Volume 92, Issue 03

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

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Waiting for trial, starting at tackle A starting defensive tackle facing assault charges remains on the team. JOEY CRANNEY Editor-in-Chief

K David Farber, a professor who teaches Recent American History, assigns students his books. | ABI REIMOLD TTN

Paying the Price

Professors assigning their own books can be useful, but is it worth the cost? the learning experience for students,” said Mary E. Myers, professor of the Science of Sustainable Design and associate professor of the College of Liberal Arts. She is a coauthor of the book “Science of Sustainable Design.” She said that when professors like herself assign textbooks that they’ve written, it isn’t in the interest of making a personal profit. Instead, she said that it is often the most beneficial option for students that a professor can identify in terms of class texts. “Requiring the students to buy an environmental science text, architecture text, landscape architecture text and planning text would be much more expensive than consolidating the relevant information into

SHAYNA KLEINBERG The Temple News With the cost of tuition already increased as of this semester, purchasing books for class is just adding insult to injury in the opinion of many students. After satisfying each class material list, many students complain of empty wallets. On occasion, professors will assign their own published textbook to students for the claimed purpose of linking the reading materials with lectures and in-class discussions. “The information is linked closely with lectures with reason that the pairing of lectures and the book should reinforce

a single text,” Myers said. “Students would have to buy several texts to cover the ecology, planning, architecture and landscape architecture, environmental ethics [and everything else] that are covered in this anthology.” An issue that is a cause of complaint amongst students is that some required textbooks are sold at high costs, occasionally exceeding $100. Leah Ference, a senior journalism major, said it’s bothersome to purchase textbooks assigned by professors, especially if the text is ancillary and doesn’t pertain to the main teachings of the class. “I had a professor freshman year for my

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Off-campus Developers build for students Blocks west of leases a campus are subject to increase in concern construction. While students pay, not all landlords live up to their deals. This article is by Logan Beck, Gabie Bauman & Brian Tom. Victoria Watson and her roommate had found just what they wanted sitting on the corner of 16th and Norris streets. The first floor apartment, which prompted Watson to ask about the security of the home, was close to campus, in the heart of an area populated by students

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KATE KELLY The Temple News The demand for student housing by Temple students has caused a spur of development and new construction that is not limited to on-campus housing. Blocks that previously did not feature student housing are popping with new constructions marketed at those who find oncampus living restricting or expensive. In response to feedback from students and community members, Temple recently increased the on-campus student housing options by building the massive Morgan Hall.

Estimates for the population of students living off-campus has hovered around 7,000 in the past decade, according to university estimates. But growth offers potential prof-

its for developers marketing to students who increasingly seek to break Temple’s commuter school mold by choosing to live

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amal Johnson was determined to make a play. Late in the fourth quarter of the football team’s game against Houston on Saturday, Sept. 7, Johnson ripped his arm free from a Cougars offensive lineman, wrapped up Houston sophomore running back Ryan Jackson and threw him to the ground. JOHNSON PAGE 3 It was the only tackle of the game for Johnson, a senior who maintained a relatively low profile throughout training camp despite earning a role as one of the team’s starting defensive linemen. However, Johnson’s place on the team hasn’t always been so secure and could be put into jeopardy in the upcoming month. As a part of an ongoing criminal investigation that began last October, Johnson is awaiting trial on charges of agKamal Johnson. | Courtesy gravated assault, unlawful reTEMPLE ATHLETICS

Philly art contest asks users to Instagram Visit Philly and With Art Philly team up for Instagram. CHELSEA FINN The Temple News Visit Philly is teaming up with the campaign With Art Philadelphia for a contest that calls for some creativity. The organization is utilizing social media by encouraging Instagram and Twitter users to take photos of Philadelphia art

STEVE BOHNEL The Temple News

Panic! at the Disco’s Brendon Urie closed the band’s set with “I Write Sins Not Tragedies.” |ANDREW THAYER TTN

As the rowing team prepares for the upcoming season, coach Rebecca Grzybowski has many reasons to be excited. But one specific reason may help the second-year coach take her team to the next level. Temple added four new

NEWS - PAGES 2-3, 6

LIVING - PAGES 7-8, 16-18

Diverse population, simple tastes

Nightlife during Restaurant Week

In an effort to keep students and faculty from parking on streets around campus, Temple added garages and lowered prices. PAGE 2

Ali Ibrahim reflects on the choices that students make when ordering food, noting that American menu options are most popular. PAGE 7

Aside from dinner and dessert, there will also be specials on drinks from Sept. 15 to Sept. 27. PAGE 9

Semester parking rates lower

OPINION - PAGES 4-5 Can Temple save North Philadelphia?

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT - PAGES 9-13

and apply the hashtag “#PhillyArtContest.” Caroline Bean, the director of social media at Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, helped make the new photo contest come alive. “I know that some of our artistic organizations in Philadelphia have a big social media presence. Museums can stay in touch with members through Facebook. Social media allows art to speak to the media and can get new people to come through.

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With house plans on hold, rowers get new equipment University invests in new equipment ahead of fall season.

Panic! at the Disco, Fall Out Boy rock the Liacouras Center. Online.

straint, false imprisonment and recklessly endangering another person. Legal experts said Johnson could serve jail time if he is convicted on some or all of the charges. His trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 8. While his status as a student is in good standing, Johnson’s case raises questions about whether a student-athlete should be afforded the privilege of playing a sport while awaiting trial on criminal charges. A number of football players have been charged with assault and suspended from the university during the past two years, but Johnson is the only one who is back on the team.

boats to its fleet: an eight-person boat, a four-person boat and a pair of two-person boats. The two bigger boats were made by Hudson Boatworks. The smaller boats were manufactured by Wintec, an official boat supplier of U.S. rowing. Wintec has been endorsed by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, who competed in the coxless pair rowing event in the 2008 Olympics. They were also portrayed as prominent characters in the 2010 film “The

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SPORTS - PAGES 17-20

Football loses in home opener

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