Since the “unconscious girls can’t say no” argument didn’t work, Walter Madison, one of the attorneys for the teenage boys convicted of rape in Steubenville, is now trying to blame his client’s brain. Temple’s Laurence Steinberg has made significant contributions on adolescent brain development that Madison will surely be referencing in his appeal. “Compared to adults, adolescents are much more likely to be drawn to the immediate rewards present and not think long-term and are more likely to have difficulty controlling their impulses,” he said.

Chinua Achebe, the internationally celebrated Nigerian authort, died at age 82 on Thursday. His novel Things Fall Apart has become the most widely read novel by an African. For Mr. Achebe, "the African context held the very question of human existence," said Lewis Gordon, professor of philosophy, religion, Jewish studies, and African American studies at Temple. His works may have begun with Africa, but they broadened out to all humanity, says Lewis, "which is why Things Fall Apart is read all around the world."