Ceremony breaks ground

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VOL. 89 ISS. 4
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
Ceremony breaks ground
Neil Kosh
of Tyler
dies at 84
The former professor
and department chair
passed away Aug. 25.
CONNOR SHOWALTER
The Temple News
Last week’s ceremony
introduced the new
architecture building.
VALERIE RUBINSKY
News Editor
O
n Sept. 15, students, community members, alumni
and faculty gathered in the
courtyard outside the Tyler
School of Art to witness the groundbreaking for the new $10 million architecture building slated to be finished by
next fall. President Ann Weaver Hart
and Board of Trustees Chair Patrick
O’Connor led the ceremony.
The new facility will be 40,000
square feet and include 40 new computer labs. Temitayo Fasusi, a senior
architecture student, spoke at the event,
emphasizing the importance of the new
building to the students.
“This is such a wonderful opportunity,” Hart said and praised the hard
work that has gone into the project so
far.
The project is a part of Temple’s
20/20-plan framework, Hart said, referencing plans for renovations and development to take place in the next few
years in order to transform Main Campus into a 21st century site. In addi-
OPINION
TOUGH MEAT, p.5
Brittany Thomas comments
on an ethnocentric remark
musician Steven Morrissey
made in the name of animal
rights.
LIVING
RUSH HOUR, p.7
With the Greek rush coming
to a close and many freshmen
poised to pledge the next
four years, we look into what
accepting a bid really means.
A&E
NEWS FEED, p.9
The Temple News interviews
the makers of “The Social
Network,” a film about the
inner workings of Facebook,
which will be released Oct. 1.
SPORTS
HISTORIC WIN, p.20
The football team defeated
Connecticut Huskies, 30-16,
last Saturday to advance to
3-0, the best start the team
has had since 1979.
tion to the architecture building, 20/20
plans include a new residence hall and
the renovation and expansion of Pearson and McGonigle halls, among others.
“These are not facilities for their
own sake,” Hart said, praising a collaboration of education and creativity.
“We intend to make this campus
into a beautiful place to live and learn,”
O’Connor said of the new building and
the 20/20 plan in general.
Funding for the architecture department’s new building, which will
complete a “mini-arts quad” anchored
by the Tyler School of Art, was provided by a $10 million state capital
allocation. Construction is set to begin
immediately.
“This is a project that completes
our mini-arts campus, as a part of making Temple a ‘destination campus,’”
Ray Betzner of University Communications said.
The mini-arts quad will include
Tyler, the Boyer College of Music and
Dance and the School of Communications and Theater.
The architecture program has been
at Temple for 40 years, Tyler Dean
Robert Stroker, who introduced the
speakers, said at the ceremony.
“Today we celebrate a new opportunity for our architecture students,” he
Courtesy University Communications
WALBERT YOUNG TTN
(Top) The design plan for the architecture school’s new building is slated
to take shape in Fall 2011. The 40,000-square-foot building, which will
complete the 20/20 plan’s “mini-arts quad,” will be located in the courtyard of the Tyler School of Art (above).
said. Stroker called the day history for
not only art students, but everyone at
Temple.
Stroker said the building was
planned to anticipate future growth
and praised the introduction of three
new undergraduate degree programs,
as well as the coming of a new master’s program in the architecture department. As of this fall, students can
earn a Bachelor of Science in architecture, Bachelor of Science in facility
management and in architectural preservation.
“I walked this campus in 1982, as
an 18-year-old,” Mitchell Morgan, a
board facilities committee chairman,
said in reference to the changes he has
witnessed on Main Campus after he
left for 10 years. “What I’ve seen is
amazing to me.”
Valerie Rubinsky can be reached at
[email protected].
Neil Kosh, an 84-year-old
former art and art education professor and department chairman
for the Tyler School of Art for 55
years, passed away of lung cancer Aug. 25.
Kosh was also a Temple
alumnus who received bachelor’s degrees in education and
fine arts, in 1951 and 1956 respectively, and a master’s degree
in fine arts in 1956.
“As a student, [Kosh] was a
leader,” said assistant professor
Jo-Anna Moore, area coordinator of art education and former
Tyler chairperson. “He wrote all
the time for the Tyler newsletter,
and he was constantly active in
student government.”
When Kosh joined the faculty in 1954, he became one of
the pioneers for the art department at Tyler’s former Elkins
Park campus. He worked for the
school’s first dean, Boris Blai, a
Russian sculptor, who founded
Tyler in 1935.
“[Kosh] is a remarkable
person. I will always speak of
him in the present tense because
his memory is so vivid, and he
was such a great guy,” Moore
said.
Kosh received several honors while teaching at Temple, including the Lindbach Award for
Distinguished Teaching in 1988,
the Great Teacher Award in 1991
and the Alumni Association Certificate of Honor.
Kosh instructed more than
6,200 students in painting,
drawing and 2-D design courses
throughout his tenure, according
to the Temple Review in 2007.
When Kosh was the department chairperson, he hired several faculty members, including
current professor Marilyn Holsing of art and art education in
1973.
“Anybody who met him
knew that he was a brilliant
KOSH PAGE 3
Modules boast green roof and distinct build
TempleTown held its
grand opening of the
Modules, a 72-unit
apartment building.
ANGELO FICHERA
Assistant News Editor
The Sept. 16 grand opening ceremony of the 72-unit
apartment building at 1417 N.
15th St., the Modules at TempleTown, celebrated the completion of the building, but final
work on the building is still in
the process of being finished.
“We completed the building in mid-August. We are
finishing some loose ends, finishing touches,” said Jonathan
Weiss, the president of Equinox
Management and Construction
and of TempleTown Realty.
“They should all be complete
by the end of this month.”
Construction on the building began Jan. 22, 2010.
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The five-story building offers two- and three-bedroom
apartments, furnished or unfurnished, that also include contemporary kitchens.
Approximately 100 people
currently live in the Modules.
One way the company first
promoted the building was by
offering free bicycles to those
who reserved their apartments
by April 30.
Interface Studio Architects
designed the Modules, which
was manufactured off-site and
later assembled from more
than 80 boxes, according to the
firm’s website.
“It’s architecturally distinct, but it doesn’t stick out,
and it’s housing a lot of college
students without imposing on
its neighbors,” Weiss said prior
to the ribbon-cutting.
Marketing its green roof
and porous paving, Weiss said
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ANGELO FICHERA TTN
TempleTown realtors held a grand opening ceremony Sept. 16 for its new modular apartments
at 15th and Jefferson streets. The Modules are already home to approximately 100 people.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
TSG Senate meets, addresses concerns
out by 35 percent in the 2010-11
academic year.
“Generally, more homegrown meat-and-potato student
issues are my No. 1 goal,” Saltry said.
Those issues include camCARY CARR
pus safety, meal plans and housThe Temple News
ing. Saltry said TSG wants to
specifically focus on financial
Last night, Temple Student services and customer service in
Government met for its first order to make the process easier
Senate meeting of the semester for students.
to review its goals for the year
TSG President Natalie
and to hear feedback from its Ramos-Castillo said the orgavarious committees.
nization is currently working
After the call of order and on a tuition sweepstakes, which
Owl pledge, the organization would give students the amount
went through
of in-state tua series of ofition – $7,000 –
ficer, advisory
for free.
and committee
“We need to
reports.
affect individual
During the
students because
call of order,
individual stuSenate Presidents are the
dent Colin Salones who are
try addressed
dropping out,”
TSG’s overall
Ramos-Castillo
goal this year:
said.
Natalie Ramos-Castillo /
to pursue more
Increasing
tsg president
student
conschool spirit is
cerns and inanother goal this
crease voter turnout for TSG year. Ramos-Castillo said TSG
elections.
is working on a trade-in T-shirt
Saltry said there was an 11 day, so students with another
percent voter turnout this year. school’s T-shirt can trade it in
TSG aims to increase the turn- for a free Temple shirt.
TSG discussed plans
for this year, as well as
their concerns from
previous semesters.
“We’re showing
the general
body that
administration is
willing to work
with us.”
SAM KELLY TTN
Last night, during the first TSG Senate meeting of the semester, Senate President Colin
Saltry (left) said his goals this year include addressing campus safety, meal plans and housing.
“Another issue is working
with the community and being
involved with it,” Ramos-Castillo said. “We’re dealing with
nutrition workshops, teaching
the children of the area about
healthy living.”
The nutrition workshop
aims to teach those in the surrounding community, as well
as students on Main Campus, about the importance of a
healthy lifestyle.
TSG also plans to focus
on the community through the
Adopt-a-Grandparent program.
College Caregivers
website offers jobs
The program is currently
registries before putting families and employees profiles on active at universities in all 50
states, as well as Washington,
the site, are part of this team.
During the enrollment pro- D.C., and Puerto Rico.
“At Care.com, we’ve recess, students can select the
type of job or service they are ceived a great deal of anecdotal
JEANETTE VEGA
looking to provide, and after feedback from college students
The Temple News
the application goes through, who have found that, in addition to providing
The College Caregivers they will receive
a flexible schedprogram, which aims to help messages from
ule to earn money
college-age students find jobs in families in need
to defer college
their field of study that assist the of that particucosts, babysitting
community, launched Aug. 26 lar service. Stuin college endents may also
in Philadelphia.
ables students to
Considering students’ busy apply to jobs of
gain experience
schedules, the program, accessi- interest in their
in managing a
ble through Care.com, is meant area.
family, responsiSome Main
to be flexible and is designed to
bility, as well as
stuhelp provide students job expe- Campus
key skills such as
rience while allowing them to dents, such as
learning and time
keep up with their school work. Tien Le, a semanagement,”
interna“The College Caregivers pro- nior
Mole said.
gram was developed specifical- tional business
Sabrina Mole /
“I have never
ly for our college-age audience major, said the
care.com manager
heard of the weband families to find each other program sounds
site,” said Danielle Mandico,
more easily through the site,” like a great idea.
“A lot of my friends do a senior geography and urban
Sabrina Mole, manager of Care.
volunteer work and sometimes studies major. “But I think it is
com, said.
In an effort to fit the needs have trouble going out and going to be a really successful
of many types of students, Col- finding work with people they program around campus. Many
lege Caregivers offers a variety feel comfortable with. This site families in this area especially
of jobs, from babysitting to stu- would be perfect for them,” Le are in desperate need of caregivers to help them with their daily
said.
dent-tutoring.
“My roommate was actu- lives.”
A team at Care.com works
to ensure the safety of all Care. ally looking for a dog-sitter
Jeanette Vega can be reached at
com users. A number of people, the other night,” Ngan Hoang,
[email protected].
whose duties include running a junior biology major, added.
criminal background checks “She’s going to be so excited to
and checking state sex-offender hear about the site.”
Ramos-Castillo said it is a good
way for students to do something nice for their neighbors.
“[It’s about] getting students out there in the community,” Ramos-Castillo said. “Realizing there is this sweet old lady
that lives right next to you, so
why not help her out?”
Ramos-Castillo said another TSG goal is to help students
settle issues with off-campus
housing, such as dealing with
landlord problems or taking
steps to break a lease.
TSG is inviting alumni law-
yers to give advice to current
students. They are also working
on an off-campus housing website, which will include a list of
rights and responsibilities that
accompany a lease, a roommate
finder and a “rate-your-landlord” feature.
During the committee reports, different representatives
addressed their goals and concerns for the upcoming year.
Kyle Goldstein from the
Special Committee on Sustainability said he and his committee “got off to a rough start,”
but they are starting to work
closely with other environmental groups.
Goldstein said they are
teaming up with modeling organization XpressionZ to produce
a show with all-recycled fashion
wear.
Alyssa Ecker from the
Committee on University Life
brought up the problem of lost
Owl Cards. She suggested temporary IDs as a solution, so students could still use their meal
plan packages and Diamond
Dollars.
Both Saltry and RamosCastillo said they want to find
out what students’ and Senate
members’ concerns were.
The pair plans to introduce
a feedback tool, so students can
call attention to their biggest issues. They are also introducing
a poll at the upcoming State of
the Campus address, slated to
take place Sept. 27, to see what
students are thinking.
“We’re showing the general body that administration is
willing to work with us,” Ramos-Castillo said. “They really
want to know what is affecting
the campus because it affects
them.”
Cary Carr can be reached at
[email protected].
Realtor unveils Modules
MODULES PAGE 1
A new help-oriented
job site is targeting
college-age students.
“The College
Caregivers
program was
developed
specifically for
our college-age
audience.”
Modules Tour
Use the QR code below on your Web-enabled
mobile device to view a photo slideshow of
the Modules at TempleTown.
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he is hopeful that the Modules
obtains certification from Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.
“Once the building is complete, there’s a bunch of paperwork that needs to be filed so
we’re in the process of completing that, so it’s probably
another couple of months until
the certification is received,”
Weiss said.
“We believe this will be
the largest modular building to
receive a LEED certification in
the entire United States,” Weiss
said at the ceremony.
In addition to its status as a
“green” and sustainable building, the Modules also features
secure on-site parking, a roof
patio and laundry facilities.
Rent for a private-bedroom in an unfurnished apartment is $650 per month, while
a private-bedroom in a furnished apartment is $690 a
month, both of which include
FIOS high-speed Internet, but
no other utilities.
Weiss noted that current
tenants were cooperative about
moving into the building when
it was not quite complete.
Justin Kochenberger, a
freshman environmental science major, transferred to Temple this year. He said he chose
the Modules after seeing other
various places in the area.
Kochenberger said since
he moved into the building in
August, he has enjoyed living
there.
“So far, so good,” he said.
ANGELO FICHERA TTN
The Modules at TempleTown boast a green roof and porous
paving. TempleTown representatives hope it will be the largest
modular building in the United States to receive certification
from Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.
Senior metals, jewelry,
CAD-CAM
major Abbie
Kaufman said her apartment
was spacious and that TempleTown accommodated her to be
able to live by herself.
“The area’s not bad. It’s
a little farther than most oncampus living, but it’s not that
bad,” Kaufman said. “It’s just
nice that no one else has [lived
at the Modules] yet.”
“We think it’s an exciting
building,” Weiss said. “The
most exciting place to live
[near] campus.”
Angelo Fichera can be reached at
[email protected].
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
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Professor studies ‘phantom’ traffic jams
A multi-university
research team spent
more than two years
studying traffic jams.
MICHAEL POLINSKY
The Temple News
To most, traffic is nothing
more than part of a daily commute. But to Benjamin Seibold,
an assistant professor of mathematics, traffic is both fascinating and important.
Seibold is a member of an
international, multi-university
research team that has been
working more than two years
to understand the dynamics of
traffic, including how “phantom
jams,” or jams that happen for
no reason, occur.
A recent study matched up
Seibold, who joined the group
a year ago, with computer engineers, a mechanical engineer
and an expert on explosions.
The group is formed by
people from McGill University
and the University of Alberta
Edmonton, both in Canada,
King Abdullah University of
Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia and the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, in addition to Temple.
This research comes at a
time when interest in the topic
of traffic and what can be done
to control it is peaking, Seibold
said.
Seibold said this is partly
due to increased traffic congestion around the world, the worst
example being a recent 10-day
traffic jam in China.
“We cannot really remove
traffic jams from the road,” Seibold said, “but jams are avoidable.”
The traffic model employed
in the study was more ideal than
real-world driving conditions
usually are. The model used
cars, each traveling at about the
same speed as one another, on
a single-lane highway, with all
drivers behaving predictably.
The research suggested
that, even with this ideal model,
there is instability in the system.
When the density of cars on the
road reaches a certain level, it
causes cars to become bunched
closely together, Seibold said.
“The Schuylkill Expressway is a prominent example of
this,” he added.
Once this happens, a phantom jam is imminent. If one
driver slows down, it causes
other drivers, who are now closer to one another, to press on
their brakes and causes a wavelike effect that travels backward
against the traffic.
These waves, named “jamitons” by the research group, are
the subject of the study’s first
published findings.
The research team discovered that jamitons travel in predictable patterns that can be described with the same equations
used to describe shockwaves
from certain explosions. In an
explosion, a sudden shock is
followed by a sudden acceleration of gasses. The same principle is in action in traffic when
a shock, or sudden braking, is
followed by a sudden accelera-
PAUL KLEIN TTN
Assistant professor of mathematics Benjamin Seibold said the
Schuylkill Expressway is a prominent example of where jams
occur. Seibold and a team of researchers study traffic jams.
tion or speeding out of the lurch.
