South Korea has sparked a diplomatic rift with Tokyo after visiting a pair of disputed islets. Skip to next paragraphBut if relations between Japan and South Korea are harmed by the visit, the blame should ultimately fall on Tokyo, said Robert Dujarric, a faculty member at Temple University, Japan Campus. “This is clearly a Korean island; it has effective control. The Japanese government is very blind to the historical, psychological background to this,” he said.

Temple University’s president-elect, Neil Theobald, spoke with WRTI-FM about his priorities. “We need to look at other sources of revenue and also how we can contain costs. Number one here at Temple is fund-raising. We’re going to need to become very aggressive at fund-raising and telling our story. I think the Big East is a good tool that will help us get out into D.C. and New York, as well as Cincinnati, Louisville and Chicago.”

Advances in media technology have been staggering, with more TV viewers watching big events like the Olympics on mobile screens. But, experts say, traditional TV is not dead yet. "This is one of the last great events tailored for broadcast television," said Paul Gluck, an associate professor at Temple and a former television news director. "There is spectacle here that does not work on an iPhone."