
is learning our style of play, and he’ll be a good
rebounder. Of course, we’ll need scoring contributions from [junior forward] Craig Williams
and [sophomore forward/center] Micheal Eric as
well.”
In addition to juggling his lineup, Dunphy
will also attempt to three-peat against what he
called “arguably the No. 1 non-conference
schedule in the country.”
JOHN BIRK TTN
Juan Fernandez and Scootie Randall will
have to pick up the scoring this season.
“We’ve got a test for us every single night.”
The Owls open the season Saturday at noon
at Delaware. During the months of November,
December and January, they will face three preseason Top 25 teams – No. 1 Kansas, No. 5 Villanova and No. 20 Georgetown – as well as preseason No. 27 Siena, not to mention three teams
who competed in the National Invitational Tournament – Virginia Tech, Bowling Green and NIT
champion Penn State.
“I hope Kansas stays at No. 1 until we play
them,” Allen said. “I’m excited for those types
of teams and to be on national TV. Playing teams
like that makes it easier to play in our conference. We look forward to it.”
“Whenever you play
a caliber of team like a
Kansas, Georgetown [or]
Siena, you play them to
get ready for the conference regular season because that’s pretty much
the heart of the season.
That’s when it matters,”
Brooks added. “Going
up against those types of
teams is definitely going
to prepare us mentally
and physically for the
A-10.”
The conference portion of the schedule
kicks off on Jan. 6 at the Liacouras Center versus
St. Joe’s. The Owls get preseason No. 21 Dayton
and Xavier at home this year.
“Those are two very tough places to play at,
and the last two years there, we haven’t won at
either of them,” Allen said. “So, that’s huge having them here instead of going on the road.”
By the time the A-10 portion of the schedule rolls around, Dunphy will have a set lineup
in place. For now, though, he said he has pretty
much only penciled in Allen and Brooks and
likely Fernandez.
“Do you start Ramone Moore? Do you start
Micheal Eric? Do you rotate in Luis Guzman?”
Dunphy said. “Like [Philadelphia Phillies manager] Charlie Manuel, it’s not something I think
about that much right now.”
I hope Kansas
stays at No. 1
until we play
them.
pulling
doubleduty
Ryan Brooks and Lavoy Allen have to carry the team after three seniors departed.
PETE DORCHAK
The Temple News
One glaring question looms
as the men’s basketball team prepares to open its 2009-2010 season Saturday at Delaware.
How will the Owls replace
three starting spots and fill the
offensive production that is no
longer on the roster?
Dionte Christmas, Sergio
Olmos and Semaj Inge, three
main figures who helped lead
Temple to its second straight
Atlantic Ten title and NCAA
Tournament appearance, have
completed their four years at
Temple. Coach Fran Dunphy is
now left searching for ways to
fill the void.
“We’re going to miss Dionte. We’re also going to miss
Sergio and Semaj,” Dunphy
said. “But that’s what happens
in college basketball life. You retool each and every year. It’s the
nature of what we do. You can’t
dwell it. We just have to move
on.”
Moving on is going to be
difficult without Christmas, who
led the A-10 in scoring each of
the last three seasons and finished last year averaging 19.5
points per game en route to an
Honorable All-American selection. He became the fourth
player in school history to score
2,000 points, while also setting
school records for 3-pointers
made in a season and in a career.
Olmos and Inge, along with
Christmas, provided nearly half
of Temple’s points last season.
Olmos finished fourth in scoring,
third in rebounding and second
in blocks. Inge led the team in
assists and was second in steals.
“When your offense didn’t
work, you could always count
on [Christmas] to rise up at 25
feet and shoot a 3, and he had a
pretty good chance of making it.
We don’t necessarily have that
luxury this year,” Dunphy said.
Dunphy envisions this
year’s offense as more of a group
effort expected to be led by Ryan
Brooks and Lavoy Allen.
The team named Brooks a
team captain this season, along
with fellow senior guard Luis
Guzman, and Brooks said he is
ready for a bigger role.
“It’s what I signed up for.
I knew this time would come,”
Brooks said. “Now that’s it here,
I’m ready to take full advantage
of it. I believed I prepared to the
fullest and the best of my abilities, and I’m ready to go.