Seibold said he hopes the
group’s research will lead to a
better understanding of the fundamental dynamics of traffic
and traffic jams, which can be
used by highway engineers.
Currently in the U.S., some
highways have LED speed-limit
signs that can be changed remotely, but they are not widely
used and are generally reserved
for use during inclement weather.
Another possibility for controlling traffic is a system that
could mitigate erratic or aggressive driving tendencies. These
systems, however, are still in
development.
Seibold said that for now,
the best hope for controlling
traffic jams is for drivers to alter
their habits, adding that driving
smoothly and not aggressively
is the only sure way not to contribute to phantom traffic jams.
Michael Polinsky can be reached at
[email protected].
GREEN LIGHT
Check out Page 8 to read
a Q-and-A with Benjamin
Seibold in this week’s
People You Should Know
feature in Living.
Beloved professor passes away
KOSH PAGE 1
man,” Holsing said. “He was
just a born teacher.”
Moore said that according
to historical documents, Kosh
was asked to organize the art
department on Main Campus in
the early 1960s, which allowed
any university student to take
art studio classes.
“Neil was a very strong
teacher, very demanding of his
students, and he gave a lot in
return,” said Rochelle Toner,
former dean of Tyler.
Kosh had a reputation for
realistic art and commissioned
more than 150 portraits, many
of them Temple administrators.
His portraits of former university presidents Peter Liacouras
and Marvin Wachman are currently displayed in the Beasley
School of Law and Sullivan “I always came away from
Hall.
these occasions having learned
In the early 1970s, Kosh something valuable.”
served as director of the TemHolsing said Kosh had a
ple Rome Program. Former teaching method that encourSecretary for the
aged students
Department of Art
to “question
and Art Education
their assumpBetty De Lullo
tions
about
said Kosh invited
everything.
international stuNot just art,
but
everydents to holiday
thing.”
dinners with his
Wa l t e r
friends and family
Myrick, a forif they were unable
mer student
to go home.
of Kosh, said
“There were
Rochelle Toner /
always lively disformer dean, tyler school of art the way Kosh
cussions
about
demonstrated
their customs, cultures, reli- art techniques in a second-level
gions, music and politics,” drawing course gave him a difDe Lullo wrote in an e-mail. ferent perspective on art educa-
“Neil was a very
strong teacher,
very demanding
of his students,
and he gave a lot
in return.”
WALBERT YOUNG TTN
Neil Kosh, a former professor in the Tyler School
of Art, passed away in August at age 84. Kosh had a
reputation for realistic art and for painting portraits of
Temple administrators during his career at the university.
tion.
“He always told us, ‘Draw
it as if you are going to throw
it away, don’t worry about
making it pretty – just take a
chance,’” Myrick said.
Kosh was originally from
North Wales and graduated
from Roxborough High School.
He attended Oberlin College
before he served in World War
II.
Kosh is survived by his
son, Julian-Alexander and
daughter, Christiana Morgan,
both artists, as well as a granddaughter and his former wife,
Leah Kosh.
Connor Showalter can be reached at
[email protected].
Policy to offer
some students
second chance
A new policy will readmit students after
five years of leave.
KURT HIRSCH
The Temple News
Students who leave Temple
or fail to complete requirements
are now able to receive a second
chance. The university’s new readmission policy is designed to
give students a do-over if they
were unsuccessful the first time.
According to Temple’s Undergraduate Bulletin, “A dismissed student, whether he or
she has taken courses on Conditional Status or not, may apply
for readmission after five years
from the date of last enrollment
at Temple University. Application for readmission to degree
candidacy may be made to any
Temple school or college.”
Those students who were
dismissed due to low grade point
averages can return after five
years. The students are treated
as transfers and their previous
GPAs are cleared; credit for previously passed classes are still
recognized.
In an interview with KYW
Newsradio 1060, senior vice
provost Peter Jones said about
100 students a year face dismissal due to bad grades.
Christopher Dennis, the associate vice provost for undergraduate studies, said this policy
applies to students who were
dismissed from the Fall 2003 semester and later. There are eight
students who have taken advantage of this program to date.
“The rationale for having
this kind of program is that students fail for all kinds of reasons – they may have family
situations that are quite complicated,” Dennis said. “Temple, of
all places I know, is an institution of second chances. So this
allows students … who are at
a different point of their life,
to come back and recommit to
their studies and to succeeding
academically.”
“Five years is a long time
to be away, and a lot can happen,” Dennis continued. “So for
students who are ready to come
back, it’s probably a good decision on both the student’s part
and the institution’s part.”
Students have mixed feelings about the policy.
“I think installing this program might lower the quality
of Temple education because
it won’t be seen as competitive
and will be seen as a community
college,” Gwendolyn Morris, a
junior nursing major, said.
“I personally think it’s a
good policy because a lot of
people [fail out and] will go and
just give up on college altogether,” said Kayla Feifer, a sophomore psychology and English
major. “And if they have this incentive of, ‘Oh, I can just come
back,’ they’ll come back, which
is good because we need highly
educated people in the workforce, not people that are going
to be flipping burgers.”
Other universities in the
area practice similar policies.
For example, the University of
Sciences in Philadelphia has a
readmission program known
as Fresh Start. Like Temple’s
guidelines, the Fresh Start readmission program doesn’t
allow students to apply previously earned grades toward
their GPAs. At USP, courses that
were already taken do not count
toward degree requirements.
University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and
Applied Science also has a readmission policy. Students usually have to wait at least 12 to
18 months before applying for
readmission.
“I think it’s too early in the
program really to make any reasonable inference about trends,”
Dennis said. “The sample is just
so small.”
Kurt Hirsch can be reached at
[email protected].
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EDITORIALs
Keeping
Visibility
T
emple Student Government held its first
Senate meeting yesterday [see Page 2 for
coverage] and will have its first
State of Campus address Monday, Sept. 27.
Before the organization
picks up momentum, The Temple News encourages TSG to
reflect on the ups and downs of
last year before moving ahead.
Last year, TSG put its best
foot forward in the face of hate
speech. When then-Dutch Parliamentarian Geert Wilders attended Main Campus Oct. 20,
2009 to discuss his views on
Islam, the campus environment
became tense. The event triggered a series of attempts to
bring other controversial speakers to campus, such as the attempted visit of Israeli politician
Effi Eitam, who called Palestinian citizens of Israel a “cancer.”
TSG brought together the
student organizations affected
by the tension for a summit at
the Diamond Club to open up
the dialogue.
Along with Students for
Environmental Action, TSG
spent a year campaigning for
O
Fan
Firsts
n Saturday afternoon, the football
team clinched its
third win of the season, defeating the Connecticut
Huskies, 30-16, for the first time
since 2002. [“Football team off
to historic start,” Page 20]
But Saturday’s game didn’t
just mark a victory for the
Owls. It made a statement.
The game was the third in a
3-0 winning streak – the longest
undefeated start to a season the
Owls have had since 1979, when
the team won over the Delaware
Fightin’ Blue Hens, 31-14.
And the 2010 team’s firsts
don’t stop there.
The win over UConn was
also the first win over a Bowl
Championship Series team
since the Owls defeated Syracuse, 34-24, in 2004, securing
the first win over a BCS team
under coach Al Golden’s leadership.
Saturday’s game was also
the eighth in a home-game win
streak, breaking the team record
of seven consecutive homegame wins in 1940.
Sophomore running back
Bernard Pierce, Temple’s hope
for a first Heisman Trophy winner, is the team’s first College
Football All-American player
since Rian Wallace in 2003.
Temple Student
Government should reflect
on its past to plan ahead.
the green fee, the $5-per-semester initiative that would go
toward energy-saving projects.
Although the University Fees
Committee ultimately denied
it, this campaign showed TSG
lending its voice for a studentcause.
The only instance where
TSG officials put themselves
before their fellow students
occurred during the Westboro
Baptist Church counter-protest,
when only a handful of TSG
members came out to support
their GLBT peers.
The Temple News is confident in the abilities of TSG
President Natalie Ramos-Castillo, her cabinet, Senate President
Colin Saltry and all other TSG
parties, and now is the time for
those elected to act and reassure
the student body it chose the
right candidates for the job.
For TSG to continue to
shine, it needs to continue an
active role similar to the ones it
maintained during the Wilders’
controversy and the green fee
debate.
Only then can TSG be a
visible force and helping hand
to the campus community.
The football team’s
undefeated record warrants
fan and student support.
The facts speak for themselves. Only three games into
the season, the Owls seem to be
in for an impressive run.
In fact, the only thing that’s
been less than impressive about
Temple football this season is
game attendance.
On Sept. 16, Golden encouraged students and fans to
support the team at the Lincoln
Financial Field for the game
against the Huskies via Twitter.
“We will need all our fans
for our home field advantage
next Saturday against UConn,”
Golden wrote.
With a seating capacity of
more than 65,000, the Linc garnered fewer than 19,000 fans
Saturday to witness the Owls
make history over the Huskies.
Though the Owls pulled off
a win with measly game attendance, it’s a shame more Temple
fans and students don’t make it
out to witness the record-breaking team.
At such a pivotal point in
Temple football history, the
Owls need the continual support of both their fans and their
coach who’s brought extensive
growth to the organization in
his five years of leadership in
order to maintain their level of
success.
Notable Quotable
“As I sat gorging
myself with
unnaturally
orange chicken,
it occurred to me
how much I miss
Temple Star.”
SAMANTHA GRAY TTN
Philly News: Education
The BAD news
After the Philadelphia Daily
News reported 201 teachers
failed to show up to teach
during the first week of school,
the education system took
another hit Sept. 14. Paul Stein,
a physics teacher at George
Washington Carver High School
of Engineering and Science at
1600 Norris St., resigned after
being charged with selling
a pound of marijuana to an
undercover police officer and
illegally possessing a handgun.
The good news
The school district has seen
gains in reading and math
scores. Last year, only 50
percent of Philadelphia School
District schools met testing
benchmarks. This year, that
number stands at 61 percent,
according to the Philadelphia
Inquirer. Though the city has
seen an improvement, it still lags
behind the state average of 83
percent.
Works in progress
Next week, the School Reform
Commission will review the
anti-bullying rules within the
school district.
Photo Comment
Polling people
Violence in the Gayborhood
Last week on templenews.com, we asked
if it’s fair for the city
to require a business
license for bloggers
who earn a profit.
Here are the results.*
WALBERT YOUNG TTN
At 12th and Locust streets on Saturday night, an individual was wounded after teenagers
threw a glass bottle. The incident, which occurred in the Gayborhood, suggests this question:
Is this generation “making a difference in terms of acceptance of the queer community,” as
Peter Reynolds, said? [“Grant-funded project explores acceptance of sexuality,” Page 10]
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51%
Not if they
are just
starting
to use
advertising
revenue.
29%
They’re
earning a
profit. They
should be
treated like
any other
business.
11%
I don’t
blog, so
it’s not my
problem.
9%
Only if they
lower the
lifetime
fee from
$300 to a
reasonable
price like
$100.
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City View
Caitlin weigel
Passport to Philly
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“adolescents between 12 and 14 who were exposed to sexualized
media – television, movies, magazines and music – were more likely
to engage in sexual activity by age 16.”
See Samantha Krotzer’s article on Page 5 for commentary.
COMMENTARY
Tuesday, september 21, 2010
Page 5
This Charming Man’s not so charming
I
f you are a fan of the Smiths
or the band’s former front
man Steven Morrissey, or if
you’re an animal-rights activist, or a racist for that matter, you
probably weren’t surprised to learn
Brittany that Morrissey referred to Chinese
THOMAS people as a “subspecies” in an interview with the Guardian’s Simon
Former Armitage a couple weeks ago.
Smiths front
“Did you see the thing on the
man Steven news about their treatment of aniMorrissey mals and animal welfare? Absoshould realize lutely horrific,” Morrissey said in
that animal- the Sept. 3 interview. “You can’t
help but feel that the Chinese are a
rights violations subspecies.”
are not a
This isn’t the first of the “Meat
justification for is Murder” singer’s racial ranting.
racist remarks. He’s made several alarming statements in the past, mostly fueled by
animal rights, the cause Morrissey
is best known for.
“I’m surprised at how blatantly
he said what he did,” said Edward
Avery-Natale, a sociology instructor and doctoral student. “It’s just
such old-fashioned racism ¬– he
didn’t even try to disguise his opinions. The very use of the term ‘subspecies’ is so ridiculous and outdated.”
Armitage, who interviewed
Morrissey, is a long-time fan and
defended the singer’s statements.
“But clearly, when it comes to
animal rights and animal welfare,
he’s absolutely unshakable in his
beliefs,” Armitage said in a Sept.3
article for the Guardian by Alexandra Topping. “In his view, if you
treat an animal badly, you are less
than human. I think that was his
point.”
Later, Morrissey followed up
with, “There are no animal protection laws in China, and this results
in the worst animal abuse and cruelty on the planet.”
This doesn’t excuse Morrissey
from singling out an entire race in
a careless, vulgar way and placing
blame on Chinese citizens for their
government’s lack of lawful protection.
A friend of mine, Derrick Crucius, a digital filmmaking and video
production student at the Art Institute of Philadelphia and fan of the
Smiths, took another perspective.
“Is his album ‘Meat is Murder’ going too far?” Crucius said.
“Because that’s basically insulting
anyone who’s a carnivore. People
didn’t throw that out of proportion
– isn’t that also targeting a certain
group?”
Another friend and Smiths fan,
Ian Van Kuyk highlighted that just
because Morrissey is a celebrity
doesn’t mean he never carelessly
makes rash statements. Van Kuyk,
a second-year film and media arts
major at Temple, said he could “totally see him saying that.”
“I don’t know if he intended to
straight-up attack the Chinese. He
could have chosen better wording,”
he said. “But I know he’s aware of
the cruelty that goes on in every
country, and he’d probably say the
same thing about the British who
treat animals this way.”
For a public figure and a prominent animal-rights sponsor like
Morrissey to make such an insulting
word choice, though, is obviously
going to cause quite a warranted
upheaval, especially in a society
where racism is by no means a thing
of the past.
Surely not all Chinese people
support the animal cruelty that goes
on in their country, just as not every
American is responsible for the brutalities that take place in our country’s daily agribusiness practices.
“Just like different activist
groups will associate things like the
Holocaust with chicken farms, this
sort of statement completely turns
people off from the whole movement,” Avery-Natale said. “And
what he said very much projects
the idea that the West has learned
Sex, with or without the TV
B
efore Google became my
go-to for unanswered questions, I had to turn to something besides the Internet
Samantha to appease my curiosity. With a sister
Krotzer four years older than I am, who was alA recent study ways suspiciously getting home from
school early and locking herself in her
by Dr. Laurence bedroom with her boyfriend, I natuSteinberg rally had questions.
shows that the
My parents were still riding the amedia aren’t stork-brought-you boat, and my sister
necessarily claimed she was simply studying. The
to blame for only logical thing for my preteen-self
to do was rent “Sex and the City.”
adolesecent
A 2006 study published in Pediatsexual activity. rics, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, revealed
that adolescents between 12 and 14,
who were exposed to sexualized media
– television, movies, magazines and
music – were more likely to engage in
sexual activity by age 16.
A glamorized portrayal of sex in
my preteen years didn’t lead me to lose
my virginity – it was going to happen
anyway. If anything, it made me feel
less in-the-wrong to be interested in
sex.
Psychology professor Dr. Laurence Steinberg revisited the 2006
survey and concluded that sexualized
media do not promote sexual activity
because adolescents who consume the
highest amounts of sexy media are already interested in sex.
“A small portion of adolescents
are not interested in sex. Hormones
are part of us,” Dr. Lisa Rhodes, an
American studies professor, said. “It
is like showing someone a picture of
food and saying that it will make them
eat more. That assumes that the person
didn’t eat in the first place.”
Blaming the media for adolescents’ sexual activity can lead to minors thinking that sex is ultimately a
bad thing and that what their bodies
are designed to feel is wrong.
“As long as there have been mass
media, parents have blamed them for
everything worrisome that teenagers
do,” Steinberg said. “In the 1950s, people worried about comic books. Today
they worry about ‘Cougar Town.’ It’s
basically the same thing.”
The 2006 study was widely publicized, but the media seemed to focus on the results, instead of the inner
workings of the research.
The study was conducted in two
parts. First, data was collected on the
Voice of the people
What effect do you
think the mass media
have on sexuality?
