Category: Features
By all means necessary
“It was just like being in a big, warm fucking blanket, like everything’s OK,” Chris said. Sitting on the rooftop of Anderson Hall at Temple University, Chris is telling a story with his backpack next to him and an electronic cigarette in hand. He’s wearing a button-down shirt with a … Continue Reading By all means necessary
Why to take a gap year after high school
When Paddy Bruington graduated from Fairfax High School in Fairfax, Virginia, in 2007, she didn’t know if she was college material. She was popular in high school and was involved in everything — “all the sports, art club, things like that,” she says. Despite her positive high-school experience, Bruington, who … Continue Reading Why to take a gap year after high school
With holidays looming, Operation Ava hoping for more adoptions
PHILADELPHIA — As a four-month-old puppy, Simba had been tied out in his backyard over the course of one the city’s hottest summers, deprived of water and food, hit by sticks, kicked and pelted by stones by his owner’s children. “If it weren’t for the people next door, the dog … Continue Reading With holidays looming, Operation Ava hoping for more adoptions
Whoopi encourages Temple students to ‘know their shit’
PHILADELPHIA — Education, privacy and social media awareness were three things 2013 Lew Klein Excellence in the Media award winner Whoopi Goldberg stressed Thursday to approximately 350 students during “A Conversation with Whoopi Goldberg” at the Temple Performing Arts Center. “People put everything in their lives on how hip and … Continue Reading Whoopi encourages Temple students to ‘know their shit’
As fall TV season begins, Netflix, online streaming takes over
PHILADELPHIA — For a self-employed owner of a martial arts gym, a café and a sex-toy shop, finding time to watch TV doesn’t come easy. “I don’t watch TV at all,” Angel Nieves said Thursday in Northern Liberties. “I watch Netflix and I’ll watch Showtime and all the series kind … Continue Reading As fall TV season begins, Netflix, online streaming takes over
