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Currently, each fraternity can only register one event per weekend with Fraternity and Sorority Life. House par ties or unregistered events don’t follow the same risk management procedures, including an attendance list and event monitors, as registered events. Davies thinks the only way to ban or reduce
BY FALLON ROTH News Editor CHACKO / THE TEMPLE NEWS Mikayla Andrzejewski, president of Temple University’s Panhellenic Council, stands in front of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity house on Broad Street near Norris on April 11.
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Sexual assault on college campuses is a systemic issue. Thirteen percent of all undergraduate and graduate students ex perience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence or incapacita tion, according to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, an anti-sexual violenceMenorganization.whoarein fraternities are three times more likely to rape a woman than men who are not, The Los Angeles Times reported. Additionally, women who are in sororities are 74 percent more likely than other women to be raped.
Andrzejewski and IFC President Dylan Hollywood met with IFC chapter presidents last week to discuss the demands. Hollywood has served as IFC presi dent for less than a week. Matthew Da vies, Bernardin’s replacement, stepped down from the IFC presidency on April 7 because he will be studying abroad next year which will interfere with his ability to fulfill long-term goals, he wrote in an email to The Temple News.
PAGE 3The Temple News NEWS Content warning: This article discusses topics around sexual assault that may be triggering for some readers.
The moratorium was a turning point in Panhellenic leadership’s decision to create their list of demands because they were frustrated by the 50 percent thresh old and fraternity members continuing to attend or hold parties. “I took it upon myself, as well as with other members of Panhellenic, and we put together our ideas, and we decid ed to create the statement to try to shift the culture to give more power to the women and not have it all in the men’s hands,” Andrzejewski said. In February 2020, Ari Goldstein, the former president of Temple’s chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi, was found guilty of at tempted sexual assault, attempted involun tary deviate sexual intercourse and inde cent assault of a Temple student in 2018.
Davies supported most of Panhel lenic’s demands, but remained con cerned by their wish to ban unregistered and satellite fraternity events.
Davies and Andrzejewski met on April 1 and discussed Panhellenic’s state ment, and how they can progress their goals, Davies said.
The demands — focused on social gatherings, sexual assault training, edu cation and safety —- target sexual assault culture in Temple’s Greek life. However, each sorority chapter decides how in volved members can be with IFC. The demands do not apply to multicultural or professional fraternities.
AEPi is indefinitely suspended from Main Campus for an alcohol violation.
Davies is glad that Panhellenic lead ers are taking a stand and speaking up about instances of sexual assault, he said. “It’s been far too long for people to not have voices,” Davies said. “I think it’s really good to see that this was a major step towards actually being proactive and trying to engage change.”
After becoming Panhellenic presi dent in January, Mikayla Andrzejewski was informed of unaddressed instances of sexual assault in fraternities by pre vious leadership in IFC, which oversees seven fraternity chapters.
Temple University’s Panhel lenic Council, which over sees six sorority chapters, in troduced a list of six demands preventing Temple fraternities in the Interfraterni ty Council from participating in events with sororities until the criteria are met.
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“It wasn’t just one thing that hap pened,” Andrzejewski said about the ori gin of the demands. “It was an accumula tion of certain instances, on top of just a culture and a business and a corporation that is basically built upon very destruc tive behavior and not taking account ability for their actions.” John Bernardin, former president of Temple’s IFC from January until March, declined The Temple News’ request for an interview.Bernardin, who resigned from his position due to personal reasons, imple mented a social moratorium at the begin ning of the semester, when fraternities were required participate in anti-sexual assault training and stop throwing par ties, Andrzejewski said. Only 50 percent of each chapter was required to complete the training, and Temple’s Pi Lambda Phi chapter was put on social suspension through May and social probation during the next se mester for violating the moratorium by throwing a party on Feb. 12. The mor atorium was lifted mid-March because the chapters met the 50 percent quota and finished their follow-up surveys.
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The logo of Temple University’s Panhellenic Council is embroidered on Mikayla Andrzejewski’s sweater.
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TEMPLE’S RESPONSE Vicky Nucci, program coordinator for Fraternity and Sorority Life, helped Panhellenic craft their statement. FSL is supporting both Panhellenic and IFC in navigating the demands, Nucci said. “Just as we supported the women in figuring out what safety means to them, we’re also trying to help the men under stand the complexity of the situation,” Nucci said. “Sexual assault is a complex issue that doesn’t only plague fraternity men, it plagues our society.” Dean of Students Stephanie Ives, along with other administrators, met with Panhellenic leadership on March 22 to discuss the organization’s concerns around sexual assault. Ives gave the Pan hellenic leadership her full support. “I have long believed that when peo ple who have ever experienced sexual vi olence, sexual misconduct, interpersonal violence, collectively stand up and say we are not going to accept this from any community ever again,” Ives said. Temple can’t impose restrictions on Greek life because they must hold every student organization, including fraterni ties and sororities, to the same policies, Ives said. For example, the university is unable to require sexual assault training on 100 percent of fraternities without requiring that same training for all stu dentAdministratorsorganizations. cannot take action on instances of sexual misconduct with out a formal complaint or report, Ives said. Therefore, it’s important to identify why survivors might not report their as sault, Ives said. “It’s very much a social thing,” Ives said. “It’s about not wanting to be the one who was the reason why a fraternity is kicked off Fraternities,campus.”like any other student organization, can be removed from cam pus as a potential consequence for vio lating the university’s Student Conduct Code, Ives said.
“We’re not just doing this for our selves,” Andrzejewski said. “We’re doing this for women in the past who have had to deal with hell and the women in the fu ture that haven’t had to see it yet and we don’t want them to ever have to see it.”
Philadelphia Center Against Sexual Violence (WOAR) offers victim services like therapy, a 24-hour assistance ho tline, sexual education and prevention programs and tools for advocacy against sexualForviolence.educational programming, Temple students receive sexual miscon duct education at orientation and must complete a required online training pro gram. Additionally, the university of fers voluntary sexual assault education programming, including Sexual Assault Awareness Month and TSG’s Sexual As sault Awareness week, Ives said.
Survivors of sexual misconduct have access to resources on and near Main Cam pus for helping them overcome physical or mental barriers and navigate a bureaucrat ic process for reporting their assault. Title IX can help students file a po lice report in addition to university pro cedures, Seiss Tuttlemanwrote.Counseling Services’ Sexual Assault Counseling and Educa tion Unit offers crisis intervention, case management and counseling to survi vors of sexual, domestic or child abuse, sexual harassment and stalking.
Student Body President Bradley Smutek met with Andrzejewski in Feb ruary and encouraged her to post their list of demands on social media. “[Andrzejewski] and the members of Panhel leadership are very brave for doing this, it is not completely out of the realm of possibility for members of fra ternities and even members of their own sororities, to lash out at them to threaten them and whatnot,” Smutek said.
“It is important for students to take a stand when they have concerns and I truly believe that this can lead to important con versation around topics of sexual harass ment and sexual assault that can eventually lead to cultural change,” Seiss wrote.
FSL launched a survey this semester and focus groups, which are ending this week, to gauge Greek life members’ atti tudes towards sexual assault on campus, Nucci“Preventionsaid. and education efforts around sexual assault and sexual harass ment are constantly evolving, and we need to continue evolving with these and talking with our students about what they are seeing and what is effec tive in terms of creating a culture of re spect,” Seiss Andrzejewskiwrote. hopes to meet with IFC again over the summer.
If a student reports an incident to Ti tle IX, they can pursue an investigation if it is under their jurisdiction. Otherwise, it can be investigated through the universi ty’s Student Conduct process, Seiss wrote.
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Change in campus sexual assault cul ture will be gradual, but if Temple Pan hellenic stays commited in their fight against sexual violence, they can make a difference, Andrzejewski said.