HILLARY Petrozziello TTN
amount of exposure 12-to-14-yearolds had to sexy media. Then, when
the same group turned 16, it was surveyed again to see if subjects had lost
their virginity.
The only controlled factors were
parent-disapproval of teen sex and perceived permissive peer sexual norms.
Also, the study was very localized. All
of the 1,017 minors who participated
in this study were from central North
Carolina, and they were lumped into
categories of “black” and “white.”
“They controlled for some factors
that could have accounted for this relationship … but their controls were not
very good,” Steinberg said. “We found
that when you implement more conservative controls, the relationship disappears. Indeed, it looks like interest
in sex fosters exposure to sexy media,
rather than the reverse.”
As Rhodes said, some adolescents
aren’t interested in sex. Viewing sexualized media could
potentially lead to children being more
comfortable to talk with their parents
about the topic of sex. But Steinberg
said no evidence exists to prove that
watching sex-heavy shows prompts
educational conversations.
“Parents shouldn’t worry so much
about what their kids watch, and they
should not kid themselves by thinking
they can deter their kids’ sexual activity by limiting what they watch on TV
or listen to on their iPods,” he said of
his study’s main message.
Parents should realize adolescents are going to be sexually active,
stop pointing their fingers at the media
and take the appropriate measures to
educate them. Of course, abstinence is
the only sure way to prevent sexually
transmitted diseases and pregnancy,
but it is also unrealistic – kind of like
it is unrealistic to ban children from
watching a certain TV show. They are
going to watch it anyway.
“Abstinence is a form of child
abuse. It’s not letting the kids know the
facts,” Rhodes said.
If a poorly constructed study can
lead so many people to believe that
engaging in sexy media can lead to
more adolescents having sex, then it
shouldn’t be difficult for them to understand that hormones are a fact of
life, TV show or no TV show.
REBECCA NORMILE
Samantha Krotzer can be reached at
[email protected].
Freshman
O
n Thursday, the U.S. Census Bureau released what many considered to be shocking news: The
overall U.S. poverty rate rose
ASHLEY
from
13.2
percent
in 2008 to 14.3 percent in
NGUYEN
2009, the highest poverty rate since 1994.
Philadelphia
Though some demographers’ jaws didn’t
needs to fix drop – with the number of jobs lost during the
several causes recession, estimates for the poverty rate were
of poverty in between 14.7 percent and 15 percent – the
order to resolve numbers astonished commentators, talking
heads and everyday U.S. citizens.
a problem that
But for Philadelphians, these numbers are
is not new to nothing but a stale loaf of bread.
the city.
In 2008, the individual poverty rate in
Philadelphia stood at 24.3 percent. The number of families below poverty level was 19
percent. If these digits, decimals and percentages are burying the bottom line, let me spell
it out for you: For years, Philadelphia has
suffered what the entire country is just experiencing now, and though the numbers are
upsetting for a hurting U.S. population, the
country will eventually rebound while the city
remains stagnant.
And this isn’t a far-fetched prediction.
The Census Bureau has yet to release the rates
that trickle down to the city or county levels. Only states’ poverty levels were released
(Pennsylvania’s overall rate is 11.1 percent),
but it only takes a glance back into the history
of American Fact Finder
to envision what numbers
We haven’t will be when they are reprogressed leased.
The 2000 Census reat all within a
ported the individual povdecade. And erty rate in the city was
though the U.S. 22.9 percent compared
will rebound, the to the then-national average of 12.4 percent. We
city isn’t the only haven’t progressed at all
place having within a decade. And alproblems moving though the U.S. will rethe city isn’t the
forward. bound,
only place having problems moving forward.
The world as a whole is,
too.
The United Nations released a statement
Sept. 16 saying it is experiencing difficulties in meeting the Millennium Development
Goals’ benchmarks to reduce “poverty, hunger, maternal-and-child deaths, disease, inadequate shelter, gender inequality and environmental degradation by 2015.”
The U.N. cited a lack of aid as one reason
it will not be able to meet goals. Philadelphia
could cite the same as one of the poorest cities in the U.S., but money is only part of the
Alexander Gonzalez
OPINION DESK 215-204-9540
“There’s a lot
of anger being
projected at me
personally for my
father’s stance on
[Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell]. I love my
father very much
and we disagree.
Project your anger
at politicians and
the president you
elected, because
last time I checked –
Obama isn’t exactly
advocating for LGBT
rights or removing
DADT.”
Meghan McCain,
Daily Beast columnist and author
of “Dirty, Sexy Politics,”
on her father, Arizona Sen. John
McCain’s stance on GLBT rights
“All eyes are now
on Congress, but
the real question is
whether the Obama
administration is going
to exercise leadership
in December when the
review report comes
out.”
Aaron Belkin,
head of University of California,
Santa Barbara’s public policy
think tank, the Palm Center,
on the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
policy study to be released in
December 2010
“We are not asking
you to agree with or
approve the moral
implications of
homosexuality. We’re
asking you to do your
job, to protect the
Constitution.”
Lady Gaga,
pop star,
on her video message after
the 2010 MTV Video Music
Awards, targeting Sen. John
McCain and other political
figures who oppose GLBT
rights
“It is an up or
down vote to keep
discriminating or to
stop discriminating.
To Senator McCain
and opponents of
repeal, actually, I think
it means the same
thing.”
Christopher Neff,
deputy director of the Palm
Center,
on the upcoming Senate vote
for Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
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junior
mathematics
“Especially as a gay
guy, gay stereotypes are
everywhere, so when I see
other gay guys trying to
fit into those stereotypes,
it’s really hard to find an
identity if you don’t fit
the norm. Mass media
produces this sexual norm,
and if you don’t fit in, it
messes with your head a
little bit.”
Someone else’s
opinion
Brittany Thomas can be reached at
[email protected].
Poverty rate rises,
old problems persist
undeclared
“It has a huge effect on
sexuality because what you
see in the media makes
you want to go out and
have sex. These videos
with girls butt-naked and
men glistening with hot
oil – it doesn’t make you
want to do anything but to
go out and find you a man
like that and give him your
vagina.”
animal rights because we have laws
against cruelty, but that really has
nothing to do with what actually
goes on here and around the world.”
Fans could also argue that Morrissey hates all humans, not just the
Chinese. The singer left the stage
at the Coachella Valley Music and
Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., during
a performance earlier this year after
he smelled meat, or “burning flesh,”
being cooked nearby.
“I hope to God it’s human,” the
singer said at the time.
When it comes down to it, Morrissey’s racist remarks and the similar words of other public figures, for
that matter, prove there’s still a long
way to go until we can entirely rise
above racism and stereotyping. Just
because he’s a glorified and talented
musician doesn’t mean we should
take his opinions lightly.
“I’m sure any Chinese student
of mine would be very offended
by Morrissey’s statement,” AveryNatale said. “And it goes to show
that a race problem still exists. We
haven’t completely moved on from
it, we’ve just changed the face of
it.”
Brandon Warrington
senior
HUMAN RESource management
“It gives it an unfair
portrayal. It shows
people what they want
to see but not the
truth. It makes sex this
glorious thing, but I
don’t think that’s a real
depiction of it. There’s a
lot of emotions involved,
but the media focuses
on the excitement
and the pleasure of its
portrayal.”
[email protected]
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Joan DiGiovanni on the passing of Kevin Coffey on Sept. 16, 2010 at 2:41 a.m.
I am the mother of a Temple graduate, Michael DiGiovanni (Class of 2009), and I must express my
deepest sympathy to the family and friends of this beloved young man, Kevin Coffey. I did not know
of his tragic death until yesterday but I haven’t been the same since I heard all the wonderful things
that everyone has had to say about this remarkable young man. I am a worker at the American Red
Cross and Kevin Coffey was one of our donors – something his father said his was very proud off
– giving blood. But I am writing because I want his family to know that people who never met him
have been touched by the story of how Kevin lived such an extraordinary life in such a short time.
Please pass this message along to his family and fellow classmates to let them know that Kevin will
never be forgotten. Respectfully, Joan DiGiovanni
Matt on hangouts recommended by QChat columnist Josh Fernandez on Sept. 16, 2010 at 4:44 p.m.
I love all those places, Philly really has some great little shops and secret places to chill.
Josh on the success of the football team on Sept. 17, 2010 at 11:03 p.m.
Good article…Keep up the sports coverage and get these stories higher up on the page!! We need
to pack the stands tomorrow…every extra fan helps. Go OWLS!
Chris Nolfi on the business license for blogging on Sept. 13, 2010 at 10:28 p.m.
This proposed business license is really nothing more then a tax that would be placed on bloggers.
It is ridiculous, and shows how unfriendly Philadelphia is towards business, if one can even consider
blogging to be a business. Philly will be the next Detroit if they keep it up. My problem with it is that I
cannot see it working because it seems to challenge what I call ‘location tangibility’. In essence, this
means bloggers can blog from anywhere: mobile phones, airplanes …Because the location of a blogger may not be static, they cannot be taxed by the city of Philadelphia who may not have jurisdiction
over them in their certain location, just because their blog is about Philadelphia. (I’m going on an assumption that they want to only tax blogs based on reference to the city itself, because the author of
this article only mentions blogs related to Philly). Blogs are unlike for profit websites (ie. Amazon, Best
Buy) because those are companies with established, and permanent locations, that use websites for
means of collecting payment. I am sure that this will be found unconstitutional by the commonwealth,
and should be challenged in the US Supreme Court (if necessary).
Re: “In memory, friends mourn passings”
A week ago, we received the awful news that Kevin Coffey was killed in a bus accident. Shock and sadness covered his hometown of Manhattan, Kan. He was an Honors student at Temple and was on his way to
Toronto on an adventure. A long week ensued for friends and family with services planned on Friday morning.
News reached the family that Temple was sponsoring a bus for Kevin’s friends there to make the 22-hour
trip to the funeral. The family was touched by this gesture and continued making the arrangements that no parent of a 19-year-old wants to think about.
Your students arrived on Thursday and attended the visitation at the funeral home. Arrangements were
made for them to stay with Dr. Steve and Whitney Short. They opened their home to these students and provided food, shelter and support. Kevin would have liked that. After the visitation, a candlelight service was
held where Kevin attended Boy Scout meetings and earned the rank of Eagle Scout. They were surrounded
by something profoundly important to Kevin followed by a bonfire gathering with Kevin’s Manhattan, Kan.,
friends. He would have liked that.
The day of the service, the Manhattan and Temple friends sat together in the full church and listened to an
eloquent eulogy about Kevin’s life delivered by his best Manhattan friend. The Temple group also spoke about
his life at Temple and special memories. I spotted them picking wild sunflowers – Kansas’ state flower – on the
edge of the cemetery and wearing or carrying them. After the service and the dinner at the church, the students
were taken on a tour of Kansas State University in Manhattan.
While Kevin was devoted to Temple, he grew up with K-State football, women’s basketball and purple
everywhere. He would have liked seeing his Owls mingling with Wildcats, especially seeing his Temple friends
wearing the purple KSU shirts donated by the university. The students were then whisked over to our house for
dinner. A huge buffet of Kansas State beef and church-lady salads were before them. They all gathered on our
porch around a table, joined by Kevin’s parents. These wonderful young people presented them with a framed
picture of Kevin in his Temple T-shirt.
Kevin would have enjoyed that gathering. Also in attendance were Kevin’s Nebraska relatives, his brother’s friends and others – around 60 people in total. The evening ended with all of us jammed into the living
room watching videos of Kevin doing his favorite dance and getting a pie in the face on the big screen. Kevin
would have liked that. What comfort for his parents and other family members to see how happy Kevin was at
Temple and what a special group of friends he left behind.
They then traveled out to the boathouse at Tuttle Creek Lake where Kevin spent many hours as captain
of the rowing team. We hope they take back a sense of where Kevin came from and that Kansas is more than a
“Wizard of Oz” cliché. It is a community of people from the KSU president to the kids he went to school with,
joining together in grief and celebration of Kevin’s short life. Manhattan, Kan., was probably not on any of
their travel plans until the tragedy, but Kevin would have loved the fact that these friends walked through his
life and saw where he came from. While Kevin did not get to finish the adventure he started the day he died, he
left for his friends an adventure to a place they never expected to go.
We know that these wonderful kids may not come back – although we hope they do – but maybe as they
fly over Kansas, they will smile with memories of Kevin and remember their visit here. Kevin would like that.
Marilyn Broadie Fox
Long-time friend of the Coffey Family
Manhattan, Kan.
ASHLEY NGUYEN TTN
William Bostick said hard work is what keeps people’s piggy banks full.
A
t 67, William Bostick remembers what it was like
to hustle. Before becoming an operating engineer,
if Bostick and his friends needed extra
cash, they picked up odd jobs. Today,
Bostick said he barely sees any hustling: He only sees open hands.
“I wake up in the morning and
say, ‘Good morning, how are you?’
and they respond, ‘I’m doing all right.
You got a quarter? You got a dollar?’” said Bostick, standing in a pair
of rubber boots as he washed a car at
15th Street and Susquehanna Avenue.
Though Bostick is retired and receives
pension checks, he still washes cars to
keep busy.
“When I was growing up we always had to hustle,” he said. “We
shined shoes. We did something.”
Since the recession has led to a
barren job market, Bostick said the
skills most have cannot be applied to
specific trades, leading to drug dealing
and begging.
“All they do now is they go out
on the corner, do what they do and get
locked up,” Bostick said. “They don’t
know anything else to do. They go to
school, take up a trade and then can’t
find a job.”
And though Bostick points to
government action to provide jobs –
“They can create a war, I’m sure they
can create jobs” – he said too much
government help is part of why everyone remains unmotivated.
“When there were jobs out there,
people were able to lean on free money,” he said, referring to welfare. “But
now there aren’t any jobs, and there
isn’t a lot of free money.”
“The government can throw a few
crumbs out there, and the next day
people will eat those crumbs,” he added. “But the next day, they’ll be right
back.”
Ashley Nguyen can be reached at
[email protected].
Combating an old problem
with the same information
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solution.
As Philadelphia magazine’s Tim
Whitaker wrote in a Sept. 16 blog post,
“poverty begets violence; poverty is
the cause of illiteracy; poverty causes
schools to fail; and until you make
great inroads into the deep poverty that
bedevils this city, greatness can never
be achieved.”
While Whitaker’s statements are
true, Philadelphians must reverse the
order of his words to truly begin combating poverty. Illiteracy is the cause of
poverty. Schools fail, causing people to
be uneducated, unable to find work and
to slip into poverty. The more people
slip into poverty, the more children will
be born into it as well.
These problems may not have easy
fixes, but the issues are manageable. If
Philadelphia’s poverty rate is ever expected to decrease, the people need to
take control.
Ashley Nguyen can be reached at
[email protected].
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and countless other fraternity life-focused shows and films, many assume
Greek life on U.S. college campuses must live up
to the meat-headed, beer-guzzling and valley-girl
stereotypes. But life doesn’t always function like
a TV program.
Although Temple’s 36 fraternities and sororities on Main Campus do not compare to the 89 at
Penn State’s University Park campus, Greek life
here carries the same morals and responsibilities
as any fraternity or sorority elsewhere.
With rush week coming to a close, some
freshmen and a few upperclassmen are debating
whether going Greek is in the cards. While many
FLOW
MASTER
people are afraid to pay dues, others appreciate around her class schedule when she found her
grades were slipping. she said.
the family feel Greek life can offer.
The deterrent of time commitment aside,
“I wanted to be part of a group, and I wanted
to be able to know a bunch of people that I had there’s the old saying that going Greek is just a
way for people to “buy their
something in common with,” Cady
friends.” But Dan Lyons, the
Hurtzig, an undeclared freshman,
president of the Temple Unisaid.
versity Greek Association and
But as much as Hurtzig said she
Alpha Epsilon Pi brother, said
would have enjoyed the bonds of
the phrase doesn’t hold true on
sisterhood, she needed time to focus
Main Campus.
on picking a major instead of going
“You’re not buying your
out for a sorority.
friends,” Lyons, a junior market“It’s just a lot of time and a lot
ing major, said. “You’re buying
of money to participate in events
to do activities with your friends,
and be part of the sorority,” Hurtzig
socials with sororities – we go to
said. “And I thought for my first seDan Lyons /
Phillies games together. That’s
mester, I should concentrate on my
president, temple greek
what our dues pay for.”
school work.”
association
For those curious enough to
Alisa Ustayeva, a sophomore
biology major and a sister of Delta Phi Epsilon, venture into Main Campus’ Greek life, rush week
said being Greek is time-consuming between her is packed with all sorts of meet-and-greet events.
schoolwork and sorority activities, such as fund“[Fraternities and sororities] always will start
raisers and meetings.
with an open house or a general interest meetBut Delta Phi Epsilon was willing to plan ing where anyone who’s interested can come and
This week, meet
mathematics
professor
Benjamin
Seibold, who
knows why we
all get stuck in
traffic jams.