“We try to push these guys
every day, motivate them every
day and let them know that once
we hit the floor for the game, it’s
going to be a battle every night,”
he said.
Brooks was one of three
Owls to start all 34 games last
season. He finished third on the
team in scoring with 10.6 points
per game, and his 41 percent success rate from behind the 3-point
line was good for fourth in the
conference.
“I think he is ready emotionally and mentally,” Dunphy said
of Brooks. “But that’s his role.
He’s got to provide a great deal
of leadership for us on and off
the court.”
Although Brooks recorded
his first career double-double in
Temple’s upset win against No. 8
Tennessee and shut down Arizona State’s James Harden – a lottery pick in the June NBA Draft
– in the NCAA Tournament in
March, Brooks said he cannot be
complacent with his game.
“What I’ve done in the past
is in the past, and I’m ready to
focus on this year,” he said. “I
made an emphasis more on getting to the basket now and being
more aggressive, putting pressure on the defense. That’s definitely something that I think will
help my overall game and not
put pressure on me shooting so
many 3s.”
It’s already been a busy
and productive first two years
for Allen as he prepares for his
third season in the Owls’ starting
lineup.
As a freshman, Allen started
all but two games and averaged
8.1 points per game and 5.7 rebounds per game. He also led
the team in blocks, which helped
earn him a spot on the A-10 AllRookie Team.
In his second season, Allen led the team in rebounding
and blocked shots, while finishing second on the team behind
Christmas with 10.9 points per
game. Allen finished that season
strong, with nine of his 14 double-doubles coming in Temple’s
final 14 games.
“He’s entering his third year
as a starter in a Division I program, and his first two years he
went to the NCAA Tournament,”
Dunphy said. “So, I don’t know
what more you could ask for.”
But Dunphy admits his expectations are even higher for
Allen’s junior season.
“He has a lot of pressure
coming from me to do even better offensively,” he said. “He’s
had a terrific first two years. He’s
been a starter for the last two
years on two Atlantic 10 Championship teams. There’s a lot expected of him.”
Allen, who was named to
the preseason All-Conference
First Team, said he doesn’t feel
any added stress, though.
“I don’t really feel pressure.
I know what I have to do,” Allen said. “I’ve been in the weight
room a lot, working out a lot
more than I usually have. I’m
definitely confident this year.”
Opportunity is the word this
season. Brooks and Allen paid
their dues, produced when they
were called upon, and now, they
are the faces of the program.
Pete Dorchak can be reached at
[email protected].
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GAMES
to watch
@ GEORGETOWN, NOV. 17
In only their second game
of the season, the Owls
will get tested early by
facing off with No. 20
Georgetown. The Hoyas’
offensive attack is led by
sophomore center Greg
Monroe, who is on the list
of players on the Naismith
Trophy watch. Expect
sophomore forward/center
Micheal Eric and junior
forward Lavoy Allen to
have their hands full with
this matchup.
VS. PENN STATE, DEC. 5
The reigning NIT Champions have something
to prove in this return
matchup from last season.
The Owls traveled to State
College, Pa., last year and
handed the Lions a loss
that may have been a big
blow to their NCAA Tournament chances. When
the Nittany Lions’ defense
focuses in on a certain target, they seclude him from
the game. Just ask former
guard Dionte Christmas.
Jennifer Reardon can be reached at
[email protected].
The Owls do not have a Top 25 preseason rank, but they do have a high
Strength of Schedule. Temple plays
four preseason-ranked opponents this
season with three of the four coming at
home at the Liacouras Center.
VS. VILLANOVA, DEC. 13
A Final Four team from
last year and the favorite
to win the Big East Conference this year, the No.
5 Villanova Wildcats will
bring their guard-oriented
offense into the Liacouras
Center in a Big 5 matchup.
With a stellar player in
senior guard Scottie Reynolds, the Wildcats have
one of the best shots to
make it back to the Final
Four. Can Temple’s defense, led by senior guard
and captain Ryan Brooks,
step up?
VS. KANSAS, JAN. 2
As the 2008 National
Champions and preseason
No.1, the Jayhawks have
made headlines. Kansas’
All-Americans, senior
Sherron Collins and junior
Cole Aldrich, may just be
the best one-two punch in
the nation, but the Jayhawks have been known
to falter with turnovers.