PAGE 4 The Temple NewsNEWS the number of unregistered and satellite events is to increase the limit of regis tered fraternity events. “In the moment there’s people who are sober there’s people who are sup posed to assess the risk and if that’s done correctly, I’m sure it will prevent certain cases of sexual assault,” Davies said. Davies committed to complying with Panhellenic’s demands for 100 percent fra ternity participation in sexual assault train ing, semesterly educational programs and published health and safety plans. He wants to hold sexual assault training in person, rather than its previ ous online format, to better hold mem bers accountable to completing it. Hollywood declined to confirm whether he would continue Davies’ goals. “I am currently working effortlessly with the rest of the IFC executive board to create a plan moving forward,” Holly wood wrote in an email to The Temple News. “We intend to continue commu nicating with Panhel to work towards making a positive difference within the Greek life community.”
Other barriers to reporting a sex ual assault include a survivor doubting themselves or their experience, fearing not being believed, mistrusting the adju dication process and not knowing how to report misconduct, Andrea Seiss, uni versity Title IX coordinator, wrote in an email to The Temple News. Seiss met with Panhellenic leaders about processes for reporting sexual misconduct, she wrote. Students may file an anonymous informal verbal or written complaint, which puts the incident on record to Ti tle IX or to the Office of Student Con duct and Community Standards via email, mail, phone, online or in-person, according to the university’s sexual mis conduct policy. To file a formal complaint, which signals that a student wants to pursue a formal Title IX investigation, students must provide written documentation to Title IX. A formal complaint cannot be anonymous and must be filed by some one actively or trying to participate in university activities, according to the university’s sexual misconduct policy.
The Wellness Resource Center’s HEART Peer Program provides educa tion on various topics including consent.
Quattrocchi and Ag will promote sexual assault education and prevention by encouraging businesses to sign the “Its On Us” pledge, which advocates for sexual assault awareness, education and prevention, while also collaborating with organizations to work on prevent ing sexual assault.
Quattrocchi would also like to promote education during the “red zone,” which is the months be tween August and November when most college campus sexual assaults occur.
TSG President-elect Gianni Quattrocchi discusses potential policy changes and new initiatives for his term at the Howard Gittis Student Center on April 6.
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He also wants to amend financial al locations requirements to mandate that student organizations have one Title IX certified member on their board to pro vide resources to students.
Temple United campaign manager Zoe Karukas’ second year working on a campaign that ran unop posed, after serving as RenewTU’s dep uty director of strategy last year. “We kind of were running it similar to how we ran it this year, just in terms of putting it all on social media and get ting all of our policies put together,” KarukasDespitesaid.an unsatisfying win in the election at the end of March, Quattroc chi and Vice President-Elect Akshitha Ag, a junior biology major, are planning some of their initiatives for the 2022-23 academicQuattrocchiyear. would like to hold more in-person events to allow TSG to better engage the student body by facilitating face-to-face discussions, encouraging civic engagement across the student body and promoting sexual assault edu cation and prevention. Due to COVID-19 concerns, TSG did not host in-person events like cam paign events, town halls and debates, which hindered student participation. “TSG became much more of a face less organization in the sense that because there was no face-to-face involvement with the student body,” Quattrocchi said.
“If students see the image of candi dates themselves coming to their campus talking about what they think is import ant, their policies and their positions, students will be more inclined to cast their vote for the people that they are di rectly engaged in,” Quattrocchi said.
Ag wants to ensure there is trans parency within TSG and Temple United by showcasing their initiatives on social media, so students can hold them ac countable.“Youwould hold TSG accountable as you would any government, you get involved,” Quattrocchi said.
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Duringresults.thethree-day voting period between March 22 and 24, 183 students cast their ballots for the executive team, 44 more than last year. Despite the slight increase, TSG continues to struggle with low student voter turnout after previously routinely getting more than 1,000 votes. Last year, only 139 students — the lowest turnout in 18 years of TSG elec tions — voted for RenewTU, TSG’s ex ecutiveFireOwlsTU,team.
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PAGE 5The Temple News NEWS Temple Student Government Presi dent-Elect Gianni Quattrocchi, was disap pointed that student voters did not have a choice between other executive tickets in this year’s unopposed TSG election.
TSG The president and vice president hope to implement sexual assault education and prevention.
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Temple United will encourage stu dent voter participation and registration for the upcoming midterm elections in November through social media, TSG town halls and the expansion of the Temple Votes program, run by the Dean of Students’ office. They also want to host political events, like viewing par ties, speaker events for candidates and debates to promote civic engagement.
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“It was very anti-climatic in the sense that we already knew how it was going to play out,” said Quattrocchi, a sopho more political science major, about the election’s
New student government discusses election, goals
Quattrocchi would like to see at least 1,000 students vote like in years past. They would increase student en gagement by starting the election season earlier through introducing candidates in the fall semester and student voting taking place in the spring.
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Students cross the street on the corner of 17th Street and Berks on April 11. Based on discussions with parents, Temple sees the west side of Broad Street, particularly 17th and 18th streets and Oxford Avenue as areas that need increased lighting and camera surveillance for safety.
PUBLIC SAFETY Landlords can be reimbursed for up to $2,500 if they show proof of purchase for security upgrades.
Currently, 120 landlords have in quired into the program’s process, but none have applied for the grant yet. Kaiser is concerned that landlords may submit false claims to receive re imbursement. To mitigate this, Temple will conduct random visual inspections and only accept recent receipts for pur chased safety measures, Kaiser said. Representatives from Temple Area Property Association, a Registered Community Organization near Main Campus, met with Leone and Campus Safety Services Community Liaison Ei
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Through discussions with parents, Temple University is identifying areas off-campus where lighting and security cameras are needed, like the west side of Broad Street including 17th and 18th Streets and Oxford Avenue. Temple is incentivizing local land lords to install lights and cameras on their properties to deter crime near Main Campus, the university announced late last month, along with other campus safety initiatives. Landlords are working to find the optimal locations to install the safety equipment. “A lot of the landlords, which I give them credit, they’re talking amongst themselves to even be strategic in how they do it,” said Charles Leone, execu tive director of Campus Safety Services. “They were talking about how we can do this on the block so that we get the best layer of lighting and that sort of thing.” The university’s Security Upgrade Grant program will reimburse landlords up to $2,500 for installing the equip ment, said Ken Kaiser, senior vice presi dent and chief operating officer. “We knew there was a need for more lighting in the neighborhood and more cameras, and it’s not something Temple can do, despite what parents be lieve,” Kaiser said. “We can’t go around putting lights and cameras on people’s homes and on public light stanchions. So we thought, ‘what’s a creative way to get more of that out in the community?’” Landlords are eligible for the pro gram if they are located in TUPD’s pa trol zone, licensed with the City of Phil adelphia’s Department of Licenses and Inspections and have a landlord’s license. “All the landlords have to do is pur chase the lights and have them installed,” Kaiser said. “They can purchase the cam eras as well and send us the invoices. We do have the right to do a visual inspection to make sure they in fact put them up and then we will reimburse them up to $2,500.”
The program will run into the sum mer and next academic year if landlords utilize the program, Kaiser said. After looking at campus safety and crime data from the last several years, it is evident that well-lit and camera-heavy areas experience less criminal activity because it mitigates anonymity during crime, Leone Developmentssaid. that received new lights, in a 2019 University of Chicago Urban Labs study, experienced lower crime rates. Security cameras can typi cally help reduce burglary, according to ADT, a security company. “It’s always been an industry stan dard that lighting is a huge deterrent, and I stake my reputation on it that lighting is a great deterrent for criminal activity,” Leone said.
Temple creates security upgrade grant program
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leen Bradley, on March 31 to discuss de tails of the program, said Nick Pizzola, a real estate property manager and the vice president of TAPA. TAPA landlords support the pro gram and are working with the univer sity to implement safety measures in the community, Pizzola said. Temple asked landlords for their recommendations on different types of security cameras as they work to find the most cost-effective and efficient option. “It’s not just students, it’s anyone who would have any kind of confronta tion with a violator,” Pizzola said.
“I think he’s setting a good precedent for himself, especially since it’s his first year being president,” Aninipot said.
Wingard uses media to further university’s brand President Jason Wingard uses social media to connect and engage with Temple students.