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“You’re not
buying your
friends. You’re
buying to do
activities with
your friends.”
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LABEL
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Sarah Sanders
breaks down
the difference
between organic
and chem-free,
and explains why
one ain’t so fresh.
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As rush week comes to an end,
it’s important to know what
accepting that bid really means.
learn more about the fraternity or sorority,” said
Jayne Appley, the program coordinator for Greek
life and student activities.
“It’s really low-key, and it’s just a way to
learn more about the organization before really
starting the recruitment process,” she added.
The walls and corkboards on Main Campus
are usually littered with Greek rush fliers at this
time. Most fraternities and sororities use these fliers to advertise events the groups have planned.
Some fraternities test potential recruits’ reflexes in the latest version of Madden NFL, while
other fraternity members showcase their athleticism in a game of real-life football.
Young women who consider joining a sorority in the Pan-Hellenic Association have the
chance to meet sisters from all four sororities in
the Student Center to find out which group they
click with best.
If a male is invited back to the fraternity house
or if a female receives a bid from a sorority and he
or she decides to join or pledge, then the arduous
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Philadelphia ranks No. 2 in
letting the bed bugs bite
Temple has not reported an outbreak, but it is always good to know
how to spot the nasty bugs and how to
get rid of them if they should ever appear.
Bedbugs look like miniature cockroaches. They are nocturnal, feed off
KATE HARTMAN
blood and tend to live in anything that
The Temple News
is used frequently, so that they can be
close to their food source. Common
They could be living in the mat- hotspots are beds, sofas and rugs. They
tress, in the sofa or in the carpet. They have also been found in unusual hidcould be lurking wherever one decides ing places, too, such as books and teleto lie down for a little post-class rest phones.
and relaxation. They are bedbugs,
“Bedbugs tend to congregate in litand according to a report released by tle pockets in mattresses,” Hunter said.
Terminix in August, Philadelphia has “When we do an inspection, we check
more of them than anywhere else ex- in the seams, near the tag on the matcept New York City.
tress, in the headboard, the box spring
“The number of calls for bedbugs and other places. Bedbugs like to live 5
has grown every year in the last three to 10 feet from their host.”
to five years,” said Shawn Hunter, a
The bugs come out about once a
district manager for
week to feed, making
Ehrlich Pest Control.
their appearance just
“We have technicians
before dawn to drink
taking calls for bedtheir fill. Bedbugs can
bugs every day.”
live anywhere from six
The pests hide
months to a solid year
in furniture and suitwithout feeding, which
cases, so incoming
makes them very diffistudents could be
cult to get rid of. Even if
bringing more than
you think they’re gone,
just clothing in their
Shawn Hunter / they might not be.
luggage.
Their bark is nothehrlich pest control
Bedbugs
can
ing compared to their
also crawl between
bite, though. These
walls to infect neighcreepy little bugs sink their teeth into
boring rooms. In dense living areas, humans, and then inject a chemical to
such as dorms and apartment build- clot the blood and stop the bleeding.
ings, bedbugs can turn into a nightmare This chemical is what makes the bites
overnight.
itch so badly.
“Bedbugs are extremely disgust“I’ve dealt with bedbugs once,”
ing,” said Alyssa Pouleson, a sopho- Augusta Greenfield, a sophomore
more psychology major. “But they do nursing major, said. “I was staying at
seem befitting of college. You get ex- my aunt’s house, and I had to sleep on
posed to so many different things here.” the couch. I woke up the next morn-
While Temple remains
unscathed, high-traffic
living areas are hotspots for
the bedborne pests.
“We have
technicians
taking calls for
bedbugs every
day.”
ing with a bunch of bumps on my skin.
They itched, and then when I scratched
them they got hard and turned red.”
The bites look like most other skin
irritations. There is nothing distinctive
about them, so it can be difficult to determine if the bites are actually from
bedbugs.
Sometimes people don’t realize
they have a problem because they attribute the bites to other things. The
bright side to the bites, if there is one,
is that they have not been found to pass
diseases.
The bites might be the only reliable sign of an infestation. These bugs
are only active at night, and they hide
well, so it is nearly impossible to catch
them in the act.
The other way to detect them is to
set traps. You can line your mattress
with double-sided tape, and check it
after a few days. If they’re there, a few
of them will likely be stuck to the tape.
If you discover you have bedbugs,
the first step is to get a mattress cover.
You should completely seal off the
mattress so nothing can get in or out.
The ones caught inside will eventually
die without food.
Wash your sheets and your pillowcase regularly to get rid of any bugs
that may be hanging around outside the
mattress.
“We always recommend an inspection by a professional because
the process to get rid of the bugs can
be very labor intensive,” Hunter said.
“The most effective methods for eliminating these bugs are fumigation and
heat treatment.”
Kate Hartman can be reached at
[email protected].
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Old-time farming
no longer a reality
The Temple News
presents...
PEOPLE
YOU SHOULD
KNOW
MATT FLOCCO
The Temple News
Assistant professor of mathematics Dr. Benjamin Seibold
juggles studying mathematics, traveling the world, teaching
differential equations, creating sculptures and playing ultimate
Frisbee. And, to top it all off, he recently completed research
on traffic jams. Seibold yielded his busy schedule to talk to The
Temple News about his work and how to just “go with the flow.”
The Temple News: How long have you been teaching at
Temple?
Benjamin Seibold: I’ve been at Temple University for one
year. I taught at [Massachusetts Institute of Technology] for
three years and received my doctorate in Germany.
TTN: What is it that you study and teach here?
BS: I specialize in the computation and modeling of flow.
This can be the flow of liquids, of photons [and] even of people. I am especially interested in traffic flow. We use models to
mathematically simulate real-life situations and make predictions.
TTN: How exactly does traffic relate to flow?
BS: You can treat traffic flow – based, of course, on overall
travel and not on the individual cars and drivers – like a detonation wave after an explosion. A detonation wave is similar to,
but goes further than, a shock wave. We have models that boil
this down to basics. We measure the traffic density and velocity
of field just as we would do for a detonation wave. The front
moves forward, and pressure condenses in what is called the
reaction zone. It is in this reaction zone that the cars begin to
get backed up and condense, just like in the wave. We nickname
this a “jamiton.”
TTN: So, what happens when we get to a phantom traffic jam?
BS: A phantom traffic jam is named so because no one really knows where it comes from. If you look at simulations, or
even real-life studies, there is not a single driver whose fault it
pastoral depictions on the products you find in Acme, but you
have much more confidence
in the organic cottage cheese
you bought last week at Whole
Foods. The big secret is, most
here is little chance commercial organic companies
you’ll see a tractor on use the same advertising tricks
Broad Street. I admit, as the big, bad conventional
companies.
you might
How else could
see one during a paWhole
Foods manurade or a riot, but you
facture
hundreds
have a better chance
of
organic
products
of spotting a tractor in
under
its
365
brand
a parade than a farmer
without
the
use
of
transporting hay or
some
heavy
mapulling another – perand a lot of
haps an even larger
Sarah chinery
space?
It’s
not ex– piece of harvesting
Sanders actly a company
that
equipment.
could
operate
on
a
So sometimes I
small
lot
in
Chester
wonder how much
No Politics
in the County. The United
effect those idyllic
Kitchen States Department of
images of red barns,
Agriculture’s organic
green grass and smillabel
means
big business these
ing white cows have on us citydays.
dwellers.
“I’d rather buy local than
We like the sound of “farmorganic,”
Rebecca Johnson, a
fresh” eggs and “all-natural”
junior
advertising
research matortilla chips. The images of
jor,
said.
I
met
Johnson
a coubountiful produce and healthyple
of
Thursdays
ago
when
she
looking animals on our packagwas
sitting
behind
a
small
card
ing warm the heart.
table at the Cecil B. Moore AvYes,
I’m
enue farmer’s
about to tell you
market, selling
these
images
some
herbs,
aren’t real, for
carrots
and
dethe most part.
liciously
sweet
It’d be more
black-cherry
accurate to iltomatoes on belustrate the huge
half of Temple
industrial faciliCommunity
ties that packGarden.
age, distribute
Johnson
and sometimes
said
she receven create the
ognizes
that
food.
most
small
farms
cannot
afford
What I really want to get
at this week is something I USDA organic certification,
touched on two weeks ago when thus making it a label more acI surveyed the Fresh Grocer’s cessible to larger commercial
operations. As she described,
organic section.
Sarah Sanders says
the USDA label has a
price tag attached to
its meaning.
PAUL KLEIN TTN
is. Cars are all traveling at the same pace, but eventually some
will start to slow down or speed up a tiny bit. This ultimately
creates traffic jams in which drivers will see the slower cars,
react and then slow down themselves.
TTN: You say it’s essentially no one’s fault, so what is
the cause of it?
BS: The phantom traffic jams occur, first because of minor
perturbations in the road and in human behavior. Once these
perturbations reach a certain level called critical density, it becomes a traffic jam. The density of cars is higher, so the traffic
is slower.
TTN: What sort of difficulties come up when modeling
these jams?
BS: One problem is that it is extremely difficult to predict human behavior and take it into measurable, mathematical
situations. We are individuals, not photons. Another problem
we run into is that while we can present the math, there are
lawmakers and finances that might not allow us to execute our
ideal solutions.
TTN: What can we do to prevent “jamitons,” and how
important is it?
BS: It is not so much a matter of importance in speeding up
people’s days so they do not have to sit in traffic. It is more the
fact that these wear out expensive materials that car companies
must make. Most importantly, these are hot spots for accidents.
One thing we can do is replace permanent speeding zones, with
normal [speed-limit] signs, with adjustable speeding zones,
with LED signs, that could change based upon conditions.
TTN: Why is traffic flow so interesting to you?
BS: I think it’s a fascinating area. There are so many components. We work with the mathematics of it, but there are also
engineers and other scientists we collaborate with. With future
technology, we may be able to eliminate these dangerous traffic
jams in the next 20 years.
Matt Flocco can be reached at [email protected].
T
“Most commercial
organic companies
use the same
advertising tricks
as the big, bad
conventional
companies.”
Maybe you don’t trust the
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Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
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Facebook feuds in ‘The Social Network’
David Fincher’s new film
explores the story behind
the Internet phenomenon.
MATTHEW FLOCCO
The Temple News
F
acebook has more than 500
million active members, and
altogether, they spend more
than 700 billion minutes per
month browsing the social networking
site. But what is so intriguing about human lives that so many put them on display for the world to see? And why do
their fingers have the muscle memory
to automatically type “Facebook.com”
every time they open a Web browser?
Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, writer
of “A Few Good Men” and “The West
Wing,” and director David Fincher,
who also directed “Fight Club” and
“Zodiac,” sought to answer questions
like those with their new film “The Social Network,” which will be released
nationwide Oct. 1.
“I definitely have an opinion or
a ‘side’ that I’m on,” Sorkin told The
Temple News in an interview last
week. “But I don’t want to say any
more because I want people to have a
blank slate going into the movie. Let
them fight their battles in the parking
lot.”
Set at Harvard University in 2003,
the film tells the tale of the relation-
ship between current CEO and founder
Mark Zuckerberg, played by Jesse
Eisenberg, and former CFO Eduardo
Saverin, played by Andrew Garfield.
The film also explores the relationships
between both Zuckerberg and Saverin,
and Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss,
the Harvard legacies and twin
brothers who accused Zuckerberg of intellectual property theft, both played by
Armie Hammer.
The film’s editing, sound and cinematography shape
the script into a
living, intimate
yet
foreboding
piece about exclusivity and the
burning desire to
be accepted or noticed.
“[Facebook] is
really democratization of socialization,”
Eisenberg said.
While the song that
accompanies the movie’s
trailer – an acapella version of
Radiohead’s “Creep” – may lead
the audience to believe the movie is
mainly about exploring the impact
Facebook has on society, the film is
plot- and character-driven, which may
intrigue movie-goers who don’t have
Facebook pages.
Sorkin balances a dark, serious
story with humor, tying in lessons of
morality throughout. He presents the
story from three points of view. At
many times during the film, it seems as
though there isn’t one protagonist.
While the story revolves around
Zuckerberg, he quickly becomes a
character the audience hates to love
and loves to hate. What’s remarkable
about Eisenberg’s performance is he
does not have a Facebook, and neither
he nor Sorkin has ever met Zuckerberg.
“[I] never wanted to put an emphasis on impression, [but] more of an understanding of where [Zuckerberg] was
coming from,” Eisenberg said when
asked about his facial expressions in
the film. He said he would listen
to Zuckerberg’s voice on his
iPod on his way to the set
to get into character.
Hammer,
who
played the Winklevoss twins, said he
was rigorous in
preparing for his
role. Not only
did the Winklevosses
attend
Harvard,
they
also went on to
become Olympic
rowers. For Hammer, that meant
waking up at 3:30
a.m. to row, going
home at 10 a.m. to take
a nap and then heading to
the set to play two different
characters.
On top of this, Hammer said
Fincher likes to perfect scenes by doing
multiple takes.
“There was one day where we
spent an entire afternoon on four pages,” Hammer said. “I would spend a
block of time being one twin and then a
block of time shooting the entire scene
over as the other twin.”
The thing about Fincher’s directing, however, is that for all the takes
he shot, he only used one or two in the
final film.
“He just knows what’s good and
what’s going to work,” Hammer said.
Both actors jokingly explained
that Sorkin wrote a 162-page script, as
opposed to the normal 110-125 pages
for a typical screenplay.
“In my defense, David was extremely precise and accommodating,”
Sorkin said with a laugh. “He had me
read each scene aloud at the pace I
wanted it, then he would time it. On
set, if the scene ran even a few seconds
over, he would make sure it fit the exact time frame. In the end, none of the
script was cut.”
The film holds a mirror up to society perhaps more than any other film
of the millennial generation. And from
the drunken college escapades to the
“Facebook official” love scene, the reflection is quite disturbing.
“If the goal [of Facebook] is to
bring us together, it’s doing exactly the
opposite,” Sorkin said. “It gives you a
chance to rewrite yourself. It’s an insincere form of socialization.”
While that may be the case, it
hasn’t stopped more than 24,143 people from “liking” the fan page for “The
Social Network” on Facebook.
Matt Flocco can be reached at
[email protected].
Student party promoters put Wherever, whenever,
business into campus nightlife General Tso’s is the same
Student entrepreneurs
turn to party promoting
as a means of income.
Photo Illustration HILLARY PETROZIELLO TTN
“It’s not easy being the CEO
or founder of any group. You
have to make the final decisions
and do a lot of work around the
time of the event,” Soyemi said,
adding that if he were unable to
keep up with his demanding major, he would work less.
While Chosen Few Entertainment works to promote parties, So Far Out Entertainment
DJs its events as well, working
with local artists, such as Paris
Artelli and Dannie Phantom.
Sophomores Brett Bedevian, an
economics major, and Saleem
Sabree, along with juniors Robert Lawton and Malik Robinson
work with Ettinger to run So Far
Out Entertainment.
Sabree, a journalism major,
Lawton, a marketing major, and
Ettinger also DJ events.
“[Ettinger] and [Lawton]
are musicians who devote several hours a day to mastering the
trade,” Sabree said. “Brett is a
business major who manages the
crew. [Robinson] is responsible
for our wardrobe and documenting all of our events.”
Regardless of their personal
funk
sway
Philly funk band
Hezekiah Jones
started as a one
man’s joke but has
since garnered
local success,
playing at two city
venues this month.
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music tastes, the members of the
company keep their audience in
mind when spinning tunes.
“We vow to cover all genres
of music so that we can please
the masses,” Sabree said. “On
one of the most diverse campuses in the country, it is important
for us to keep a diverse mindset
when DJing and promoting.”
So Far Out Entertainment
throws parties twice a month and
provides entertainment at events
thrown by other party promoters.
The business also donates a percentage of its earnings from each
party to a local charity.
But for both promoters, the
only way for their companies to
grow and succeed is to work together.
“No particular person runs
the business,” Soyemi said.
“We have a lot of people who
are down with Chosen Few Entertainment so we have a lot of
help when it comes to setting up
events and preparing for it.”