Sophomore guard Juan
Fernandez will have to
keep his hands quick
against Kansas to have a
chance to pull the upset.
VS. DAYTON, FEB. 24
To be the man, you’ve got
to beat the man. Atlantic
Ten favorite Dayton travels
to North Broad Street
to take on the two-time
defending champion Owls
in a possible A-10 tournament matchup. Last year,
Temple had to travel to
both Dayton and Xavier.
Coach Brian Gregory’s
squad will come into
North Philadelphia with
junior Chris Wright leading
the way for the Flyers.
OTHER NOTABLE GAMES
Two games against Saint
Joseph’s home Jan. 6
and away Feb. 20 at the
Palestra. Duquesne, who
battled the Owls in last
year’s A-10 title game,
travels to the Liacouras
Center Feb. 3 for the A-10
Championship rematch.
- Christian Audesirk
BASKETBALL PREVIEW
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009
MEN’S ROSTER
NO. NAME
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2
4
10
11
15
21
23
24
30
31
32
33
45
50
POSITION
Khalif Wyatt
Ryan Brooks
Juan Fernandez
Luis Guzman
T.J. DiLeo
Carmel Bouchman
Rafael DeLeon
Ramone Moore
Lavoy Allen
Craig Williams
Jake Godino
Rahlir Jefferson
Scootie Randall
Chris Clarke
Micheal Eric
G
G
G
G
G
F
F
G
F
F
G
F
F
F
F/C
WOMEN’S ROSTER
HOMETOWN
NO. NAME
Norristown, Pa.
Narberth, Pa.
Rio Tercero, Argentina
Bronx, N.Y.
Cinnaminson, N.J.
Tel Aviv, Israel
District Heights, Md.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Morrisville, Pa.
St. Croix, V.I.
Chester, Pa.
Chester, Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Orchard Lake, Mich.
Lagos, Nigeria
3
4
5
10
11
13
15
20
21
24
25
30
32
POSITION HOMETOWN
BJ Williams
Sheylani Peddy
Kristen McCarthy
LaKeisha Eaddy
Danielle Brinkley
Shaqwedia Wallace
Jasmine Stone
Kristie Watkins-Day
Reese Fields
Brittany Lewis
Victoria Macaulay
Marli Bennett
Natasha Thames
G
G
F
G
F
G
F
G
G
C
C
C
F
Gwynn Oak, Md.
Boston, Mass.
La Puente, Calif.
Columbia, Md.
Washington, D.C.
Wilmington, N.C.
Detroit, Mich.
Millersville, Md.
Palo Alto, Calif.
Orange Park, Fla.
Staten Island, N.Y.
Pilot Mountain, N.C.
Port Huron, Mich.
Coach: Tonya Cardoza
Coach: Fran Dunphy
Assistant Coaches: Waynetta Veney
Dan Durkin
Willnett Crockett
Assistant Coaches: Dave Duke
Matt Langel
Shawn Trice
Macaulay leading frontcourt candidate
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“My role is to dominate
and be the center for this team,”
Macaulay said. “I’m like 6-3,
so I can block shots. I’m a big
person. Pass it down to me low.
I might pass it back, or I might
score.”
“Victoria is probably going to be our starting center,”
Cardoza added. “I think she’s
way ahead of where any of us
thought she would be, as well as
her teammates.”
While Macaulay brings
size to the paint, playing in the
post will be a learning experi-
ence all year for the Owls. With
junior center Marli Bennett the
only returning big man with
significant experience, numerous players will have to step up,
Cardoza said.
“We have four post players,” Cardoza said. “All four of
them are going to have to contribute in some sort of way. It
might be one person playing the
defense, one person doing the
scoring, one person rebounding.”
Having an athletic team
will help make up for some of
the growing pains down low,
Cardoza said.
“Our athleticism [is our
biggest strength],” Cardoza
said. “From one to 12, they can
all get down the floor. They’re
just really, really athletic. They
like each other, and they’re unselfish.”