If you scroll through Instagram, you might stumble across a post from Temple University President Jason Wingard, smil ing next to students, university stakehold ers orJustcelebrities.10months into his presidency, Wingard has more than 4,000 followers on Instagram and uses his social media pres ence to promote Temple students’ stories and the value of attending the university. He calls it a necessary messaging strat egy for Temple to achieve recognition for its value.“Iwant to use Instagram and Twit ter and LinkedIn, and I want to go on to CNBC and other news channels, ABC and others, to make sure that I’m messaging and telling the story about why we are a selective value proposition for students to attend, for faculty to come and teach, for donors to give, for fans to come and watch, all of the above,” Wingard said in a oneon-one interview with The Temple News on March 23.
Dave Anderson, an advertising pro fessor and social media expert, believes Wingard is following a nontraditional outreach path, centered around meeting stakeholders, especially students, where their attention lies — in social media. Rather than intermittently holding press conferences, social media allows Wingard to invite the public to see his dai ly life, said Jason Del Gandio, a communi cation and social influence professor.
He also makes a point to post about meeting celebrities, like Spike Lee, and politicians, like Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro. “Look at it like osmosis,” Anderson wrote in an email to The Temple News. “If he’s close enough to people you know, like, trust and respect, then he will hopefully generate some of that for himself.” Anderson thinks Wingard could do more to display his personal life outside of the presidency to connect more with students.“Ifhe got people to understand who the man was, then they get behind the mis sion,” Anderson said. Wingard wants to continue promot ing Temple’s mission to prove the univer sity is a worthy financial investment for students and parents, especially as he em barks on university fundraising strategies. Last month, Wingard named Mary Burke as his vice president for institutional advancement. Burke is charged with han dling major gifts and leading fundraising campaigns.“It’simportant for me as the chief am bassador to leverage all those channels to be able to tell our story,” Wingard said.
“That one connection made me feel more connected to Temple as a college,” Adams said. “I feel like whenever President Wingard’s out and people talk to him he’s affecting the culture in a positive way.” As a young Black man, Adams is glad to see representation in the univer sity presidency. Wingard is Temple’s first Black president in its 137-year history. Alana Aninipot, a senior media stud ies and production major, is president of Temple’s Talking Hands club, which pro motes the learning of American Sign Lan guage and deaf culture. When she saw Wingard at the Bell Tower last month, Aninipot was wear ing a shirt that said “Temple University” in ASL. She was featured in a March 17 Instagram video, tagged as #WingardOw lProwl, showing Wingard walking around campus and interacting with students.
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“He has to make up a lot of ground because he’s new, nobody knows him,” Anderson said. “So, the quickest way to get to know somebody is not for you to sit in your office behind your secretary and hope they come to you. It is for you to get out to the people.”Whileriding his bike on Broad Street on his way to class, Kyle Adams, a senior media studies and production major, met Wingard, and they started discussing Ad ams’ fine art business. Wingard then fea tured Adams and his business in a March 10 Instagram post.
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Presenting himself as open and relat able, Wingard is moving into unchartered territory and developing a social media strategy far more advanced than previous university presidents.
Temple University President Jason Wingard speaks to reporters about university community outreach efforts on Polett Walk near Liacouras on April 5.
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The next week, Wingard’s assistant called Adams and asked him to commis sion artwork for his office.
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It’s important for Wingard to put himself out on display so people know who he is and can better identify with him, Del Gandio said. “I think it’s almost a rebranding of Temple itself,” Del Gandio added.
STUDENT LIFE A student argues that SFFs provide professors with valuable feedback for future semesters.
“I know faculty who have a really hard time reading them because they’ve heard some really unkind words in those feedback forms, and I know that no student wants to be graded with un kindness,” Kidd said. “Please know that faculty don’t want to be assessed with unkindness either.”
The SFFs include five questions that require students to rate how much they learned in the class or how helpful the professor was and three open-ended questions. While SFFs are released to students before the end of the semester, professors don’t receive the feedback un til after all grades have been submitted, and the forms are anonymous.
Many times students don’t get the opportunity to express things they struggled with or disliked about the class with other people, said Trinity Brown, a junior sociology major. “It gives us a chance to give an hon est opinion about how the class went, if the professor was organized and the pro fessor taught well and if they liked the technique with learning,” Brown said.
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The university’s goal is to have between 50 to 60 percent of students respond to the survey, said Gina Cal zaferri, the director of assessment and evaluation in the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment. Only roughly 40 percent of students responded due to the pandemic because students may have been tired from star ing at computer screens, Calzaferri added.
Because response rates are low, departments must be careful when in terpreting results, said Dustin Kidd, a sociology professor and chair of the so ciology
All Temple students must fill out feedback forms
All students should be filling out SFFs as a way to provide feedback to their pro fessors and departments to invoke change. However, students must be mindful that their forms do have an effect on profes sors, whether it be through evaluation or mental health, and should maintain pro fessionalism in their responses.
“There’sdepartment.justanumber of kinds of bias that can take place in terms of how students respond to faculty, or how they might write about what their faculty members are doing or what their expec tations are from their faculty members,” KiddLowsaid.response rates in surveys can increase the risk of voluntary response bias, which occurs when members of the survey are self-selected volunteers. This is especially common among students who had a bad experience in their class, and may use these forms as an outlet for their frustrations in a negative way. When students complete the forms in an unprofessional manner, some pro fessors are able to brush it off, but they’re not given thoughtful feedback, said Wendy Cheesman, the program director of the Health and Rehabilitation Scienc es department.“Ifyouarethoughtful in the way that you’re providing that feedback because you want the experience to be better, we take that very seriously,” Cheesman said. While it’s important that students fill out their forms honestly, they must do it in a way that is still professional and provides constructive feedback rather than attacking their professors. Whether students realize it or not, hateful messages toward professors through the forms can contribute to lower competence perceptions, job dis satisfaction, emotional exhaustion and stress among faculty, according to Sage Journals, an academic publisher.
JULIA MEROLA Co-Opinion Editor
Each semes ter, UniversityTemple releases Student Feed back Forms to students to gather useful course and teaching data for professors within Temple’s schools and colleges.AsSFFs begin to roll out, students must truthfully com plete these convenient and confidential forms to express their opinions or frus trations about their courses and help improve their classes by providing con structive feedback.
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Regardless of whether students have strong opinions on a course, professors use feedback on specific activities, like readings or lectures, when reviewing their syllabi for the next semester. If students express disinterest in a certain reading or lecture, the professor may make changes to that reading or remove it entirely.They’re also considered when fulltime faculty members apply for merit raises or teaching awards and when re hiring part-time faculty each semester. When filling out SFFs, students should include what they enjoyed or dis liked about a professor’s teaching style, what contributed to their learning and what improvements should be made to make the class more effective.
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The Beasley School of Law offers the Name Change Project, a pro bono project that assists transgender students, faculty members and community residents in le gally changing their names for free.
Even with the Name Change Project, the legal process still has obstacles because it only includes a legal name change order. There’s still a separate submission process to change names on ID, which involves a $29.50 fee, social security card and other forms of identification that must be ap proved by a court, according to Eastern PA Trans Equity Project. State lawmakers shouldn’t rely on organizations to provide transgender and non-binary people with more ease in name changes, but instead lower the cost and not require publication of the change. The project is a good step in the pro cess, but it shouldn’t be the end goal, said Katie Brennan, a philosophy professor.
Having the correct name listed on legal documents is affirming for trans gender and non-binary people because it validates their gender identity to them selves and society.
Changing their name was a “night mare” for Sinh Taylor, a senior gender, sexuality and women’s studies and English major.Taylor has identified with their chosen name since they were 19, but their associ ate’s degree from the Community College of Philadelphia hanging on their office wall is a painful reminder of their dead name.
Transgender and non-binary indi viduals face many hurdles with chang ing their name, including high costs and publication requirements. Pennsylvania lawmakers must work to reduce the price of obtaining a name change, and not require individuals to publish the name change in a newspaper. In Pennsylvania, it can cost $20 for someone to change their name because of marriage or divorce. However, transgen der people pay between $400 to $900 for a name change with fees for the publication of the change, the correction of identifying documents and court charges.
