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temple STUDENT GOVERNMENT ELECTIONs
Candidates rally as TSG voting begins
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(LEFT): Tykee James (left), Binh Nguyen, Ryan Rinaldi, Brittany Boston and Tom Montalbano of Future TU canvass around the Alumni Circle on Monday. (RIGHT): Tyler Sewell (left), Amber O’Brien, Christopher McFadden and Aaliyah Ahmad of RepresenTU campaign at the Bell Tower, hours before the beginning of the two-day voting period, which ends Wednesday at 11:59 p.m.
CAMPAIGN UPDATE: TEAMS AIM TO BOOST VOTER TURNOUT
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STEVE BOHNEL Assistant News Editor
lections for Temple Student Government’s next senior leadership team started today and will finish tomorrow, with voting throughout Main Campus and online at uvote.temple.edu. The two teams competing for office next school year are RepresenTU and Future TU. RepresenTU has campaigned with a platform that centers on representing every individual student equally, while Future TU has focused on a “three pillars” platform that ultimately aims to improve the future of Temple. Amber O’Brien is the candidate for student body president for RepresenTU, and is running with Aaliyah Ahmad and Tyler Sewell, candidates for vice president of external affairs and vice
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INSIDE Fact-check
The Temple News analyzes statements made by each platform.
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1) Campus Security Team 2) More gender-neutral bathrooms 3) Professional development
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1) Extra Trash Day 2) Home Field Advantage 3) Student-alumni relations
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yan Rinaldi knows that bringing sporting-event attendance up to a more desirable level won’t be a quick fix. “We feel this is more than a one-step process,” he said. “It’s not going to be fixed overnight. It’s just not. It has to take a natural approach.” Rinaldi, the presidential candidate for the ticket Future TU, correctly quantified the complexity of the issue at Thursday’s second and last debate – moderated by The Temple News – before next year’s TSG administration is decided in this week’s elections. The many motivations or influences causing thousands
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Theobald addresses legislature on budget The House and Senate appropriations committees heard testimony last week.
Without a men’s track team, athletes will still compete in the spring.
Matt Kacyon and Alex Izewski arrived at Franklin Field in nonTemple running attire. The distance runners, and former men’s track & field athletes, took to the University of Pennsylvania’s storied track on March 21, and they did so as “unattached” athletes. As Temple no longer has a
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Runners toe the line on own terms TYLER DEVICE The Temple News
COMMENTARY: DEBATE LACKED SPECIFICS
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Members of the cross country team will participate in up to five races as Temple athletes this spring.
men’s Division I track & field team after the program was included in last year’s athletic cuts, the university’s cross country runners had to pay their own way in that meet, as it was not one of the five predetermined races allotted to them. Because of NCAA regulations,
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any of Temple’s cross country runners are allowed to represent their school up to five times per year in track & field events during cross country’s offseason. In any additional races outside of those five predetermined meets, they’re considered
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JOE BRANDT News Editor Leaders of Pennsylvania’s four staterelated universities gathered in Harrisburg last Tuesday for a round of hearings with the state’s General Assembly, touting their schools’ benefits in hopes of receiving increased funding. President Theobald, seated with presidents Eric Barron of Pennsylvania State University and Valerie Harrison of Lincoln University, along with Chancel-
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Students plan for papal visit
Pedaling cross country for a cause
Dangerous stunts intrigue audiences
The World Meeting of Families is seeking student volunteers to handle some of the work required for Pope Francis’ visit. PAGE 3
Through Bike & Build, two students are biking from coast to coast this summer to help build homes and promote affordable housing. PAGE 7
A new gallery in Fishtown, The First Banana, hosted a sideshow performance on March 21. PAGE 9
OPINION - PAGES 4-5 Budget gets back on track
lor Patrick Gallagher of the University of Pittsburgh, answered legislators’ questions during more than three hours of hearings with the House of Representatives and the Senate. The hearings come as legislators are working through Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed budget, one aspect of which includes increased funding for public and state-related higher education institutions. In return for the increase in funding, Wolf said he expects the public universities to freeze tuition, with modest increases from others like Temple. When asked by Sen. Andrew Dinniman – a Democrat with a district office based in West Chester – what each state-
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Owls continue postseason run
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STAFF REPORTS | campus planning
Landscape plan calls for new walkways Summer construction on the $2 million project will change the space on Liacouras Walk near Wachman Hall. STEVE BOHNEL Assistant News Editor Starting this summer, construction on one of the two main walkways on Main Campus will mark the beginning of a major landscaping plan throughout the university. At a March 11 meeting, the Board of Trustees approved the allocation of up to $2 million for a landscape project involving Liacouras Walk and Wachman Plaza. University Architect Margaret Carney said the money will be drawn from the Plant Development Fund, an annually replenished pool of money allocated to address infrastructure projects. James Templeton, Temple’s director of architectural services, said the fund is mostly used for exterior projects, but also occasionally for interior improvements, like ceiling repairs, window replacements and lobby refurbishments. Concerning the current project involving Liacouras Walk and Wachman Plaza, Carney said this plan is the “pilot project” of a major landscaping plan that the university is unveiling in a few weeks. “It’s definitely, for one, about beautification,” Carney said of the current project. “We definitely want to make it a better experience to walk on the paths around campus … it’s also about giving people better clues as to where they’re supposed to go, so landscapes around building entrances … we want to use it to give people more clarity for where they’re going.” Carney added that one of the key aspects of the plan is replacing the walkways with pervious pavement, which would improve drainage from rain. Templeton said another issue is a lack of unity throughout the major walkways on Main Campus. The inconsistencies range from 10 to 15 different paving standards and 25 different types of light fixtures, he said. “This is the first attempt to try to unify everything, and make standards for the rest of the university,” Templeton said. In order to combat this issue – along with general collaboration on the project – Temple has partnered with LRSLAstudio, a landscape architectural firm located at 230 S. Broad St. The planning for work on Liacouras Walk and Wachman Plaza has taken nearly two years, Carney said. Karen Skafte, a principal at LRSLAstudio, said one of the challenges is working with the Philadelphia Water Department to ensure the plan meets regulations. “It’s tricky, they have a longer approvals process than the actual process we’re trying to work to,” Skafte said. “We have been communicating with them on a regular basis, trying to get them to agree to facilitate and expedite some of the approvals that we need … it’s a very tricky site to manage all the stormwater, because of utilities [underground].” Besides sustainability, all three partners said an important part
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Center City architecture firm LRSLAstudio devised a plan for new walkways in the area between Wachman Hall and Liacouras Walk.
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The walkways will be flanked by green spaces to create a “mini-quad.”
of the plan is creating better social spaces for students, teachers and others who walk through Main Campus. “We’re creating these lawn and grass areas, [almost like] a mini-quad,” Templeton said. “Think of it like a precursor to the bigger quad that will come later … we do have a lot of green [space] on this campus, but some of it is just leftover green, it’s not like it’s been designed … this [plan] is going to really clean up the space … and make it very inviting.” Due to the expected addition of 26 new classrooms in Wach-
man Hall for the Fall 2015 semester, the adjoining plaza was included in the plan, Carney said. Increased traffic flow in the area will require it to not only be more beautiful, but also more efficient, she said. Another spot that will be changed is 1810 Liacouras Walk, the Student Health Services building south of Wachman Plaza. Skafte said the building’s front doors will be consolidated into two main entrances, and that tables, chairs and greenery will be added nearby to make the space a “little more human scale.” Most of the construction will be completed by the start of the fall semester, Templeton said. Wachman Plaza will take until about October because the team needs to wait until the building renovation is done, he added. Carney said she hopes that by that time, people will take pride in the team’s plan. “When people walk through here, I want them to come in and say, ‘This feels right, like it always should’ve been,’” she said. “But also [for them] to be inspired by it, to have it be a surprise so that when they go back to it everyday, it just feels fresh.” * steven.bohnel@temple.edu ( 215.204.7419 T @Steve_Bohnel
Following TSG debate, campaigning continues FUTURE TU What they said... Crime rates are down at Temple.
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Actually... Depending on the type of crime, the factuality of this claim varies. Executive Director of Campus Safety Services Charlie Leone said in an interview with The Temple News that the number of sexual assaults increased in 2014. In the most recent Security and Fire Safety Report, Liquor Law violations increased from 2011-13, but non-Clery crimes have decreased in the same period.
What they said... The Fox School of Business’ tuition is more than $4,000 higher than other schools.
Actually... According to the university’s current tuition calculator, this varies from college to college. Fox is about $18,774 annually for a full-time student who permanently resides in Pennsylvania. The College of Liberal Arts is $14,696 annually, proving the claim true. But the College of Engineering and College of Science and Technology are $16,878 and $16,736 respectively. According to the 2014-15 University Fact Book, 5,152 matriculated and non-matriculated students enrolled in CLA for the Fall 2014 semester. 7,503 students, meanwhile, enrolled in the Fox School last semester. After the debate, the ticket tweeted a correction to the error. CLA does have more scheduled classes, as the college is responsible for the majority of GenEd courses.
“Fly in 4” only applies to a quarter of the student body.
Only about 88 percent of freshmen signed up for the program, which amounts to around 3,960 students, according to university figures. That, divided by the total undergraduate population of 25,376, results in an even lower total of about 15.6 percent. The university expects 100 percent of incoming freshmen to sign up for next year, which will bring the ratio closer to one-fourth.
There are twice as many students in the College of Liberal Arts as there are in Fox.
There are only 17 genderneutral bathrooms on Main Campus.
The website for Temple’s Wellness Resource Center lists more than 30 gender-neutral bathrooms located on Main Campus: in residence halls, businesses and academic buildings. The list, however, has not been updated since October 2013.
Penn and Drexel currently have Extra Trash Days, something Temple currently is without.
Future TU quickly rebutted that no such days exist at either institution. RepresenTU corrected the comment the evening of the debate, saying that trash collection was part of organized days where community service and campus safety were also incorporated.
issues, ranging from campus safety to campus diversity to community relations. In recent years, voter turnout at TSG elections has declined. In 2012, 2,647 total votes were counted. In the last two elections, that figure has dropped to 2,075 votes in 2013 and 1,716 votes in 2014. Both presidential candidates said they hope this year will reverse that trend. “It’s really important that students go out and vote,” O’Brien said. “Last year, with around a 6 percent voter turnout and less than 2,000 students … that is terrible for a 40,000 student base, and that’s something we need to change.”
“It’s sad to think that there are a lot of people out there not using that right of theirs,” Rinaldi said. “Both teams, with the competition that we’ve had, we’re really going to try and boost voter turnout this year.” Today and tomorrow, voting spots will be scattered throughout Main Campus, including at the Bell Tower. There will also be an election mixer in the Student Center Atrium tonight from 8-10 p.m. to increase awareness and promote the elections. On the voting website, TSG Election Commissioner Inella Ray wrote that voting today and tomorrow is “imperative.”
“You have the power – do not allow yourselves to be on sidelines whimpering and complaining, utilize your political power and vote for the ticket who best represents you and your university ideals,” she wrote. Voting began at midnight last night and continues until 11:59 p.m. tomorrow, according to the website. In order to ensure authenticity, voters will be required to sign in with their AccessNet ID and password.
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president of services, respectively. Future TU is headed by presidential candidate Ryan Rinaldi, who is running with Binh Nguyen and Brittany Boston, who are also running for vice president of external affairs and vice president of services, respectively. Both teams participated in two debates leading up to elections this week, the second of which was moderated by The Temple News at The Owl Cove in Mitten Hall on Thursday night. Each ticket talked about their views on a variety of campus
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Catholic students discuss Pope Francis’ upcoming visit Students from Newman centers in the city met at Penn to discuss volunteering. NATHALIE SWANN The Temple News The Archdiocese of Philadelphia and the World Meeting of Families 2015 held a gathering for university students at the University of Pennsylvania’s Newman Center on Saturday to recruit student volunteers in anticipation of Pope Francis’ late September visit to Philadelphia. The company of students involved with the gathering consisted of Philadelphia universities including Temple, Drexel University, The University of the Sciences, Neumann University and Penn. It is estimated that 1-2 million people will attend the event in September, making volunteers crucial to the experience. As Archbishop Charles J. Chaput already advertised on Facebook, WMOF aims to recruit approximately 10,000 volunteers, and it is calling on university students to fill those spots. The organization meets every three years to discuss faith centered around a theme, which for this year is “Love is our Mission: The Family Fully Alive.” “Pope Francis has such an appeal to young people that college students are drawn to his visit,” said Charlie Cappelli, a senior management information systems major. “Many students come from broken homes, and many others are
thinking about families in the future,” Cappelli added. “The subject [of families] is pretty timely for them.” “Youth is one of the church’s greatest assets,” said freshman David Wells, a communication studies major at Temple. “We as students can represent God’s joy and love that resonates in a different way than people from older generations,” Wells added. “We can connect with people our age and we can help them better understand Catholicism. We can effectively carry out the task needed for volunteering and help others from around the world.” This event will mark the first time a WMOF assembly takes place in the United States, as well as Pope Francis’ first visit to the U.S. There are several volunteer positions available, including language translators, digital diplomats, volunteer captains, logistics and operations, guest services and special service coordinators. There will be training for the positions both online and on site of the event venues. Volunteers can sign up for priority registration by sending an email to worldmeeting@holyfamily.org. In order to be a volunteer, one must submit to a background check and be a United States citizen of 18 years or older. Saturday’s gathering also included a presentation about the pope himself. Pope Francis, only relatively recently named the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, has become extraordinarily popular among religious and non-religious communities alike.
Pope Francis has such an appeal to “young people that college students are drawn to his visit. ” Charlie Cappelli | student
“[The presentation] discussed what [Pope Francis] thinks is the most important issue right now which is simply loving and valuing every human life and showing God’s love to others,” Wells said. “In just two years, Pope Francis has captured the hearts of Catholics and non-Catholics from all corners of the world through his tremendous service to the poor, his humility to live simply, but most importantly, through his endeavor to love the way Christ has taught us,” said Amy Saunders, a junior tourism and hospitality management major and the social coordinator of Temple’s Newman Center. Students split into different groups to discuss what they could do as a whole to prepare for the arrival of the pope before the closing of the mass held at noon. “It gave us time to meet other people from other campuses who could potentially be volunteering with us,” Wells said. *
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SEPTA plans High Line-like structure
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Kevin Negandhi primarily anchors the morning edition of ESPN’s SportsCenter program.
ESPN’s Negandhi, 2 others to receive honorary degrees The sportscaster joins an American Jewish leader and EB Games’ founder. JOE BRANDT News Editor For 20 minutes late last September, Kevin Negandhi had the floor in front of Temple’s football team. The team was in Hartford, Connecticut, about a half-hour drive from ESPN’s Bristol headquarters, and was scheduled to play the University of Connecticut Huskies the next day. It was the first time he met President Theobald, the ESPN SportsCenter anchor said in a phone interview Monday. He said he was a little nervous about what Theobald would think, because he didn’t hold back. “I don’t know how this is going to be taken,” Negandhi recalled thinking. “There was no censor button.” Matt Rhule, who coaches the team, said he remembers the speech well. “[Negandhi] talked about how he got to where he was, and how he stayed there,” Rhule said in a phone interview Monday. “He’s someone I know [the players] can relate to, and he can relate to them,” he added. The team won the next game, 36-10. Negandhi, a 1998 journalism graduate, will be honored at this year’s commencement ceremony with an honorary doctorate degree along with two other recipients. Malcolm Hoenlein, who graduated with a degree in political science in 1965, will receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters. He cur-
rently serves as executive vice chairman for the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Hoenlein was most recently in the news Sunday when he told reporters about a conversation he had with possible Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on U.S.-Israel relations. James Joo-Jin Kim, the founder of Electronics Boutique, will receive an honorary doctorate of business. The company, later known as EB Games, started with a kiosk in 1977 at the King of Prussia Mall and grew to more than 2,000 stores before a merger with GameStop in 2005. Kim also serves as executive chairman of Amkor Technology, a semiconductor packager and tester. When Negandhi first read the email from Theobald regarding the degree, he focused on the fact that he’d be speaking at commencement. “I’ve always envisioned what it would be like to speak to a class at graduation,” Negandhi said. “It was this bucket-list thing for me.” Then, his wife read the email and realized he was receiving a doctorate, too. Negandhi said because he is of Indian descent, graduate education could have been expected. But his parents were accepting of what he wanted to do. “They never put too much pressure on me to go to med school. Maybe law school,” Negandhi said. “Still, never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d have a doctorate.” Negandhi also served as sports editor of The Temple News in 1995-96, and worked on Temple Update, TUTV’s news show.