Fatia Kasumu can be reached at
[email protected].
“take away.”)
In between the foodstuffs, you’ll find tiny
shops packed with trinkets and herbal medi-
DRESS
up
Columnist Kenny
Thapoung offers
tips for students
living in dorms to
add a little flair
to their year-long
living space.
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Fatia Kasumu
The Temple News
Throwing parties and going
to parties are two very different
things, but when James “J.T.”
Soyemi, a sophomore kinesiology major, met six other socially
driven students his freshman
year, a good time turned into a
full-on business.
“We all met at a party on the
second weekend of school [and]
decided we wanted to get into the
party-throwing and -promoting
business to develop our social
network around Temple,” Soyemi said.
And with that, Chosen Few
Entertainment, a party-promoting company, was born.
Soyemi now serves as the
CEO and runs the business
with science and business majors. Chosen Few Entertainment
promotes parties using social
networking sites, such as Twitter and Facebook. The business
makes approximately $800 per
party, but partying isn’t simple
when you’re the ones running everything from behind the scenes.
Brady Ettinger, a business
partner for So Far Out Entertainment, a disc jockey, sound and
promotion company, knows this
from experience.
“It’s a lot harder than people
realize,” said Ettinger, a sophomore broadcasting telecommunications and mass media major.
“Things go wrong. People flake.
You have to conjure up makeshift. We work so hard just to
give people a good time.”
cine stores. I spent the evening in a hidden, underground pub called Waxy’s. The interior of
the pub looks like a giant tree house – there is
literally a tree – and I felt a little like a member
of the Baggins clan.
After last call, I grabbed some General
LONDON – Though ethnic pockets can
Tso’s
chicken from the shop next door, which
be found in most major cities, none are quite
looked
identical to every other shop on the
as notorious as Chinatown. While wanderblock.
As
I sat on the stoop gorging myself
ing through seemingly average streets – past
with
unnaturally orange chicken,
the usual grey buildings and typical
it
occurred
to me how much I miss
McDonald’s-like establishments –
Temple
Star,
a thought I never imagyou may stumble into a new territory
ined
would
have
crossed my mind.
strung with colorful lanterns, strewn
Fortunately,
Chinese food here
with fish and vegetable markets and
tastes
identical
to
the Philly version,
adorned with signs written in an unso
there’s
no
need
to venture any
familiar language.
farther
than
10th
and
Arch streets
That, my friends, is Chinatown.
near
the
Race-Vine
subway
stop.
London’s Chinatown is in the
The
Friendship
Arch
takes
after
its
Caitlin
middle of the Soho area, and turning
location’s
namesake
and
stands
as
Weigel
the corner onto the main drag feels
the
focal
point
for
the
area.
like stepping into an entirely differIf you’re seeking general ChiPassport
ent world.
nese
food, you can’t go wrong with
to
Philly
The first indicator that you’re
where
you choose to indulge in
no longer in fish-and-chips terrisome
standard
lo mein, but there are
tory is the large, ornate arch stretching across
a
few
stand-out
spots
for
those looking for a
the street like a giant welcome banner. These
more
unusual
Chinatown
experience.
arches – known as “Paifang” in Mandarin ChiThe Asia Supermarket, located at 143 N.
nese – are generally donated by the People’s
11th
St.,
can be a little tricky to spot, but if you
Republic of China and adorned with special
keep
your
eyes open you won’t be disappointChinese inscriptions. Aside from serving culed.
It
feels
as though you’ve stumbled upon
tural purposes, Chinatowns are also popular
a
secret
world
as you explore the crowded
tourist destinations.
underground
supermarket.
Highlights include
Central London’s Chinatown is no difcheap,
floral
dishware,
bordering
the fine line
ferent. At night, it’s packed and bustles with
between
pretty
and
downright
tacky
and the
late-night revelers on their way to one of the
turtles-in-tupperware
containers
near
the
front
pubs sprinkled throughout the busy streets or
of
the
shop.
If
you
have
a
sweet
tooth,
be
sure
night owls swinging by for egg rolls to satisfy
to
grab
some
Pocky
–
a
crispy
snack
biscuit
midnight cravings.
During the day, it’s easier to get a lay of that is actually from Japan – before you go.
If, after perusing the aisles, you’re still
the land. Its storefronts are fairly similar to
feeling
a bit hungry, swing by Pho Cali at 1000
any Chinatown. A number of restaurants hawk
Arch
St.
Three crisp single dollar bills will
Chinese cuisine – from the more upscale sitscore
you
a Vietnamese hoagie. Pair it with a
down establishments to simple, hole-in-thebubble
tea,
and you might as well be sitting on
wall take-out stalls. (By the way, if you ask for
a
stoop
next
to me in London, devouring the
take out in London, the only thing you’ll get
same
munchies
after downing a few pints.
is a sideways glance. The proper term here is
Caitlin Weigel finds comfort in
learning “Temple Star” exists
beyond North Broad Street.
Caitlin Weigel can be reached at
[email protected].
CHOW
DOWN
In The Temple
News’ annual
Lunchies edition,
we’ll give you
the run-down on
the trucks that
line the streets of
Main Campus.
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Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
Grant-funded project explores acceptance of sexuality
Scholars and actors will
join to see how labels stick
for a new generation.
ANGELO FICHERA
Assistant News Editor
Recently awarded a $36,500 provost seed grant, a project titled “Queer,
Get Used to It,” is in its early stages of
development.
Peter Reynolds, the head of musical theater and assistant chair of the
theater department, said the project’s
ensemble will be chosen in November
after auditions are held.
“We’re setting out to interview
college-aged students about their
viewpoints toward sexuality and gender, and trying to determine if there is
a more fluid concept of sexuality and
gender now than there used to be ...
with the idea that perhaps young people are paving the way to inclusion for
the queer community rather than just
tolerance,” Reynolds said.
Scott Gratson, an assistant professor in the department of strategic communication, said the project will also
look at how different factors affect
people’s experiences with sexuality
and sexual identity.
Gratson also said he and Reynolds
are talking with people from New York
and Ohio, respectively, to get ideas
about how different environments affect people’s experiences.
Reynolds said the show’s style is
yet to be determined, but that the project is looking for writers and queer
theorists in addition to actors.
“Exactly how the show is formed
is still up in the air,” Reynolds said.
“Of course there will be actors involved, but we’re thinking for sure that
there will be video, maybe even origi-
nal music [and] taped interviews. The
possibilities are endless at present.”
Performances are set to begin in
the days following spring break.
Reynolds is also the artistic director and co-founder of Mauckingbird Theatre Company, a company
“committed to producing professional
gay-themed theatre,” according to its
website. Reynolds said the idea of
having the project performed through
Mauckingbird in addition to Temple
was discussed, but a decision has not
been made.
As for the seed grant, Reynolds
said the money will pay for the production necessities and traveling expenses
for research into the project and literature and reading materials.
“I think that it’s great that Temple
is being supportive,” Gratson said.
“The timing couldn’t have been more
appropriate.”
Reynolds said he is grateful to
Temple and the provost’s office for
providing the opportunity to examine
this topic.
“It seems to me that [this] generation really is not as hung up on labels
and categorizing people as previous
generations, so I’m really interested
to talk to [this] generation about this,”
Reynolds said.
But the project is not targeted to
just a college-aged audience, Reynolds
said, adding that it will have a much
“broader appeal.”
“I really see it as [having] a crosspopulation appeal,” Gratson said.
“It’s about the thinking of [college
students’] generation, and if their generation is actually making a difference
in terms of acceptance of the queer
community,” Reynolds said. “It will be
stories by them, about them, for them.”
Angelo Fichera can be reached at
[email protected].
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and changed his career. Now he finds time to coach others.
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Fashion, style
meet to sleep
Kenny Thapoung offers
tips for dorm-dwellers to
spruce up their rooms.
A
bedroom shouldn’t just be
a place for you to pass out
after almost blacking out at
a kegger on Friday night.
Nor should it be a room for you to hide
during finals.
Bedrooms exist as settings for dormitory classics: It’s a place to hibernate
when the snow is 6 feet deep, dry off
when the rainstorm wind broke your
umbrella and relax on movie night with
a slice of Maxi’s pizza and your friends
on the floor after a stressful week of
work and classes.
But no one wants to be in a bedroom with barren walls, stiff comforters
and dirty sheets.
If you want to make friends during your years of dorm living without
rushing to a fraternity or sorority, then
maybe you should transform your crib
into a chillin’ crash zone.
Nailing anything to your walls is
strictly prohibited inside Temple dorms
– unless you don’t mind paying the
damage fee – but that’s why God invented Scotch sticky adhesives.
Among the boutiques and food
venues that line South Street stands the
go-to college dorm store, Beyond the
Wall, which has a collection of portfolios stocked with nearly every poster
imaginable.
Feeling too lazy to take the Broad
Street Line to the Lombard-South station? Try meandering through Main
Campus and make a pit stop at the
Global Prints stands.
The visiting vendor usually sets up
shop near Peabody Hall and the Bell
Tower and offers
students an array
of posters that feature popular movie
titles, such as “The
Hangover,” and
old-school
Michael Jordan postKenny ers for the stillThapoung living M.J. fans in
all of us.
Although
Hoot
Couture paper rectangles
aren’t the most
decorative forms
of art, at least these can cover up the
unsightly pale walls that turn it into a
jail cell.
Picture collages of your best
friends from home are pleasant mementos, but let’s be honest: Looking at an
old prom photo in a “friends forever”
photo frame is a bit overdone. Take a
trip to A.C. Moore or Michael’s, buy
some yarn, print pictures and create
simple collages similar to the ones Taylor Swift used in her music video for
“Mine.” String yarn horizontally, then
vertically tie strings of different lengths
to your photos, and voila – the collage
will make your walls appear less boxy
and dull.
When I have visitors, the first thing
they usually do is leap onto my bed.
Besides being the most mundane, yet
proper place to shag, the bed is the singular most important piece of furniture
in any bedroom.
The lifeless bedspreads at WalMart and Target have burned my eyes
one too many times. Although I’m an
avid fan of both retail stores, the fabric
that’s crammed into plastic bed-in-abag packages is often brittle and uncomfortable. Instead, my favorite place
to cruise the most refined yet playful
sheets and comforters is within the endless aisles of Ikea.
Though Sweden’s gift to the world
mostly sells furniture, the ground floor
of its Columbus Boulevard location has
a variety of comforter designs hanging
in a corner. The best part about finding a comforter at Ikea is that you can
determine how soft, feathery or plushy
you want your bedspread to be.
When searching for a comforter,
aim for plush. Although it’s not as thick
as a normal comforter, plush blankets
will replace your mom as you tuck
yourself in at night.
But the primary asset to the success of any conversion from flat to
fun is that everything must coordinate through color or design to create
a cohesive living space. No one ever
walked the runway in a train-wreck of
a collection, and you shouldn’t have to
sleep in one either.
Kenny Thapoung can be reached at
[email protected].
arts & entertainment
Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
uNder
radar
THE
September 23-25
Thu/Fri, Sept. 23-24
“Cold” by Race Brown
Adrienne Theatre
2030 Sansom St.
Tickets: $20
7:30 p.m.
http://coldstageplay.com/
When “Cold” is performed at
the Adrienne Theatre on Sept. 23 and
24, the tiny theater will brim with hatred and envy on the stage. The play
follows three friends who let their
darker emotions get the best of them,
leading to a horrific murder. “Cold”
promises to be both a disturbing and
heart-pounding thriller, accompanied
by the occasional nude scene. Be prepared for plot twists, as each scene is
more complicated than the previous.
Thursday, Sept. 23
Old City Film Series: “Grey
Gardens”
Flagpole Park
139 N. Second St.
Dusk
Free
http://theclaystudio.org/
Savor the last few nights with
bearable outdoor temperatures at
Flagpole Park for “Grey Gardens,”
a 1976 documentary about the aunt
and first cousin of famous first lady
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. The
film tells of Mrs. Edith Bouvier Beale
and her daughter, Edie, and their lives
inside their decaying East Hampton
mansion. The Clay Studio, Philadelphia Film Society, the Old City Civic
Assocation and the Elfreth’s Alley
Association are sponsoring the series.
Saturday, Sept. 25
“Summer in Love”
Love Park
John F. Kennedy Plaza
1500 John F. Kennedy Parkway
Free
12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
http://localslivephilly.com/
With classes entering the third
week of school, summer seems long
gone, but the “Summer in Love” concert series is still trying to provide
comfort that the carefree season is
still on. Running until Sept. 30, local
Philly bands join together to provide
eight hours full of tunes to fill the disappearing summer air.
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Freedom
on the
Parkway
The only word needed to sell college students on much of anything is “free,” and on Saturday, Sept.
25, Philadelphia students with a valid student ID will be able to revel in the word as they explore the city’s
ever-changing cultural scene for the 24th time since College Day on the Parkway began.
Starting at 10 a.m., College Day on the Parkway, sponsored by Campus Philly, will provide shuttles
from the Philadelphia Museum of Art to locations such as the Eastern State Penitentiary, the Franklin Institute and the Academy of Natural Sciences. The last stop will be at the iconic Love Park and the shuttles
will run until 4 p.m. The event ends at 5 p.m.
COLLEGE DAY SITES
Philadelphia Museum of Art
26th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway
http://philamuseum.org
Rodin Museum
22nd Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway
http://rodinmuseum.org
Eastern State Penitentiary
2124 Fairmount Ave.
http://easternstate.org
Free Library of Philadelphia
1901 Vine St.
http://freelibrary.org
The Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design
1916 Race St.
http://thegalleriesatmoore.org
The Franklin Institute
222 N. 20th St.
http://fi.edu
The Academy of Natural Sciences
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
http://www.ansp.org
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September 29, 5:00 PM
October 26, 5:30 PM
YEVGENIY FIKS: POST-SOVIET WITHOUT SHORES
EMILY GOULD ON JOURNALISM, FEMINISM, WEBISM
AND YOUTUBING
Artist Yevgeniy Fiks will discuss his work, including
projects referencing the writings of Lenin and Ayn Rand,
and the communist conspiracy that modern art was once
thought to be.
Introduction by guest curator Stamatina Gregory;
discussion to follow at 6:30 in Temple Gallery, 12th and
Norris Sts
Co-sponsored by Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art
Support provided by the Friends of Temple Gallery and the
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
October 13, 4:00 PM
CLIMATOLOGIST MICHAEL MANN ON THE SCIENCE
AND POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Leading climatologist and global-warming expert
Michael Mann explains the facts behind environmental
change and explores the politicization of science. Mann
should know: He has been at the center of a maelstrom
around this hotly contested and highly politicized topic.
Co-sponsored by the Center for the Humanities at Temple
hosted by Rachel Blau DuPlessis
Essayist, memoirist and blogger extraordinaire Emily Gould and
scholar/poet Rachel Blau DuPlessis ponder online journalism, feminism, the media,
publishing, food, cats and dogs. Gould also reads from her new book And the Heart Says
Whatever (Free Press 2010).
October 27, 3:30 PM
n+1 PERIODICALS AND PUBLISHING TODAY
n+1 editors Marco Roth and Keith Gessen discuss what it takes to start a print literary journal, survive the battle of
ideas with other magazines (and the internet), and even get some writing done on the side.
November 18, 4:00 PM
RECORD, PRESERVE, DOCUMENT, SHAPE: A CONVERSATION WITH CURATOR AND SCHOLAR
STEVEN LUBAR OF BROWN UNIVERSITY
hosted by Seth Bruggeman of the Center for Public History at Temple
Renowned curator and Brown University professor Steven Lubar discusses cultural heritage, our understanding of the
past, and the state of public arts and humanities with Seth Bruggeman of Temple’s Center for Public History.
Co-sponsored by the Center for Public History at Temple, Village of Arts and Humanities, the Wagner Free Institute of Science,
and the North Philadelphia Arts and Culture Alliance
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arts & entertainment
Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
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‘Tillman Story’ uncovers the
true tale of NFL player’s death
cartoon character, but also not finding his human aspects by dissecting him or digging too far into his
psyche.
Tillman refused interviews about why he left the
NFL to go to war, which the director tied into the
film’s de-basing of the celebrity archetype. The film
MATT FLOCCO
reveals that Donald Rumsfeld, former U.S. Secretary
The Temple News
of State, sent a letter to Tillman to thank him personally for his service and wish him well. The film
In Amir Bar-Lev’s new documentary “The Till- points out that Tillman, a celebrity, was treated difman Story,” which was nominated for the 2010 Sun- ferently by the government than other soldiers, dedance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize, the award- spite his wishes otherwise.
winning director challenges mainstream thought and
But, according to the story the film tells, Tillman
hero-celebrity culture.
could not escape the media even after his death.
