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Dorm room tattooing breaks community norms
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (413+ words) Thin wallets and accessible machinery birth a new generation of tattoo artists and clients willing to bypass licensing norms. When'James'Wright'got his first tattoo at age 15, he was forced to cover it up due to school rules.'It never crossed his…...
Curry’s emergence to benefit Owls in conference tournament
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (488+ words) Temple guard Savannah Curry averaged 10.8 points in Temple's final nine games of the regular season. Then, the'impossible'struck. She had never been hurt in her basketball'career but'caught an elbow to the face in practice before'the Owls'American Conference'opener against UTSA'on'Jan. 3.'Curry'missed'four games…...
Students aren’t amateur psychologists
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (266+ words) A student argues misusing therapy-speak can be dangerous as it loses its seriousness. "Clinical terms are often misused and there's a lot of misinterpretation about it because it's sort of pathologizing behaviors or actions without really having clinical evidence," Bellow…...
Tap into resources to combat food insecurity
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (322+ words) The Editorial Board encourages students to learn about campus food resources and support one another as SNAP reductions threaten food security. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has long served as a safety net for millions of Americans who rely on…...
Muslim, Catholic students fast, souls are fed: Ramadan, Lent create community on campus
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (453+ words) Across the university, students are bringing religious tradition to student-led spaces. When'Ali Srour'was'a kid,'Ramadan and isolation came hand in hand.'As the only Muslim family in the neighborhood,'Srour'braced for the solitude of fasting at school as he ate'suhur'with…...
Temple investigates AI for university operations
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (199+ words) A task force in the strategic plan looks into how to use AI tools to improve administration and student use. Around 65% of students sampled in the October poll reported using AI'tools to some extent.'Brainstorming ideas accounted for'62% of AI'use,…...
Minority students aren’t a monolith
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (323+ words) A student argues that representation alone is not inclusion when students are expected to speak for entire communities in the classroom. "There'has'been a few times where I've been in class where a teacher expects me to know an answer to…...
Kenyatta focuses on affordability ahead of election
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (492+ words) Alumnus Malcolm Kenyatta, running for his fifth term in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, is focused on issues like housing, healthcare and transportation. "More people are finding themselves in that'tenuous spot that I and so many people who grew up…...
Valentine’s Day is more about spending than love
1+ mon, 1+ hour ago (318+ words) A student reflects how consumerism has turned Valentine's Day into a performance instead of a day to show love. Somewhere along the way, Valentine's Day'became'a performance.Affection is measured through price tags and social media posts. However, love'shouldn't'feel like an…...
How Temple Student Government impacts the university and its members
1+ mon, 1+ hour ago (355+ words) TSG's purpose is to represent and serve the student body, but it also provides some lessons to its members. Malcolm Kenyatta, Pennsylvania state representative for the 181st district and 2012 public communications'alumnus,'served for two years on TSG as a senator from…...