In recent years, the Inquirer’s restaurant critic Craig LaBan has acknowledged what the Temple community has known for decades: Philadelphia’s food truck culture deserves respect, and Temple is a hot spot of food truck excellence. In his latest big roundup of Philly food truck reviews, LaBan singled out Poi Dog (“homespun Hawaiian flavors”) and Cloud Coffee (“performance art”) for praise. The print edition of this article also included a recipe from one of LaBan’s favorite trucks, Yumtown USA.

The arrests of bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ‘s three college friends could be a chance for adults to help young people sort through issues of friendship and loyalty, as well as moral and legal obligations. Young people often “do things inconsistent with what they know to be right or wrong...[and] they show especially poor judgment when they are with their peers,” said Temple psychologist Laurence Steinberg.

Thousands of students from across the area descended upon the campus of Temple Ambler for the 11th annual EarthFest celebration April 26. The event promoted environmental awareness and sustainability and offered an opportunity for the more than 7,000 students in attendance to learn more about the world around them. 

Amy Goldberg, Temple Hospital’s chief of trauma and surgical critical care, stood in the emergency room and held up a blunt-looking metal tool so the 8th grade boys could see it. “We take an instrument like this, lift up on the breast bone and actually cut straight across it,” she explained. Goldberg’s description of the extraordinary steps she takes to save gunshot victims are part of “Cradle to Grave,” a program she created in 2006, after a spike in teen gun deaths, to show middle school students the true consequences of gun violence.