Tag: Temple UNiversity

  • Leading Latinas Through Language

    Leading Latinas Through Language

    Katey Steinberg believes that language has the ability to empower us. The senior biology and Spanish double major has used her education from Temple to create a positive force in Philadelphia’s Latino community. Through her work with Temple’s Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) and Temple University Hospital, Steinberg has been able to utilize the Spanish language…

  • 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’s Wind Takeover

    Temple’s Wind Takeover

    Battling Temple’s windiest locations.

  • New Spots to Eat Around Campus

    New Spots to Eat Around Campus

    TEMPLE EXPANDS CULINARY SELECTION- With a campus as diverse as Temple’s, you are bound to come across some interesting places to eat. Temple boasts almost every cuisine imaginable, from the halal food carts and Chinese food trucks, to the late night hotspot known as U Got Munchies. But for the seasoned Temple foodie, what are…

  • KARAOKE AT MAXI’S

    KARAOKE AT MAXI’S

    TUESDAYS JUST GOT EVEN BETTER Thirsty Thursday, anyone? Nah — Temple students have a better idea, at an earlier day in the week. Things get really exciting Tuesday evenings at Maxi’s Bar and Grill on Liacouras Walk, especially for students and alumni who love to sing. The hub of Liacouras Walk, Maxi’s Bar and Grill, (commonly…