The Cherry and White have
an impressive out-of-conference schedule this year, with the
Duke Blue Devils, Auburn Tigers, Illinois Fighting Illini and
Villanova Wildcats all coming
to North Broad Street. Throw
in trips to East Brunswick, N.J.,
to play Rutgers and to Tallahas-
see, Fla., to face Florida State,
as well as the always crucial
Xavier game, and the Owls will
have plenty of opportunities to
prove themselves this year.
“[A tough schedule] definitely helps,” Cardoza said.
“Just facing some of the top
teams and getting that experience under your belt. We face
off against Xavier our first conference game, so it’ll be good
that we’ve already faced top
competition.”
Kyle Gauss can be reached at
[email protected].
WOMEN’S SCHEDULE
MEN’S SCHEDULE
DATE
OPPONENT
TIME (TV)
DATE
Nov. 14
Nov. 17
Nov. 21
Nov. 24
Nov. 27
Nov. 28 Dec. 1
Dec. 5
Dec. 8
Dec. 13
Dec. 19
Dec. 28
Dec. 30
Jan. 2
Jan. 6
Jan. 10
Jan. 13
Jan. 16
Jan. 20
Jan. 23
Jan. 27
Jan. 30
Feb. 3
Feb. 6
Feb. 13
Feb. 17
Feb. 20
Feb. 24
Feb. 28
Mar. 3
Mar. 6
Mar. 9-13
at Delaware
at Georgetown
vs. Siena
vs. Ball State
Virginia Tech
Saint John’s
at Western Michigan
vs. Penn State
at Miami (Ohio)
vs. Villanova
at Seton Hall
vs. Bowling Green
at Northern Illinois
vs. Kansas
vs. Saint Joseph’s*
at Rhode Island*
at Pennsylvania
vs. Massachusetts
vs. Xavier*
at Fordham*
at Charlotte*
vs. La Salle*
vs. Duquesne*
at Richmond*
vs. Rhode Island*
at St. Bonaventure*
at Saint Joseph’s*
vs. Dayton*
at La Salle*
at Saint Louis*
vs. George Washington*
Atlantic Ten Tournament
noon
4 p.m. (ESPN)
7 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
8:30 p.m.
8:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
4 p.m.
7 p.m.
3 p.m. (CBS CS)
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
TBA
5:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
7 p.m. (CN)
1 p.m.
TBA
2 p.m.
7 p.m. (CN)
1 p.m.
7 p.m. (CN)
noon (ESPN2)
7 p.m.
2 p.m. (ESPNU)
4 p.m. (CSN)
7 p.m.
noon (CSN)
7 p.m. (CN)
2 p.m. (CBS CS)
TBA
2 p.m.
Atlantic City, N.J.
Nov. 13
vs. Illinois
Nov. 17
vs. Auburn
Nov. 19
at Dartmouth
Nov. 21
at Buffalo
Nov. 24
vs. Eastern Michigan (DH)
Nov. 28 at Hartford
Dec. 2
at Rutgers
Dec. 8
at Hampton
Dec. 10
vs. Ohio
Dec. 12
at Kent State
Dec. 20
vs. Villanova (CBS CS)
Dec. 28
at Akron
Dec. 31
vs. Duke
Jan. 3
at Florida State
Jan. 10
at Xavier (ESPN2)*
Jan. 13
vs. Fordham*
Jan. 16
vs. Saint Joseph’s*
Jan. 19
at Rhode Island*
Jan. 23
vs. Pennsylvania
Jan. 27
at Saint Louis*
Jan. 30
vs. St. Bonaventure*
Feb. 2
at Saint Joseph’s*
Feb. 6
at La Salle*
Feb. 10
vs. Massachusetts*
Feb. 13
vs. Charlotte (DH)*
Feb. 17
vs. Duquesne*
Feb. 20
at Dayton*
Feb. 24
at Richmond*
Feb. 27
vs. George Washington*
OPPONENT
TIME (TV)
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
2 p.m.
5 p.m.
2 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
7 p.m.
2 p.m.
2 p.m.
3 p.m.
7 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
2 p.m.
8 p.m.
3 p.m.
7 p.m.
noon
7 p.m.
1 p.m.
noon
2 p.m.
7 p.m.
2 p.m.
