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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Meet Temple’s Love Your Melon Campus Crew
The organization works to bring joy and love to children with cancer Most people remember their childhood as time of playing outside in the sun and simply being happier. But for a child with cancer, the experience can be drastically different. Temple’s Love Your Melon (LYM) crew works to make that experience a little brighter.…
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Dave & Juice: Changing the party landscape at Temple
Close friends, often referred to as Dave and Juice walked into the doors of Tuttleman Learning Center at Temple University and sat down almost perfectly in-sync to begin their Templar interview. Juice who’s real name Samer El-Amine is a political science major, and Dave is David McIntosh-Peters, a sports and recreation major. The two…
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The Face Underneath the Makeup
Jaya Bolden: Student, sister, makeup artist, entrepreneur Starting your own business is not easy, especially for senior communication studies major Jaya Bolden. She faced criticism from her family when she first explored her passion for cosmetics. “I would ask my parents for makeup brushes and eyeshadows and they did not know why I was buying…
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From Temple University to TLC: Meet the student who made it to the small scree
Neha Raman is a girl boss you should meet
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Shine bright like a Diamond
Temple Diamond Gems’ seniors are moving on
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Meet the creator of Lo Último, Temple’s first fifteen minute show in complete Spanish
On a normal day, you wouldn’t see Sierra Guenst awake before 10am but today was a special day as she was rushing to Studio 3. Guenst was gearing up for the first fifteen minute Spanish Temple Update show on April 21, 2017. Although she previously produced Update Ahora, a 90-second news brief in…
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Studying abroad offered Temple students life-changing opportunities
Imagine having the opportunity to spend an entire semester immersing yourself in a culture completely different from your own; using your education to, not only, broaden your knowledge about your intended field of study, but also the world around you. One of the best things about attending Temple University is the surplus of experiences and…
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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