“It was challenging, but it was fun because it helped me understand the process,” he said of his job here. From the outset, he wanted “to establish a relationship with every program, not just football or basketball.” One story that sticks out in his memory, he said, involves an overtime game at the Palestra between the Owls and St. Joseph’s. “[There was] the feeling of being on deadline and making sure I was right, and made sense … I thought, ‘I can do this,’” Negandhi said. The story later won a third-place award from the Columbia School of Journalism. Negandhi is often asked how he wound up at ESPN, usually from young journalists seeking career tips. “My journey, I don’t know if it can be duplicated,” he said. “It’s unique to me.” After a five-internship collegiate career, he went on to Kirksville, Missouri, and Sarasota, Florida, where he covered MLB spring training, talking to greats like Ken Griffey Jr. and Derek Jeter. After some time in Philadelphia to attend to personal matters, he went back to Sarasota before landing at ESPN. He is also a firm believer in the benefits of clean, concise writing that can come together on deadline, a skill that he honed at Temple and from Kirksville on. “I’ve had so many highs and lows,” Negandhi said. “To anyone who goes into the TV business and travels … stay true to yourself.” “Dream big … but have a backup plan.” * jbrandt@temple.edu
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The Reading Viaduct sits in the Callowhill neighborhood. SEPTA will develop an elevated park there.
The Friends of the Rail Park partnered with two foundations to fund the project. PAIGE GROSS The Temple News The Center City District and Friends of the Rail Park plan to start construction on a proposed multi-use park and walkway this summer in Callowhill, also known as “The Loft District.” Tracks owned by SEPTA and the existing Reading Viaduct are being imagined for an elevated park, like New York City’s High Line. The SEPTA-owned track, which starts on Noble Street between Broad and 13th streets at street level, rises and meets up with the Reading-owned track. The total length of the park would run about one mile on the city’s east side and four-tracks width at its widest. “We’re looking at a plan that could be a very interesting piece of the Philadelphia skyline,” said Byron Comati, director of strategic planning for SEPTA. He added that it would be KARA MILSTEIN TTN an opportunity to “rejuvenate the lost district” The completed project will be similar to New York of the neighborhood, which doesn’t get as much City’s High Line, a SEPTA official said. attention as the neighbor districts to the south, Chinatown and Center City. Comati said that depending on the design The plan is coming to fruition by a new and the materials used to carry out the design, partnership of the William Penn and Knight he estimates construction to last at least eight to foundations, called “Re-imagining the Civic 10 months. The goal is for the park to have some Commons,” which has the goal to bring more longevity, he said. green space to neighborhoods throughout the city, according to philly.com. Friends of the Rail Park is a nonprofit organization that advocates for the three-mile linear park and recreation path consisting of the Reading Viaduct and City Branch, an underground tunnel previously used for carrying freight under the city. The underground portion of the rail park, which runs from the east side of Broad Street Byron Comati | director of strategic planning, SEPTA through the Fairmount neighborhood and up toward the Philadelphia Museum of Art, is still “In order to make this a recreational opporunder inspection by the Delaware Valley Re- tunity we are going to have to maintain the ingional Planning Commission before the space tegrity of the structure,” he said. “We can create can be considered for recreational or transit use. something that is contextually correct.” Comati said that while the organization has While the elevated park compares to New owned their portion of the above-ground track York City’s High Line, Philadelphia’s park will since 1994, no plans for its use have presented be wider and higher off the ground, offering themselves until now. more opportunity for multiple uses at one time, Because of the age and material of the Comati said. tracks, construction will need to focus on stabilizing the railbed underneath and maintaining * paige.gross1@temple.edu the existing structure before building on to it. T @By_paigegross
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Athletics lacks transparency The athletic department’s secrecy regarding recent controversies is troubling for the university community. There has been much to celebrate at the Liacouras Center during the past two weeks. Following the men’s basketball team’s NCAA tournament snub, the team won its first three games of the National Invitation Tournament – sending the Owls to Madison Square Garden in New York tonight for a semifinal matchup against Miami. The women’s basketball team, too, is among the final four teams remaining in its own NIT tournament following late-game heroics at McGonigle Hall last Thursday and another win on Sunday. But in the midst of this celebration, concerns regarding the university’s athletic department linger. On March 23, following an internal investigation into what Temple previously described as “violations of athletic department policy,” Athletic Director Kevin Clark announced the dismissal of women’s gymnastics coach Aaron Murphy and assistant coach Deirdre Mattocks Bertotti. The administration provided no reason for the firings, nor was any indication provided of what the investigation uncovered. A Temple spokesperson said the department’s silence was in line with its policy to not comment on personnel matters. Murphy’s situation is not the only coaching controversy the university has seen during the last year. Last August, The Temple News published the findings of a seven-month investigation into the university’s athletic department that uncovered a seasons-long pattern of abuse and neglect in the men’s and women’s track & field program that the administration overlooked for years. Former track & field coach Eric Mobley is being sued alongside Temple and Senior Associate Athletic Director Kristen Foley for $10 million by former school record-holder Ebony Moore following emotional trauma she says stemmed from her experience of competing here. Despite complaints made to the administration by Moore and, according to former athletes, dozens of other students throughout recent years, Mobley remained in his position through the end of the 2013-14 season – after which he abruptly resigned. The university denies any wrongdoing in its handling of the track & field program, despite extensive evidence proving otherwise contained within our report. Last Tuesday night, Moore’s story was featured on HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” in an episode highlighting the mental and physical struggles of student-athletes throughout the country. Many other student-athletes at Temple have known a different kind of struggle during the last year – during which five teams were eliminated from the athletic department. Regardless of the university’s justification behind the cuts, based on monetary and Title IX-related issues, the administration grossly mishandled the
announcement. Clark delivered the news without warning, in a cut-anddry two-minute speech to the affected athletes. Clark spoke later that day to The Temple News and other outlets, but multiple interview requests for him throughout 2014 were denied. Even last fall, when The Temple News was finally permitted to speak to Clark, there were conditions placed upon us before the conversation – among them, that the athletic cuts and track & field investigation would not be discussed. Clark, who President Theobald picked in 2013 to be the face of Temple’s athletic department, seems to be running a department shrouded in secrecy. In a landscape where, as highlighted by last week’s HBO report, college sports are coming under increased national scrutiny, such nontransparency is troubling to see. We have been and will continue investigating Murphy’s departure. That being said, it’s unclear why Temple is so unwilling to share any details regarding Murphy’s exit. The university community, much of which is made up of students and student-athletes whose money goes toward funding the athletic department, deserves answers to its questions. “They’re not telling us, which is what’s so baffling,” a gymnast told The Temple News last week. “They’re not giving us a reason as to why. They told us the university is moving in a new direction. I asked, other members asked. They’re not releasing it. They’re not even releasing the information to the community, which is a little strange.” What’s also strange is the university’s unwillingness to own up to its oversight and accept responsibility for whatever mistakes it has made in the administration of its sports programs that necessitated the departures of Murphy, and before him, Mobley. The university will receive a lot of recognition this week with both of its basketball teams a game away from the NIT finals, and in the larger picture, its athletic department may very well be on the rise. Talks of an on-campus football stadium, which has the potential to revolutionize this institution, continue as the team’s contract with the Philadelphia Eagles nears its completion. Temple can build that stadium, though many would argue that it shouldn’t. In the years to come, it can also rally students into cheering on its revenue sports and – in doing so – bolster school pride. It can use its athletic department to shine a beaming national spotlight on Main Campus, as administrators have expressed a desire to do, through the increased television exposure that comes with the American Athletic Conference. Temple is capable of accomplishing all of these things, and more, effectively. But that does not mean it wouldn’t be succeeding in spite of itself.
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ESPN’s SportsCenter anchor Kevin Negandhi, a 1998 alumnus and former sports editor of The Temple News will receive an honorary doctorate of communication from the university during May’s graduation ceremony.
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Hopefully, Wolf’s state budget proposal will make up for losses A $15 million increase would allow the university to make up some of its losses from the recession.
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ollowing 2008, a number of cuts – at both the state and federal level – hampered the country’s recovery. And in the last year or so, as states have begun to assess many declining and stagnant budgets, there seem to be a several states, like Pennsylvania, that are beginning to roll back on the cuts that followed the recesROMSIN MCQUADE sion for a few years. In an announcement earlier this month, President Theobald, opined that Gov. Tom Wolf’s new proposal to increase Temple’s budget for the first time in four years by more than $15 million would usher in a new relationship with the new administration. Temple, for the first time in years, would be appropriated $155 million. On March 24, in front of the state’s General Assembly, Theobald added that, if the proposal comes to fruition, the university’s tuition would be “held to the rate of inflation or lower,” The Temple News previously reported this month. As the university administration and students reel from state-wide budget cuts from 2011, the proposal arrives at just the right time. Four years ago, then-Gov. Tom Corbett signed a budget that reduced funding for staterelated educational institutions, like Temple. In response, the university raised tuition about 10 percent for state residents. Today, Wolf’s proposal comes as part of his larger plan, which is, according to PennLive, to increase total higher education funding by nearly 10 percent, a far cry from what was seen under the former governor. According to the governor’s 20152016 proposed budget introduced on March 3, higher education in general will thankfully see a large increase in funding. Compared to the 2014-15 budget, community colleges expect to see increase of $15 million, state universities, an increase of over $46 million – Penn State will receive about $50 million – and state-related universities like Temple and University
of Pittsburgh will have increased $15 million each. The budget proposal not only reenergizes the ever-fluctuating dynamic between the Commonwealth and Temple, but also between the state’s higher education system as a whole. Under the previous administration, for many students, annual tuition increases were utterly intractable. However, the budget proposal’s plan for Temple does not provide an increase in funds, per se. As the old axiom goes, everything is relative. Even though some local newspapers have been hailing the budget, the situation is a bit more opaque. Temple’s vice president, CFO, and treasurer, Ken Kaiser, stressed an important detail when explaining Tem-
persisting for some time now. According to Washington-based think tank the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a whopping 48 states continue to spend to less on students than they did in 2008 – prior to the Great Recession. Pennsylvania, in particular, was one of 11 states that spent over 30 percent less in 2014 than pre-recession levels in 2008. In many regards, the university’s progress is predicated upon funding – without it, progress will be impeded. “Despite Temple’s forward momentum, one noticeable effect of cuts is that faculty hiring and new initiatives suffer,” Douglas Webber, an assistant professor of economics, said in an email.
In many regards, the university’s “ progress is predicted upon funding – without it, progress will be impeded. ” ple’s situation: “This is not an increase in Temple’s state funding; it’s simply a restoration of prior cuts,” he said. Offering an analogy, Kaiser said, “Let’s say you got a job and made $50,000 and your boss says, ‘We’ll cut your salary,’ and you now make $40,000. The following year, ‘you’ll get $50,000’ he said. Kaiser said that in 2011, Temple’s “general support” state funding totaled to $172.7 million; in this fiscal year, it was $139.9 million. He says that the governor’s proposal, while appreciated, only restores about 50 percent of where we were in 2011. Kaiser mentioned that the university dealt with these issues by cutting its budget about $113 million to compensate for gaps between the state budget cuts and tuition and any revenue from new programs. As such, Wolf’s proposal does not elide the need for a more structured and organized response to higher education funding. Hopefully the budget proposal is more than just an ordinary budget proposal – it has to draw attention to the larger problem. The Commonwealth’s predicament is a signal; in fact, it is a microcosm of a larger and more disturbing trend that has been
“One difficulty that is often overlooked is that of long-term planning. With state appropriations fluctuating so much over the past few years, it makes it very difficult for the highest levels of administration to plan five to 10 years down the road. He added that President Theobald has some good ideas that will move Temple forward, like Fly in 4, but the initiatives won’t be able to move forward with confidence under uncertainty about the budget. The governor’s budget proposal has brought attention to the glaring discrepancies between higher education funding today and that of 2008. In his speech earlier this month, Gov. Wolf said now is the time to make a “historic commitment” to education. By building upon this budget and discussing the implications of more funding for higher education, we will be more prepared to fulfill this commitment. The recent budget proposal will be a harbinger of further policy changes and can reverse the dismal post-recession drifts and ensure progress at Temple. Let’s resolve to make that commitment a reality. *
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My mom and my memory
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A student ponders how she remembers her mom through actions and looks.
’d like to think my last words to her were, “I love you,” but I can’t be so sure. When I hugged her on Easter Sunday, I didn’t think that would be the last time I’d feel her embrace. At 14, you tend not to. We let go of each other and I darted down the steps of her condo. She was fairly short and had these really adorable doe eyes that matched her brown hair. I still wish I got her hands. They were dainty and feminine and she loved wearing rings to show them off. The staircase was an off-white color, and the handrail jiggled. I still remember the smell of lumber and drywall from new construction that lingered for the short time she lived there. It mixed with the smell of daffodils – she kept a bouquet on the cherry
By Patricia Madej wouldn’t be there to help me choose a dress for my freshman formal. She wouldn’t be there to help me with my college applications. She wouldn’t be there to meet my future children or husband. She just wouldn’t be there. April 13 will mark the six-year anniversary of my mom’s passing. And with each fleeting moment, it’s becoming harder to remember what her face looked like, or what her voice sounded like. God, I wish I remembered what her laugh was like. She always thought Seinfeld was funny. I’m older now, so getting a waft of her Estee Lauder perfume or hearing U2 – her favorite band – come on the radio doesn’t feel like the lethal dose of novocaine that it
She made the same peculiar gestures and “ motions that I do, but I’m only now reminded of her when I make them. ”
wood table. A couple of days later, I was sitting in my freshman science class, studying for a practical exam, when my teacher answered a phone call from the main office. “Patricia Madej? Yeah, she’s here.” I’m not sure if it was a premonition or a mix of common
sense – she hadn’t answered the phone for two days – that told me I was moments away from finding out that my mom wouldn’t be there that year to watch me perform in the spring musical. She
once did. Instead, my mind’s working a little differently. Recently, I’ve caught myself moving my hands a certain direction, flicking my wrists back. Or, I’ll place my foot up on my
calf like a flamingo when I wash dishes. I toss my head back when I laugh. And, I’ve only now realized that those actions feel strangely familiar. They feel nostalgic. They feel good. After my mom would get done her midafternoon shower, AD DY PE she’d make her TE RS ON way downTT N stairs to boil water for a
hot cup of tea. The toaster popped while she grabbed cottage cheese out of the fridge and sliced some radishes for a sandwich. As a kid, I watched her walk fluidly about the kitchen and make camp at the table, usually with an issue of In Touch by her side. But before she took that first bite, she’d place one foot on the chair, knee hugged closely to her face, other dangling below. On colder nights, I make a cup of tea – usually raspberry – when I sit at a desk to do my homework. I’ll put on my slippers, spread out my books and place one foot on the chair, knee hugged closely to my face, the other dangling below. The tea isn’t what’s most comforting anymore. She made the same peculiar gestures and motions that I do, but I’m only now reminded of her when I make them. My psychology professor touched on memory this semester, so I asked him if this new way of remembering my mom was unusual. He said it’s not. “You just change over time and as you change, the way you’re trying to retrieve it gets a little different,” he said. “You’re a woman now. You were a girl then.” Right now, my movements remind me of intimate memories of my mom, and they’re clearer than any picture or video. It’s OK that I don’t remember how her laugh or voice sounded, because by laughing myself, I remember that her large, brown eyes bulged and her round, chipmunk cheeks took over her entire face. She’d make a shopping list and while she thought about how much sugar and chicken we needed for the week, she’d bite her nails. I do that, too. I look like her, and that’s certainly genetic, but whether my actions are too, who knows? My professor said it’s more likely that I observed what she did and tucked them away for later. And as my life continues, the memory of her will become more distant, but there will be other triggers, he said, like when I have children of my own. Especially a daughter. “It’ll be hard, but you’ll remember her until you die,” he said. I left his office and went to the bathroom before biking back home. I washed my hands in the dimly-lit area – one faded, yellow chair illuminated in the corner – and looked up in the mirror. I wiped the eyeliner from the bottom of my eyes, large like saucers. My wavy hair cascaded across my scarf. I stared a little longer than usual. I smiled. *
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of students and alumni to not regularly attend the university’s athletic events has long remained an ambiguous question that TSG and administration have been picking away at. Previous TSG platforms have stated and enacted plans to help solve this issue, yet it’s still being discussed. In short, it’s a big, complex issue. This goes for many of the other issues discussed at the debate like supporting community relations, maintaining appropriate state funding, fostering diversity and preventing crime. In order to address these complex issues, the ideal debate would see the tickets detailing their planned actions, then debating the viability of these plans using facts that were researched prior to the event. An example of how this ideal process acMARCUS MCCARTHY tually worked at Thursday’s debate was when the viability of an extra trash collection day was discussed. Proposed by RepresenTU, the plan called for the City of Philadelphia to start having a second garbage day per week in order to combat the issue of trash on the off campus streets. Future TU criticized the plan for likely lacking city funding, which prompted RepresenTU to explain that the money would instead come from landlords and the university. This simple exchange on the viability of the proposal requires candidates to fully think-out and explain their plan. Additionally, this allows students to fully understand their options and vote on what set of plans they believe would work best. Unfortunately, this isn’t how most of the debate went. There were a few issues that were addressed with detailed proposals and informed criticism, but not nearly enough. Candidates often used their time for general statements, say-
These complex issues deserve “more than just positive general statements, they demand a factbased, intellectual debate about spelled-out plans.