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The LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, a caucus composed of members of the state’s General Assembly that advocates for LGBTQ+ Pennsylvanians, presented a series of bills in Pennsylvania to make the name change process easier for trans gender and non-binary individuals, Philly Voice reported. However, the legislation has not yet reached the House floor.
It’s important for Pennsylvania’s government to support transgender and non-binary people by making name changes more accessible so they don’t suf fer the mental health consequences of us ing their dead name.
Reducing the cost of name changes for transgender and non-binary residents would improve their well-being through the affirmation they’d get from seeing their correct name on documents.
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Senate Bill 1154, referred to the Judi ciary on March 29, would remove the re quirement to publish a name change in a newspaper, Philly Voice reported.
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Just this week, Taylor received the corrected version of their degree after a 13-year long name change process.
Names represent who we are to the world and ourselves, said Brad Wind hauser, a gender, sexuality and women’s studiesTransgenderprofessor. and non-binary youth who changed their name on legal docu ments reported lower rates of attempting suicide, according to The Trevor Proj ect, the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ+Roughlyyouth.10 percent of transgender and gender non-conforming people have all their legal documents corresponding with their gender identity, according to Lone Star Legal Aid, a legal service provid er in the United States.
Pennsylvania, make name changes more argue that should lower the cost of changes for all.
Senate Bill 1146 would give grants to transgender individuals and organizations so they can provide financial assistance to access and update documentation with their correct names.
As a non-binary person, they spent $500 just to change their name to reflect their identity.“That’s my rent payment per month,” Taylor said. “It’s not exactly a disposable in come kind of thing.”
Pennsylvania representatives must vote in favor of these bills to demon strate concern for transgender and non-binary residents who struggle to change their names.
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Resources include the Tuttleman Counseling Center, the Philadelphia Center for Sexual Violence, the Title IX office, the Office of Student Con duct and Community Standards and Student Health Services. amna.faheem@temple.edu
THE ESSAYIST During Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, a student shares their healing process. ETHAN CARROLL / THE TEMPLE NEWS PAGE 10 The Temple NewsOPINION AMNA FAHEEM For The Temple News
I was hesitant at first, afraid to re live what happened and for my story to be picked apart, but I needed to take my power
Learning to take power back without feeling guilty
a person is violated, it can be easy to see them as the problem. But they’re not, the person who violated their consent is the problem.
There was an overwhelming sense of anxiety, walking through the halls, going to work and being out in public. I couldn’t rest, I was always tense and on high alert. It was tiresome, always looking over my shoulder, wondering if he was coming back. I couldn’t keep living like this; I need ed to do something about it. A month and a half after what hap pened, I pressed charges. I felt an obliga tion to my younger sisters, and every girl at school because maybe if there were con sequences, I could save girls in the future.
I felt like a liar and told myself it wasn’t a big deal and I was being dramatic. But I knew if it wasn’t real, I wouldn’t feel a crushing sense of fear everywhere I went.
For weeks during my junior year of high school, a boy I thought was my friend incessantly asked to drive me home. He texted me, or found me after school and asked to drive me home or hang out. He looked for any excuse to get us alone. Throughout the first few months of junior year, we became close friends. We were in the same student clubs, and would attend the football games together to fund raise for events. He made sexual comments here and there, but I didn’t think anything of it.The more I saw him, the more I felt uneasy when I was alone around him. I had this feeling in my gut that, given the opportu nity, he would do something harmful but didn’t know what. I brushed it off until I needed a ride to the grocery store to buy my father’s birthday card. He was supposed to take me home right after, but he didn’t. He told me to trust him, but some thing inside me wasn’t at peace. My heart was beating faster than normal, I couldn’t catch a breath. A wave of nau sea hit me, I was frozen. My hands were sweaty and cold, my brain went blank and I couldn’t speak. After trying to prevent what I knew was going to happen, I gave up. My eyes stayed unfocused on the horizon as I laid in the back of his car. For months, I believed I was to blame for what happened, I thought it was my fault and I could’ve prevented it. Maybe if I did something differently, the outcome would’ve been better. That feeling stayed with me for months; I became a shell of myself. I sec ond-guessed all interactions and pulled away from friendships. My mind retreated into itself and my body felt dirty.
Theback.draining legal battle lasted nine months, but nothing came out of it. I was left with the invasion of my privacy, but he was seemingly untouched. He could live the rest of his life without thinking about what he Whendid.
Content warning: This article dis cusses topics around sexual assault that may be triggering for some readers.
I now know how to remove myself from unhealthy situations and commu nicate my boundaries. I’ve reached a point where I’m confident and comfort able in myself.
I endured heartache and self-reflec tion before being able to come to terms with what happened. I learned how to trust again, rely on close friends and family and ask for help. My family showed me what a healthy relationship was, how to be strong and stand up for myself. My friends helped me see that what happened to me doesn’t define me.
I’m able to take everything I’ve been through and use it for good. I’ve learned to speak up and draw attention to prob lems and I’m able to remove myself from environments without feeling guilty or worried. I now put my well-being and safety first. I know now that I wasn’t the problem. I am more than what he did to me.
Survivors of sexual assault should feel supported in their need or desire to report incidents of sexual misconduct or speak to pro fessionals for emotional support.
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At the start of last semester, I sched uled an advising meeting with Roseilyn Guzman, a former advisor for Temple Honors, to discuss dropping a calculus course. This would change the trajectory of my college career.
THE ESSAYIST A student explains why they left their background in STEM behind to pursue journalism.
In fourth grade, I received perfect scores in my classes and joined accel erated math classes, which I continued throughout high school. In seventh grade, I joined the Philadelphia Future City Competition, a program that chal lenged students to design a sustainable city within a set of guidelines. I had ambitious dreams of solving the climate crisis, but the Future City Compe tition was the first sign that an engineering career isn’t for me. Designing buildings and structures left me uninspired. I was more interested in the meaning and ad vocacy behind the work. I dreaded attend ing weekly meetings where we discussed taking action in an imaginary city and felt out of place because I was bored with blue prints and planning. My passion for writing began in sec ond grade when I wrote my first story, “The Zebra Unicorn.” I barely remember what it was about and it certainly wasn’t good, but I found joy in sharing the imagi nary world I created.
I compared STEM and journalism, stressing my concern of intellectual valida tion and longing to love my work. “What do you really want to do?” she asked me. I remembered the happiness I found in writing as a child. I began to reconnect with my creativity in writing-based cours es and desired to embrace it but needed the assurance to fully commit. “I don’t want to deal with math courses anymore, I wish I could just drop calc,” I “Soundssaid. like you’re going to drop calc,” she answered.Rozwas the first person in my aca demic career who validated my intelligence in a field I felt passionate about, rather than one I pressured myself to pursue. Roz told me she saw a new brightness in my face. “How would you describe your feelings right now?” “Relief,” I sighed, answering honestly. I was finally confident enough to pursue a career where I feel a sense of belonging. This semester, I declared a journal ism major and an environmental studies minor but reaching this point has been an exhaustingAlthoughprocess.it’simportant for women to assert their place in STEM, I’m not some one who belongs on that path because my passion is in writing and I no longer con fuse my worth with my success in STEM. My feminism is not associated with setting myself up for a life in a career I’m not inter ested in. It’s about intertwining my work with feminist perspective and advocacy. sarah.frasca@temple.edu
Leaving STEM gave me freedom to express myself
I told myself that my success in math and science was my only valuable academ ic accomplishment and maintained this mindset despite flourishing in accelerated English, history and art classes. In 2020, I enrolled at Temple Univer sity with an undeclared major. Despite my original plan to jump into an engineering career, I decided to leave my options open while I figured out if that was the best path. My first semester consisted of STEM courses, political science and a GenEd called Race on the Stage. The next semes ter, I continued with STEM courses and another GenEd, Analytical Reading and Writing, but added an advertising and journalism course because they were an opportunity to escape formulaic thinking. Journalism courses gave me a freedom of expression that doesn’t exist in STEM. Writing follows a structure, but I can take risks instead of following rigid formulas to solve a problem.