“The ideas of truth and reality really intrigued
“The Tillman Story” shows how his mother felt
me to do the film,” Bar-Lev said. “Both touch on an he was used merely as a propaganda tool for the war
undercurrent of any news story. The way we get our in the Middle East at the time. The family considers
news is so superficial. Journalists get
itself old-fashioned, and instead of
there, get the story and leave quickly. If
getting privacy, it got thrust even
you stick around a little longer, you’ll
further into the spotlight.
find the story is much more complex
“Our culture refuses to allow
than [what will show] on the newsany area of our lives to be private,”
cast.”
Bar-Lev said. “At the same time,
In 2002, Pat Tillman went from
[‘The Tillman Story’] has everya safety for the NFL’s Arizona Cardithing you want in a movie. There’s
nals to a U.S. Army Ranger. Two years
the conflict, the conspiracy, the love
later, he was killed in Afghanistan. The
story, the emotion.”
government initially claimed enemy
The director said Tillman is
fire to be the cause, but after further
Amir Bar-Lev / director
survived by his family through
investigation prompted by Tillman’s
these simplicities, not fame.
family, it was found that he was killed
One thing viewers might not expect – but will
by friendly fire. Tillman’s story again made head- get plenty of – is laughter throughout the film. The
lines. From 2007 to 2010, the makers of “The Till- opening sequence, which shows a clip of Tillman
man Story” set out to dig deep and reveal the circum- having his headshot taken for the Cardinals, has such
stances surrounding Pat Tillman’s death.
a sense of levity and comedy that the audience nearly
The film tells the story of how Tillman, his fam- forgets the film focuses on a fallen soldier and govily members and their story were portrayed by the ernment investigations.
media, and it speaks more about the kind of person
While the family still seeks closure, the film
Tillman was not.
sends an uplifting message. Yes, it is the story of a
His parents, who did most of the investigating, family’s fight for the truth about their son. But more
as well as his brothers Kevin, who went to war with so, it is a story of the son himself as a young man
him, and Richard said he was not a hero and never in his twenties, who, in a clip from one of the last
thought himself of one – a point Bar-Lev emphasizes scenes, can be seen drinking a beer and laughing
throughout the film.
with his friends.
“There was a lot used to compare Pat to films
in the late ‘90s about WWII soldiers,” Bar-Lev said.
Matt Flocco can be reached at
The director said the real challenge was [email protected].
ing the balance of not portraying Tillman as a heroic
Director Amir Bar-Lev explains
the story behind Pat Tillman, who
was killed by friendly fire in 2004.
“Our culture
refuses to allow
any area of
our lives to be
private.”
STREETSOUNDS
Sounds of the Philly music scene
Tune in each week as The Temple News profiles a new
Philly band with an upcoming show in the city.
Hezekiah Jones
PRISCILLA WARD
The Temple News
Philly Plays
The journey of Philadelphia folk band Hezekiah
Jones began with one man’s joke.
Raphael Cutrufello started posting videos of himself
playing the guitar on the Internet under the name Hezekiah Jones. The Philadelphia funk-sway music community took interest.
Sitting on his porch enjoying an afternoon cup of
tea, Cutrufello told The Temple News his story and
about how his band got to where it is today.
Cutrufello was privately trained in piano for 10
years. He’s currently a singer-songwriter who plays the
piano, guitar, Rhodes piano, harmonica, melodica and
slide whistle.
He began playing with the Stone Wills band, but
eventually, he broke away.
“I started playing in shows by myself. People begin
to learn the songs on stage,” Cultrfello said.
Others joined in, and the one-man band evolved to
include a revolving 50 members.
In 2006, the band was signed to Yer Bird Records
in Virginia. The band’s latest album is “Hezekiah Says
You’re A-OK,” and the band has two EPs, “Come to our
Pool Party” and “Bread of Teeth.”
With three releases, Hezekiah Jones could be the
most prolific Yer Bird Artist.
“The Philadelphia music community is infectious,”
Cutrufello said.
Most of the band’s shows are geared toward 21-andolder crowds. The band has a presence on stages across
Philadelphia. Some of the venues the band has played
include Johnny Brenda’s, North Star Bar and the Fire.
Hezekiah Jones
Red Corner Benefit
465 Red Corner Road
Douglasville, PA 19518
Saturday, Oct. 23
2-10:30 p.m.
myspace.com/hezekiah11
Since the band’s inception, it has toured with the
Good Old War and Chris Casper.
“We are probably going to tour with them again,”
Cutrufello said.
The band, which has also played in the annual Philadelphia Folk Festival, plans to play a benefit for a close
friend who was injured in a bike accident.
In the next five years, the group plans to produce
more albums and collaborate with other bands that share
the same love of folk music, Cutrufello said.
For aspiring musicians, Cutrufello’s words of encouragement are simple and witty.
“Keep playing out, love your mother and follow
your dream,” Cutrufello said.
Priscilla Ward can be reached at
[email protected].
Courtesy Ed Roper
Singer-songwriter Raphael Cutrufello is the man behind Hezekiah
Jones. Although the band is made up of several musicians, Hezekiah
Jones is built on the foundation of Cutrufello’s songwriting.
Don’t forget
to check out temple-news.com
after the print edition for
exclusive videos
that bring life to what you see in
print.
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Survey reveals thrifty, healthy eating habits
Zagat survey shows surge in Philly BYOBs and online
reviewing, endurring popularity of Italian food.
ing, though, it’s a different, less technical story.
“I eat out a few times a month,
usually
looking for quality foreign
Creator of the burgundy bibles of
food
or
well-priced
American [food],”
restaurant reviews, Zagat recently reMarin
said.
leased a survey that weighs in on PhilaThe survey found that 67 percent
delphian’s latest in dining habits.
said
they considered it important to
After collecting feedback from
have
locally-grown/organic/sustainmore than 5,500 frequent diners, the
able
menu
items, and 63 percent said
“2011 Philadelphia Restaurants” surthey
were
willing
to pay more for such
vey shows Philadelphians are making
“green
food.”
healthier decisions when it comes to
The eating habits described by Radining out, not only through their menu
chel
Maddaluna, a junior environmenchoices, but also through their interest
tal
science
major, fit with the trends
in the way their food is grown and prorecorded
by
Zagat.
duced.
Maddaluna
said she eats less than
Other emerging trends are formusual
when
she’s
on Main Campus due
ing out of the prevalence of the Interto
fewer
healthy
and
affordable options
net, especially as review sites and food
available.
blogs invade the world of restaurants
“Right now, I’m
and food culture.
in
a
junk-food phase
There has been a
since
I’m at home
huge jump from past
less
[often]
to cook,”
years in the number
Maddaluna
said.
“But
of Philadelphia diners
I
also
do
go
crazy
on
making reservations
the
veggies
and
make
online, with 41 percent
sure I’m eating them at
now taking part.
home. Now that school
An even larger
is back in session, I eat
portion – 86 percent
Max Marin / English major out a ton because I’m
– regularly checks out
always in class or on
a restaurant online becampus.”
fore dining there.
But while the Zagat survey indiMax Marin, a junior English macates
people care more than ever about
jor, is one of many who check out any
where
their food comes from and how
restaurant online before they try it.
healthy
it is, it can be difficult to find
“[I’ve found my] favorite off-cammake
healthy,
environmentally conpus restaurants from online reviews,”
science
decisions
about on-campus
he said.
dining.
When it comes to on-campus eatKevin Douglas, a manager at the
KIRSTEN STAMN
The Temple News
“[I’ve found
my] favorite
off-campus
restaurants from
online reviews.”
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Qdoba at the Shops at Avenue North,
said orders are “pretty much the same.”
People are still ordering the standard
gamut of burritos, quesadillas and taco
salads.
While some students seem to
take advantage of the slim pickings of
healthy food options, the general attitude toward eating seems to remain:
Typical fare like pizza, burgers and
sandwiches seem to be the most popular contenders.
Another recent trend Zagat found
seems to have a lot to do with recession worries: BYOB establishments,
such as Logan Square’s Doma, Fond
in South Philly, Narbeth’s Gemelli and
Jose Garces’ Garces Trading Co. in
Washington Square West, have experienced an upswing in popularity, with
81 percent of diners preferring those to
others.
When it comes to Philadelphians’
favorites in the Zagat survey, Italian
food is shaping up to be a timeless
standby in the region. For the past
seven years, it has been Philadelphia’s
most popular; this year, 27 percent of
survey respondents answered “Italian”
when asked their favorite. American,
Japanese, French and Mexican followed at 16 percent, 11 percent, 11 percent and 9 percent, respectively.
Kirsten Stamn can be reached at
[email protected].
Jumping the bisexuality hurdle
With the number of bisexual celebrities coming out, such as “True
Blood” starlet Anna Paquin and America’s favorite sexpot, Angelina Jolie,
more teens and young adults are testing their own sexual borders.
I am not talking about the
rapidly growing number of
girls at frat parties who, after
drinking one too many grape
Four Lokos, suck each other’s
faces off for the small price of
their dignity. Nor am I talking
about the trashy MTV televiCary sion show “A Shot at Love
Carr with Tila Tequlia.”
There are men and
women who truly identify as
Love’s bisexual and are attracted to
Hangover both genders.
Being in a relationship
When starting a relationship,
it’s important to respect
sexual orientations.
S
ome people are
paranoid
about
their
partners
cheating. Others
are obsessive, and a select
few travel the long, messy
road through the bowels of
Facebook to find the truth.
It is difficult to ease a
worrying mind when there
are so many options – and
drunken mistakes – that can
lead to infidelity. But for
those in a relationship with
a bisexual person, it can be
even more frightening.
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with a bisexual person can be intimidating. It adds an extra layer of fear: Is
he looking at her, him or both of them?
Society’s stereotypes do not help, like
bisexuals are promiscuous and looking
to hook up with the next person who
walks around the corner.
But to have a functional relationship, the first step is letting go of the
stigma of bisexuality.
On wikiHow.com’s “How to Date
a Bisexual Person,” there are tips to
people going into a new relationship
with a bisexual person.
Some advice: Trust your partners
regardless of their sexuality. Respect
their sexuality as part of their identity,
rather than a fluctuating orientation.
And do not propose that it is just a
transitional phase.
When embarking on a relationship
with a bisexual person, trust and respect
remain important. If
you’re unable to accept your partner’s
sexuality, then maybe
it is not the right relationship for you. Trying to change or “fix”
the person is not going to help, either, because that never
works, and you will look like an ignorant buffoon in the process.
Most people are aware of the lack
of gay rights and sickening homophobia Americans face, but bisexuals also
face interrogation for their orientation.
When in a relationship, the last thing
people want to hear is that they are just
going through a phase or that bisexuality is not a legitimate orientation.
I have a friend who hit some of
the rough patches many bisexuals face.
She has always been attracted to both
men and women, but after she was
in a serious relationship with a male,
most people assumed she was just bicurious.
After she and the guy ended
things, she became involved with a female shortly after and began a committed, long-term relationship.
Since people knew she was bisexual, many guys assumed she was more
promiscuous, and tried to persuade her
to have threesomes or asked if they
could watch her hook up with girls.
She was a rarity in our small, sub-
urban town, which led to an unwanted
amount of notoriety. Bisexuality, however, is becoming much more popular on college
campuses.
According to CNN.com’s article,
“The Last Person Out of the Closet?
The Bisexual Male,” many men and
women are exploring their “sexual fluidity.” Although it may be easier for
women to experiment due to the male
fantasy of female bisexuality, both
sexes can explore.
The article highlights a recent
study by professors in Toronto and Illinois, in which a sample of bisexual
men were found to be more aroused by
images of men than those of women.
Studies done on bisexuality’s validity have become
popular, but who
wants to participate
in a study that questions one’s sexual
identity?
With bisexuals
under enough scrutiny from the public,
and now the world of
academia, embarking in a relationship
with someone who is
going to question them would not be
healthy.
Not every college student remains
faithful, though. A lot of us make bad
decisions and hurt the people we care
about.
But just because someone identifies as bisexual does not raise the
chance that he or she will cheat. However, what will skyrocket those chances is a partner who consistently pushes
that person away, prodding him or her
with questions like, “Well, you have to
like one sex better, right?”
Maybe it takes really confident
people to date someone who is bisexual – people who are confident enough
to realize they are attractive because of
their personality, trusting enough not
to interrogate every guy or girl their
partner talks to and open enough to
see bisexuality as just another label,
with no bearing on someone’s morals
or heart.
“But to have
a functional
relationship, the
first step is letting
go of the stigma
of bisexuality.”
Cary Carr can be reached at
[email protected].
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
(Left): Donja Love coaches actors Aaron Thornton and Steven Davis.
(Bottom left): Love discusses the scene with actors Thornton and Sammy
Tarantino.
Grad’s play targets urban youth
I
n Donja Love’s “The Nigga Files,” high school plays
out as a struggle for survival. With one student already
gone, a teacher tries to save the rest of his pupils from
succumbing to a variety of ailments including but not
limited to substance abuse, family issues and sexuality confusion.
Love, who graduated from Temple with a degree in theater, describes the production as “an introspective look into
the education system and inner-city youth.”
“The Nigga Files” is set to be performed this Saturday
and Sunday in the Lantern Lab at St. Stephen’s Theater and
on Monday at the Adrienne Theater as part of the Philadelphia Urban Theatre Festival.
To read The Temple News’ exclusive interview with
Love, visit temple-news.com.
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Eat locally, not
organic labels
SANDERS PAGE 8
Johnson comes from a “family of
blue-collar farmers,” who have
worked on both small and large
organic operations.
Her aunt and uncle, for example, once worked on a certified
organic apple orchard in Rome,
N.Y. As far as agricultural practices go, the orchard met USDA
organic standards. The working
conditions, however, were another story.
“It was the same as conventional farming,” Johnson said.
“There were unfair wages and
unpaid workers.” She added that
her father’s practices at his smallscale farm were more organically
sound than those at the certified
orchard.
At Fresh Grocer, I went
straight for the organic section
for guacamole ingredients because although I was pretty sure
the produce came from big businesses, at the very least it wasn’t
the big business of pesticides or
genetically modified food.
Nonetheless, USDA organic
standards have a lot of loopholes,
and the products that carry this
label aren’t always as natural or
fresh as you might have hoped.
Talk to a farmer about the
food he or she is growing, and
how the person grows it. My new
favorite phrase is “chem-free,”
because it usually means organically grown without the label.
You know, how food was supposed to be – sans chemicals –
but without all the paperwork and
excessive fees.
It’s only September, and everything’s in season, so take a
peek this Thursday at the farmers market on Liacouras Walk,
outside Ritter Hall. I made sure
that all the produce in this week’s
recipe could be found locally, and
it stars Johnson’s and my favorite,
the tomato.
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Temple Tweets
S
ometimes when you really listen to a song’s lyrics, you have a little epiphany that someone translated
something you feel into words. That is exactly how I feel about FML.* Who said it first? Can that person
and I be life partners? Obviously, that person is the modern-day Shakespeare – or
my soul mate, whichever one is better.
Every year I’ve been at Temple, certain themes flow together no matter which classes I
am taking. One year it was globalization; another year, it was the connection between race
and poverty. This year is proving to be the year of FML. It has to be because at this point, I
am too stupid to even come up with an intellectual theme. Year of Twitter? That’s every year.
I’d like to think Twitter is the great equalizer among us. We all only have 140 characters,
but it just isn’t that easy. Therefore, FML is the only clear equalizer we have. No matter who
Samantha
you are or how embarrassing your retweet etiquette may be, all of our L’s have been F’ed
Krotzer
before. That’s what she said. #fml
@A_JUICY_ POME: its only september..i cnt miss no more classes till november fml
I was thinking the same thing the other morning while I laid in bed for hours watching some girl shave her
face for an infomercial. F her L, or FML? Probably FML because she is making bank and has a super smooth
face, while I am strategically trying to sit in different seats each class so it isn’t so obvious when I am not there.
@C_Biscuit3: Had a cig, went to put on my headphones and synched my hair with the cig. Fml
Got you beat: How about being so desperate to light a cigarette that you use the burner on the stove and end
up burning part of your eyebrow off? Did I just un-equalize the equalizer of FML by saying my FML was more
F’ed than yours? Politics are silly.