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ing they would communicate with administration, advocate for students or help people. Although none of these are bad traits to aim for, they’re straightforward, ambiguous and don’t say much to voters. Additionally, the candidates didn’t use many facts or statistics as rebuttal to the few proposals. These complex issues deserve more than just positive general statements, they demand a fact-based, intellectual debate about spelled-out plans. Don’t get me wrong, these tickets have detailed proposals. Both of their online platforms explain their plans. The problem is that these proposals were hardly mentioned, instead being replaced with broad statements, warranting a request to clarify an actual plan of action from one of the audience members. It would have been preferable to have more of these proposals mentioned by both tickets and thoroughly debated. Instead, voters will have to find most of the proposals on the written platforms and debate their viability amongst themselves. *
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Students need to pay attention to mayor’s race
While young adults make up the largest demographic of people in Philadelphia, many are not voting.
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n a time when the displeasure of Mayor Michael Nutter can be heard all over the city, the mayoral primary election on May 19 is more important for Philadelphia now than ever. Our city, like most large cities, operates on a strong-mayor or mayorcouncil form of government that gives their leaders the opportunity to operate relatively independently. This compares to a weakmayor form of city government where PAIGE GROSS leaders can’t make executive decisions like “strong” mayors can. With the amount of power the mayor holds in the fifth-most populated city in the United States, this race matters. Temple students who plan to graduate and remain here will join the group of millennials that call the city home and make up the largest percent of its population. The outcome of this year’s race will determine a lot about the future of
the city. Yet, according to philly.com, the young people learning and living here are the ones who don’t vote – 70 percent of voters ages 18-24 are inactive, meaning they haven’t cast a vote in any election in the last five years. It’s not that Philly college students don’t care – at least, I refuse to believe so – It’s that there are a lot of obstacles in the way in terms of voting.
Shannon McLaughlin, president of Temple College Democrats sees this year’s finals being earlier than in previous years as another deterrent to voters who will go to their home counties at the end of the year before the day of the primary election. “We do a lot of registering awareness events and tables during presidential election years,” McLaughlin said.
Philly.com’s Next Mayor project holds Abraham ahead of the race at 30 percent, shortly followed by a 29 percent “undecided vote,” but at age 36, Bailey is the youngest running candidate. If elected, she would be the first Republican to hold the position since 1952 and the first woman – ever. It’s an interesting position that Philadelphia is in where the real race
an interesting position that Philadelphia is in where the real “raceIt’shappens before the traditional election day in November. ” To start off, the most common issue that college students face is their uprootedness. The four people in my apartment here at school represent three different states and four different counties. None of us originally registered to vote in Philadelphia, but instead, in our home counties. Steven Zicker, president of Temple College Republicans said that often students don’t see themselves as residents of the city that they go to school in, just students. “What we need is voter education, not voter registration,” he said in an email. “Students here need to become more engaged and see the importance of city politics while they’re here at Temple.”
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“We go into the dorms, we’re at every student organization fair.” Both Temple College Democrats and the Temple College Republicans held events this year to encourage registering, voting and hosted special speakers – many of which are involved in this race, but the interest for local elections just isn’t there, McLaughlin said. It’s the off years, she added, that don’t gain as much attention, even when seven candidates dominate much of the media cycle. Those candidates are Democrats T. Milton Street Sr., Lynne M. Abraham, Nelson Diaz, Doug Oliver, Anthony H. Williams, Jim Kenney and Republican Melissa Murray Bailey.
happens before the traditional election day in November, when most people are thinking about voting. This, too, is often a reason the primaries are overlooked. “A lot of our members are very politically aware, as well as much of the student body,” McLaughlin said. “But for some reason, or a lot of reasons, really, the primaries aren’t so important.” But when a primary election will choose one democratic candidate out of six to run against a sole republican candidate in a city that is overwhelmingly Democratic – about 77 percent of registered Philadelphia voters were registered democrats in November 2014 – it’s the early vote that matters. Essentially, Philadelphia decides its
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mayor in a few weeks. The closed-primary status of Pennsylvania is another roadblock in the voting world for young people who aren’t so certain on their political stance and choose to register as an independent. The freedom of not assigning yourself to a particular party may appear liberating to college students, but it prevents them from having a voice in the current arraignment of Pennsylvania politics when it comes to primary elections. By sheer numbers, millennials are in the position to make the strongest play for mayor. The top 3 topics that are most important to Philadelphia residents are education, crime and jobs/ economy according to Philly.com. It appears that young people are weighing in. A small effort from a large group of people could really make a difference – re-registering as a voter in Philadelphia is easy and only needs a 30day advance postal stamp before May’s primary. “Good Temple students are good community members,” McLaughlin said. In order to be the community members that we need to be, in order to bring a new, fresh direction to the city, young people need to vote. *
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NEWS IN BRIEF According to the release, only a few students spoke at the roundtable discussion, including Shigeta, who said she was thankful for having the opportunity to talk with Obama and Abe. “It was evident from the discussion that both of them are very serious about the issue of girls not having access to education, and the importance of female students like us stepping up and taking action,” Shigeta said. “This experience has left us to reflect on the significance of the issue and the importance of solving it,” she added. The event was part of a three-day trip in Japan for Obama, who was promoting the “Let Girls Learn” initiative – a plan that aims to better education opportunities for women worldwide – the Washington Post reported. -Steve Bohnel
MAYORAL ELECTION MAYORAL HOPEFUL OLIVER SLAMS ABRAHAM FOR INTERNAL POLL
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Several TUJ students met Michelle Obama and Akie Abe – the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe – on March 19.
UNIVERSITY NEWS LAW STUDENT ORGANIZATION FELL ILL AFTER BANQUET IN CHINATOWN
About 100 people suffered bouts of sickness after eating at a Chinatown restaurant on Feb. 27 during a banquet hosted by a Temple student organization, according to a philly. com report. The Asian Pacific American Law Student Association’s event drew about 250 people to Joy Tsin Lau at 11th and Race streets. About two days afterward, several attendees experienced symptoms of food poisoning. “Many, many people fell horribly ill,” user Antima C. wrote on restaurant-review site Yelp!. “This was the worst case of food poisoning I’ve ever witnessed,” she said. Yelp identifies users only by their first name and last initial, but philly.com identified her as Antima Chakraborty, an assistant district attorney for
the City of Philadelphia. Chi Mabel Chan, owner of Joy Tsin Lau, told philly.com she did not believe the diners got sick at her restaurant. “It was not a problem with my restaurant,” she said. “Maybe they got cold or drank too much.” The restaurant, well known for more than 30 years for its dim sum cuisine, has also faced several health inspection violations. The APALSA supports Asian Pacific American law students in finding career and networking opportunities. -Joe Brandt
AMBLER CAMPUS EXPERIENCES POWER OUTAGE, CANCELS CLASS
Temple’s Ambler Campus experienced a power outage on Friday morning, according to a TU Alert sent out around 11:45 a.m. Ambler’s Facilities Management and Public Relations offices could not be reached for
comment Monday on the cause of the outage. Because of the outage, classes were canceled for the remainder of the day. A second TU Alert sent out at around 12:45 p.m. on Friday stated that power had been restored, but that classes and activities remained canceled for the day. The university’s shuttle service remained operational through the outage. -Steve Bohnel
TEMPLE JAPAN STUDENTS MEET U.S. AND JAPAN’S FIRST LADIES
On March 19, Temple Japan students Shoko Ito and Aiko Shigeta met with First Lady Michelle Obama and Akie Abe, the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in a joint Japan-U.S. Event on Girls Education, according a press release last week. The event, held in the Iikura Guest House of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, focused on the importance of education for women, especially between those in Japan and America.
TSG part of panel on developing economy The National Campus Leadership Council came to Temple on Thursday. DAVID GLOVACH The Temple News
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President Theobald visited Harrisburg last Tuesday to address the state legislature on the budget.
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related school’s plan for tuition rates was, Theobald said he anticipated an increase of “costof-living or lower,” meaning that it would be less than the rate of inflation. Gallagher said Pitt students should expect a modest increase; Barron said a tuition freeze was likely for Penn State, and Harrison said next year’s returning students at Lincoln would see frozen tuition, though rates would rise for the incoming freshmen. Sen. Patrick M. Browne, the Republican chair of the appropriations committee, noted that while all schools requested an increase in funding, Wolf’s budget allotted for more than the recommendation for two schools: Temple and Penn State. Temple requested $146.9 million from the state, which is a $7 million or 5 percent increase compared to this year’s appropriation. The General Assembly was recommended an increase more than double Temple’s request; 11 percent, or $15.4 million. That would make Temple’s appropriation the highest dollar amount since 2009, before it was cut to its
current level. Penn State, whose appropriation is about $100 million more than Temple’s, requested a 13 percent increase. The General Assembly was recommended to increase its funding by 23 percent, Browne said. He asked what difference the additional dollars above the request could make. “We would hold down tuition,” Theobald said. “I’m absolutely aligned at the hip with [Barron] on the focus of what our priorities are. Going beyond our request, that simply allows us to keep tuition down.” Legislators, many of them Penn State alumni or with children attending the school, were eager to ask questions directly to Barron that covered a variety of issues. They ranged from a Penn State professor lighting a cigarette on an airplane last week to the on-campus speech of Bill Ayers – a co-founder of the controversial Weather Underground, known for its countercultural stance and participation in bombings during the 1970s. Several believed Ayers should not have been allowed on campus, though Barron contended that choice legally belonged to the students. Barron took the lead in answering
several other questions as well. When Theobald spoke, it was often about “Fly in 4,” the program implemented this year which offers scholarships to students in exchange for curbing their work schedule and mandates regular meetings with an adviser to stay on track for a four-year graduation. He also discussed the “Temple Option,” which allows applying students to complete four short essays in lieu of submitting test scores. In his opening statement, Theobald discussed Temple’s founding and economic impact. Citing statistics on the low percentage of poor students going to college, he compared that era to today. “America is in danger of recreating the 19th-century economic caste system that spurred the founding of Temple College,” he said. “Temple is reinvigorating the ‘American Dream,’ where all students, regardless of the circumstances in which they are born, are given a fair chance to rise as high in life as their abilities will take them.” * jbrandt@temple.edu ( 215.204.7419 T @JBrandt_TU
After a recent poll conducted by Democratic mayoral candidate Lynne Abraham’s campaign indicated 30 percent of respondents favored the candidate above the rest, Doug Oliver released a statement on the incident. Oliver cited his own satirical poll which put him at 60 percent, far above other candidates Jim Kenney and Anthony Hardy Williams, who were each given 10 percent. Other candidates including Abraham were given 1-percent ratings. “The survey utilized a gym-membership registration-based sample which models the likely electorate that we chose to create,” the statement, which was primarily satire, read. The polling results “unsurprisingly indicated whatever [Oliver] wanted them to indicate,” the release read. The Abraham poll gave Oliver just 2 percent of the vote, while Kenney and Williams were each given 14 percent. Nelson Diaz and T. Milton Street Sr. were reported at 6 and 5 percent, respectively. The poll also showed that Abraham drew 24 percent of African-American voters, compared with 22 percent for Williams and 7 percent for Kenney. The Next Mayor reported Sunday that TV ads would soon be ramping up for the candidates, with Kenney and Williams ads beginning to air Friday. American Cities, a political action committee operated by three Main Line financiers, purchased $560,000 in ad space on behalf of Williams. -Joe Brandt
Members of Temple Student Government met with local student and business leaders on Thursday inside the Student Center for a 19-person roundtable discussion on area economic development. Hosted by the National Campus Leadership Council, the panel included Student Body President Ray Smeriglio and Vice President of Services Blair Alston. They were joined by other campus leaders from Drexel University, La Salle University and the Community College of Philadelphia as the student leaders engaged in open dialogue on ways to improve the local workforce through recent college graduates with local companies. The companies involved on the panel included United Healthcare of Philadelphia, Campbell Soup Company, Wawa Inc., AmeriHealth Caritas Family of Companies and SEPTA. Nonprofits Campus Philly, CEO Council for Growth and the Temple Career Center also took part in the conversations. Smeriglio said the roundtable talks were important to have, given the state of recent graduates trying to land a job upon receiving their diploma. “I think it’s definitely an important conversation to have,” Smeriglio said. “Given the severity of the issue, and graduating college, for seniors it can be a scary workforce out there. So it’s comforting to know that there are people from around the table from nonprofits, from businesses to other student governments that are working on this issue.” “A lot of times, we don’t crisscross on this issue,” he added. “This way you get a feel for what everyone is thinking. So it’s good and take some action items out of it and help out our seniors.” After opening remarks, the discussion quickly went to the topic of what students needed to do to stick out to hiring businesses. According
to the NCLC, recent studies have found that 96 percent of college academic officers believe their graduating students are ready for the workforce – compared to only 11 percent of business leaders. The panel came to a quick consensus that the reason for a lack of hiring was due to a shortage of communication skills, like learning how to write emails correctly or communicate their ideas, to as well as a lack of the right amount of experience, like internships. The group agreed that while the millennial generation was more intelligent than previous generations, a lack of those skills hurt the group in the job market. From that point on, the topics discussed were tailored around how students should acquire those skills. This is where opinions started to differ – those from the education side felt that businesses needed to allow student-interns to be involved more than just “getting coffee,” while business leaders felt that colleges needed to be more accountable and teach students skills that could be used in the business world, not just academics. “That’s the main reason that we are hosting these types of discussions,” said Andy MacCracken, the executive director of the NCLC. “We want to know why the employment rate for college graduates is only 11 percent. Getting student and business leaders in the same room is key. It facilitates the discussion on why there is this gap and how to improve it while still having students leave college with the least amount of debt possible.” MacCracken added that he hopes that these discussions will further the message and get the word out to both students and administrators about what still needs to be done. “I think this is really important,” he said. “You look at student leadership on campus and they already have a lot of the skills that we’ve talked about today. This is more for those other students on campus that haven’t development them and the ways that they can [develop] them. These are really complex issues, but there are simple things that we can do today to fix them.” * david.glovach@temple.edu T @DavidGlovach
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ANIMATING THE CLASSROOM
The Taney Dragons’ Little League pitcher visited the Reel on March 25. Her visit was sponsored by the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. PAGE 18
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Biking to build awareness
This summer, two students will embark on a crosscountry bike trip to promote affordable housing.