I still wanted to be an engineer be cause I thought working in a male-domi nated field would validate my intellect, but I wasn’t passionate about it after my initial exposure. Regardless, I was driven by the influence of Women in STEM, an inter national organization encouraging high school girls’ involvement in STEM fields, and the desire to prove my intelligence.
BY SARAH FRASCA For The Temple News
As a young girl, I learned that women aren’t always taken seriously unless they exceed expectations, so that’s what I decid ed I would do.
The Clay Studio focuses on building connections between people and clay as the art requires community and team work from learning to sculpting to firing.
LIVE Phillyin C heers echoed across North American Street Saturday morning as Jennifer Martin, executive director of The Clay Studio, cut the ribbon, symbolizing the nonprofit’s fresh start in the emerging art community of South Kensington. Community members and artists gathered in South Kensington for the grand opening of The Clay Studio on April 9, celebrating their new home after resid ing in Old City for more than 30 years. Attendees toured the facility and its exhibitions, met artists and participated in art projects, which included creating their own ceramic tiles.
“It’s a wonderful, wonderful expe rience,” said Neil McLaughlin, a board member. “Who knew the building would be here and who knew people would fol low us from Old City into South Kens ington?”The studio plans to host an after school program for children and more opportunities for families to exercise their creativity now that they have in creased studio and classroom spaces, said Jennifer Zwilling, curator and director of artistic programs at The Clay Studio. “By having The Clay Studio here you’re really opening it up to the commu nity and to people that maybe wouldn’t have the chance to take certain art class es and come here to create, especially ceramics because that is an even smaller niche that is getting cut from schools,” said Estefany Rodriguez, an attendee and art teacher at Pennsauken High School. Zwilling always had intentions to build trust with the community and in volve South Kensington in the process of The Clay Stuido’s relocation, which started nearly 10 years ago. “We felt we could become part of an already vibrant community, but it really was about coming into this community where we could be part of what was al ready happening and also connect with the neighborhood,” Zwilling said.
“It’s so community based, especial ly ceramics because it’s something you almost can’t practice on your own, just because there’s definitely a sense of com munity to the process,” said Shelby Reed, a bachelor of fine arts in ceramics major at Temple University and The Clay Stu dio intern. grace.heim@temple.edu
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CONNECTING THROUGH CLAY
The Clay Studio celebrated the grand opening of their new location in South Kensington.
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Attendees observe “On the Bank of the Nile,” a piece by Ibrahim Said, which is a part of the Making Place Matter exhibition.
GRACIE HEIM / THE TEMPLE NEWS ON OPPOSITE PAGE: Shelby Reed, a senior bachelor of fine arts in ceramics major at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture, holds a tile she molded.
Attendees observe a wall of ceramics. Members of The Clay Studio cut the ribbon at the grand opening of their new location. Resident artist Jinsik Yoo’s work sits on display.
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In January, McNamara started in terning at “The Tonight Show,” com muting to Rockefeller Plaza in New York from Philadelphia by train every Mon day, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. He delivers mail, gets food and coffee for staff writers and helps writing assistants piece together their creative packets that consist of the skits, monologues and seg ments planned out for the show that day.
Senior lands internship at “The Tonight Show”
STUDENT LIFE Baker McNamara has interned at “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” since January.
On March 29, however, these tasks became a gateway to something bigger when his boss asked him to send a pro ducer headshots of all the male interns.
Sometimes, he “stands-in” as Fallon during show rehearsals, where he helps determine angles and lighting or read monologues off the teleprompter to fig ure out McNamaratiming. does not mind doing menial tasks because he is working at his dream job, interacting with staff mem bers and learning about show business.
Temple Talk, Temple’s entertainment talk show, and was previously music di rector at WHIP, Temple’s student-run radioWhilestation.working at WHIP in Fall 2019, McNamara met AnnaMarie Otor, WHIP’s former web director, and the two instantly clicked. They began hang ing out in and outside of work and are still close friends today. She was excited to see McNamara on TV because she knows working at “The Tonight Show” has been a dream of his for many years, said Otor, a commu nication specialist at Philadelphia’s Pub lic Health Department and 2021 public health“Healumna.isdefinitely one of the most driven people that I know, and it’s no surprise to me that he has been so suc cessful in just sort of building his career path so far,” Otor said. Although McNamara’s internship will end in June, he feels his time and experiences on “The Tonight Show” will aid in securing him a job in the enter tainment industry post-gradation and hopes to one day host his own TV show, he said.“Working at ‘The Tonight Show’, I’m like, ‘Oh, this is like what I want to do for the rest of my life,’” McNamara said. “I’m just so fulfilled, I’m having so much fun, and also, like, I feel like I’m a part of something bigger than myself.”
“I remember being like, ‘okay, one moment, please’ and literally muting the phone and screaming bloody murder,” McNamara said. “I knew on that phone call that I wanted to do the ‘Tonight Show’ because it’s the ‘Tonight Show,’ that’s like, the pillar of late night television.”
Although McNamara’s hair and shirt were coated in gel after the skit, he loved every second of it, he said. “It just all felt so surreal,” McNamara said. “That entire experience was so in credible.”Immediately after leaving the stage, he washed up and returned to complet ing work for his internship, he said.
Sherri Hope Culver first met Mc Namara when he was a work study student for the Center for Media and Information Literacy, which aims to in crease media literacy, in Fall 2020 and felt his attitude on stage was telling of McNamara as a person because he is al ways a good sport and does what he can to help people out, she said “He’s like the student that you al ways want in your class,” said Culver, McNamara’s mentor and associate media studies and production professor. “He is a go-getter. He is willing to do whatever needs to be done to make the job excellent.” Culver believes his perseverance and positive attitude helped McNamara secure his internship and feels these characteristics will benefit him in his fu ture career, she said. In addition to interning and attend ing classes, McNamara is a co-host at
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BY ROSIE LEONARD Features Editor BAKER MCNAMARA / COURTESY Baker McNamara, an intern at “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and a senior media studies and production major, was featured in the skit, “Let Us Play With Your Look,” on March 29.
Fallon chose McNamara to be fea tured in one of their recurring skits, “Let Us Play With Your Look,” where a guest on the show plays with an audience member’s look, because Fallon “liked his face,” McNamara said. He was placed in the back of the audi ence and selected by Jared Leto, an actor and musician and guest on the show that night, to enter the stage and sit on a white chair surrounded by plastic bags of blue gel as Fallon sang in the background.
Leto grabbed a bag of blue gel and rubbed it in McNamara’s hair then threw white powder at him.
PAGE 15The Temple News FEATURES Baker McNamara spent much of his childhood watching late night shows like “Satur day Night Live” and “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” dreaming of the day he could walk into 30 Rockefeller Plaza and work among his favorite co medians.After applying for internships at late night shows like Jimmy Fallon and “Late Night With Seth Meyers” for roughly four years, McNamara, a senior media studies and production major, received a phone call from an agent who offered him an internship for either Meyers or Fallon.
“It’s confirming that it’s all gonna work out, and the future is playing out how you want it to,” Evans said. She started taking ceramics and glass-working classes for fun during her freshman year at Springfield Township High School in Oreland, Pennsylvania, but had no idea it would turn into a career“Whenpath.
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A third of all waterways in Pennsyl vania are considered harmful to wildlife and unsafe to drink, with most of the pol luted waterways concentrated in Philadel phia, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
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Alison Evans, a 2021 visual studies alumna, stands in front of her wall label that describes her project and the glass mapping of Philadelphia’s river at the Visual Studies Thesis Exhibition in Tyler School of Art and Architecture’s green hallway on Nov. 17, 2021.
