The Philadelphia Inquirer ran an article Tuesday about the Tyler School of Art’s relocation to Main Campus.
One source interviewed was interim dean Therese Dolan, who was discussing funding for the school — and implied that alumni aren’t able to give much for the effort.
“I wish I was the law, medical or business school dean,” said interim dean Therese Dolan. “Their alumni have deep pockets. Ours are still waitressing.”
That quote prompted an e-mail from Dolan to the Tyler listserv about the article. She said she was “pleased” to see the long article featured but “dismayed” that her words were “taken out of context.”
She goes on to list a series of notable Tyler alumni and to mention the 56 grants available to Tyler students.
Before providing a link to the article, Dolan ended the e-mail by saying the following:
I could not be prouder to be Interim Dean of our nationally anked art school with its extraordinarily talented faculty and students.
According to the Princeton Review’s annual list of the nation’s best colleges, Temple has dropped from No. 1 to No. 5 in the most diverse student body category.
The nation’s most diverse school is now Baruch College of the City University of New York.
Diverse population is the only category of 62 in which Temple placed. The Princeton Review lists the top 20 schools in each category.
Meanwhile, Penn State University in University Park, Pa., ranked No. 3 in terms of party schools, with the University of Florida and the University of Mississippi taking Nos. 1 and 2, respectively.
Other local colleges ranked, but not necessarily for positive reasons. Drexel University fared well in poor categories, like least beautiful campus (No. 3), long lines and red tape (No. 7), poor professors (No. 13) and least accessible professors (No. 15).
The University of Pennsylvania ranked 14th in best college newspaper and 20th in strained town-grown relations. On the other hand, they made the list of colleges with a conscience.
The book, which hits stores tomorrow, surveys 120,000 students from 368 colleges – two more than last year – on everything from financial aid and admissions to intramural sports and job placement.
Philly.com showers us with gifts every day. And today is no different.
The Philly tour guides are suing the city because city officials believe they should be certified in order to spout out random trivia about the nation’s first capital (see, I could be a tour guide). Obviously, the tour guides are not happy.
But, the quiz is here. Try it out. See if you could be a Philadelphia tour guide. It may not be as easy as you think.
PHOTO: Attorney, Robert McNamara, talks to members of the media, as tour guides Ann Boulais, far left, Michael Tait, far right, and Josh Silver, second right, watch on, during a news conference at the Independence Visitor Center’s lawn in Philadelphia, Wednesday, July 2, 2008. The three tour guides filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging a city law that will require them to pass a history test and get a license before speaking to groups about the history of the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall and other landmarks. (AP Photo/Justin Maxon)
A few posts down, you saw how my colleague LeAnne Matlach and I covered a shooting on the immediate outskirts of Temple’s campus. As a refresher, here are the links to all the stories:
Philadelphia Police have confirmed shots fired at the intersection of 15th and Norris streets early Wednesday morning.
Lt. Quaiser of the Philadelphia Police Department confirmed at the scene that an 18-year-old female, a non-Temple student, was shot in the chest and taken to Temple Hospital. There is no word on the victim’s identity or condition.
Witnesses said as many as five shots were fired outside of a security kiosk by the turf field shortly before midnight Tuesday. The kiosk has bullet holes in it, and the security guard who was in the booth at the time is fine.
Temple Police said the victim was shot while standing in front of the security kiosk and talking to the guard on duty.
After the shots were fired, people in the area began screaming and huddling, witnesses said. Police closed access to Norris Street from Broad Street after the incident. The scene was mostly cleared by 2:10 a.m.
Police took about nine witnesses, including some Temple students, to Police Headquarters for statements. No suspects have been named at this time.
“My friends were walking home from 7-Eleven and the streets were blocked off. I came outside and the cops were everywhere,” junior journalism major Audra Neff-Williams said.
“I called Temple Police, trying to find out what happened, and they said they could not provide any information,” senior business major Mike Sweet said. “I think we have a right to know what’s going on. No TU-Alert was sent out.”
As of 2:10 a.m., no TU-Alert was sent by the university. Temple tested the system last Friday.
“I understand that cops won’t say anything at crime scenes, but Temple’s whole thing is the TU-Alert,” Sweet said. “I mean, they just tested it [a few] days ago.”
Facilities Management planned to board up the kiosk in the early morning. Temple Police said another security guard will be on duty at that location later today.
Stay with temple-news.com for continuing updates on this developing story.
Chris Stover and LeAnne Matlach can be reached at templenews@gmail.com.
Changes are coming to the Johnson & Hardwick cafeteria this summer, and it’s not in the turkey tetrazzini recipe.
The Louis J. Esposito Dining Court will see a major facelift, literally from the floor to the ceiling.
“It’s going to be a total transformation,” said Jeffrey Brown, marketing director for Temple Dining Services.
The dining hall will close at 7 p.m. tomorrow, the time when all students will be moved out of the residence halls. Lingering students will see the demolition crew arriving at that time as the construction will begin immediately, General Manager David Tolbert said.
What do American Idol, America’s Got Talent and Dancing with the Stars all have in common?
OK, well, besides the incredible ability to indefinitely kill your brain cells typically used to hold the quadratic formula. In case you were wondering, that’s why you can never remember it.
The real answer – they all have judges. But not just your everyday, stern-faced, invisible personality judges. Nope – only the strong survive in the hamster-eat-hamster world of judging.
Former CBS3 reporter Dick Standish is doing fine after fainting at his retirement party Wednesday.
Standish’s last day on the air was Wednesday at 4 p.m. Afterwards, after having a Coors Light at Finnigan’s Wake, he fainted for drinking on a light stomach, according to an article by Inquirer Daily News local news guru Dan Gross.
The above photo was taken by CBS3 reporter Jamie Smith, who visited Standish at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania on Thursday. The trooper that he is, Standish let Smith take a photo of him in his hospital gown.
On a personal note, I worked closely with Standish while interning at CBS3 last summer, and I couldn’t have worked with a better person. He’s a good citizen, an excellent reporter and an overall great guy. He’ll be missed at CBS3.
From Journalism 2252: Writing Humor with Diane Bones.
NOTE: This is fictional. I do not have a Great Aunt Sue. But the University of Phoneix Online survey is true.
You know that lady with the soothing voice on the other end of the phone who took the job of millions of human telephone operators worldwide by means of a single audio recording? I don’t like her.
I realized this as she told me my phone call could not be completed as dialed. Beatrice – that’s what I like to call her out of my love for Bea Arthur – told me I could stay on the line to speak with an operator, but I hung up. Talking to operators is so 64 years ago.
I hope when I'm 75, I can come back to Cville to see the time capsule unearthing in 2062. Check out pics -- facebook.com/StoverReporter I tweeted this 4 hours ago
Tell me. I appreciate all criticism. I respond to every name in the book. Pass it on to your friends. Your family. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll feel so many emotions that you'll have to give someone a hug. Preferably not me.
“I called Temple Police, trying to find out what happened, and they said they could not provide any information,” senior business major Mike Sweet said. “I think we have a right to know what’s going on. No TU-Alert was sent out.”