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Lily Goldberg rides her bicycle on Montgomery Avenue to raise money for affordable housing. Goldberg and Dustin Miller will ride their bikes from Charleston, South Carolina to Santa Cruz, California.
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ily Goldberg and Dustin Miller have been preoccupied with numbers lately, and they stack up like this: 4,234 miles in 83 days. Along with other college-aged people, they will pedal through 11 states and only break for three days. The trip starts in 58 days. Goldberg and Miller have been fundraising and preparing for their trip with Bike & Build, a
Philadelphia-based nonprofit organization founded in 2002. Through cross-country bike trips, the organization aims to increase awareness of America’s affordable housing crisis. “Obviously there is still a lack of affordable housing, so that’s why it continues year after year,” said Miller, a freshman actuarial science major and Lancaster, Pennsylvania native. “The reason why nonprofit organizations like this exist is because there are those societal problems that exist. Attention needs to be brought to them.” Throughout the trip, Goldberg and Miller, along with other volunteers, will stop their trip to
participate in “build” days. On build days, participants help to build homes with existing organizations, like Habitat for Humanity. “I thought it was a cool idea,” Miller said. “You can combine something as great as helping underprivileged people across the United States with biking across the country, which is something I love to do. I love to bike. I felt like it was a perfect marriage.” Bike & Build runs eight of these trips each summer, with approximately 250 young adults, ages 18-28, behind the handlebars.
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Advertising course gives students real-world experience with clients A course in the advertising department gives students experience with real-world clients. ALEXA BRICKER Assistant Lifestyle Editor The Diamond Edge Communications advertising course, formerly known as the Creative Services Workshop, predates the advertising department by nearly two decades. Started in the mid-1980s as a way for students to gain extra experience, the class was rebranded and relaunched in 2003 as DEC, and is now a way for ad majors to work with real-world clients in an atypical classroom setting. “[DEC] is run with the intention of giving students real-world experience, more than an internship and more than a classroom,” said Joe Glennon, an assistant advertising professor and the director of the program. “We always say it’s real work for real clients, real experience and in the real world.” Glennon said while students have a set class time, the majority of work is done outside of class, sometimes at the location of the client, and functions similar to a normal advertising depar-
ment. Students in the course are responsible for various aspects of the advertising process, like art direction, account managing, copywriting and research. Though Glennon said the prerequisites restrict the course to advertising majors only, there are positions on each team to correspond with the four different tracks under the major.
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At the beginning of the semester, students are split into groups of four or five, depending on the number of clients. In the past, clients have ranged from the U.S. Department of State to small, Philadelphia-based businesses. To find clients for students to work with, Glennon said the program has been around long enough that many
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companies and organizations come to him, though a portion of the clientele are former Temple students. Last semester, one student group partnered with Philadelphia-based agency 160over90 for Temple’s Take Charge Campaign, an experience junior Lindsey Casella said is helping her tremendously in securing an internship this semester. “I would say it was a lot of pressure,” the advertising major said. “We had dozens of ideas, but we had to think, ‘Will [160over90] approve of it?’” Casella said she and her group of five other students were responsible for coming up with creative events and aspects of the campaign that Temple could adopt and would grow over the years. One of the group’s ideas included implementing owls’ wings into the campaign as a kind of new logo for the university, which group member and Temple men’s basketball player Nick Pendergast helped launch via the Cherry Crusade. “The most rewarding part is walking out of there and seeing your work in action,” Casella said. “I’ve had interviews for internships all semester and it’s good to be able to show them
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Valeri Harteg presents information about the Fulbright program on March 25.
Scholarship prompts international studies Temple hosted Fulbright Week from March 23-26. FINNIAN SAYLOR The Temple News After spending a year in Guatemala, Fulbright scholar Valeri Harteg came back to America with a new perspective on her career and a Guatemalan rescue dog named Molly. Harteg arrived in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala in January 2012, where she spent a year teaching English to a
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wide range of native peoples through the English Teaching Assistant grant, which was awarded to her through the Fulbright Program. Dana Dawson, the director of Scholarship Development and Fellowship Advising, helps students find available scholarships. To promote the Fulbright U.S. Students Program for Temple students, Dawson hosted “Fulbright Week” from March 23-26. Undergraduate juniors and seniors, as well as recently graduated students in any discipline, are eligible
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Professor aims for innovative classroom Samuel Hodge creates and voices animations for his classrooms. VINCE BELLINO The Temple News When approaching large lecture-style classes, Samuel Hodge thinks of a specific word: edutainment. Edutainment – a sort of mix between education and entertainment – is what Hodge works to achieve in his classrooms. Hodge utilizes animations, songs, visuals, prominent guest speakers and technology to create what he calls a “flip classroom” – what Hodge said is the largest ever attempted at the undergraduate level at Temple. A flip classroom is a combination of online learning, lecture-style teaching and hands-on experience. Hodge’s flip classroom is the Legal Environment of Business, through which he teaches roughly 400 students. “The idea is trying to do something that is more practical oriented that you use instead of just going to the classroom, instead of just teaching theory,” Hodge said. One day per week, Hodge connects with notable guest speakers. Speakers this semester include state and federal judges and former CNN political analyst Alex Wellen. Hodge uses Skype to communicate with guests speakers from locations around the country – he even reached out to several Supreme Court justices, though each declined the offer. Hands-on learning is a huge element of Hodge’s flip classroom, he said. “You’re ... applying the knowledge they learn, but then taking it the next step by having them apply it in a practical way,” Hodge said. To engage students, Hodge uses animations that he designs and voices himself. In one animation, an Egyptian figure introduces the beginnings of law in society. In another,
an animation of Willie Nelson plays guitar and sings to explain criminal and civil cases through Nelson’s own experiences with the law. Animations in Hodge’s class are not just fun and games, though. One review video includes an animation of Hodge singing to the tune of Jimmy Buffett’s “Margaritaville” while Hooter the Owl holds up flashcards of review terms. Hodge also invented an animated family to use in the course. The family appears throughout the semester and solves various problems. Though technology is essential in his class-
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room, Hodge said it also proves to be the greatest challenge. The clickers, remotes that students use to buzz in answers to questions, that he uses during quizzes and tests were a “disaster” at first, he said, because a large number of students were struggling to use them. Because Hodge also teaches anatomy courses, he is able to take students to the Temple Hospital to witness dissections. All of the material Hodge teaches in his classes is meant to be both relevant and non-traditional, he said. “I’m trying not to do the traditional things in the classroom so that the students are able to get this other perspective and to have fun,” Hodge said. “But it’s not all just games, they’re learning how to do this stuff.”
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Fresh flowers more accessible
I feel pain in a “different way than most people. ”
The Flwry, the city’s first flower subscription service, is set to begin business in June.
Tim Cridland | sideshow performer
MICHAELA WINBERG The Temple News Last spring, Nicole Rossi spent hours gardening every day. Rossi, an architect in Philadelphia, said once she managed to get her hands on some outdoor space, she started planting her own flower garden – and she couldn’t stop. Her hobby temporarily took her to San Francisco, where she explored the easily accessible culture of gardening. “I fell in love with … growing everything from seed and taking care of it,” Rossi said. “The flower-farming culture is so accessible in San Francisco, and I wanted to bring that idea back to Philadelphia.” Rossi convinced her longtime friend Nicole Paloux, founder of a public relations company called Red Balloon, into her new love for gardening, and the two decided to open up Philadelphia’s first flower subscription service, The Flwry. “[Paloux and I] realized that it’s not that easy to get fresh flowers in Philadelphia, and it’s not always very affordable,” Rossi said. “We wanted to make flowers affordable while supporting the local farming community.”
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vice’s website. “The flowers that customers will be receiving will be cut that morning, and they’ll be getting them that afternoon,” Rossi said. “Instead of dying in a day or two, they’ll last for a week or more.” “You just can’t beat the ability to have flowers fresh from a farm the same afternoon they’re cut,” Paloux added. As the website states, 150 six-month subscriptions will go on sale in late April, and subscriptions will be available for purchase until the business opens in June. A customer can purchase a six-month
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AT SIDESHOW IN FISHTOWN, IT’S HARD TO LOOK AWAY The First Banana, a new gallery and performance space in Fishtown, recently showcased the art of sideshow.
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Reggie Bugmuncher, owner of The First Banana, hammers a nail into her nose with a small icepick for her sideshow act.
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amora The Torture King doesn’t feel pain like most people. He redirects his focus, even with bike spokes skewering his arms and mouth. Tim Cridland, also known as Zamora The Torture King, said he experiences pain, but is able to largely ignore it through attention redirection. “I was on a TV show and they scanned my brain while I was in pain and it showed that the part of my brain that feels pain was active, but the part of the brain that suffers from pain was inactive,” Cridland said. “What I did was change the way my internal feedback loop works which changes the actual experience of pain.” The First Banana, a recently opened gallery in Fishtown, hosted three sideshow acts on March 21 that tested the audience’s stomachs and nerves, from fire-eating and sword-ladder walking to suspension. Cridland has been performing painful sideshow acts for 21 years professionally. He ate fire for the first time when he was 17 years old. A few years after, an elementary school library book drew him to the world of death-defying performance. Cridland, who claims his final stunt of the show once made a Guinness World Records cameraman faint, was the first sideshow performer to boast a show in a Las Vegas casino. During the course of the show, Cridland ate a light bulb and 7-foot long piece of twine which he fished out
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Technical.ly Philly co-founder and alumnus Christopher Wink speaks during the tech website’s first live podcast.
Live tech podcast features journalists Technical.ly Philly previewed Philly Tech Week with a podcast. JACK TOMCZUK The Temple News As a woman of color, Juliana Reyes said she felt out of place when she became a reporter for Technical.ly Philly, a website covering technology news in the local area. During the website’s first live podcast on March 25, Reyes described in a monologue how delighted she was when she earned the respect of her audience. Reyes was enticed to join Technical.ly Philly by the passion of the company’s co-founders, Editorial Director Christopher Wink and Business Director Brian James Kirk – both Temple graduates. “I joined the company because
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it was a startup run by Temple grads,” said Reyes, who graduated from Bryn Mawr College. “They were really passionate, and I was attracted to that passion.” Technical.ly Philly was established in 2009 by Kirk, Wink and fellow Temple alumnus Sean Blanda, who left the company in 2012. The site, which maintains nine fulltime employees, hosted its first live podcast recording at its offices in University City last Wednesday. The show, which was hosted by Wink and Editor-in-Chief Zack Seward, featured a history of technical innovation in Philadelphia like dancers who mimicked Twitter messages about the lack of diversity in the technology industry, speeches from local business people in the field, a monologue from Reyes and other segments. The live podcast served as a prelude to Philly Tech Week, which
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Bourbon Battle benefits man’s best friend Historic North Philly whisky and go-go bar The Trestle Inn held the third annual Bourbon Battle fundraiser for PAWS on March 25. ALEXA ZIZZI The Temple News In honor of serving man’s best friend, man’s stiffest drink was served in cocktails and judged in a local event titled “Bourbon Battle” to benefit the Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society, last Wednesday. The Trestle Inn, a 120-year old whisky and go-go bar situated under the Reading Railroad viaduct at the corner of 11th and Callowhill streets, was revamped in 2011 by new owners Josette Bonafino and her husband, Ian Cross. Bonafino said her and her husband kept the ’60s and ’70s theme to uphold the middle and working class local bar atmosphere, similar to a time in North Philadelphia during the post-industrial railroad era. Rumored as a working-man’s local bar and pit-stop for traveling salesmen, circus performers, immigrants and more, diversity has transformed into The Trestle Inn’s present-day crowd of all ages, races, sexual orientations and social statuses. On March 25, The Trestle Inn held its third annual Bourbon Battle, where one house and three guest bartenders from local city bars including The Industry, The Olde Bar and Sassafras, competed in a homemade bourbon-based cocktail contest, judged by ticketholders. Twenty dollars from each $30 ticket purchased was donated to PAWS, the city’s largest no-kill animal shelter that is primarily focused on fostering, adopting, spaying and neutering animals. Bonafino, who also became Secretary of the PAWS Advisory Board in December 2013, said during the weeknights, The Trestle’s atmosphere is like an average neighborhood bar. On the weekends, the bar has dancers and DJs to create a dance party and social atmosphere. Various donation stands were also set up alongside the satellite-style bars to contribute to PAWS for the event. A silent auction to raise additional funds was held, and it included 12 donated gift baskets. Woodford Reserve sponsored the event and the only criterion for the battle was to use the brand’s whisky as the main alcoholic ingredient. The bartenders provided the rest of the ingredients to concoct their own homemade recipes. Bonafino said the house bartender for the event, Katie Loeb, is a renowned mixologist in Philadelphia and a returning participant who is known for using various homemade mixers to create her drinks. At the beginning of the event, each ticket-holder was given a ballot listing the four bartenders’ signature cocktails to be judged throughout the night. Free appetizers were provided during the mingling along with retro music, go-go dancing and silent auction bidding before the winner was announced. Bonafino works closely with local bars and businesses in the area but has recently focused a majority of her efforts toward producing fundraising events for PAWS and incorporating that support into her bar business. “Everything we produce internally, event-wise, is for PAWS because this is something near and dear to my heart,” Bonafino said. “I am very pleased that people love The Trestle and will actually come and spend money towards this organization. I feel good that I can utilize my business to help support PAWS.” Before re-launching The Trestle Inn, Bonafino was heavily involved in youth-education nonprofit organizations and had to put it aside due to the success of her business. “I felt like I was really losing my identity and needed to get back into the community work and be in the nonprofit world,” Bonafino said. “Since PAWS is in my neighborhood, it seemed logical that after the success of The Trestle, I would get involved.” “Part of what I used to teach children in the classroom was about environmental stewardship and the humane treatment of animals, so I took from some of those teachings and put that effort into
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full membership for $444 in full, which is two flower pickups per month, or a six-month half membership for $222 in full, which is one flower pickup per month. Memberships can be paid monthly or in full at the time of purchase. Paloux said the flowers will be available for pickup at five different locations in Philadelphia, including one in Fishtown and one in Rittenhouse Square. The pickup locations will be local businesses partnered with The Flwry. Other pickup location can be opened upon request by a group of 15 or more members. “All of our members will have a convenient pickup location that’s within just a few blocks of where they live, or it’ll be on their way home,” Paloux said. Pickups will always occur on Thursdays from 4:30 to 7 p.m. The customer will show his or her membership card, and leave the pickup location with a bundle of 24 to 30 stems. Paloux said The Flwry will not be providing customers with arranged bouquets of flowers. Instead, the flowers will be random bundles of seasonal flowers that customers can arrange themselves. “We’re not cutting [the flowers] down at all from how they leave the farms,” Paloux said. “We want to empower people to create their own arrangements throughout their house, and to use the flowers in ways that make them feel creative and empowered.” Rossi said she hopes to educate people in Philadelphia about the seasonality and care of flowers. With every flower pickup, The Flwry will send an email to customers with care tips for that week’s bundle. Rossi added that she hopes The Flwry will make it easier for people in Philadelphia “to always be surrounded by beautiful flowers.” “When I have fresh flowers in my home, it makes a huge difference in how I feel,” Rossi said. “I can breathe easier, and I can relax. Our mission is to make that feeling accessible to everyone in Philadelphia.” * michaela.winberg@temple.edu
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Allison Hangen of The Olde Bar mixes a signature cocktail, the “Meyer Lansky,” at the Trestle Inn’s Bourbon Battle.