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Evans wants to continue making her own art and inspire other people to do the same. eden.macdougall@temple.edu
I was in high school and even at the beginning of college, I think I was like ‘Oh I just like doing this, this is something I’m doing for reasons un known,’” Evans said. “But now, as an artist, I’m taking myself a little bit more seriously, and I have been able to grow a lot of the skills that I had before and then applyLeahthem.”Modigliani, an associate visual studies professor and head of the visual studies program, nominated Evans for the award.Coming into Modigilani’s visual studies thesis seminar, Evans knew she wanted to create a project about the en vironment, and chose to focus on water quality after seeing the flooding that Hurricane Ida caused last September. To collect data for her thesis, Evans sampled water from waterways like the Delaware River and the Schuylkill Riv er and unfiltered tap water from Press er Hall because she thought it would be fitting to have a sample from where her project was displayed. She measured bacteria levels us ing test strips she purchased online and tested the water for chemicals like phos phate, lead and copper. She also read re search papers about laws affecting water and agricultural runoff. Modigliani liked how Evans com bined art and science in her project, especially how she created glazes that matched the color on the test strips indi cating the level of pollution in the water. “You can’t often see the pollutants or the minerals or natural stuff in the wa ter,” Modigliani said. “And yet, she tried to visualize it through these forms and through these colors, which I thought was pretty Modiglianiinteresting.”wasalso impressed with the amount of time Evans put into her project, spending hundreds of hours cre ating the ceramic bowls and glazes, as well as collecting and testing water samples.
Fran Dubrowski, the director and co-founder of Honoring the Future, loved that the project shed light on how people have changed waterways in Phil adelphia over Durbrowskitime.was also drawn to the ceramic bowls and feels calling attention to water pollution is an important part of sustainability.“Alotofpeople don’t realize that the waterways that run through the city have been altered by humans over time, and also what our activities are doing to impact the quality of that water,” Du browski said.
Alison Evans created “Water Works” in Fall 2021 for her thesis and won an honorable mention.
Alumna’s art raises awareness of water pollution
Wading into the cold waters of Frankford Creek in the middle of Oc tober wasn’t pleasant, but Alison Evans was determined to get a water sample for her thesis project about pollution in Philadelphia’s waterways. “I took a Saturday and a Sunday when I didn’t have class, and I basically drove around the city all day for both of those days, finding different locations to test,” said Evans, a 2021 visual studies alumna. “I felt kind of strange because I was just a girl with her bucket testing water, but it was pretty cool.” Evans developed her thesis project, “Water Works,” during the Fall 2021 semester, which displays how human activity has altered Philadelphia’s wa terways. The project shows a glass map of the city’s modern waterways over an 1876 map of Philadelphia with bowls of water from the rivers she sampled demonstrating how polluted they are.
On March 14, Evans’ project won an honorable mention — including a $1,000 prize — for the climate change nonprofit Honoring the Future’s Fellowship and Award Program for Emerging Craft Art ists Advancing Sustainability. Evans submitted pictures of her work, a statement about how it relates to sustainability and her plans to use the $10,000 cash prize to fund future art projects if she won.
As a recent college graduate, Evans has been looking for work and is un sure about her future, but receiving the award gave her confidence that she can build a successful career as an artist.
However, two weeks later, she came to her mother, Stephanie Jacobs, to tell her she wanted to try competing again.
At age 15, Hallie joined the Miss America Program and competed in pag eants like Miss Pennsylvania, winning titles like Miss Greater Reading Out standing“WhatTeen.Ifound was that it was em powering for her,” Stephanie said. “It may not be for everybody and even when she was a teen and she did do swimwear, it was very empowering for her.”
STUDENT LIFE Hallie Jacobs, a media studies and production major, won Miss Philadelphia on March 26.
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Hallie Jacobs, Miss Philadelphia 2022, poses in her sash and crown in front of Klein College of Media and Communication on April 7.
Biddle first met Jacobs in 2019 and appreciates how determined and dedi cated she is to constantly grow and im prove her performance, he added. He admires how professional Jacobs is and looks forward to working more closely with her and her family this year, he said.Jacobs has competed in pageants since she was 10 years old when she and her cousin competed together. She recalled walking on stage at her first pageant to give a speech, forgetting it, crying and running off stage, never wanting to compete again.
Jacobs sang a rendition of “Yesterday” by the Beatles for the talent portion to re flect on how strong and resilient people became during the pandemic, she said. Winning Miss Philadelphia has been a goal of Jacobs since her freshman year because it’s an important local competi tion and she wants to use the title’s plat form to promote her charity, she said. She competed in the 2019 Miss Phil adelphia pageant but lost and decided not to compete the following year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When she found out the pageant was going to be in-person for the first time since 2019, she decided to give it one last shot her senior year, Jacobs said.
Bobbey Biddle, executive director at Miss Philadelphia, felt Jacobs stood out against other competitors because she is well spoken and performed consistently in each part of the competition, he said.
Stephanie also disapproved of pag eants, believing they were sexist for fo cusing on womens’ bodies, but quickly got over her hesitations because she wanted to support her daughter.
Stephanie spent much of the follow ing years taking Hallie to walking and voice coaches, piecing together Hallie’s outfits and traveling across the coun try as she competed in Glitz pageants, Stephanie said.
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Stephanie also made reading a big part of Hallie’s childhood, often listening to audio books as they traveled, which became the inspiration for the Literacy DreamHallieProject.feels advocacy for initiatives like learning programs are important, especially for children, and hopes to become a political analyst on television to better understand and represent her community, she said. “I don’t want to just be another Miss Philadelphia,” Hallie said. “I want to stand out and be looked at as an inspi ration.”
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Temple senior crowned Miss Philadelphia 2022
Her mother was shocked because she felt Hallie was an introvert and wouldn’t like the attention, said Stephanie, a librari an at Schuylkill Valley Elementary School.
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Nerves filled Hallie Jacobs’s body as she stood in Venice Island Performing Arts Recreation Center in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, waiting for the results of Miss Philadelphia 2022. When the announcer revealed she won, she almost did not believe it. “I feel like my entire life has been leading up to this moment,” said Hallie Jacobs, senior media studies and produc tion major. “I feel like all the hard work that I put in, all the dedication, all the time, has finally paid off, and in the best of ways.”After years of competing in pag eants, Jacobs was crowned Miss Phila delphia 2022 on March 26 by the Miss Philadelphia Scholarship Organization, a volunteer-based organization within the Miss America program that pro motes charity work. Jacobs received a full scholarship to Cabrini University in Radnor, Pennsylvania, for graduate school and a $5,000 cash scholarship. She will spend the next year mak ing appearances around Philadelphia at charities, red carpet and sporting events. To compete, Jacobs submitted an ap plication about why she would be a good fit for Miss Philadelphia and an essay about the impact of her nonprofit, the Literacy Dream Project, which she start ed in high school while tutoring children at her mom’s library to promote reading by donating 5,000 books to schools and libraries in Pennsylvania. After submitting the application, essay and resume of her volunteer work and hobbies, Jacobs attended workshops and interviews and was selected to com pete in this year’s pageant, she said. In the months leading up to the competition, Jacobs attended orienta tions and rehearsals, practiced inter view techniques and learned more about current events to prepare for questions from the judges, she said.
