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  • Stepping Up to The Plate

    Stepping Up to The Plate

    Between earning good grades and scholarships, senior Spanish and art history double major Eilish Haley has worked hard to continue her love of Irish dancing since she arrived at Temple. Haley has been dancing since she was in second grade, participating in both Irish dance and dancing for a ballet company while in high school.…

  • A Day in the Life: Sodexo Employees

    A Day in the Life: Sodexo Employees

    They swipe us into the Johnson & Hardwick cafeteria, roll sushi at the Student Center and help people decide what to eat in the Morgan Hall cafeteria. These people are Sodexo employees, who sometimes serve as nutritional lifelines at Temple, whether during fourth meal at J&H, or when we want to get a quick smoothie.…

  • A Day in the Life: Sodexo Employees

    A Day in the Life: Sodexo Employees

    Images by Jademan Baker Read the article about Walter Johnson and other Sodexo employees 

  • Free Food Fun Fridays

    Free Food Fun Fridays

    WELCOME TO THE STUDENT CENTER- Temple kicks off every weekend with four Fs Owls love to hear: Free Food and Fun Friday. In addition to being a great example of alliteration, Free Food and Fun Friday is an event held in the Howard Gittis Student Center at 10:00 p.m. every — you guessed it —…

  • HootaThon 2015

    HootaThon 2015

    HootaThon is a student organization at Temple that raises funds for CHOP, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Each year, hundreds of Temple students, faculty, alumni and CHOP patients come together for multiple fundraising events, ending with an incredible 12-hour dance marathon. Members of HootaThon anxiously awaited this year’s dance marathon, which took place on November…

  • The Most Obscure Classes

    The Most Obscure Classes

    YOU HAVEN’T HEARD OF- With a campus as active, diverse and dynamic as Temple’s, one could only expect an equally interesting range of classes –– and Temple sure does deliver. A student can expect to be both surprised and challenged by an untraditional education. Many engaging and obscure classes exist on campus. Whether studying food…

  • Fallen Buildings

    Fallen Buildings

    CONSTRUCTION TO IMPROVE CAMPUS CONTINUES – “Barton Hall, you’ve been good to Temple and CST. Now it’s time to say goodbye.” Sounds morbid, doesn’t it? That’s what Temple’s College of Science and Technology posted on Facebook on Tuesday, September 22, 2015, with an accompanying photo of the nearly demolished Barton Hall. If you’ve ever seen…

  • Take Notes

    Take Notes

    Images by Sarah Whitehead for Obscure Classes

  • Temple Performing Arts Center

    Temple Performing Arts Center

    SETTING THE STAGE FOR PHILLY’S ART COMMUNITY The Temple Performing Arts Center (TPAC) is not only open to the arts community all around Philadelphia, but also serves as Temple’s overall performing center, encompassing diversity, inclusivity and creativity. Many prominent people have stood on the stage, including Wolf Blitzer, who delivered a speech of encouragement to…