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Neill Laughlin of Sassafras in Old City pours the bar’s signature cocktail, the “Lauds,” at the Trestle Inn on March 25.
my involvement with PAWS,” she added. Bonafino works closely with members of PAWS that contribute to the various fundraising events promoted through The Trestle, including Melissa Levy, the executive director of PAWS. “Twenty dollars from each ticket is a lot of money to begin with, so I’m amazed by this turnout,” said Lori Tustin, a seven-year PAWS volunteer. “I’m so impressed.” The Trestle Inn’s staff directly fundraises and organizes events for PAWS, including the upcoming annual summer event “At the Dog Wash,” a block party fundraiser held as a riff based on the 1970s film and popular song “Car Wash,” with DJs playing ’70s funk, dancers and dog-washing. “Working with PAWS is a direct satisfaction for me and I’m kind of hooked on that,” Bonafino said. “I’m not saying I wouldn’t go back into the education world, but there is something really gratifying about the work you put in and how it affects the beneficiary, which in this case is animals.” Bonafino said she will continue to focus her efforts toward animal welfare in Philadelphia through the preservation of the revolutionary ’60s and ’70s, by “keeping a free spirit to the bygone days and a love for giving back to the community.” * alexa.zizzi@temple.edu
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The Trestle Inn held its third annual Bourbon Battle on March 25.
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Motivating youth from the outside, in Kings Rule Together aims to inspire youth to work together. ALLISON MERCHANT The Temple News Kings Rule Together, an urban clothing brand, entered the blogosphere in 2010. Five years later, the brand expanded to storefront retail through the fashion company VILLA. The brand has spread to over 40 stores across the nation. A celebratory event on March 12 launched the expansion at the retailer’s South Street location in Philadelphia. “Growing up in Philadelphia, you don’t really see that many brands that make it or brands that have that many people supporting them,” said Curran J. Swint, executive director of Kings Rule Together. “That’s why we are called Kings Rule Together, because people can rule together if they have the same goal.” The team of Kings Rule Together is a collaboration of graphic designers, fashion designers, photographers, Temple business alumni, Temple and Drexel student interns and creative individuals assembled by Swint. To branch away from a communication world of derogatory terms, Swint uses the title “king” as a nickname. “I really embraced it. … I was inspired by it,” he said. “It changed my mindset, it changed the way I look at different things.” “I was strong by myself
but when I came together with someone who was on the same page as me, I was even stronger,” he added. Thus, the merging of monarchies became the central force of Curran J’s brand, where royalty flourishes in numbers. David Idokogi, senior economics major and graphic design intern, said Curran J’s greatness in running the organization is contrasted with his personality of humility and humor. Idokogi works closely with Swint and creative director Idris Robinson in continuing the brand. “We promote positivity, but [Kings Rule Together does] it through art and fashion,” Swint said. Kings Rule Together strives to inspire the confidence of royalty, referring to men and women as kings and queens. “We can inspire each other with unity, with hard work, with dedication,” he said. “We are promoting togetherness.” Each team member was chosen for their creative abilities and talent. When speaking about the Kings Rule Together team coming together, Idokogi acknowledges problematic possibilities with a large group of creative individuals. Every individual must take into account creative differences. “Everyone is respecting each other for who they are,” Idokogi said. “Everyone is unique and we should acknowledge that and appreciate.” Swint said the growth of the brand is important to him. “We go to a lot of schools in the Philadelphia area, talking to kids about inspiration,” Swint said.
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Curran J. Swint, owner and designer of Kings Rule Together clothing company, said he used his nickname, “king,” to make “a word into a lifestyle, a lifestyle into a brand, and a brand into a business.”
Swint said he uses his development as a designer and a brand owner to encourage motivation in students. Kings Rule Together is directed toward consumers ranging from 16 to 32 years old. The style is urbanized and considered more of a lifestyle than a brand, Swint said. This brand extends its influential power across Philadelphia, including on Temple’s campus. “A lot of Temple students, myself included, put importance
in street wear brands,” Idokogi said. “[Brands] get commercial and creators lose their balance, artistic balance, and then the brand kind of gets washed out.” Swint said the brand is more than clothes – it resembles a lifestyle. The goal of Kings Rule Together is to stay fresh and clear of fading. “We are all kings and queens and we have to start treating ourselves like that,” Idokogi said. * allison.merchant@temple.edu
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Juliana Reyes described her experience as a woman of color in the technology world at the first live Technical.ly Philly podcast on March 25.
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will run from April 17-25. Last year’s Philly Tech Week included more than 100 events and a plethora of speakers. Wink, who graduated from Temple in 2008 along with Kirk and Blanda, thought the event cast a different light on technology media. “If you’ve never been to a tech event or a tech business event, that was not normal,” Wink, who majored in political science, said. “We try to push the boundaries of what a technology community means, and who’s involved in the community.” “We’re basically a tech business publication,” he added. “We should be pretty boring, but we try to stretch that.” Kirk, Wink and Blanda met in the office of The Temple News when all three were staff members. Following graduation, the three went their separate ways, but Kirk, a freelance writer covering the technology community, saw a niche opening in Philadelphia. “We saw an opportunity to fill a gap in coverage,” said Kirk, who majored in journalism. “At the same time, the media industry was going through a tremendous decline. For us, with that media industry decline in mind, we just felt like, ‘What if we would try to think differently about the journalism that’s being produced?’” Wink said growing the brand Technical.ly was difficult, especially in 2009 when the website launched.
“I made less than $20,000 in 2009 between the first couple ads we sold at Technical.ly Philly, some freelancing I was doing for other publications; I did some landscaping,” Wink said. “2009 was a bad, bad, ugly, painful, terrible year for us – for me.” Technical.ly expanded to Baltimore in 2012, Brooklyn, New York in 2013, Delaware in 2014 and most recently Washington, D.C. Developing audiences in these markets was a challenge, but the name recognition built by Technical.ly Philly has made the process easier, Wink said. The goal of the expansion was to replicate the design of Technical.ly Philly in other cities where technical innovation was occurring. “We wanted to take what we had done and build a model of community-focused, beat reporting, journalism instincts,” Wink said. “We’re trying to mix that with community-value events.” Wink and Kirk attribute much of their success to their experience at Temple. Kirk said the journalism department aided him in getting an internship and his first job opportunities. “For one, if you take advantage of the professors and their network, it opens a lot of doors,” Kirk said. “It’s all about taking advantage of what’s there.” For Wink, Temple was an invitation to explore more opportunities. “Temple was an entry point to Philadelphia,” he said. “Because it’s such a large university in Philadelphia, it was a ticket for us to get introductions to people and network. Honestly, Temple gave us Philadelphia.” * jack.tomczuk@temple.edu
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Kings Rule Together opened in Philadelphia in 2010 and now sells clothes in over 40 stores across the United States.
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Students work in the Tyler glass studio for glass blowing demonstrations as a part of TU Arts Fest on March 29. Temple celebrated the work of its students in the Center of The Arts in a weeklong showcase of the arts on Main Campus. In the glass program, “studios are designed for extensive research and creation of works in all areas of glass blowing, casting, fusing and kiln working,” according to the program’s website.
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of his abdomen with a scalpel and scissors through an incision. Cridland prefaced the act with a trigger warning for those prone to fainting, and then proceeded to dig bike spokes through his forearm, his bicep and the floor of his mouth. The third performer, Gisella Rose, originally from South Africa, is a body piercing professional who performs suspension and sideshow acts for a living. Rose lives in New Jersey, but travels to tattoo conventions and fairs in Philly to exhibit her talent. Rose’s suspension act involves two hooks that are slipped through the skin of the her back before she is hoisted into the air. She said the psychology behind doing something like suspension involves an element of faith. “A lot of people are scared to move really quickly because they have the misconception that the hooks are going to rip out, but the whole thing with suspension is that you need to trust what you’re doing, you need to trust the people that are doing it and you have to trust the art,” she said. “Just go, your body’s tough.” Reggie Bügmüncher, who took her stage name from the entry level geek act of eating bugs that she started her career with, prefer not to disclose her birth name. Bügmüncher is part of the Philly-based sideshow duo The Olde City Sideshow with her partner and brother Danny Borneo. As owner of The First Banana, she originally intended the small venue to be a space for the duo to practice and perfect burlesque and sideshow performances. Now, she is open
to all kinds of art. “The Banana opened about eight months ago and it originally started off as something we wanted as a venue and rehearsal space for our sideshow thing but it evolved into something more,” she said. “I wanted it to be constantly art, every type of art: performance art, sideshow, painting, photography. Every medium, I wanted represented in this space.” The First Banana will house a photography exhibit next month from one Temple graduate and three current Temple students who are displaying all kinds of Philadelphia housing in different colors, sizes and states of disrepair. The art occupying the walls of Bügmüncher's gallery fit a common aesthetic with the kind of alternative art showcased on stage. Not solely the host, she performed in full burlesque fashion and gave a volunteer a shot of tequila from a tube that she snaked through her nose and out her mouth. Toward the end of the show, she had another volunteer cut a hot dog on her stomach with a sword. Being that Philadelphia was once a main stop on the vaudeville circuit, this sort of alternative and outlandish show is not uncommon here, she said. “It’s a working class city, there’s tons of universities, there’s tons of art schools,” she said. “We’re kind of sandwiched into a very affordable, awesome, art-concentrated, working class city and out of that breeds things like sideshow and suspension and alternative arts because it’s not very highfalutin. It’s not a place like San Francisco, it’s very organic.” * colton.shaw@temple.edu
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Zamora The Torture King, the main act, tries to swallow a whole light bulb before crushing and eating the glass at The First Banana on March 21.
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(ABOVE): An audience members look on at Zamora The Torture King. (RIGHT): Reggie Bügmüncher climbs a ladder of swords.
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Iron Chef Jose Garces brings fast and casual Mexican dining to Fairmount
OUT & ABOUT ‘DIRTY DANCING’ THE MUSICAL TO SHOW THROUGH APRIL 5
Broadway Philadelphia continues its 2015-16 season with “Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage” at the Kimmel Center’s Academy of Music through April 5. The 1987 Oscar-winning film starred Jennifer Grey as Frances “Baby” Houseman, who falls in love with a camp’s dance instructor, Johnny Castle, played by Patrick Swayze. Now a worldwide phenomenon, the stage adaptation retells the classic story with all its dancing and original music, including such hits like “Hungry Eyes” and “Hey Baby,” as well as “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life.” Dates and times vary with tickets ranging from $40.50 to $120.50. -Albert Hong
Buena Onda is a new restaurant in Fairmount. EAMON DREISBACH The Temple News A proud holder of the James Beard Foundation’s “Best Chef Mid-Atlantic” award and now the owner of 11 restaurants in Philadelphia, Iron Chef Jose Garces’s culinary artistry is typically reserved for higher-end dining experiences. With the March 16 opening of Buena Onda, a casual and modestly priced eatery specializing in fish tacos, Garces and members of the Garces Group hope to establish a laid-back dining approach different from their other food endeavors. Buena Onda literally translates to “good vibes.” Its menu and interior design are inspired by the relaxed culture of the Baja Mexican peninsula. The new restaurant is located at 1901 Callowhill St. Danielle DeFalco, the regional operations manager of the Garces Group and a manager at Buena Onda, said the importance of food stretches beyond an appealing taste and a full belly. “Food evokes something, it’s a love for Garces Group individuals in general,” DeFalco said. “For me, personally, it’s really nice to help create memories for other people through food and beverage.” Buena Onda’s menu boasts an array of traditional Mexican foods like quesadillas and house-recipe guacamole. The restaurant’s specialty fish tacos are all made with sustainably sourced fish located via Seafoodwatch.org. Additionally, patrons can expect Buena Onda to carry Yards Brewing Company’s K38 Pale Ale, a brew named after a famous Mexican surf break crafted exclusively for Buena Onda. Free samples of the beer are available on tap while customers wait in line. Joshua Magner, a threeyear member of Garces group and employee of Buena Onda, said the Fairmount neighborhood has been heavily supportive of the eatery. “Customers have been thrilled with the idea,” Magner said. “Everybody seems to think that there’s tons of good restaurants around the area, but nothing of this sort. It’s nice to see a lot of positive feedback from the community.” To give back to the neighborhood that has allowed Buena Onda to flourish, 50 cents of every guacamole order or water bottle
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Iron Chef Jose Garces opened Buena Onda on March 16 in the Fairmount neighborhood.
Nerd Nite, a monthly night of nerdy presentations, will take place on April 1 at Frankford Hall. Starting at 7:30 p.m., the show will feature a talk from Jonathan Iwry on the technique of improvisation in everyday life, a presentation from Nicholas Galitzki on the process of how stars form from large clouds of dust and gas in our galaxy and a finale from Michael Ceriello on the airplane crashes that helped shape airline rules and regulations. Doors open at 4 p.m., and a $5 cover includes happy hour specials all night. -Albert Hong
MONTLY DANCE PARTY TO BE HELD ON PARIL 1 AT NIGHTCLUB
Tribe is a monthly dance party for all ages featuring DJs Adam B and Mike Saga.The DJs will play alternative, ‘80s, electro, gothic and industrial music. This month’s event is tricksterthemed night at Trilogy Nightclub on 601 Spring Garden St. Finish off April Fool’s Day dressed as a “trickster,” like Harley Quinn, Joker, or a jester. There will also be stand-up comedy from Hannah Harkness and Rachel Fogletto, performing in the 21+ hookah lounge at 11 p.m. The event is from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. with a $7 cover charge, and drink specials lasting until 11 p.m. -Albert Hong
ORIGINAL SHOW TO BE HELD AT XFINITY LIVE!
Shore Bets Unique Entertainment will present an all-original show, “To XFINITY Live! and Beyond,” at Victory Beer Hall at XFINITY Live! on April 3. Six locally based artists, featuring Octane, GoodMan Fiske, Carrie Brzezinski, Crisbie, Victoria Watts and Stall Speed, will be playing live. Tickets for the 7 p.m. show are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. -Albert Hong
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Customers can sample Yard’s K38, a specialty brew exclusive to Buena Onda, while waiting in line for food.
sold is donated to the Garces Foundation, a nonprofit organization that helps Philadelphia’s immigrants gain access to medical, educational and nutritional services. Buena Onda is also adopting an eco-friendly attitude by using only recyclable or compostable dining materials. The restaurant’s interior, courtesy of CORE, a design firm in Washington, D.C., adds to the space’s light and sunny mood. The light green and blue walls that encase the space are complemented by scattered woven baskets to create an atmosphere similar to a beach food-shack. Speaking on behalf of Garces, representatives of
FOOD TRUCKS AND MUSIC RETURN TO THE PORCH AT 30TH STREET
University City’s Porch at 30th Street Station is celebrating warmer spring weather with a month of specially featured food trucks and lunchtime entertainment. Throughout April, Monday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., two different food trucks will serve lunch every day. Tuesdays through Fridays will feature performances from a variety of artists. On April 2, there will be hoop dancing and food from Farm Truck and Sum Pig food trucks. -Albert Hong
SOUTH STREET HEADHOUSE DISTRICT HOSTS EASTER EVENTS
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Located on 1901 Callowhill St., Buena Onda specializes in locally sourced fish tacos as well as fast and casual dining.
the Garces Group said they hope to sustain Buena’s distinct dining experience for the foreseeable future. “As we endeavor to do on each of our concepts, we hope to execute the best
possible version of what we set out to do,” the group said in an email. “... So it’s important that people take this for what it is. We hope to send good vibes to Philly all year long.”