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As an architecture student, Mar ryam Moma found it easier to under stand concepts and brainstorm designs and ideas for class projects and assign ments through art collages. The more time she spent tearing out pieces of magazines and cutting unique designs from paper, the more she real ized she could use this medium to make art, rather than just plan out pieces. “I grew up in a very artistic home,” said Moma, a 2006 architecture alumna. “My mother has been a practicing archi tect for over 27 years and so definitely art and art practices have been a part of my livelihood, my lifestyle, from a very youngBeforeage.” the 2020 presidential elec tion, Moma created “Vote,” a mural of former President Barack Obama facing the American flag with preserved pink and red flowers pressed onto the sides, surrounding his back, to remind and encourage Black voters that their votes matter. On March 24, the mural was fea tured in season 1, episode 9 of “Bel Air,” a reboot of the “Fresh Prince of Bel Air,” and season 8, Episode 11 of “Blackish,” a comedy series on ABC, on April 5. Moma was simultaneously ecstatic and humbled when “Bel Air” and “Black ish” emailed her asking permission to use her artwork, she said. “It reinforces again that I am on a purposeful journey with the art,” Moma said. “It’s just such an incredibly thrilling experience to be able to share my work on such platforms.” She began making “Vote” in October 2020 and displayed it publicly in Atlanta to encourage residents to vote in the up coming election. She used Obama in her piece because he is an important politi cal figure and used flowers to represent positivity, reconciliation and the future, Moma said. “I wasn’t saying vote for this person or that person but to definitely make your choices and your voice heard,” MomaAlthoughsaid. the mural is not referenced in either episode, Moma hopes people will notice it and feel empowered, she said. Moma makes collages that focus on Black bodies and usually incorporates flowers as a motif, she said. She sold her first piece to a family member before she started making art professionally. She began taking her art more seriously in 2015 by working in an art studio and decided to focus on bring ing her vision to life instead of making her art marketable, Moma said. She spent much of the early stages of her career as an artist working with local venues in Atlanta, trying to make a name for herself.In2019, Moma showed her work in ARTiculate, an annual art show in Atlanta that showcases new artists and helps them network, and met Charly Palmer, an artist, who helped her deter mine pricing for pieces, where to show case and how to stay true to her voice in her art, he “Somethingsaid. to me that was very ap parent from the very beginning — that this person could make a living as an art ist,” Palmer said. “She handles herself in such a way that she’s got, I think, all the qualities that it takes to be successful in this Tiffanyfield.” LaTrice met Moma four years ago when Moma joined TILA stu dios to connect with other Black women artists in Atlanta, and in 2019 select ed Moma for the Garden Fellowship, a year-long program that includes nation al exposure during Art Week in Miami, Florida.LaTrice selected Moma because she likes the precision in Moma’s work, which is unusual in collages, said La Trice, the founder of TILA Studios, an art collective that promotes art by Black women and equality in the art world.
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“We sold out all of her artwork on site in Miami—one of her pieces even got sold to a collector in Germany,” LaTrice said. “So that kind of just launched her international art career. She just contin ues to flourish to this day.” Moma wants to continue creating art about important issues that will re main relevant and make a difference in people’s lives, she said. “I’m just looking forward to the journey,” Moma said. “I’m so in love with collage so I just can’t wait to see what’s next. My best piece is yet to come.”
CAROL ROSE PHOTOGRAPHY / COURTESY Marryam Moma, works on a piece at GlassBox, her art studio in Alpharetta, Georgia, in 2021.
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Temple alumna’s artwork featured in TV shows
ART Marryam Moma created “Vote,” a mural, in October 2020 to remind Black voters their voices matter.
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Owls looking for offensive consistency this spring
WOMEN’S SOCCER Temple women’s soccer is using a two-forward formation to create attacking opportunities.
Emily Kavanaugh, a junior forward, dribbles the ball during an Owls’ game against Drexel University on Sept. 19, 2021.
When Temple University women’s soccer traveled to Orlando, Florida, to take on the University of Central Florida on Oct. 24, 2021, they had a chance to get back to the American Athletic Con ference tournament for the first time since the 2018-19 season. Instead, the Owls were pummeled in a 5-0 defeat and did not display a genuine reflection of the type of team they were, said head coach Nick Bochette. “The difference between that game and games that we were able to win was the execution of details,” Bochette add ed. “Heading into this season and during this spring season, we will be trying to take the things we learn and apply it on a more consistent basis.”
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The Owls will conclude their spring season when they host Lehigh Univer sity on April 16 at 1 p.m. at the Temple Sports Complex.
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The Owls look to build off what they learned from the 2021 season by trying out new creative strategies and forma tions this spring in order to find offen sive Lastconsistency.season, Temple was outshot 287-146 by opponents and struggled to score consistently. However, they still had a higher shot percentage than op ponents, proving that when they had opportunities they were converting, but those moments were scarce. Temple played in a three forward system with junior forwards Emily Ka vanaugh and Hailey Gutowski getting most of the time at the wing positions. Gutowski announced on March 25 she would transfer to Rutgers University for her final year of eligibility, leaving a hole in the offensive unit. Gutowksi started in 15 of the Owls 16 games last season and scored five goals, which was the second most on the team, behind Kavanaugh. The Owls are experimenting with a two-forward formation this spring to jumpstart the offense without Gu towski’s presence in the final third. A two-forward formation aims to control the pace of play through more attacking options and ball control with an extra midfielder on the attack. “We have had a lot of girls that have stepped up this spring,” Kavanaugh said. “There have been a lot of younger play ers that I have seen great things from and they will have to step up and take on bigger roles on the team.” Bochette believes junior forward Ga briela Johnson will help minimize the loss of Gutowski, now that she is fully healthy for the first time since the 2020-21 season after suffering a lower body injury. In her freshman season, Johnson tallied five goals and was named to the AAC All-Rookie team. During the 202021 season, she was tied for the team lead in goals and points through the first six games of the season before her injury on MarchJohnson7. missed the first eight games of the 2021 season, and returned for lim ited minutes while starting in just two games as she worked her way back to being“[Johnson]healthy. has been really ready to go this spring,” Bochette said. “She is a player that brings a different aspect that we can’t wait to get back on the field but when you lose a player like [Gutowski], you don’t necessarily try to find a car bon copy of her because every player is unique.”The Owls could pair Johnson and Kavanaugh together on the front line in a potential two forward formation, giving the team the ability to play with five midfielders rather than four, which would lead to more control of the middle of the field and allows for more creativi ty for openings on the attack. “As a team we kind of struggled in some high pressure games last season,” said junior goalkeeper Kamryn Stablein. “It seemed like we performed a lot bet ter when the high pressure came off, but getting to experience that and what it is like to be in big situations will only make everyone become more comfortable playing in those games.”
The Owls emphasize ensuring each player is improving, by focusing on an explosive transition offense and making sure they are less susceptible to coun terattacks. The team believes they have the right personnel to have a successful season and get back to the conference tournament.“Wehave been saying this spring to make sure each person gets five percent better every day,” Kavanaugh said. “If ev ery single person on the team improves five percent, then collectively the team is going to improve a lot.
BY SAMUEL O’NEAL Women’s Soccer Beat Reporter
“I appreciate everything that Temple has done for me, it’s been a great experi ence here,” Mauro said. “As long as they have me, I plan on being here. I don’t see myself going anywhere. I want to con tinue to grow this program to be a top school in the country.”
“I had to rebuild the thinking of making us a top team,” Mauro said. “We wanted to compete on the national lev el. We just kept working at it. Now, we have a reputation. The program has just gotten stronger and stronger every year I’ve been here.”
PAGE 21The Temple News SPORTS Steve Mauro hid his love for tennis while growing up in Yonkers and The Bronx, New York. At seven years old, his mother took him to play on a court at a nearby park, which he kept a secret from others.“Iwould play all the time and not tell my friends,” Mauro said. “I guess it wasn’t very cool, but it’s always a sport that I had a passion for. I studied it as much as I could, watched as many videos as I could, just really got into learning the game inside and out.” Mauro’s love for tennis carried him to more than 200 wins as head coach for the Temple University men’s tennis team, and he has led the women’s team to earn All-Atlantic 10 awards 13 differ ent times. He holds the Owls to a high standard and uses his coaching and com peting experience to develop the pro gram’sHisskills.200th win for the men’s team came just last month, in a 5-2 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson University on March 8, and since then, Mauro has ex tended his wins to 206. During his 17 years with the pro gram, Mauro has coached 12 men’s play ers to All-Atlantic 10 honors and in the last 15 years, he’s had just six losing sea sons.When he came to Temple in 2005, Mauro focused on listening to his play ers’ opinions and implemented them into his coaching style. His friendliness and positive mindset drives both teams to success, said senior men’s player Louis Gorregues.“Hereally likes when we finish points, when we’re aggressive,” Gorreg ues added. “He’s more oriented towards the mental aspects of the game. He also likes the fact that we have maybe a dif ferent mentality than other players. He says we’re ‘Temple TUFF.’ That’s what separates us from others.” Mauro believes instilling values, like camaraderie and integrity, will give the players an easier transition upon joining the program, as well as finding a con nection with each other. He’s formed a tight-knit squad through honest conver sations about life, said senior men’s play er Thibault“[Mauro’s]Frumholz.impressive,” Frumholz said. “He tries to help on the court, but also outside. I knew we could have a clos er relationship than with other coaches I had in the Mauropast.”teaches his players to pri oritize their academics as much as their tennis careers. Both programs have maintained a minimum 3.0 grade point average and a high graduation rate for the last 10 years, he said. While coaching at Temple, Mauro uses his previous experiences as a tool to take each program to a higher level, he said.But Mauro didn’t start his career playing competitive tennis. He played ice hockey while attending Fordham Prepa ratory School in The Bronx and Upsala College in New Jersey, but he continued playing tennis on the side, competing in local tournaments and playing for fun. After graduation, Mauro held many roles in the tennis world, including a full-time professional instructor at Foss ler Cheltenham Tennis Center in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, and director of ten nis at Talamore Country Club in Am bler. Eventually, he took his knowledge from those jobs and became a coach. “I also worked at a couple of differ ent tennis clubs, but my real passion was coaching,” Mauro said. “I enjoyed doing that, and I think that helped me with my skills as a Maurocoach.”had his first coaching stint at Ursinus College for two seasons be fore taking over Temple’s men’s team in 2005. He made an immediate impact, guiding the Owls to a 17-8 record that erased the memory of Temple’s lastplace finish the previous season.