* denotes A-10 game
* denotes A-10 game
WOMEN’S
GAMES
to watch
VS. AUBURN, NOV. 17
A solid Southeastern Conference
team that ranked as high as No. 13
last season and finished in first in the
SEC, the Tigers come to McGonigle
minus DeWanna Bonner. Jordan
Greenleaf, however, will make her
presence known in McGonigle, as the
tough Temple defense will have to
step up.
@ XAVIER, JAN. 10
No. 15 Xavier and the Owls draw a
nationally televised Atlantic Ten Conference matchup. In what could be
a precursor to the A-10 tournament
finals, Xavier’s Amber Harris returns
Last year, the Owls defeated then-No. 13 Xavier. This year,
they’ll have plenty of opportunities to beat ranked opponents with games against the likes of Auburn, Rutgers,
Duke and Xavier both on the road and at home.
from a season-ending injury. She
averaged 15 points per game prior to
her injury last season, and the Owls
upset then-No. 13 Xavier minus her
presence. Xavier is the early choice in
the polls for the A-10 title.
VS. SAINT JOSEPH’S, JAN. 16/FEB. 2
In the front half of a doubleheader
with the men’s team, the Hawks
come into the Liacouras Center. In
the always bitter rivalry between two
Philadelphia basketball schools, the
Owls have to feel they have the upper hand. Brittany Ford will lead the
Hawks, picked to finish ninth in the
A-10, into battle.
VS. CHARLOTTE, FEB. 13
The defending A-10 Champions roll
into the Liacouras Center against
Temple. The 49ers return three seniors to their potent offense, including Aysha Jones, who averaged 14
points per game last season.
@ RICHMOND, FEB. 24
A team that brings back all five starters, the Spiders will have junior guard
Brittani Shells at the helm of their
attack. Can the Owls take charge in
their road finale?
- Christian Audesirk
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BURNING
questions
MEN’S
CAN TEMPLE THREE-PEAT AS ATLANTIC TEN
CHAMPIONS?
The A-10 Conference has preseason No. 21
Dayton as well as Xavier, which is currently ranked No.
36. But, anything can happen.
2
WITH SEVEN GUARDS ON THE ROSTER, WHO WILL
EMERGE AS THE TWO TOP-TIER MEN?
Sophomore Juan Fernandez should get a
majority of the time at point guard, but Luis Guzman
will make a strong case to carry the rock as well as a
senior and team captain. Fellow senior and team captain Ryan Brooks no doubt will be the shooting guard,
though freshman Khalif Wyatt and sophomore Ramone
Moore could contribute either off the bench or as a
starter, respectively.
3
WHY THE CHALLENGING SCHEDULE?
A challenging schedule has been a staple of the
men’s basketball team since the John Chaney
days. Last year, the Owls upset No. 8 Tennessee. This
season includes three games against Top 25 opponents with No. 1 Kansas, No. 5 Villanova and No. 20
Georgetown. They will also face mid-major powerhouse Siena in the home opener.
4
CAN LAVOY ALLEN FILL THE SCORING SHOES THAT
DIONTE CHRISTMAS LEFT?
The automatic answer would be no, but Allen averaged 11 points per game with 9 rebounds per
game and perhaps somewhat surprisingly, shot 33
percent from beyond the arc.
5
CAN THIS YEAR’S RECRUITING CLASS
CONTRIBUTE?
Forward Rahlir Jefferson, guard Khalif Wyatt
and forward Carmel Bouchman are the true freshmen
entering the fold. Jefferson (Chester) and Wyatt (Norristown) are local products, and Jefferson won a state
title with Chester last year. Bouchman, who is from
Israel, is the man who has the best chance to break
into some playing time if he can bulk up in the paint.
He played in the Under-18 FIBA Championships for his
native country.
- Christian Audesirk
5
BURNING
questions
WOMEN’S
1
WHO WILL TAKE OVER IN THE FRONTCOURT FOR
SHENITA LANDRY AND SHANEA COTTON?
2
HOW WILL SENIOR GUARD LAKEISHA EADDY PLAY
IN HER SECOND YEAR AT THE POINT?
3
WILL JUNIOR GUARD SHAQWEDIA WALLACE
START OR CONTINUE OFF THE BENCH?