A man true to his craft, Garces himself is known to frequently drop by Buena to keep a familial environment within the staff. * eamon.dreisbach@temple.edu
Celebrate Easter Sunday with a day of festivities at South Street Headhouse District’s 84th annual Easter Promenade on April 5. The free parade starts at 12:30 p.m. on Passyunk Avenue and South Street, ending at 2nd Street Plaza, and includes music from the Philadelphia Freedom Band. A Bunny Hop event and prizes will be awarded for best-dressed contests. A Easter menu brunch at restaurant spots on South Street will also be available. -Albert Hong
TRENDING IN PHILLY What’s happening this week in Philly – from news and event coverage to shows and restaurant openings. Based on Philly area: food, music, stores, etc. For breaking news and daily updates, follow The Temple News on Twitter @TheTempleNews. Tweets compiled by Albert Hong.
HAN DYNASTY AND LOCAL FOOD SCENE FEATURED ON VICE
@handynastyphila tweeted on March 27 about the special Philly-centric episode of “Chef’s Night Out,” part of Vice’s food series, “Munchies.” In the episode, Han Chiang, the owner of Han Dynasty, leads the crew through Philly. They stop by Isaiah Zagar’s home for barbacoa from Barbacoa South Philly truck owners, Ben Miller and Cristina Martinez, and ate roasted suckling pig with Brad Spence at Amis.
A FEW CENTER CITY INTERSECTIONS TO GET RAINBOW-STRIPED
@CBSPhilly tweeted on March 28 that two Center City intersections in the “gayborhood” are set to get rainbow-painted crosswalks, as a result of LGBT community members working with the City of Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Streets Department is set to do the painting in mid-June at 12th and Locust streets, as well as on 13th and Locust streets. Expected completion of the project is July 4, with a dedication ceremony planned for July 5.
PHILADELPHIA JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH FOR APRIL
@uwishunu tweeted on March 26 that Philly’s Jazz Appreciation Month will return for its fifth consecutive year in Philly. More than 40 different events are taking place this month to celebrate the jazz history of the city, ranging from live performances to art exhibitions. The kick-off celebration is on April 1 at City Hall, where Mayor Michael Nutter will be honoring local jazz musician, McCoy Tyner.
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Goldberg and Miller will begin in Charleston, South Carolina and end in Santa Cruz, California on May 25. In preparation for the summer, each of the bikers is required to raise $4,500 and be physically capable of biking up to 116 miles a day. Goldberg, a sophomore, said that though she often bikes the city streets, this is her first long-distance biking trip. “I feel OK about my fundraising and reaching out to people, and in training, I’m getting there,” she said. “I’m definitely worried about the physical aspect. I have no lower body strength.” Miller, on the other hand, said he’s having the opposite problem. Miller said he has been biking long-distance for roughly four years. To raise the required money and gain support, Miller has already sent out 77 letters to local businesses, friends and family members who might support the initiative. But he said he’s worried it isn’t enough. As well as volunteering during the cross-country trip, the participants will meet local officials and community members to inform them of affordable housing issues in different states. As a native of West Philadelphia, Goldberg said she grew up seeing ample affordable housing in her neighborhood. The problem, she said, still exists because “10s of thousands of people remain on the waitlist.” “At this point, I have a basic un-
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Lily Goldberg (left) and Dustin Miller plan to ride across the country this summer to raise money for affordable housing.
derstanding [of affordable housing], but I couldn’t tell you about it necessarily,” Goldberg said. “But it’s a big issue, and it’s in my backyard. It’s within my reach.” “That’s what we’re going for and representing,” Miller added. “Being able to represent Bike & Build and their mission – that’s going to give me really good satisfaction.”
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Students partner with local nonprofit organizations
After Miller and Goldberg return home, they said they hope to use what they learned to benefit not only their own careers and future volunteer work, but to influence their peers in Philly. “I guess there’s only so much that a group of 20 college-aged students can do,” Goldberg said. “But I think just educating a group of 20 kids about that does something. It might seem like
a drop in the ocean … but we can come back and spread the word to other Temple students so they can do something along those lines. I think a lot more needs to be done, but this is a tipping point.” * emily.rolen@temple.edu
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Through the Office of Community Relations, students can volunteer for various service-oriented programs. NINA DEPAZ The Temple News When students want to look for their “acre of diamonds,” they turn to Andrea Swan. As the university’s community and neighborhood affairs director, Swan said she strives to bring students and local community organizations together. “I can’t help but to be emotional when I talk about the work we do,” Swan said. “Our number one goal is to educate people, whether that be through our baccalaureate programs, nonprofit work, adult enrichment or our youth programs.” Groups that work within the Office of Community Relations are referred to as “Acres of Diamonds,” the phrase famously
cation, and it was one of the most impactful moments of my time here at Temple,” Swan said. “Families can come and pick out what they need like a supermarket, and seeing families taking advantage of this, it is very hard not to be moved.” Swan is the adviser to four student groups, including the Temple University Community Service Organization, NCNW, the Residential Organization for Community Service and Big Brothers Big Sisters. “Our office does so much,” Swan said. “Temple Students also helped out in January on [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day] at Berean Presbyterian, and there was a great turnout.” Greg Bonaparte is a general maintenance employee at 1300 Residence Hall and a trustee and member of Berean Presbyterian, located at North Broad and Diamond streets.
emotional when I talk about the “I can’t help but bework we do. ” Andrea Swan | community and neighborhood affairs director
coined by university founder Russell Conwell. “Whenever student groups work on a project, we market it under the title Acres of Diamonds,” Swan said. “It’s just such a beautiful statement.” On March 17, Temple students volunteered at Philabundance, a nonprofit food bank in Philadelphia. “I reached out to Philabundance to request slots for one of my student groups,” Swan said. “The National Council for Negro Women student group went there to help out.” Taylor Austin, the president of the NCNW Temple chapter, was one such volunteer. “We packaged boxes of cookies and crackers to be distributed in the community,” said Austin, a senior biochemistry major. “Volunteering teaches personal accountability, responsibility and collective accountability [and] to be responsible for those around us. We are here to not only get an education, but to be a help to someone else.” “It’s important to give back to people – we are privileged to get the opportunity to go to college,” Stephanie Dingle, a NCNW member, said. “If we have the ability to help others in the area, we should.” Swan said that she has also volunteered for Philabundance in the past. “I volunteered at their Lehigh Avenue lo-
“For MLK day, Andrea sent us about 100 to 150 students,” Bonaparte said. “From every ethnic background, it was great to see everyone come out and help.” Bonaparte has worked for Temple for 22 years, and he currently runs his own nonprofit organization, the Philadelphia Association of Former Gang Members and Friends. “As a member of the community, I just want to give back,” Bonaparte said. The next community relations event is Silver Lining, to be held by TUCSA on April 9 on Liacouras Walk. The event will honor those that are battling, have survived or have died from cancer. “The walk is illuminated with paper lanterns, and it’s a very beautiful sight,” Swan said. “I just hope the wind cooperates with us this year.” Swan said she believes nonprofits and Temple students are vital to the Philadelphia community. “Poverty is more prevalent than it should be – nonprofits like Philabundance work hard to eradicate poverty,” Swan said. “People in this region will know there is a place they can go to receive food.” * catherina.depaz@temple.edu
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Students Brian Korn (left), Ian Abell and Louis Graup listen to the teaching assistant information session on March 25 as a part of Fulbright Week.
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to win a Fulbright scholarship. There is also no minimum GPA requirement to apply, according to the application. During a few of the Fulbright Week sessions, Harteg shared with listeners her experience as a Fulbright scholar. Harteg is currently a graduate student at Temple. While in Guatemala, Harteg changed her career path from psychology to education. She now studies teaching English to speakers of other languages at Temple as a result of her experience through the program. Fulbright, a national scholarship program, was initiated by Senator J. William Fulbright in 1945. President Truman signed a bill regarding the Fulbright scholarship into law in 1946. The scholarship program, which today is administered by the federal Department of State, works to facilitate the “promotion of international goodwill through the exchange of students in the fields of education, culture and science,” according to Fulbright’s website. The scholarship program works to send American students abroad, and the program operates in 155 nations. “Fulbright was introduced with the intention of getting more Americans abroad,” Dawson said. Harteg said Fulbright provides an opportunity to encourage international interaction among individuals across the globe. “The chief goal of Fulbright is to facilitate international exchange,” Harteg said. While in Guatemala, Harteg said she volun-
teered at a shelter for street dogs. There, she was able to improve her Spanish-speaking capabilities and left the country with a dog of her own. A mixed-breed dog, who she named Molly, flew in the cargo belly of the plane from Guatemala to America. The Fulbright program provides scholarship funds for students to travel abroad and to conduct research projects or to teach English as a second language through the English Teaching Assistantship, and these are the two Fulbright programs Dawson deems to be most applicable to the widest range of Temple students. “Often, students hear about the Fulbright, and they envision it to be a really elite program that only students from fancy colleges win, and that is really not the case,” Dawson said. “The Fulbright U.S. Students Program is just something that so many students could apply for, but that I think has so far been under-applied for by Temple students and alumni.” Dawson said it’s important for students to attempt to connect with the application committee in the essay portion of the scholarship application. Upon applying, students are required to select the country in which they would like to research and teach. Dawson said students are most successful in gaining the scholarship when applicants can communicate a strong case regarding their desire to research/teach within a specific nation. Dawson said Temple students win Fulbright scholarships “pretty regularly.” There have been 81 Fulbright winners from Temple. * finnian.saylor@temple.edu
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what you’ve done.” This semester, students have been working with Fort Mifflin (a Revolutionary and Civil War era fort near Philadelphia International Airport), TWB Cleaning Services, Boomerang Concierge Service and Temple’s advertising department, on a “senior showcase event” to be held on April 29. “For our students, [the showcase] is another opportunity to brand something from scratch,” Glennon said. “We needed all sorts of promotional materials, to talk to our own students, but also to recruit industry leaders to come to campus and participate in the showcase. “It’s our students exposing themselves to not just people that can hire them potentially, but the real leaders and the movers and shakers in advertising,” he added. “It’s a great showcase for them. It’s a great showcase for our program – everybody wins with that one.” Glennon said although the program functions well right
now, he would like to see Diamond Edge have a stronger presence on campus and beyond in the future. “I would love to have a presence on Broad Street or Cecil B. Moore Avenue and have that physical reminder that the students are doing real work for real clients, and that the students are getting real experience,” Glennon said. “It would also raise our visibility in the community, so that community groups – business people and entrepreneurs – could see us and have that nice back and forth relationship.” Glennon said a goal of the agency is to provide affordable services, allowing organizations and businesses opportunities they may otherwise not have access too. “A big part of our mission should be providing services that some clients can’t normally afford,” Glennon said. “Traditional advertising agency or branding shop, it’s an expensive proposition. We charge very reasonable rates [and] the students do wonderful work.” * abricke1@temple.edu
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Joe Glennon, the faculty director of Diamond Edge Communications, motions to his favorite poster of Bruce Springsteen lyrics. Glennon’s work has always focused on copywriting.
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Creating ‘sensory experiences’ A professor works to create experiences that cater to children with social disorders. EMILY SCOTT The Temple News When Roger Ideishi started college at the University of Washington, he wanted to enter two industries – architecture and service work. Through occupational therapy, he found a way to combine the two. “I discovered that architects were sort of the founders of how occupational therapy builds their philosophy of practice,” said Ideishi, program director and associate professor in the department of rehabilitation sciences and occupational therapy. Through occupational therapy, Ideishi began exploring the concept of creating pleasing “sensory experiences” for children with brain-based disorders, like autism, who often have sensory sensitivity and can become overwhelmed or anxious in busy social settings. Sensory experiences take the edge off of parents whose children have difficulties dealing with loud noises or bright lights in performances and public spaces. “They feel isolated – it’s just challenging to go out into the community and have their children experience all of the same child activities like going to the zoo, movies or the park,” Ideishi said. Ideishi also said many families express concern with the way the public views their children in such settings.
“It wasn’t that these kids were badly behaved – they are just responding to the environment around them, if it’s too noisy or too bright or [there are] too many people,” Ideishi said. With a focus on art-based experiences, Ideishi and others delved into ways they could make shows and other public spaces more comfortable for children with disabilities. This includes environmental modifications like lights and sounds. For performances, Ideishi suggests leaving theater lights on to give the children a sample of music so they can become acclimated. Sometimes Ideishi will propose a stage change that may be necessary for a comfort-
the classroom, the home and the community. Ideishi began to notice what environments children with social disorders enjoyed most. “These kids seemed to be less threatened by art-based experiences, like dance and movement, art, drawing, music,” Ideishi said. Ideishi and his colleagues began partnering with organizations in Philadelphia and developing programs to foster sensitive environments in settings like museums and concerts. Some of their work involved dancers from the Pennsylvania Ballet. He and his colleagues said they started to notice the children gaining a lot of movement and dance expe-
– it’s just challenging to “Theygofeeloutisolated into the community. ” Roger Ideishi | associate professor
able environment, but does not take away from the performance. During a performance of Roald Dahl’s “The BFG” at the Imagination Stage in Bethesda, Maryland, Ideishi and colleagues proposed moving a drummer’s place on stage because the percussionist was in the dark. “We asked the director if that person could stand a little bit forward to be in the light, so visually people could see where that sound was coming from, and the director was perfectly fine with that,” Ideishi said. Starting in 2002, Ideishi and other professors began exploring different opportunities to link therapy to
rience, which helped some children stray from repetitive or predictable behaviors. “When you think about ballet, it is very routine, and you practice the same type of movement over music to get mastery over that,” Ideishi said. “The ballet dancer was more beneficial than to force these kids to do something at a table in the classroom.” Alyssa Herzog is the former director of education and community engagement for the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, which Ideishi previously partnered with. “We shaped the experience to
be welcoming and inclusive through having relaxed house rules,” Herzog said. Ideishi said he’s worked with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Last year, the Kennedy Center hosted an international conference on sensory experiences, and Ideishi helped organize and develop the agenda for the event. “Everyone is concerned with, ‘How do we make the argument that this an effective type of programming for art organizations?’” Ideishi said. “Part of the objective was for all of us to come together and start identifying some evaluation methods and tools we can use to demonstrate that.” In Philadelphia, there are only a few programs that incorporate the new idea of sensory experience, Ideishi said. Among them are the People’s Light and Theatre Company, located in Malvern. On Jan. 6, the theater held its first sensory-friendly performance of A”rthur and the Tale of the Red Dragon: A Musical Panto.” On April 6, People’s Light and Theatre are hosting their second sensory-friendly performance, “Beautiful Boy.” The show is a narrative about the love and care of an autistic child. Ideishi said Walnut Street Theatre is currently in the process of developing a sensory-based program. “I can’t say enough how much of a powerhouse Roger is in the field right now,” Herzog said. “He helps to make arts organizations feel that this type of work is doable and can be accomplished successfully.”