@sliceouttaluck: Drinking hot water instead of tea to cut down on the caffeine while working on the
book. Spilled hot water all over my thumb. Major FML.
I think the actual FML is you drinking hot water. There is no caffeine in vodka – I just Googled it.
@nicoleburry: No it smells like s--- all over temple RT @aayka: Smells like s--- in this class lol
I blame the weird hippies who have decided to camp out on the grass in front of Barton Hall near the Alumni
Circle. If you want to play terrible music, can you all at least go sit outside of the Boyer College of Music and
Dance’s Presser Hall? F our L’s.
Some people may think my constant use of FML is just me complaining, but I call it passion. Besides, who
is to tell me that my L isn’t F’ed when I am obsessed with Twitter?
Samantha Krotzer can be reached at [email protected].
*FML is an online abbreviation for “F--- My Life,” which was popularized by FMyLife.com, a website where users can submit their worst
moments of the day to be published. Because the subject of Temple Tweets is Web-related, readers may recognize the inclusion of some Internet
shorthand they aren’t always familiar with.
Shameless self-promotion
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Greek houses strive to develop positivity
GREEK PAGE 7
journey to become a full-fledged brother or sister begins.
It’s not uncommon for students to
be reluctant to rush or join Greek life
out of fear that they may be hazed.
Hurtzig said she heard about people
being hazed during their pledge period.
Other Greek brothers and sisters
said some level of hazing does exist on
Main Campus.
“[Hazing] does not build a better fraternity,” said Alpha Tau Omega
brother Taylor Whitson, a sophomore
international business administration
and Italian major. “Because you can
embarrass somebody, because you can
break somebody down, does not mean
that they’re going to be a better person
afterward.”
While hazing could be another
factor in why some people refuse to
pledge, others don’t want to be associated with the images often connected
with the term “frat boy.”
“Greek life is not for everybody,”
Lyons said. “And if you’re too stubborn not to check it out, then you’re too
stubborn to be in Greek life. It could
never hurt to come check it out.”
Lyons and others cited the benefit
of networking with current and former
members of their fraternities.
“I want to get more out of college
than going to class every day,” Lyons
said. “I want to make connections.”
“Because you can
break somebody
down, does
not mean that
they’re going to
be a better person
afterward.”
Taylor Whitson /
alpha tau omega
breaking it down
H
azing is defined by the National Collaborative for Hazing
Research and Prevention as, “Any activity expected of
someone joining or participating in a group that humiliates, degrades, abuses or endangers them regardless of a
person’s willingness to participate.”
The group, which published a study in 2008 that surveyed more
than 11,000 students across 53 college campuses, collected the following statistics about college hazing:
55%
of college students involved in clubs, teams or
organizations experience hazing.
50+%
SAM KELLY TTN
Brothers of Alpha Tau Omega socialize with rushes who visited the ATO
house to play pool and learn more about the organization.
Former brothers of Alpha Epsilon
Pi include Facebook founder Mark
Zuckerberg, CNN Correspondent Wolf
Blitzer and former ESPN President
Chet Simmons.
“You benefit a lot by connections,
especially after graduation because you
have some [graduates] who can hook
you up with other jobs, accounting jobs
and internships,” Lyons said. “It’s a
huge perk in joining a fraternity.”
“I didn’t pledge until my second
semester of freshman year,” said Alpha Epsilon Pi brother Ryan Josephs, a
sophomore business major. “I went out
and saw what the difference between
not being Greek and being Greek [is].
It’s a huge difference. It opens up different kinds of paths.”
While most fraternities and sororities encourage people to rush and become a member of Greek life, there’s
still the matter of dues. However, most
fraternities and sororities are willing to
work with someone if funds are running low.
Whitson said his parents paid his
dues because they want him to focus
on schoolwork and that he shouldn’t
worry about finding a job.
When Whitson’s mother needed a
$13,000 surgery last summer to treat
cancer, the brothers of Alpha Tau Omega worked with Whitson on a payment
plan so that he wouldn’t have to drop
out of the fraternity.
“I think the positives far outweigh
the negatives and that someone who is
in the Greek experience will recognize
that too,” Appley said. “That they’re
getting more out of it.”
Kenny Thapoung can be reached at
[email protected].
of hazing incidents have public evidence posted online.
95%
of students who identified their experiences as hazing did
not report it to campus officials.
69%
of students who belong to a student group admitted they
were aware of hazing in groups other than their own.
90%
of students who have experienced hazing would not
consider themselves hazed.
47%
college.
44
had already experienced hazing before they came to
states have enacted anti-hazing laws.
96-102
Feb. 12, 2010.
of college students have died from hazing since
sports
page 18
Field hockey
drops two
home games
Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
Women’s soccer experiences bumps in the road
Sept. 26
Schedule
Wagner
Oct. 1
George Washington
Oct. 3
Richmond
Oct. 8
Saint Joseph’s
Oct. 15
Dayton
Oct. 17
Xavier
Oct. 22
THO NGUYEN TTN FILE PHOTO
Junior defender Samantha Farlow controls the ball during a game last season.
The Owls lost three of their first five games during an eight-game road trip.
Massachusetts
Oct. 24
Rhode Island
After going 2-2 in its August homestand, the final 10 minutes of the game, but it wasn’t enough.
women’s soccer team kicked off a month- Vermont
The Owls came out of the gate strong and outshot the Verlong road trip. The team went 2-3.
mont Catamounts, 8-5, in the first half but would not connect
Albany
JAZMYNE ANDERSON TTN
Junior forward Bridget Settles advances the ball against
Delaware on Friday. The Owls lost, 2-1, to the Blue Hens.
After winning its first
four games, the team
has had three losses.
RAYMOND BOYD
The Temple News
The field hockey team hosted a pair of games this weekend
at Geasey Field, where they fell
to Delaware, 2-3, on Friday and
No. 15 Penn State, 3-2, on Saturday.
The Owls entered Friday’s
contest with a stellar 4-1 record.
At one point in the season, the
team posted three consecutive
shutouts and two consecutive
road victories against St. Francis and Georgetown before it
suffered its first loss of the season Sept. 10 to Lafayette.
The first half of Friday’s
game was characterized by
sheer aggression from the Blue
Hens. Delaware controlled the
ball for the majority of the half
and was persistent in attacking
the Owls. The
team’s offense
was
sluggish
and failed to get
into a rhythm.
With 23 minutes
remaining in the
half, the Delaware onslaught
was at its peak
when the Blue
Hens
came
close to scoring on three occasions. Senior
goalie Sarah Dalrymple and
the Temple defense managed
to make three stellar defensive
plays to prevent Delaware from
scoring.
Temple was finally able to
take control and threaten Delaware with 15 minutes remaining in the half, but it was unable to capitalize on a few close
scoring chances.
With eight minutes left
in the first half, the Blue Hens
made their aggressive style of
play pay off with a goal on a
corner opportunity by senior
defenseman Michelle Drummond. Delaware went into the
half with a 1-0 advantage. As
the second half got underway,
Temple sped things up on the
offensive end.
“We talked about playing
a little more up-tempo,” coach
Amanda Janney said. “We were
playing down to their speed of
play.”
The Owls were able to get
a number of scoring chances
within the first few minutes of
the half, including a corner opportunity which resulted in the
ball going into the net and a
point being tallied on the score
board, but it was eventually
ruled too high.
Later,
junior
forward
Bridget Settles notched her
team-leading sixth goal of the
season and put the game-tying
point on the board for Temple,
which remained on the board.
Both teams played feverishly, trying to break the 1-1
tie. The rest of the half was
characterized by multiple scoring chances and corner opportunities for both Delaware and
Temple. Although both teams
had multiple chances to win it,
neither was successful in capitalizing on them, and the game
went into overtime – Temple’s
second overtime game in a row
and Delaware’s second of the
season. Both teams lost their
previous overtime affairs.
The Blue Hens wasted no
time trying to even their record
on the season. Two minutes
into the sudden-death overtime
period, Delaware earned a corner opportunity
and a chance to
win the game.
Delaware was
able to put a
shot on net, but
Dalrymple made
an impressive
glove save to
keep the Owls’
hopes alive. But
those hopes did
Taryn Nichols / not last long
senior forward as
Delaware
sophomore forward Melissa Lenoir scored the
game-winning goal on an assist
from junior forward Amanda
McCardell shortly after.
After the contest, Janney
summed up the Owls’ mentality.
“We’re not happy with today, but we are trying to learn
from our mistakes and get better
every game,” Janney said. “We
just have to make some adjustments, and we’ll be all right.”
“We’ve got to put the losses behind us,” senior forward
Taryn Nichols said. “We’re confident we can do that ... We got
the team, we got the spirit, we
just have to put the ball in the
cage.”
Temple squared off against
Penn State on Saturday and was
unable to stop the losing streak.
The Owls fell to the Nittany Lions, 4-0, despite a season-high
10 saves from Dalrymple. It
was the first time Temple’s offense was shut out this season.
The Owls will look to get
back on track Wednesday in a
home game against Drexel.
The Great Danes played hard early on, securing the first
three goals of the contest with two goals from sophomore forward Shayla Bergeron and one from sophomore midfielder
Casey Marks. Late in the second half, the Owls answered back
by scoring two goals in 90 seconds, off shots from sophomore
midfielder Jackie Krostek and junior midfielder Allicia Yurkovic. Senior forward Stephanie Ferretti and Krostek picked up assists on the goals. Despite the late surge, Albany held off Temple
for the last 15 minutes, securing the 3-2 win.
Johnson City, Tenn.
The Owls played two games here as part of the East Tennessee Tournament. In their first game, the Owls matched up
against East Tennessee State University and came away with a
1-0 win. In the 10th minute, Ferretti scored on a pass from junior
forward Niki Conn and Yurkovic. Despite outshooting Temple,
5-2, in the first half, the Owls answered back with a strong defensive effort, holding ETSU to two shots in the second half.
Sophomore goaltender Gillian Kacsuta started her first game of
the season and secured the team’s second shutout of the year.
The last one came on Aug. 22 in a 7-0 win against Howard.
The second game came against Miami-Ohio, where the
team lost, 2-1. The RedHawks got two early goals from sophomore forward Jess Kodiak and freshman midfielder Katy
Dolesh. Yurkovic would cut the deficit in half with a goal in the
on any of those chances. In the second half, junior defender Samantha Farlow would find and set up both Conn and sophomore
forward Kate Yurkovic for goals. Kacsuta allowed one goal on
nine shots in the win. The lone Vermont goal came from freshman forward Haley Marks.
Maine
This past Sunday, the Owls took on the Maine Black Bears
and came away with a 2-1 loss. Senior midfielder Kelsey Wilson
notched both goals for Maine and Conn provided the only goal
for the Owls.
Other notes
At this point in the season, Conn leads the team with five
goals, with the Yurkovic sisters tied at four goals each. The trio
has combined for 36 points altogether, which accounts for more
than half the team’s total points.
Kacsuta has also played well in goal. She has allowed only
five goals and put up 19 saves, which translates to allowing one
goal every 81 minutes, and she has a goals-against average of
1.11.
Up next, the Owls have more games on the road with a
Sept. 26 matchup against Wagner in Staten Island, N.Y., and a
game against George Washington in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1.
-Mike Revak
Brian Dzenis contributed to this sidebar.
Men’s soccer fails to win over weekend
“We got to
put the losses
behind us. We’re
confident we can
do that.”
PAUL KLEIN TTN
Players react during Sunday’s game against the Knights.
This week, the men’s soccer team came
very close, but fell just short of grabbing
its first win of the season in two games
this past week.
Hofstra
Redshirt-senior goalie Bret Mollon did not let in any
goals against the Pride, however, the team didn’t score any
goals of their own as the game ended in a 0-0 tie in Hempstead, N.Y.
Mollon made two saves to earn his second shutout of
the season. Senior midfielder Max Kinderwater and junior
forward Tyler Witmer each had two shots on goal. Sophomore midfielder Matt MacWilliams, sophomore defenseman Billy Kappok and freshman midfielder Vaughn Spurrier each had a shot on goal in the tie.
Fairleigh Dickinson
The team returned home to Ambler, but still could not
get that first win of the season as the team lost 2-1 in doubleovertime to the Knights. Sophomore midfielder Dominic
Reinhold scored the first goal for the Knights in the 36th
minute. Spurrier responded with his first career goal and the
team’s second goal of the season in the 49th minute. No goal
would be scored all the way until the 101st minute, when
Reinhold struck again with the game-winning goal off an
FDU corner kick, sending the team to a 0-3-2 record.
Up Next
The Owls will be seeking their first win of the season
against Rider on Wednesday at Ambler at 3:30 p.m. On Saturday, the Owls will go on the road to face Sienna.
Raymond Boyd can be reached at
[email protected].
PAUL KLEIN TTN
Redshirt-senior goalie Bret Mollon punts the ball Sunday.
-Brian Dzenis
sports
Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
Cross country
sees mixed
results in event
bley said. “It was great to start
off with a win. Both teams had a
good showing. A lot of runners
finished with personal bests.”
“It was an excellent way
to start the season considering
TYLER SABLICH
the men’s team won an invitaThe Temple News
tional [the IC4A/ECAC ChamThe men’s and women’s pionships in New York] for the
cross country teams traveled first time in Temple’s history
to Holmdel, N.J., for their first last season, so we’re picking up
meets of the season at the 16th right where we left off,” Jelley
Annual Monmouth Invitational. added.
Overall, the 2009 season
Both teams left a good first impression, and the men’s team in was very kind to the men’s
team. Several notable finishes
particular stole the spotlight.
The men’s team took first included third place at the Blue
place in the five-mile race, with and Gold Invitational, 23rd in
junior Travis Mahoney leading the gold division at the Paul
the team with an official time Short Invitational, a record-setof 26:23.7. The women’s team, ting best with fifth place at the
sparked by senior Rebecca Atlantic Ten Championships
Mims’ 21st place finish with a and a top 10 finish at the NCAA
time of 20:12.4, placed fourth Regionals.
As for the women’s side,
overall.
the 2009 season
Several
was a bit of a
other
runners
roller
coaster
also came away
ride, which feawith impressive
tured a lot of
showings at the
potential for the
meet, in which
2010 campaign.
they competed
The team finagainst
Monished 29th in
mouth Univerthe brown divisity, Rutgers and
sion at the Paul
La Salle. BeShort
Invitasides Mahoney,
Eric Mobley / coach
tional,
eighth
the men’s team
at the Blue and
also had three
Gold
Invitaothers
place
within the top 15, including se- tional, 13th overall at the A-10
nior Mike May at third, senior Championships and 24th at the
Eddie Pennetar at fifth, and ju- NCAA Regionals.
“We have a real good core
nior Geoff Barletta at 13th. Will
Kellar, a true freshman, placed of talented athletes coming
26th with a 27:29.1 finish time. back,” Jelley said. “They work
After Mims’ 20:12.4 finish, real hard, and it is our job to
junior Karrie Finn placed 25th make sure they continue stayafter clocking in at 20:18.9, and ing focused.”
“Keeping
everybody
freshman Stephanie Dorantes
ran a time of 20:26.7 for a 28th healthy and focused will hopeplace finish in her first colle- fully help us make a push for
the [NCAA Championships],”
giate meet.
Both coach Eric Mobley Mobley added.
The teams return to action
and assistant coach Matt Jelley were pleased with the men’s for their second meet at the Paul
outcome. Despite the women’s Short Invitational at Lehigh
team fourth-place finish, the University on Oct. 1, an all-day
coaches seemed satisfied with event.
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Pierce’s performance pushes
Owls past Huskies in second half
Both teams competed
in the Monmouth
Invitational.
“The teams
have definitely
improved since
last year. It was
great to start off
with a win.”
Tyler Sablich can be reached at
[email protected].
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un
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their effort as well.
“The teams have definitely
improved since last year,” Mo-
The Club Sports Roundup is a new regular
feature in The Temple News where readers can
find a recap of the week’s action in club sports.
Men’s Rugby
Both the A-side and B-side squads played on the road against
East Stroudsburg last Friday. The A-side squad improved to a 2-0
league match record with a 38-7 win over the Warriors.
The team scored a total of six tries with one each from sophomore outside center Dan Biundo, junior prop Matt Violette, senior
prop Dave Deming, junior flyhalf Jim O’Brien, junior eighth-man
Chase Haberstroth and senior wing Drew Krowiak. Junior scrumhalf Patrick Sortak converted four kicks in the win.