4
CAN SOPHOMORE GUARD KRISTEN MCCARTHY
CONTINUE HER DEVELOPMENT AS BOTH AN
OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE OPTION?
It could be junior center Marli Bennett or freshman
center Victoria Macaulay, or it could be senior forward
Jasmine Stone, who came just two rebounds shy of a
double-double versus Florida in the NCAA Tournament.
Coach Tonya Cardoza could also go with a combination if the situation calls for it.
Last year, her first ever as a point guard, Eaddy
led the Owls and the Atlantic Ten Conference with 165
assists.
Wallace was Cardoza's first option off the bench
last year and averaged 11 points per game and 3.1
rebounds per game. She also led the Owls in 3-point
shooting, converting 46 of 113 attempts.
As a freshman, McCarthy contributed 8.6 points per
game and 4.3 rebounds per game, and two of her best
games of the season came against George Washington
(15 points, 3-of-5 on 3-pointers) and Florida (12 points,
2 blocks and 2 steals) to close the year.
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WILL THIS SCHEDULE HURT OR HELP THE OWLS?
Last year, the Owls rode a win against No. 13
Xavier into the NCAA Tournament. This year, the
Owls get the Musketeers and the Scarlet Knights of
Rutgers (whom they almost upset in early December
last year) on the road. But, Temple gets Auburn (who
ranked as high as No. 13 last year), Duke (No. 5 last
year), Charlotte and Villanova at home. All those teams
made the NCAA Tournament. One game that may get
overlooked but that should be good is the Nov. 28
game at Hartford. Fellow University of Connecticut
alumna and current Hartford coach Jennifer Rizzotti
has led Hartford to four NCAA Tournament appearances. The Hawks won 25 games last year and upset a
ranked opponent in Michigan State. In 2005-2006, Rizzotti led the Hawks to their first ever win in the Tournament - against No. 19 Temple.
- Jennifer Reardon
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009
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JOHN BIRK (LEFT, CENTER), JAZMYNE ANDERSON (RIGHT) TTN
Senior point guard LaKeisha Eaddy is known as “Little A.I.” by
friends and teammates thanks to her passing, scoring and defensive abilities on the court. She ranked second on the Owls last
year in scoring.
Prime spot
at the point
Senior LaKeisha Eaddy took on the job of point guard last year for the first
time ever. She led the Owls with 165 assists, averaged 11.1 points per game
(second on the team) and recorded 83 steals last season.
and that wasn’t in her nature, but seeing the success
that we’ve had when she was like that, she realized,
‘OK, I have to start buying into this.’”
Eaddy said she found working with Cardoza to
Last season was a transition year for senior
be
very
similar to working with former coach Dawn
point guard LaKeisha Eaddy, who made the switch
Staley,
who
is now coaching at the University of
from shooting guard, her natural position, to point
South
Carolina.
guard. This year, she has a better feel for leading the
“Coach Cardoza is more into transition defense,
team up and down the court.
and
I feel like Coach Staley was more into break“Being a point guard last year is really going
downs
and getting us to see things set wise, but they
to help me out this year because I understand the
were
similar
in how they would teach us and treat us
position a lot better, and the coach has really helped
as players,” Eaddy said.
me out a lot with that,”
She saw that I wasn’t “They both have taught
Eaddy said.
me a lot about what it
Eaddy played well
going
to
let
up.
She
takes to be a successful
last year despite having
probably wanted me guard.”
to learn a new position
Cardoza notes that
during the season. She
to
back
off
of
her
with
while
Eaddy has develled the team and Atlanoped
as
a point guard, she
all the yelling and
tic Ten Conference with
also
plays
a more promi165 assists and currently
screaming
at
her,
and
nent
leadership
role. This
ranks fourth all-time in
season,
she
was
once
I didn’t. She has to be
career assists with 375.
again
elected
as
a
team
This preseason, Eaddy
an extension of me on captain, taking on a role
was named to the Secthe floor, so she has to similar to the one she
ond-Team All-Confershared with former forence team and first on
be
that
leader.