The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute will lead its TechConnect workshop tonight from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the MBA Commons on the seventh floor of Alter Hall. The workshop offers the opportunity to work with real world technologies, identify entrepreneurial partners and develop strategies to build a business or apply for translational research funding. This two-day workshop continues tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. This event is free and open to all. Refreshments will be served. -Jessica Smith
* emily.ivy.scott@temple.edu
There will be a real life Battleship competition from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday at the Campus Recreation Pearson Hall Pool 31. Teams of three will take part in a life-size battleship tournament where the goal is to sink your opponent’s cane in the allotted time to become the last team standing. Points will be awarded throughout the night, and the highest scorers will battle for the win. This event is free and open to all. Registration is required. Participants must register with their teams at Pool 30 by Wednesday. -Jessica Smith
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Mo’ne Davis speaks at Main Campus
The Taney Dragons little leaguer came to The Reel on March 25. COLTON SHAW The Temple News
Mo’ne Davis, a South Philly native and Little League superstar, visited Temple for a book signing and a meet and greet at 7 p.m. last Wednesday. Davis, a pitcher for the Taney Dragons gained national attention this past summer when she dominated the Little League World Series, becoming the first girl to seal a win as pitcher in the tournament’s history. The event, “An Evening With Mo’ne Davis,” was sponsored by the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. The event was facilitated by two Temple graduates, Anthony Gilbert and Marcus Appolon. Gilbert, a 2001 graduate, and Appolon, a 2011 graduate, co-own a sports marketing firm in the city. They worked with Spike Lee and Chevrolet in producing the short documentary on Davis that aired in October, titled “Throw Like a Girl.” “[Spike Lee] called and said ‘I really want to work with this young lady,’” Gilbert said. “So we worked that out over the course of like four weeks and then went right into production.” Davis recently co-authored a book, titled Mo’ne Davis: Remember my Name: From First Pitch to Game Changer, and Disney recently announced a biographical TV movie on the baseball star, titled “Throw Like Mo.” Following her success in Williamsport, Pennsylvania Davis has experienced a flurry of media coverage and has appeared on SportsCen-
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KELLY LINK TO READ WORK ON MAIN CAMPUS
Kelly Link will read her work Thursday night from 5-6 p.m. in the Women’s Studies Lounge on the eighth floor of Anderson Hall. The co-founder of Small Beer Press, Link is the author of the story collections “Get In Trouble,” “Stranger Things Happen,” “Magic for Beginners” and “Pretty Monsters.” Her short stories have been published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, The Best American Short Stories and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards. Link has edited numerous anthologies including “The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror,”“Steampunk!” and “Monstrous Affections.” Link was invited as part of the MFA Creative Writing Program. Her reading is free and open to all. -Jessica Smith
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Mo’ne Davis holds a signed copy of her book, titled “Mo’ne Davis: Remember my Name: From First Pitch to Game Changer.”
ter, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the cover of Sports Illustrated, and every major news outlet. She also met President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. Davis’ mother, Lakeisha McLean, said the spreading of Davis’ success story as a girl in a maledominated sport has been positive thing for young kids, especially girls involved in sports. “I think the benefit is her inspiring other girls, because some girls have low self-esteem, and they might not want to try a sport due to other kids criticizing them,” McLean said. “So I think Mo’ne opened the doors for kids to try whatever they want to try.”
After Lee’s documentary was shown, Mo’ne fielded questions and met with fans to sign her newly published books. “I was one of the two girls that were dominating against the guys, and people thought it was pretty cool that both of us held our ground,” Davis said. Muhammad Ahmed is a junior at Temple and the Lt. Strategus and Community Service Co-Chair for Kappa Alpha Psi. He helped organize and run the event and said he feels it’s important that someone like Mo’ne be given a platform to share her story with kids in Philadelphia. “She’s a product of Philadelphia, and she’s around the same age
as some of these younger kids who need that sort of sense of direction, and seeing it from their own generation can inspire them to do great in whatever they do, and that was our main focus in this program,” he said. Davis said she is aware of her position as an inspirational figure. Speaking to young athletes in general, and girls around her age specifically, she directed a few words of advice. “Try your hardest at everything you do, don’t let anyone keep you down, and just have fun,” Davis said.
The biennial exhibition “Victory for Tyler” starts on Thursday at noon. Founded in 2007, the event benefits the Tyler School of Art. This juried exhibition of work is the largest exhibition of Tyler alumni art on display. Submissions are juried by Anthony Elms, Associate Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia. The show will run until April 26. The opening reception for the general public will be held on April 11 from 6-8 p.m. Elms and various Temple administrators will speak. The show is free and open to the public at the Icebox Project Space at Crane Arts on 1400 N. American St. -Jessica Smith
SMC HOSTS JOURNALISM DISCUSSION
The School of Media and Communication will host a discussion in the Annenberg Hall atrium on Friday from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Using Silvio Waisbord’s book “An Ideal Worth Defending? Professionalism Amidst Challenges to Autonomy and Boundaries in Journalism,” the discussion will examine current anxiety about the future of news and the notion of professionalism in journalism. This discussion is free and open to all. -Jessica Smith
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Matthews wins Furman tournament proximately two weeks of tennis due to a sprained ankle. Coach Steve Mauro said the injury occurred at practice last week as the team was preparing for its conference match against Connecticut on March 28, which ended in a 6-1 Temple victory. The freshman has amassed a 14-8 record in singles play and an 8-6 record in doubles during her first full year of competition at Temple. -Dalton Balthaser
MEN’S BASKETBALL OWLS SET TO TAKE ON MIAMI
After three straight home wins in the National Invitation Tournament, the men’s basketball team now travels to Madison Square Garden to take on Miami University on Tuesday. The Hurricanes posted a 24-12 record, and managed a 10-8 record in a tough Atlantic Coast Conference that featured two NCAA Tournament Elite Eight programs in the University of Louisville and Duke University. Miami’s resume includes a win against then-No. 4 ranked Duke and then-No. 24 ranked University of Illinois. The Hurricanes, led by Sheldon McClellan’s team-high 14.4 points per game, have won their last three matchups in the NIT, by a razorthin margin of 4.3 points. The Owls will rely on senior guard Will Cummings, who has averaged 22 points in the postseason. -EJ Smith PAUL KLEIN TTN FILE PHOTO
Junior Brandon Matthews won his second invitational of the year last weekend in the Furman Intercollegiate Tournament.
MATTHEWS COMES OUT ON TOP
Temple closed out its weekend-long stay in South Carolina on a high note. Entering the day in sixth place on the leaderboard, Brandon Matthews led the Owls to a fourth-place finish and ended up on top in the individual standings with a combined mark of 10-under-par 206 for the tournament. Matthews finished the first round of the Furman Intercollegiate Tournament at even-par. Matthews finished under par with a performance that put him 6-under. Coming into the third day in third place, Matthews fired a 68, and found himself 10-under on the tourney. His score was good enough to take home the trophy for best individual score. “I made it very easy on myself and I’m proud of the way I hung in there,” he said. “I’m extremely proud of Brandon. It was a huge win for him,” coach Brian Quinn said. “In my opinion it might be the biggest win in Temple University golf history, because he was playing
against such a strong field.” Temple shared its fourth-place position with Francis Marion University. The Owls fell two spots behind runner-up Jacksonville University. They finished one spot behind Troy, the 46thbest team in the country, for third. Virginia Tech, which came into the tourney ranked 31st in the nation and was a target for Quinn’s squad from the start, finished eighth. Next up, the Owls will compete at the Met Intercollegiate Tournament in Purchase, New York on April 4. -Matt Rego
WOMEN’S TENNIS KHON SUFFERS ANKLE INJURY
At the age of 14, Monet Stuckey-Willis lived alone in Florida for more than half a year. A home-schooled teenager, StuckeyWillis initially resented her family’s decision to send her to the Justine Henin Tennis Academy in Orlando, Florida. “When I first got there I was miserable because I wouldn’t be able to see my family that often,” Stuckey-Willis said. “I got used to it, because I was going to be there for quite a long time.” Stuckey-Willis’ family had an important influence on her pursuit of a tennis career. She would go the Legacy Center in East Falls, formally known as the Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis and Education Center, to play with her family. At first, she was not fond of the game. “My dad got me into tennis when I was 6,” Stuckey-Willis said. “He took me to practice at the Arthur Ashe Center and I didn’t really like it. After a while, I began to like it.” Stuckey-Willis, like most elite high school athletes, chose to travel far distances in order to compete at the highest level. By competing in these tournaments worldwide, the athletes receive interest from college coaches. Stuckey-Willis, who said she was homeschooled until she enrolled at Temple, wanted to jump to the professional level when she turned 18, but she soon realized the importance of collegiate tennis. “All of my high school years I traveled to Florida, Turkey and Belgium to play tournaments,” Stuckey-Willis said. “Because I was homeschooled, I was able to play a lot more tennis than I would have in high school. I had more time to travel and to practice. If I had gone to high school, I wouldn’t have had that much time to travel and practice. I believe being homeschooled helped me develop my tennis skills.”
Temple will travel to West Virginia University Wednesday in the Final Four of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament. The Owls (20-16) are in the postseason for the first time since the 2011-12 season and have advanced further this postseason than they have in any postseason since coach Tonya Cardoza took over in 2008. The Mountaineers (22-14) finished tied for seventh in the Big 12 Conference this season and received an at-large bid into the WNIT. For the Mountaineers, who are 18-3 at home this season, Bria Holmes leads the team in scoring with 18 points per game. -Michael Guise
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Freshman women’s tennis player Yana Khon will miss ap-
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Monet Stuckey-Willis’ first season has featured a 15-7 record in singles and a 11-3 record in doubles matches.
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Stuckey-Willis has been a major contributor for the Owls, tallying a 15-7 record in singles matches and a 11-3 record in doubles matches on the season. She is tied for the team lead alongside freshman Yana Khon with 14 singles wins on the season. Confident in her approach to tennis, Stuckey-Willis plays aggressively. Senior Rebecca Breland has seen Stuckey-Willis fight for each point, no matter how hard it may seem. “Monet is a really good tennis player,” Breland said. “She brings a lot of confidence and power. It is nice to see someone who goes for every shot. She works her hardest to get to every ball. She is a role model for the team as a freshman because of the effort she gives. As a team, we can learn from that. Monet gets the job done and we can always count on her.” Breland took Stuckey-Willis under her wing from the moment she saw her arrive on Main Campus. They have developed a strong bond and often joke with each other on bus rides to and from practice in order to lighten the team mood. Breland said that during her time at Temple, she has seen many young players go through the program and put themselves at risk during matches. They push through injury to try to show toughness and grit to the coaches, but end up putting their tennis career in danger by not looking out for themselves. “Monet has a strong personality,” Breland said. “She is a go-getter. … She knows when to stop if she is injured and most underclassmen don’t do that. Monet takes care of herself first and that is most important.” Stuckey-Willis has a 12-5 doubles record, leading the team in wins. Coach Steve Mauro said Stuckey-Willis has developed into a strong player during her freshman year and has been able to adapt to her teammates. “Monet has a really strong work ethic,” Mauro said. “ Monet doesn’t fear anyone and she has a lot of confidence on the court. I want our team to all have the confidence that [Stuckey-Willis] has.” * dalton.balthaser@temple.edu T @DaltonBalthaser
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“unattached” athletes, requiring no financial support from the university. Without the ability to run as part of a Division I team outside of cross country season, the two make do with what they have, and sometimes borrow from their friends. “I’m so used to running in what Temple has given us,” Kacyon – who said he’d never owned his own singlet before this season – said. “One of the guys, [sophomore cross country runner Praneeth Gottipati], actually lent me one of his singlets [to wear for the race]. It was a bright neon
tional season.” An individual who enters into a meet as a Temple runner is allowed to use and wear university-issued equipment and a uniform. The school covers the transportation cost as well as the cost of entry into the meet. “Our administration has been very supportive as far as allowing them to compete, giving us the opportunity to get them to the races they need to be in, and all that good stuff,” Snyder said. Kacyon said there was a certain familiarity when stepping up onto the line on the track for the first time since the winter season, when he participated in a meet at George Mason University. “When we get up on the line, we look up and down the line and we recognize kids we’ve
You’re just going there and competing and really just “running. I find it less stressful. We work with what we can now, and that’s we do for some of these meets. ” Alex Izewski | junior athlete
green.” However, without the Temple uniform and higher expectations, Izewski said the pressure of representing a Division I school is lifted. “You’re just going out there and competing and really just running,” Izewski said. “I find it less stressful. We work with what we can now, and that’s what we do for some of these meets.” The pair then proceeded to finish one-two in the race, with Izewski claiming gold with a time of 4 minutes, 0.59 seconds. While not an athlete under first-year women’s track & field coach Elvis Forde, the two have gained Forde’s admiration from afar. “That’s one of the things that I appreciate about them so much,” Forde said. “They’re making an extra step to get in a few more competitions that can enhance what their improvement can be for this coming cross country season.” Coming off the aftermath of last year’s athletic cuts, which created a feeling of uncertainty in the male track athletes, Kacyon said he was happy when he finally started to put together a plan moving forward. “As time progressed, we were finally receiving answers,” Kacyon said. “Cross [country] would be fine throughout the fall, we would still be practicing throughout the winter with [Snyder]. Eventually we got news that we would be able to actually have these five sponsored meets from Temple, and that was very reassuring knowing that we still have this opportunity to run [track & field] for Temple.” Forde and Snyder said the cross country men are able to compete in five track & field meets during what is known as the NCAA “non-tradi-
raced, maybe even from high school,” Kacyon said. “It’s just a really good feeling to know that no matter who you are racing against, there is always someone in the field that is going to be fun to run with.” Junior cross country runner Will Maltin also spoke of his gratitude for the opportunity given to the team to compete in the offseason, specifically for the purpose of keeping training moving while cross country is not in full swing. “Having that opportunity that Temple has given us to compete in five offseason meets [is something] we’re definitely going to try to take full advantage of,” Maltin said. “It would be hard to be successful in cross country, not having raced for six or seven months, so it’s a cool opportunity and something that we’re going to look to capitalize on.” Practicing for meets in the offseason for cross country is the same as it would be during the regular season. He also said he is excited that the athletes will have the opportunity to compete year-round to keep their competition levels in check. “For NCAA purposes, you can’t practice 20 hours a week the entire year. You have to have an offseason segment,” Snyder said. “Later on in the year, we are able to go into the full 20 hours [of practice] just like we would in the fall for cross country. That’s the important thing to realize with distance running – it’s not as simple as a competition season and an offseason. You need to be able to train all year round to be successful.” * tyler.device@temple.edu
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Senior guard Will Cummings drives to the basket during the Owls’ 77-59 win against Louisiana Tech last Wednesday night. Cummings had 15 points and six assists in the win.
