Legal experts have debated whether District Judge Leslie Dutchcot should have set bail in the Jerry Sandusky case despite having ties to the charity he founded. "Judges should be mindful of whether or not their impartiality might appear to be questioned, or whether there is the appearance of impropriety," said Edward Ohlbaum, a professor at Temple's Beasley School of Law. "It's part of the foundation of our system, whether you're sitting on the magistrate level or you're sitting on the Supreme Court. You have to be above and beyond reproach."
On June 30, 14-year-old Winston Charleston took three buddies joyriding, tried to outrun a state trooper and crashed into a Volkswagen Jetta, killing Daniel Fouracre, 22. In Pennsylvania, juveniles between ages 14 and 17 are automatically charged as adults for certain felonies.
Campus police Lt. John Pike — who pepper-sprayed students sitting in protest at the University of California, Davis — is now more than a person or a news event. He has become a meme.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak agreed to expand the two countries' currency swap arrangement last month in an effort to stabilize their currency markets. Jeff Kingston, the director of Asian studies at Temple University, Japan Campus, says that both nations are responding to the rise of China and perceptions of U.S. decline. "Both countries continue to see in each other the potential for enormous opportunities."
In an Inquirer column, Eva Monheim of Temple's Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture offered seasonal gardening tips. In the Philadelphia region, you can plant bulbs until the first week in December as long as the ground isn't frozen. According to Monheim, it's also time to empty bird baths and other pottery, trim dried stems, protect potted rosemary plants, pile tree branches tepee-style to provide a structure for rambling vines, edge plant beds with metal strips and stakes and generally see what nature is up to.
Amid tea parties and occupations, bailouts and collapses, Arab Springs and government-shutdowns, it may seem that the world is spinning out of control. One of the most important factors— the real-estate boom and bust — remains at the center of things, said Robin Kolodny, a political science professor at Temple. "Foreclosures are happening around people," she said. "What they thought was their retirement nest egg is now worth much less. The American dream is to own a home.
A new study by Temple researchers found that obese students have great interest in weight loss, but this intent can mean increased smoking and soda drinking. Temple's Clare Lenhart presented data from a survey of 44,000 students that showed that about 75.7% of the obese students attending Philadelphia public high schools sought to lose weight. "What I was expecting to see was increased intake of salad or healthy foods," Lenhart said.
