It’s been reported that the President reads just one newspaper: The New York Times. If true, the President is like the majority of Americans who choose what they want in the media and then track down the source most likely to deliver it. Temple political science professor Kevin Arceneaux studied cable news and found that most people who gravitate towards partisan media are already polarized, and their news consumption has little influence on their politics.

Howard Palamarchuk was engrossed in a routine he’s developed over 28 years as a medical volunteer at the Boston Marathon. Then the bombs exploded. Within minutes, Palamarchuk and nine Temple podiatry students scrambled for whatever they could find to help stabilize blast victims. “Everybody pitched in. You had to put away your fear and panic,” said Palamarchuk, who is director of sports medicine at Temple’s School of Podiatric Medicine.

For the first time in more than four decades of polling, a majority of Americans say that marijuana should be legalized. Kate Auerhahn, a Temple criminologist who teaches classes on drug laws, predicted that relaxing marijuana laws would lead to a temporary spike in usage, then probably a leveling off. "I don't think that's a sign of the apocalypse," Auerhahn said, noting that a majority of the 18.1 million who admit to using marijuana in the past month do not use any other illicit drugs and are not likely to commit crimes.

New research suggests a simple solution may help keep kids' portion sizes in check: smaller plates. "The results of this study suggest that aspects of kids' eating environments are influencing how much is enough when they're serving themselves in a way that has nothing to do with whether they are hungry or full," said study author and Temple associate public health professor, Jennifer Orlet Fisher.