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mings and the chip on his shoulder are averaging 22 points on 55 percent shooting in the NIT, more than seven points higher than his season average and an increase of 14 percentage points from the floor. The senior guard has angrily finished his career at the Liacouras Center and has led his team two wins away from the first banner into the rafters in more than a decade. “I think I’m still mad,” Cummings said fol-
lowing the team’s 90-77 win against George Washington University in the second round. “I’m just trying to keep playing basketball.” More than two weeks before Temple’s aggressive storm back to postseason success, an uncertain Cummings questioned the respect the sixth-winningest basketball program in the country currently receives. “I guess our name doesn’t hold weight in the selection committee’s eyes,” the Jacksonville, Florida native said. “[On Selection Sunday] when I went into that locker room I saw 14 empty faces and the one I was most concerned about was Will Cummings,” Dunphy added during practice last Friday. “He’s
put the most time in and had the most success, as a coach you’re saying to yourself, ‘He deserves to go.’” Ever since learning the team’s fate, the senior guard’s mission has been to regain that respect, and he said the job is not finished. “We haven’t done anything yet,” Cummings said last Sunday before leaving for New York. “All we’ve done is win three games to get to Madison Square Garden. So obviously we’ve got two more games to go. … You can’t validate anything because you still can’t make it, the only way you can think about it is by winning the NIT.” Whether he is aware of it or not, Cummings’ legacy in a Temple uniform hangs in the balance
of the next two games. With two wins, he could end his career on Broad Street known for resurrecting a nine-win bunch back into a historic Temple squad with a spot in the rafters. “I’m not really worried about legacy,” Cummings said. “That’s for everybody else to decide on how they see me or how I spend my college career. I’m not worried about that, I’m worried about Tuesday.” * esmith@temple.edu ( 215.204. 9537 T @ejsmitty17
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aggressive.” DeCosey picked up where he had left off before the George Washington game, netting game-highs of 21 points and 11 rebounds in 33 minutes against the Bulldogs for his first career double-double in a Temple uniform. Dating back to a Feb. 26 win against Houston at the Liacouras Center, the Union, New Jersey native had reached double figures in scor-
floor checks in at three percentage points lower than last year’s (41 percent), and a four-game stretch in February marked his longest period without a double-digit scoring performance since his freshman season. Since that four-game drought, however, the 6-foot-5inch, 205-pound swingman has accumulated game averages of 13.5 points and 5.8 boards. DeCosey’s minutes are down from a year ago, too, as the Owls received needed reinforcement from transfers Jaylen Bond (Texas), Jesse Morgan
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ing and grabbed no less than five rebounds in each contest since, outside of his limited performance against the Colonials. “I just try to let the game come to me,” DeCosey said. “Like I said, being aggressive. If the shot opportunity presents itself, then I’ll take it. But if it’s finding a teammate or something, then I’ll do that. I don’t press that I take the first shot, I just let the game come to me.” A scorer by nature, DeCosey was forced to shoulder much of the offensive weight in a 2013-14 season that yielded nine Temple wins. His 12.4 points per game are down from his average of 15.4 a season ago. His 38 percent average from the
(Massachusetts) and Devin Coleman (Clemson). Temple’s rejuvenated 10-man rotation, Dunphy said, allows him to give DeCosey the occasional breather in games when needed. “Last year, he seldom ever came out of a game,” Dunphy said. “Now, we can afford to take him out. If things weren’t going that well, just have a seat, take a look and give yourself a chance to look at the game a little bit differently.” DeCosey’s abilities with the ball on offense helped him garner Division I offers from schools like Virginia Tech, Penn State, Seton Hall and St. Joseph’s, alongside Temple. “If he doesn’t [drive], I’m
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yelling at him,” senior guard Will Cummings said. “If he catches the ball and hesitates, he’s going to hear about it on the way back to the huddle or on a dead ball or something like that. He knows he has to play aggressive for us to be good. That’s his role.” Games including a 25-point performance against Rutgers and a 28-point outburst against Central Florida in the American
Athletic Conference tournament last season as a sophomore, which remains his career-high scoring mark, helped establish DeCosey as a go-to option on offense for Dunphy’s team. His struggles to stay consistent on offense, particularly during conference play in the regular season, plagued his overall numbers and performance up until that Houston game in late February.
Since then, DeCosey has been at the forefront through most of Temple’s recent winning stretch and run to the NIT’s Final Four, which kicks off Tuesday at Madison Square Garden in New York. “[Sometimes], it just doesn’t go in,” DeCosey said. “I just get back in the gym and just keep shooting. My motto is to keep shooting. Shoot your way out of it and stay confident.”
“I always put pressure on myself every game to come out, be aggressive and play the best game I can play,” he added. “Going into Tuesday’s game, it’s the same mindset. Just being aggressive and confident, and just trying to get my team to the championship.” * andrew.parent@temple.edu ( 215.204.9537 T @Andrew_Parent23
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LACROSSE spotlight | JAQI KAKALECIK
Kakalecik leads Owls defense in goal The redshirt junior takes responsibility for the Owls’ defensive schemes. MATTHEW COCKAYNE The Temple News The voice of Jaqi Kakalecik from Temple’s net can cut through cheering fans, players on the field and coaches shouting instructions. The redshirt-junior goalkeeper constantly directs her teammates to where they need to be, and is always sure to be heard. “She’s a really loud goalie,” junior midfielder Megan Tiernan said. “We can always hear her on defense, and she also comes up with some big saves at really important times, so it’s really great to have her back there. We can really depend on her.” The goalkeeper’s game against then-No. 19 Delaware on March 14 was arguably the best by Temple’s defense all year, and possibly the best of Kakalecik’s career, evidenced by her career-high 13 saves. “I think Delaware was our strongest defensive game,” junior captain defender Kara Stroup said. “They had a really strong attack, but we prepared for them and held them to six goals.” “[Kakalecik] also had a spectacular game,” Stroup added. “It had to do with a whole defensive unit and effort.” Hailing from Hunterdon Central High School, located in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, Kakalecik came to Temple with high expectations from
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her coaches. As a high school senior, she was named and won her team’s MVP award. She was also ranked No. 17 on ESPN’s Rise list for goalkeepers to watch, but redshirted her first season as an Owl. In her first year of eligibility, Kakalecik saw limited action behind then-senior Meghan Clothier in
the 2013 season, playing in only eight games, but she recorded a win against Lafayette College in one of them. The 2014 season was her breakout year. After Temple lost four of its first six games, ninth-year coach Bonnie Rosen made the switch to Kakalecik as her starting goalkeeper. Although she posted a record of 5-6 in net, she
earned second-team All-Big East Conference honors. “Jaqi is on a mission,” Rosen said. “Not only to be a great goalkeeper, but to be someone the team can fully depend upon. I think ‘mature’ is absolutely the word used to describe her. Her play has become more disciplined, while the passion and athleticism that
she naturally brings is still there.” Now, with Temple boasting an 8-2 record, Kakalecik’s career-high 41.2 save percentage is evidence of her value to the Owls and her growth as a player. “I think confidence has played a big role in [my growth],” Kakalecik said. “Just me learning to deal with getting scored on and turning it into a positive learning experience.” Of course, she put most of the Owls’ defensive success on her teammates. “I think I have a role in the defensive communication,” Kakalecik said. “But overall, as a unit, we are really loud.” The unit is boasting an 80 percent clear average, and has played a big part in the 92 turnovers the squad has caused. The Temple defense has also showed up in pressure situations, allowing only 44 goals in the second half to opponents compared to the 55 it has given up in the first half. “This is a group of defenders that takes a tremendous amount of pride in defense,” Rosen said. “They are always up for a challenge. They are not the type of group to back down and they are not intimidated, so they come out even better in competition than they do in practice. … They spend time together studying their film. Not only are they always ready to play, but they are students of the game.” * matthew.cockayne@temple.edu T @mattcockayne
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The Owls huddle during their 80-79 win against NC State.
Continued from page 22 potential. But, it took until the end of the season for it to realize it. “This is the team we important it is to make have been waiting for and sure we are doing a good we just picked the perfect job defensively and know- time to show it,” Williams ing how we are going to said. “We’ve been staying defend people,” Cardoza together and keeping our said. “We are locked in composure. For a team with only better than we were early three active upperclasson.” For a team that started men, Williams said this
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the year 3-7 and is now 2016, the Owls – in the postseason for the first time since 2011-12 – have taken advantage of their WNIT berth. The team’s current four-game winning streak is its longest of the season – which players attribute to a changed mentality during the postseason run. “It’s everyone’s mindset,” Fitzgerald said. “The fact we are in the postseason … [we] want to make the best of this opportunity.” As her career winds down, Williams said it’s better late than never. “Honestly, I don’t know [what is clicking] and I really don’t care,” Williams said with a laugh. “As long as we’ve got it, as long as we’re here – and right now we’re here – we just want to enjoy the moment.” Williams said she always knew her team had
postseason is a learning experience for the program’s younger players. Williams is the lone senior on a team that will return everyone on the roster, including transfers Ruth Sherrill and Donnaizha Fountain. “This is all the momentum in the world they need,” Williams said. “I told them that this is the stepping stone to get in the NCAAs next year ... [WNIT] is not enough.” Fitzgerald agrees that this postseason run will pay off next season for the Owls, who have not made it to the NCAA tournament since the 2010-11 season. “I feel like we can do big things,” Fitzgerald said. “If we put our minds to it and have that mindset … next year we can be something really great.” * michael.guise@temple.edu T @Michael_Guise
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Standout freshman guard Alliya Butts scans the defense in the Owls’ 80-79 win last Thursday against North Carolina State.
Youthful backcourt shows promise The underclassmen guards offer a bright future for next season. OWEN MCCUE The Temple News It’s never decided who will run the women’s basketball team’s offense prior to game time. On most nights for Temple’s young backcourt, made up of freshmen Alliya Butts and Tanaya Atkinson, in addition to sophomore Feyonda Fitzgerald, the hottest shooter gets the nod. “Whoever has the hot hand that’s how we determine it,” freshman Butts said, speaking of her team’s offense following the Owls’ most recent Women’s National Invitation Tournament win in the third round against Middle Tennessee State. “We just run plays and if you can take your person, you take your person.” While senior guard Tyonna Williams took charge in the Owls’ Elite Eight win, scoring 23 points, she has deferred to the youngsters for the better part of the postseason.
The WNIT has been a place for Fitzgerald, Butts and Atkinson to showcase their talents against postseason competition following a 16-16 regular season. “Our backcourt is playing very well in the tournament and it can help us going into next season,” Fitzgerald said. “It kind of boosts our confidence knowing what we’re capable of. It pushes us to work harder and try to get better, so we can compete better next year.” Fitzgerald has posted double-digit scoring in each of the Owls’ games in the tournament. She most recently netted 15 points in the team’s 69-57 win against Middle Tennessee this past Sunday. However, it is the sophomore’s play down the stretch that has helped the Owls edge out close games. Along with hitting the gamewinner in the team’s overtime win against North Carolina State, she also hit eight straight free throws to seal Temple’s 61-56 victory against Penn. The WNIT has been a place for Fitzgerald and the rest of the team’s young backcourt to refine their games heading into next
season. “This is a huge momentumbuilder,” Butts said of the team’s WNIT run. “It lets you know that if we can win now, we can make it to the other tournament.” She said her success late in games comes as a result of the backing from her coach. “I just have to be confident when I have the ball in my hands,” Fitzgerald said. “[Cardoza] wants the ball in my hands, so I have to know she has confidence in me as well.” Atkinson has shown signs of maturity in the team’s postseason run. Her field-goal percentage has increased from her 42 percent from the floor in the regular season to a 53 percent mark in the postseason. In the win against NC State, the New Haven, Connecticut native poured in six points during a stretch of two minutes in the second half en route to a 17-point performance. “I just get a feeling that I can’t be stopped when I play,” Atkinson said. “If I have that feeling, I let my teammates know to just give me the ball, and let me do what I have to do.”
Butts has also seen success during the tournament. Other than a 36-minute, 16-point performance against NC State, Butts has seen her playing time drop slightly in the rotation. Despite the decreased minutes, the freshman has still found ways to make an impact, particularly with her 3-point shooting. Following a 0-for-2 performance from deep in Temple’s first WNIT game against Marist, the freshman has made 9 of her past 17 3-point attempts. She had 16 points against North Carolina State and followed that by making 3 of her 4 deep balls in the team’s most recent win against Middle Tennessee. Butts said the added experience from the team’s WNIT run as beneficial to the chemistry between the young backcourt mates. “It’s very fun playing with those guys,” Butts said. “Each game we play together, we’re getting to know each other. So, next year we’ll be even better.” * owen.mccue@temple.edu T @Owen_McCue
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MICHAEL GUISE The Temple News The feeling in the locker room was something Tyonna Williams has never felt before. After the Owls’ 69-57 win against Middle Tennessee State University on Sunday, Temple is in the semifinals of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament. For the senior playing the final games of her collegiate career, the feeling is something she can’t explain. “I don’t really think you can describe that kind of moment,” Williams said. “It was exciting, it was happiness. I don’t even know. It’s like, ‘Wow we are standing here and going to the Final Four of the NIT.’ It’s crazy and almost breathtaking.” Now just two wins away from being crowned WNIT champions, the Owls are playing their best basketball of the year, reeling off four straight wins. With wins against favored WNIT opponents, the Owls have capitalized on their second chance. Once unsure of their postseason chances, the Owls have considered themselves a cinderella team. “Coach [Tonya Cardoza] has talked about it,” Williams said. “We were one of the last four in, and now we’re [one of] the last four standing in the tournament. It goes to show that anything is possible.” “We are looking great now,” Fitzgerald said. “Everyone is competing and giving it their all. I feel like this is a great lead-up to next year.” Cardoza has noticed more attention to detail, which she said is one of the driving forces behind the team’s strong play. “I definitely think they are focusing on the game plan more,” Cardoza said. “Early in the year, we really didn’t pay attention to it. We took it for granted. But now, in this stage, everyone sees how important it is.” Cardoza also said the team has put more effort on the defensive end. During the regular season, the Owls allowed 65 points per game. In WNIT play, North Carolina State is the only team to score more than 60 points on the Owls. “Everyone knows how
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Will Cummings’ play could lead the Owls to the most historic season in more than a decade.
ly message by way of the game’s first two scores – a jump shot and a 3-point shot in respective order – in his team’s final home game of the season. “I wanted to come out [last Wednesday] aggressive because the game before that, I had limited minutes because my knee was killing me,” DeCosey said. “Coach [Fran] Dunphy wanted me to rest a little bit, so I wanted to come out last game and be
oments after learning his team would not be headed to the big dance, Fran Dunphy walked into a room full of media members and answered questions. A visibly upset Dunphy fielded those questions for more than six minutes, and was followed by senior guard and team captain Will Cummings. The situation was different in Colorado State’s media room, however. After an hour of waiting, the men’s basketball coach Larry Eustachy addressed his team’s similar spurn from the NCAA tournament. The coach – who was the only member of the team available, spoke for less than two minutes, citing his desire to EJ SMITH avoid saying something he would regret. Both Temple and Colorado State were named top seeds in the National Invitation Tournament. Indicative of the squad’s response, a despondent Colorado State bunch was upset in the first round of the NIT by eighth-seeded South Dakota State by 10 points at home. Meanwhile, Dunphy’s refocused squad is headed to Madison Square Garden after reeling off three games while protecting its home court and top-seed status. The distinct difference between the two No. 1 seeds – both seemingly capable of capturing postseason success, judging by regular seasons with more than 20 wins, is the mentality headed into what is unanimously considered a consolation tournament. While many top-seeded NIT teams fall by the wayside due to the disappointment of missing the NCAA tournament, the Owls – led by Cummings, immediately set their sights on not only making a deep run to Madison Square Garden, but to also prove the selection committee wrong. “[We want to] win the NIT and make some noise,” Cummings said. “First I gotta get myself back up … I’m going to take this time and regroup, probably have a team meeting and just refocus the guys.” Three wins later, Cum-
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(TOP): Senior guard Tyonna Williams celebrates the Owls’ 80-79 Women’s National Invitation Tournament overtime home victory against North Carolina State last Thursday. Williams has averaged 17.5 points in the team’s last two postseason games. (ABOVE): Men’s basketball players cheer during the Owls’ 77-59 win against National Invitation Tournament foe Louisiana Tech last Wednesday night.
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uenton DeCosey just needed a few days. Three, to be exact. Prior to Temple’s secondround matchup with George Washington University in the National Invitation Tournament on March 22, DeCosey had come down hard on his left knee in practice, and
clearly wasn’t himself as his team knocked off the Colonials without much of his assistance. DeCosey’s four points and 21 minutes of action that day were both the lowest he’d had in more than a month. The junior guard received a needed dose of treatment and rest before a quarterfinal contest with Louisiana Tech last Wednesday at the Liacouras Center that the Owls ultimately won, 77-59. He felt healthier this time, and wound up sending an ear-
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