A new study finds that of high school graduates who are not in college or do not have a college degree, just 27 percent are employed full-time. "The market has been discriminating against those with high school degrees or less," said Temple sociologist David Elesh. For generations, high school graduates found work in manufacturing and construction. But manufacturing has long been diminished, and the recession "torpedoed" construction, Elesh said.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation warns that Joe Frazier’s gym may not be able to hold out much longer. The gym's precarious condition came to the attention of the Trust after a group of Temple students was assigned to prepare mock nominations of endangered buildings by instructor Dennis Playdon. The students, led by Ann Dinh and Michael Baker, became so interested in the gym that they turned the assignment into a real project.