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Journalism undermined by Te’o ruse 

Posted Jan 17, 2013
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Washington Times 

Journalism undermined by Te’o ruse

The revelation that numerous journalists helped spread a tragic and false story of the death of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o’s “girlfriend” reveals it might be time for a gut check for sports journalism, says Chris Harper, professor of journalism at Temple, in an opinion piece. “A sage editor from the City News Bureau in Chicago said, ‘If your mother says she loves you, check it.’ That’s our mantra at Temple, where we are trying to provide the next generation of journalists.”

Klein College of Media and Communication
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Top 10 tips on applying for Financial Aid

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Temple experts Craig Fennell, director of Student Financial Services (SFS), and David Glezerman, assistant vice president and bursar, offer tips for students on applying for financial aid.
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Three appointments made to Temple Board of Trustees

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Three trustees were appointed to the Temple University Board of Trustees at the most recent meeting in December.
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The other incontinence

Posted Jan 21, 2013
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Philadelphia Inquirer

The other incontinence

Loss of bowel control is utterly embarrassing and debilitating. Two new treatments are helping sufferers get their lives back. Henry Parkman, director of the GI Motility Laboratory at Temple University Hospital, said doctors call fecal incontinence the "silent affliction." Even when they visit a specialist, patients with it may say they've come due to diarrhea. Doctors are learning that they have to ask.

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MLK time in jail subject of Eastern State Penitentiary exhibit

Posted Jan 19, 2013
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Free Admission To MLK Exhibit At Eastern State Penitentiary

Eastern State Penitentiary is celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a program that includes dramatic readings of King’s famous letter from Birmingham Jail. “It’s easy to forget that the civil rights movement in the 50s and 60s was a radical movement,” says David Farber, a professor at Temple. He is serving as the historian for the program. “It was a letter trying to explain the civil rights movement to so many whites who only vaguely sympathized with the civil rights movement,” says Farber.

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Abe II on a mission to redeem Japan and himself

Posted Jan 21, 2013
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CNN.com

'Abe II' on mission to redeem Japan and himself

Prime Minister Abe's trip to Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia underscores the focus of Japan's Asian diplomacy, notes Jeff Kingston, a faculty member at Temple University, Japan Campus. Abe commented that China's economic rise is definitely a plus for Japan but it is important for China to act responsibly. Coming amid an escalating territorial dispute with China, Kingston says, it appears that Abe's diplomacy aims to strengthen Japan's hand vis-a-vis China.

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Inquirer Arts front page: "Wolf-in-Skins" opening Friday at Temple

Posted Jan 20, 2013
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Philadelphia Inquirer

Beasts of a musical wild

Before the dawn, in a barely civilized netherworld where animals and humans change into one another, Wolf-in-Skins, starring a current Temple student and Temple alumnus, begins. The new theater piece, opening Friday at Temple University's Conwell Dance Theater, revives ancient legends in a modern hybrid of dance and opera.

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Temple joins Bright Hope Baptist Church to make King’s dream a reality

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In recognition of the 18th Annual Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service, on Monday, Temple’s Office of Community Relations and the Computer Recycling Center set up 26 refurbished computers and helped paint and clean recreation areas at Bright Hope Baptist Church. Temple students were also among the record 110,000 volunteers at Girard College, the city's host site for the Day of Service.
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Meet Temple's 10th president, Neil Theobald

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As students and faculty return for the beginning of the Spring semester, new Temple President Neil Theobald introduces himself to the university community via an online video and talks about the excitement and optimism he feels in taking the helm of one of Philadelphia's premier institutions.

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