Temple in the News
With Temple poised to face off against Indiana in the second round of March Madness. Temple University president Neil Theobald didn’t pause – not for one second – when asked where his loyalties lie...
March 22, 2013
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...
March 22, 2013
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...
March 21, 2013
If IU wins its opening game against James Madison in the NCAA tournament Friday, and Temple wins its contest against NC State, the two storied programs will meet in third-round action Sunday in...
March 21, 2013
For the first time since 2008, three of the City Six campuses are reveling in celebration. This year will be Temple's sixth consecutive NCAA appearance under coach Dunphy. The mood was joyous outside...
March 20, 2013
When it comes to humor, everyone is his or her own judge. That is, unless you are an actual judge with an actual case involving humor and the law. Laura Little, a law professor at Temple’s Beasley...
March 20, 2013
At 12.9 percent, Philadelphia has the highest rate of deep poverty — people with incomes below half of the poverty line — of any of the nation's 10 most populous cities. The numbers come from an...
March 19, 2013
Understanding the health implications of immigration reform may contribute to the public discourse, and may also provide insights to the equally divisive health reform debate, said Matt O’Brien an...
March 19, 2013
Allentown's embattled Crocodile Rock Café faces legal action from the music industry for allegedly violating artists' and publishers' copyrights by playing music without a license. The lawsuit in...
March 19, 2013
A Kansas bill would repeal the state's 1988 ban on quarantining individuals with HIV and AIDS as part of broader changes to its public health practices. Scott Burris, a law professor at Temple who...
March 19, 2013