Volume 94 Issue 12

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2015

VOL. 94 ISS. 12

‘DRIVING OUT THE DONALD’ Crane Arts co-founder David Gleeson transformed a Donald Trump tour bus into a mobile art exhibit.

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CREATING A SPACE FOR THE ARTS

Ayan Coleman, 7, rehearses for the Nutcracker Oct. 25, which will be performed in December by the International Ballet Exchange and children from Wissahickon Dance Academy. The International Ballet Exhcange provides ballet instruction to children in local schools. Read more on page 11 and watch online at temple-news.com

STADIUM

Businesses favor stadium Several businesses near Main Campus support an on-campus stadium. By LIAN PARSONS STEVE BOHNEL The Temple News As discussion for a possible on-campus football stadium continues, local businesses are assessing the potential effects to their establishments. John Athanasiadis, manager of Philly Style Pizza & Grill, located

at 2010 N. Broad St., a half-block from the proposed site, said an oncampus stadium would be “a really good idea.” Athanasiadis predicted an increase of customers to food trucks and restaurants surrounding Main Campus, especially on game days. “[Game attendees] are all going to want something to eat,” he said. “It would be a direct positive impact in the increase in business. … I wouldn’t lose money.” Zelided De la Cruz, senior environmental studies major and employee of Martin’s 5 n 10, a general store on Broad Street near Susquehanna Avenue, also said a stadium

COMMUNITY

would draw more customers to the area. “Anytime there’s an attraction, an addition to an area, you usually hope there’s an addition to business, and I think there will be,” she said. “Because you’re going to have people not from Temple to come and watch the games. For instance, maybe students’ parents, or you could have people from Center City who want to watch a cheaper, more convenient game than going down to AT&T Station to watch the Phillies or something. It’s closer to you, and cheaper than an NFL game.”

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By EAMON DREISBACH Assistant A&E Editor

n the parking lot of the Crane Arts building on American Street near Master, David Gleeson sits amid piles of scattered pipes and vinyl wrapping inside a dark blue, visibly aged tour bus. Garbed in orange corduroy pants and a black jacket, he sports a peculiar assortment of political memorabilia—the most prominent article being a red trucker hat with a duck silhouette plastered over the words “Make America Great Again.” As the mantra scrawled on his headwear suggests, the T.Rump bus is the latest mobile exhibit from the Crane Arts co-founder, which utilizes a bus from Donald Trump's campaign to critique the candidate’s political

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CRIME

Police: crime up compared to October 2014

Mothers in Charge, formed 12 years ago, is an all-women organization advocating for safer communities. BRIANNA SPAUSE TTN

Temple Police reported an 18 percent rise in incidents from last year’s Halloween.

Dorothy Johnson-Speight, founder and national executive director of Mothers In Charge, created the organization in 2003.

In the 1990s, Dorothy Johnson-Speight joined a support group of parents who had lost their children after her own daughter died of bacterial meningitis. Many other parents in the meetings said their children were killed in violent incidents. She regularly brought her then nine-year-old son Khaaliq Jabbar Johnson to these meetings. “I used to take him to the meetings with me and I just always prayed ‘God please don’t let anything happen to him,’” she said. “I see all of these mothers who have lost children to violence.” In 2001, 24-year-old Khaaliq was shot 17 times and killed in a conflict about a parking space. After another young man was shot dead in her community shortly after her son’s death, Johnson-Speight had enough. This death led her to a “vision” of mothers in the community asking their sons to put down their guns. This “vision” became the North Philadelphia organization Mothers in Charge, created in

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David Gleeson, co-founder of Crane Arts, hits Donald Trump themed golf balls off the T. Rump bus, a former Donald Trump campaign bus.

Mothers aim to end violence By GILLIAN McGOLDRICK The Temple News

stance. Used as a party bus by its former owners, the vehicle’s sides now display massive banners inscribed with the phrases “T.Rump” and “t.Rutt”—a nod to renowned artist Marcel Duchamp’s porcelain urinal. A former avid golfer, Gleeson has also made a habit of hitting a Trump branded golf ball off the roof of the bus at the end of each day on the road, honoring the exhibit’s theme of “driving out the Donald,” he said. As part of the exhibit, Gleeson encourages spectators to throw shot glasses filled with punch at the bus, an act he hopes will make for a lighthearted method of venting political

May 2003. All members are local women and advocate against violence in cities. Since its founding, Mothers in Charge has expanded to ten chapters across the country. The organization offers grief support for women who have lost a loved one. This support group meets weekly at the Philadelphia chapter headquarters at 1415 N. Broad St. Other programs Mothers in Charge offers include advocacy for victims of violence, youth mentoring programs, programs for those incarcerated for violence and re-entry and aftercare services for those already a part of the prison system. Johnson-Speight—who was recently chosen to be a member of mayor-elect Jim Kenney’s public safety committee on his transition team—said the program “Thinking 4 A Change” teaches inmates in prison that changing mindsets are the driving force behind changing behaviors. The rate of offender re-entry for those who graduate from the program is 25 percent, which is

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By JULIE CHRISTIE The Temple News Halloween weekend had an almost 18 percent increase in reported crime from last year’s Halloween, close to October’s overall 17 percent increase from 2014, according to data provided by Temple Police. The data also showed a crime spike every weekend, the highest happening in conjunction with home football games this year. The three most common crimes during October included underage consumption and possession of illegal substances, harassment, and thefts and robberies. Criminal mischief, which includes crimes like the destruction of property, vandalism and graffiti, was also common. Between 2014 and 2015, specific crimes occurred at the same rates, but the overall number of incidents increased. The largest jump between this year and last year was in bike thefts, which went from a total of 16 in 2014 to 31 this

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TUPD vehicle ignites at BP gas station A Temple Police car caught on fire around 2:45 p.m. Monday south of Main Campus, 6ABC reported. PAGE 6

OPINION PAGES 4-5

Foot truck bill hurts campus landscape

LIFESTYLE PAGES 7-8, 14-16

School principal wins award

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT PAGES 9-13

Lisa Kaplan, a Temple alumna, was recognized for her work at Andrew Jackson Elementary School. PAGE 7

The Plough & the Stars hosts weekly Irish music performances, inviting any musicians with an interest in the genre and its heritage. PAGE 9

Old City pub hosts Irish music

SPORTS PAGES 17-20


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