In a column on the front page of the Local section, Annette John-Hall introduced readers to four students — two from Temple and two from Simpson College in Iowa — participating in the Simpson-Temple Cultural Exchange Program (created by Temple alumna Carol Zahn Booth '74). The aspiring teachers learned about instruction in diverse classroom settings by spending four weeks teaching in Philadelphia and Iowa. The experience helped them crystallize their professional goals.

Some of the proposed Las Vegas-area stadiums are looking to use tools like tax-increment financing districts to cover the costs of construction “You’ll have a stadium, and that will increase property taxes, and the difference will be used to pay off the bonds,” said Joel Maxcy, a professor at Temple’s Sports Industry Research Center. “That’s the lure of a revenue bond in these situations. But if it doesn’t come through, the taxpayers are on the hook for it.”

A task force has been appointed to look at Temple University policies in light of a critical report on Penn State. Acting President Richard Englert said he believed every university should take the report released last week by former FBI Director Louis Freeh "as an opportunity to review its own policies and procedures."