She
has
ward Shenita Landry last
the All-Conference Deto be vocal, and that season.
fensive Team. Despite all
“She wants to be that
the individual accolades,
wasn’t
in
her
nature.
that
person. She wants to
Eaddy is more focused
be
the
leader speaking up
on an A-10 title.
for
the
team,” Cardoza
“You always have
said.
“She’s
grown into it
your individual goals,
and
matured
a lot.”
but my concern is the
“With
me
being a
team goals,” Eaddy said.
TONYA
CARDOZA
point
guard,
you
auto“We’re trying to win the
women’s
basketball
coach
matically
are
the
leader,
A-10 this year, and I’m
so I think my position has
going to do whatever it
given me that role,” Eadtakes to do that, and if
dy
added.
I don’t meet my individual goals and we win the
Teammates and a few friends have compared
A-10, that’s all that’s important to me.”
Eaddy
to former Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen
Playing point guard is one of the more cerebral
Iverson,
bestowing the nickname “Little A.I.” on
positions on a basketball team, as that player is reher.
sponsible for running the offense and vocally lead“Some people call me that because I have the
ing teammates. Second-year coach Tonya Cardoza’s
same
demeanor on the court, the quickness, the abilspecialty is teaching the guard position, and last seaity
to
pass the ball and see the floor. That’s basically
son, she was determined to mold Eaddy into a point
why
I
got that name,” Eaddy said. “It’s not a bad
guard and a leader on the floor.
thing
as
long as it’s not his attitude that they say I
“She saw that I wasn’t going to let up. She
have.”
probably wanted me to back off of her with all the
BRIAN DZENIS
The Temple News
yelling and screaming at her, and I didn’t.” Cardoza
said. “She has to be an extension of me on the floor,
so she has to be that leader. She has to be vocal,
JAZMYNE ANDERSON TTN
Senior point guard LaKeisha Eaddy practices layups during an early season session.
Brian Dzenis can be reached at [email protected]. Eaddy led the Owls and the Atlantic Ten Conference in assists last year with 165.
Counting on experience
Returning players like LaKeisha Eaddy and Kristen McCarthy and freshman
Victoria Macaulay hope to lead the women back to the NCAA Tournament.
KYLE GAUSS
The Temple News
JAZMYNE ANDERSON (TOP,
TOP RIGHT), JOHN BIRK (RIGHT)
TTN
Coach Tonya Cardoza
is counting on freshman
center Victoria Macaulay to
replace the inside tandem of
Shenita Landry and Shanea
Cotton on an otherwise experienced team that made
if to the NCAA Tournament
last season before losing to
Florida in the first round.
With the return of a couple
key players and the addition of
an impressive recruiting class,
coach Tonya Cardoza and the
women’s basketball team are
primed to make some noise this
season.
Last year, in Cardoza’s first
as coach, the Owls went 21-10
and captured an NCAA Tournament berth. However, the
Cherry and White lost two forwards to graduation – leading
scorer Shenita Landry and Shanea Cotton. In order for Temple
to be successful, players like
senior guard LaKeisha Eaddy
and sophomore forward Kristen
McCarthy need to help shoulder
the load.
Eaddy averaged 11.1 points
and 5.3 assists last year, her first
season as a point guard. Despite
her relative success at the new
position, Eaddy said she should
run the point even better this
season.
“I definitely think being
able to be the point guard last
year will help me out better this
year,” Eaddy said. “I understand
the position a lot better, and the
coaches have really helped me
out a lot.”
“Last year, she was a little
uncomfortable with [playing
point guard] at first,” Cardoza
added. “But, once she saw all
the success she had with it, she
saw that she was growing from
that role.”
For all the experience
Eaddy brings to the table, McCarthy brings an equal amount
of youth. As a freshman last
year, McCarthy started 20 of 31
games and averaged 8.6 points
per game and 4.3 rebounds per
game. McCarthy’s immediate
impact garnered her All Atlantic Ten Rookie Team and Big
5 Rookie of the Year honors.
Given her aptitude at scoring in
bunches, McCarthy will likely
be asked to absorb some of the
scoring loss that the departure
of Landry created.
Down low, freshman Victoria Macaulay will likely start
the season at center. Macaulay,
a 6-foot-3-inch player from
Staten Island, N.Y., brings a
physical presence to the Temple
frontcourt that few in the A-10
can match.
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