The B-side game was slightly closer, but the team pulled
away with a 10-5 win off two tries from junior scrumhalf Nick
Calabrese.
After last season’s run to the Division II title game, the team
has moved up to Division I and is currently ranked No. 7 in D-I
by RugbyMag.com.
Up next, the Owls will take on Delaware Friday in a road
contest.
JAZMYNE ANDERSON TTN
Junior wide receiver Joe Jones stiff-arms Connecticut sophomore defensive back Dwayne Gratz in Saturday’s game.
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in the first 30 minutes, including 156 rushing yards. Temple’s
defense was essentially in bendbut-don’t-break mode, as it
gave up two long UConn drives
but held the Huskies to a field
goal on both tries. Those missed
opportunities came back to hurt
the Huskies, UConn coach Randy Edsall said.
“Offensively, when we got
the ball down to the field position that we did, we didn’t take
advantage of it and didn’t make
plays,” Edsall said. “That’s just
fundamentals and execution,
and guys not doing what they’re
supposed to be doing ... When
you don’t execute and you don’t
take advantage of the field position, that hurts you.”
At halftime, the Owls had
only accumulated 135 yards
of total offense with a mere 28
yards coming from the rushing
game. Sophomore running back
Bernard Pierce had 29 yards on
eight carries as the Owls entered the half, and he was more
of a factor in the passing game,
where he had a 27-yard touchdown reception.
Shortly after the half, UConn junior running back Jordan
Todman put the Huskies ahead,
13-7, when he broke free for a
59-yard touchdown run with 14
minutes, 6 seconds left in the
third quarter.
Then everything changed.
The Owls reverted to the
2009 version of their offense in
the second half and relied heavily on the shoulders of Pierce.
The 6-foot Ardmore, Pa., native ran the ball 18 times for
140 yards in the second half,
including two touchdown runs.
The 169 yards Pierce compiled plays,” Robinson said. “Bernard
in the game were the most on some of his touchdowns was
since his 178-yard performance phenomenal ... I think my teamagainst Miami-Ohio on Nov. 5 mates did most of the work.”
last year.
“When you finish plays,
“Pierce started to take over, good things happen,” Golden
and I was reluctant to take him added. “We’ve been on the
out,” Golden said. “It turned other side of that play so many
into an in-between-the-tackles times.”
game ... He took a couple of
After halftime, the Owls
hits, and I’m real proud of the limited Connecticut’s offense
way he performed.”
to 145 total yards in the second
Despite Pierce’s perfor- half.
mance, the Owls trailed, 16-14,
“I wanted to tell the guys,
going into the fourth quarter ‘Just keep attacking. This is a
after a 47-yard field goal by really good team we’re playing
UConn junior placekicker Dave here,’” Golden said. “I wanted
Teggart.
them to have
Junior desome poise and
fensive
end
understand that
Adrian Robinthe game is goson tipped the
ing to be won or
momentum back
lost in the fourth
in Temple’s faquarter.”
vor with 8:28
Another
remaining in the
touchdown run
fourth quarter.
by Pierce and
During a rush by
a 32-yard field
Todman, Robgoal from sophinson stripped
omore
placeChester Stewart /
the ball and ran
kicker
Branredshirt-junior quarterback
into the end zone
don McManus
uncontested, to
sealed the deal
give the Owls a
for the Owls.
20-14 lead.
The main
“I saw [senior linebacker difference between Saturday’s
Elijah Joseph] grabbed [Tod- performance and past game
man], and I just saw the ball against UConn was the depth of
looked loose,” Robinson said. the Owls, Golden said.
“I ripped it out, and it was
“I think we are a Divisionjust ‘Murder She Wrote’ from I team now,” Golden said. “I
there.”
don’t know the final count, but I
While he might have been bet you we played 56 people in
the player who scored the go- the game. We lost a lot of tough
ahead touchdown, the entire games as we were growing up
team deserved credit for the [and that was] because of a lot
turnaround, Robinson added.
of things – but also because we
“It was a good play, but the were tired.”
plays afterward that my teamRedshirt-junior
quartermates made were even bigger back Chester Stewart, who fin-
“It’s definitely
a good win
to knock off
a team from
a different
[conference].”
Kyle Gauss can be reached at
[email protected].
Robinson’s play shifts momentum
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Women’s Rugby
The team opened league play with a 24-7 win over Bryn
Mawr-Haverford at Edgely Field in Fairmount Park last Saturday.
Junior inside center Hannah Carr scored two tries, while senior fullback Nikki Schuerch and sophomore left wing Erin Langheine each had a try. Junior flyhalf Rachel Bandura converted two
kicks in the win.
The team returns to action this Saturday when it hits the road
to face Kutztown.
-Brian Dzenis
If you’re a member of a Main Campus club team and would like
to see your team’s results in the roundup, contact Brian Dzenis at
[email protected].
ished 11-of-21 for 159 yards
and a touchdown, has yet to
throw an interception this year.
The extra ball security has made
things easier, Stewart said.
“Not turning over the ball
gives us a better chance at winning,” Stewart said. “That’s
what I’ve worked on from last
year to now. I think it’s helping
this team win a little bit.”
The win marked the first
time the Owls defeated a team
from a Bowl Conference Subdivision conference under Golden. The win could have a lasting
effect on the Owls, Stewart said.
“It gives us more confidence,” Stewart said. “It’s definitely a good win to knock off
a team from a different [conference], but we expected to do
that going into the game. We
practiced hard this week, so it
really gives us more confidence
going into next week.”
“It’s a big win because
we’re 3-0, and because it was
against a real physical opponent,” Golden added.
The Owls will look to use
that confidence next week when
they face Penn State. The Owls
have been outscored, 31-6 in
2009 and 45-3 in 2008, in their
last two trips to State College.
Those results should have no
effect on this year’s matchup,
Stewart said.
“They’ve been whooping
us for the past couple of years,
and I know that’s probably in
the back of some of my teammates’ heads, but we’re a different team now,” Stewart said.
“We can play with them. We
just need to play our game and
execute.”
JAZMYNE ANDERSON TTN
Redshirt-junior linebacker Stephen Johnson tackles
Connecticut running back Jordan Todman in Saturday’s game.
fake punt in the first quarter
where senior punter Jeff Wathne
threw a 3-yard pass to junior
defensive tackle Mohammed
Wilkerson, which fell short of a
first down as the turning point of
the game.
“The second we called that
play, the momentum switched,”
Golden said. “Would it have
gone up a few more decibels if
we had converted? Absolutely.
But the team understood at that
point that we were here to win.”
I’m going to have to disagree here. If I had to pick a
big momentum changer for this
game, it would have to be junior
defensive end Adrian Robinson’s 24-yard fumble recovery
for a touchdown because it gave
the Owls the lead in the fourth
quarter and actually had an impact on the game, unlike the fake
punt, which was called when the
Owls were only down 3-0.
The fake field goal in the
fourth quarter by sophomore
placekicker Brandon McManus,
where he simply took the snap
and punted it was pretty pointless too. UConn could easily
tell it was a fake and had a return man in the game in case of
a short kick anyway. Fake plays
only work well when there is an
element of surprise, which the
Owls used up in the first quarter.
With any team, there will
be improvements to be made
week by week, but this team has
shown it can actually get better
with each game. For once, Temple finally looks to do more than
play patsy with Penn State this
Saturday.
Brian Dzenis can be reached at
[email protected].
SPORTS
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Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
Football team off to historic start
Sophomore running back
Bernard Pierce’s performance
helped beat UConn, 30-16.
Kyle Gauss
Assistant Sports Editor
E
very time the football team has
faced Connecticut under coach
Al Golden, the game has ended in
heartbreak. That wasn’t the case
Saturday when the Owls beat the Huskies,
30-16.
Three years ago, the Owls traveled to East
Hartford and seemingly defeated the Huskies
before an official ruled that then-junior wide
receiver Bruce Francis did not catch a lastsecond touchdown inbounds. Instant replay
showed that Francis seemed to have made the
catch, but the result stood. The next year, the
Huskies traveled to Lincoln Financial Field,
where they defeated the Owls, 12-9, in overtime after a run by then-senior wide receiver
Travis Shelton was called back on a holding
call.
With all that in mind, the team surely had
some added motivation going into this week’s
matchup. On top of that, the Owls were looking for their first 3-0 start since 1979.
Entering halftime, it didn’t look like the
Owls would have much to celebrate. Sure,
they had a 7-6 lead, but UConn had moved the
ball at will against the Temple defense. The
Huskies racked up 245 yards of total offense
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JAZYMNE ANDERSON TTN
A daunting task looms
KRISTON BETHEL TTN FILE PHOTO
Redshirt-junior
quarterback
Chester
Stewart gets swarmed by PSU in last year’s
31-6 loss.
Coach Al Golden is a former Penn State
Nittany Lion. He was also a co-captain on PSU
coach Joe Paterno’s Fiesta Bowl-winning 1991
squad. On Saturday, he’ll be his alma mater’s
adversary.
Fresh off its 30-16 victory over Big East
Conference contender Connecticut, Temple
now has the heavy task of facing Penn State.
PSU goes into the contest 2-1 after posting a
24-0 shutout of Kent State on Saturday.
Happy Valley hasn’t been too happy for
Golden and his crew as of late. Coach Golden
is 0-4 against PSU, but he seems to understand
there is work to be done. Temple has only scored
nine points in the last four meetings between the
two teams.
“I’ll be honest. We have not played well up
there the last four years,” Golden said after Saturday’s win over UConn. “We can’t play like
[the team did against UConn] if we want to beat
Penn State.”
The No. 20 team in the nation will put its
senior running back Evan Royster on display.
Royster had a touchdown, but he had a mere 38
yards on 11 carries last week against the Golden
Flashes. The senior has seen Temple every year
in his Penn State career. In the last meeting,
Royster rushed for 134 yards with a touchdown
in PSU’s 31-6 win.
This means the run defense, which had
trouble against UConn last week, will need to
improve. The Huskies rushed for 240 yards and
made the Owls run after them for a majority of
the afternoon.
Fortunately for Temple, the Owls’ run game
finally broke out. Sophomore running back Bernard Pierce will get another shot to shine against
the school known as “Linebacker U.” Pierce had
his break-out game of the season last week, as
he rushed for two touchdowns and caught another through the air. His 169-yard day marked
the third time in his career that he had three
touchdowns in a game.
To reach that level again this week, Pierce
will have to get through Penn State’s tailor-made
run defense. Last week, PSU held the Golden
Flashes to 228 total offensive yards, including
only 58 yards on the ground. That makes for an
interesting matchup for not only Pierce but also
redshirt-junior quarterback Chester Stewart.
Stewart is starting to find his running shoes
as of late. He rushed for 37 yards against the
Huskies, but he also lost yardage on some plays
for a net total of 20 yards. Stewart has had an
up-and-down season so far for the undefeated
Owls. In the three wins, Stewart has been sacked
nine times and only had two touchdown passes,
but he hasn’t thrown an interception, either.
Stewart has been connecting with junior receiver Joe Jones and senior wideout Mike Campbell
recently. Look for Penn State’s defense to blitz
Stewart a lot, leaving him to somehow avoid
PSU’s marquee linebackers, sophomore Mike
Mauti and senior Chris Colasanti.
Penn State will rely on freshman quarterback Rob Bolden against a decent pass-defense,
led by senior linebacker Elijah Joseph. Penn
State should also take notice of the stellar play
of junior defensive end Adrian Robinson, the
reigning Mid-American Conference Defensive
Player of the Year.
Robinson made the game-changing stripturned-touchdown against UConn that gave the
Owls the lead for good. Expect Penn State to run
the ball a lot with Royster, but the Owls should
also be on the lookout for senior receiver Graham Zugg and junior wideout Chaz Powell.
The game kicks off at 3:30 p.m. at University Park.
-Christian Audesirk
FIELD HOCKEY
p. 18
The Owls hosted two games
this weekend and lost to
both Delaware and Penn
State.
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Win shows improvement
still has a lot of meaning. This is plays,” redshirt-junior quartermainly because the team’s play back Chester Stewart said.
looked significantly better than
Even though Pierce played
it did during the previous two great, there is still more the ofgames.
fense can do to improve. The
The
first
thing
I
noticed
team’s performance is lacking
ven though winning
was
how
much
better
the
ofon third down, where the team
has become a somefensive
line
played.
After
giving
went 3-for-13. Some of those
what regular occurup
seven
total
sacks
in
their
first
came on incomplete passes
rence for the football
two
games,
the
Owls
only
gave
where Stewart overthrew his
team, its 30-16 win over Conup
two
and
played
a
huge
part
target, but overall he has renecticut was fairly significant
in
sophomore
running
back
Bermained steady as the starting
for a few reasons. Looking at it
nard
Pierce
being
able
to
rush
quarterback. Stewart has yet to
from a broader angle, it’s great
for
169
yards
and
two
touchthrow an interception, and he
that the team is 3-0 for the first
downs.
didn’t have any turnovers in
time since
“[Pierce]
just
got
better
Saturday’s game.
1979 and has
as
the
game
went
on,
which
is
“Not turning over the ball
finally beat a
what
a
good
back
should
do,”
gives
us a better chance to win,”
Bowl ChamGolden
said.
“A
lot
of
credit
Stewart
said. “That’s what I
pionship
goes
to
the
offensive
line
bework
on
every week because
Series team
cause
we
really
covered
them
that
has
been
my biggest probfor the first
up
well
in
the
third
and
fourth
lem,
so
I
worked
on that from
time since
quarter.”
last
year
till
now,
and
it’s helped
Brian
2004,
but
Three
games
into
the
seaus
out.”
Dzenis
even though
son, Pierce finally played like
Previously, Stewart had
coach
Al
the
Pierce
everyone
was
fafumbled
the ball in the fourth
Golden acmiliar
with
last
season.
That’s
quarter
in
both the Villanova
The
Editor’s
knowledged
Estimate
because
he
had
nearly
as
many
and
Central
Michigan games,
Te m p l e ’s
carries
as
he
did
through
the
but
this
time,
it
was senior widehistory with
first
two
games
combined
with
out
Delano
Green
who gave fans
UConn and
26
against
UConn
and
30
total
a
heart
attack
with
a fumble on a
the significance of beating the
against
both
Cenpunt
return with
Huskies, he still took the clastral
Michigan
and
5
minutes,
19
sic, if somewhat-cliché, route of
Villanova.
The
seconds
left
to
just going one game at a time.
scores
of
the
first
go.
The
fumble
“In the terms of the BCS,
put the Huskies
I don’t mess with all of that,” three games are
as
follows:
31-24
on the Owls’ 29Golden said. “Here’s what I’ll
against
Villanoyard line while
tell you – we lost in a tough
va,
13-10
against
trailing, 27-16.
game up there in ’07 with 63
Central
Michigan
Even though the
scholarships, they beat us here
and
30-16
against
defense held toin ’08 with 72 and now we beat
UConn.
gether to force
them with full scholarships.”
Notice
how
a three-and-out
“I’m really proud of our
decisive
the
win
and
UConn
guys,” Golden added. “I don’t
against
UConn
walked
away
know anything about the BCS.
Al Golden / coach
was?
The
differwith
no
points,
All I know is that [UConn] is
it’s never good
a tough, hard-nosed team. Our ence was Pierce.
Winning
is
a
lot
easier
with
to
give
a
BCS
team the ball on
guys thought they could win,
the
ball
in
his
hands,
and
it
just
the
wrong
side
of the 50-yard
and they finished the game remakes
too
much
sense
to
put
the
line.
ally strong.”
Speaking of special teams,
Looking at this game from ball in the hands of the team’s
first
All-American
since
2003.
calling
a fake punt and a fake
a narrower angle, taking away
When
he
plays
well,
it
helps
the
field
goal
in one game is a little
all the milestones and just lookentire
offense.
excessive.
Golden credits the
ing at this from a context of
“It
spreads
the
defense
out,
what the team has done over
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the past three games, the win and it allows you to call more
In victory over the
Huskies, the Owls
made strides on
offense on Saturday.
E
“Our guys
thought they
could win and
they finished
the game really
strong.”
SOCCER
p. 18
The women’s team went 2-3
on a recent road trip. The
men’s team also went winless
in its last two games.
Next week
FOOTBALL
The Owls travel to State
College for their annual
contest with No. 23 Penn
State.
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