Welcome to Templar.
As a student-run, editorially-independent publication, we’re dedicated to capturing and celebrating the vibrant life at Temple University. Here, you’ll find a collection of stories and photos that reflect the essence of our past academic year—moments of joy, achievement, and community.
Since 1924, our passionate team of students has worked tirelessly to document the experiences that make Temple truly unique. We hope that as you explore our content, you’ll relive the memories and connections that defined your time here. Enjoy the snapshots of a year well-spent and a university experience worth remembering!
Delve into the stories shaping our year…
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Dyymond Whipper-Young is Temple Made
Dyymond Whipper-Young is a nationally recognized artist, and not to mention, a Temple student. She is a senior advertising major at Temple University with an art direction in Klein College of Media & Communication and a minor in entrepreneurship. “Art pursues me, not I pursue art.” Dyymond Whipper-Young said. She says art has shaped her…
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She’s The First Temple is helping to end educational inequality worldwide
She’s the First helps provide the resources for women to get an education and to support women who will be the first in their families to graduate from high school
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Temple Owls Square off against Temple Alumni in Lacrosse Exhibition
For the first time, the score did not matter to the Temple women’s lacrosse team, not even for head coach Bonnie Rosen and her staff. On Sept. 23, 2017, nobody recorded how many goals the Temple women scored or how many saves their goalkeepers made. Instead, they looked around the field and realized that playing…
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Meet the team behind Big Brothers and Big Sisters at Temple
“My Little comes down the stairs every week saying, ‘Oh girl! I’ve been waiting for you to come all week, I have to tell you a secret,’ and then she hugs me,” said Isabel Sefton, the Vice President of Big Brothers Big Sisters at Temple. “That’s my favorite part of my week, it’s when I…
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Temple students tell us their Game Day rituals
Football game day is an important part of students’ lives at Temple University. Game day typically includes tailgates, food, cherry and white clothing all over the Lincoln Financial Field, and of course―Temple football! Students love Game Day because they get to celebrate with their fellow classmates and watch their Temple Owls fight for a win.…
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Commuters Get Involved
Temple commuter students talk about the clubs they participate in on campus There are a variety of clubs on Temple’s campus that one can get involved with. The hundreds of clubs and organizations on Temple’s campus give students a diverse set of options. Additionally, if a student lives on-campus, club meetings are usually only a…
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Philadelphia Favorites
Temple students discuss the best places to go in Philadelphia Temple University’s location in the city of Philadelphia means that there is often plenty to do outside of Temple’s main campus. Areas off of Temple’s campus are often accessible by subway or walking. On a diverse campus of more than 30,000 students, students have a…
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Temple Students Study Away in Arcosanti
Klein College of Media and Communication’s first ever Spring break study away program took place this semester in Arcosanti, Arizona. Twenty-five students, both undergraduate and graduate, participated in the Klein College of Media and Communication’s Arcosanti program over spring break. The program served to as a means in which students could analyze the relationship between…
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Making Change
Temple’s Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children (FIMRC) chapter is working to bring awareness to health issues both locally and across the globe. Over the past four years, Temple University’s Chapter of the Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children (FIMRC) has been raising funds and awareness for health issues in both local and…