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Mauro has one match in mind that he won’t forget. In 2019, the Owls nar rowly beat Tulane University, a team ranked No. 17 in the nation a few months prior, at the American Athletic Confer ence Championship in Orlando, Florida.
In 2008, after women’s tennis coach Traci Green resigned, Mauro assumed her role. He also led the team to a 17win season in his first year, and he’s been coaching both squads ever since.
The men’s and women’s head tennis coach earned his 200th win as coach of the men’s team.
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The victory gave the men’s tennis program a reputation as a competitive team, and it showed how much more he wants to achieve as coach, he said.
Juggling two teams at once is chal lenging, but Mauro praises the coaches around him for helping scout opponents for upcoming matches and research players for recruiting aspects, he said. “All these different places I’ve worked have given me a lot of resources,” Mauro said. “That’s one of the reasons why I’ve been successful. As a coach, you have to be flexible and mix things up. I’m always trying different things out, doing a lot of research, talking to different people. I enjoy that aspect of it.”
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Steve Mauro, coach of men’s and women’s tennis, looks towards the tennis court at TU PavilionAprilon8.
Mauro sets ‘national level’ expectation for Temple
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FORMER PLAYERS
Temple Hall of Famer Steve Conjar, a former linebacker and 1981 graduate, is no stranger to Temple’s annual Cherry & White games and was glad to be back on campus. He tailgated with his former teammates, like former right tackle Phil Prohaska.“I’mvery enthusiastic about the new coach,” Conjar said. “I think he’s gonna do well here and I’m looking forward to a better season than what we’ve had in the last couple years.” Conjar thinks Drayton has the Owls moving in the right direction and with the team trusting in Drayton’s ability, he has high expectations for the team going into the season, he said. Prohaska is glad to have a coach that’s energetic and brings people to gether. As far as the team, he hopes they go out and earn their spot on the field, he said.
Rosen believes Temple’s (9-4, 2-0 The American) two-game winning streak in conference play and recent success stems from different players stepping up and making in-game ad justments. However, if the Owls want to continue winning, they’ll need to use several offensive styles to combat oppo nents’ man-to-man and zone coverage, she said.Their back-to-back wins came against Vanderbilt University (8-5,11 The American) on April 2 and the University of Cincinnati (6-8, 0-2 The American) on April 9. The Owls blew out the Commodores 20-9, marking the largest scoring margin Temple has ever scored against Vanderbilt and the first time the program scored 20 goals in a game since 2012. Temple’s suc cess came from scoring by committee and easing pressure off leading scorers gradu ate student midfielder Quinn Nicolai and junior midfielder Belle Mastropietro.
Rosen determined to clinch a postseason berth
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“It’s getting easier to coach this team,” Rosen said. “They’ve been through a lot now and different players are finding ways to step up all over the field to make plays and that’s all we had to do — each player find a place to make a play.”
“It took a little bit for us to figure out how to battle the draw controls,” Rosen said. “That was a big part of the game and our crew did a really fantastic job of just giving ourselves a chance to get that possession after draw controls.” The Bearcats played a defensive zone, which helped contain the center of the circle and made it difficult for Tem ple to receive feeds from the outside. It also led to three-second violations and shooting spaces since the team is mark ing a space rather than a player.
However, the Owls needed to com pete for a full 60 minutes and made ad justments throughout the game in their 14-10 victory against the Bearcats. Tem ple struggled to gain early possession in the draw controls. In the first period, Cincinnati had six draw controls com pared to Temple, who had two. Rosen quickly noticed the issue and made the adjustment to put seven defen sive players on the line and leave three attackers, a change she’s implemented in previous games when the team struggles to retain possession.
PAGE 23The Temple News SPORTS Temple University lacrosse coach Bonnie Rosen is prepared to make gameby-game changes to the Owls’ lineup and scheme as they head into the second half of their season against American Athlet ic Conference teams. “We’re laser-focused on getting our selves to our tournament,” Rosen said. “That is a step-by-step process and every single game matters.”
Former Temple running back Paul Palmer, who was a 1986 Heisman Tro phy runner-up, felt welcomed, com pared to previous years, with the new coaching staff onboard. He was excited to return and see the younger generation play, Palmer said.
Palmer believes Drayton was the right choice to bring Temple back to be coming a winning team. He’s seen a lack of energy and effort from players the last couple of years and hopes the team will be motivated to win some games during the rebuilding process, he said. “It’s 100 percent a different vibe,” Palmer said. “The past couple of years have been kind of dreary. It hasn’t felt very welcoming to a lot of us older ball players, so this is a pleasant change for the better.”
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BY ISABELLA DiAMORE Sports Editor
Temple lacrosse plans to continue its two-game win streak by utilizing a scoring committee.
Temple had seven goal scorers. Ju nior attacker Riley McGowan, who didn’t play any minutes last season, led the team with a career-high of sev en goals and Nicolai trailed with four. While junior midfielders Mackenzie Roth, Charessa Crosse, junior attacker Julie Schickling and Mastropietro each had two goals.
The event also brought together for mer Temple football players and team mates like Philadelphia Eagles Shaun Bradley and Haason Reddick. Former NFL running back Brian Westbrook and Kurt Warner, an NFL Hall of Famer and father of Temple signee quarterback Eli jah Warner, were also in attendance.
Rosen believes the Owls can still im prove in certain areas. Because Temple shoots 77.1 percent on goal, she wants the offense to work with different styles to create new shot opportunities, like rolling the crease and feeds from inside the circle.“Wehave so many people who can do so many things,” Rosen said. “We haven’t been able to sell that yet on the field.”Temple has one week to prepare for a matchup against East Carolina on April 16 in Greenville, North Carolina. The Owls are using this time to reflect on their performance while scouting their opponent, which is a large component of Rosen’s coaching style.
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Temple’s victory against Cincinna ti marked the program’s 500th all-time win, making them the 6th program in Division I women’s lacrosse to surpass the 500-win threshold.
CONTINUED FROM 24 FOOTBALL A point system was used to award points to the defense for big plays, like stops, interceptions and fumble recover ies, and rewarded the offense with points for traditional scoring plays. Both sides of the ball were split into two groups, which rotated every drive. Redshirt-sophomore quarterback D’Wan Mathis led the first offense and redshirt-sophomore quarterback Maria no Valenti led the second. The first offense competed against the second defense. The defense domi nated, forcing them into two back-toback three and outs and two tackles for losses before groups switched. Valenti led his group to a first down in his first drive of the game but followed up with a three and out with a sack by redshirt-sophomore linebacker Yvandy Rigby. The defense continued to pressure, with redshirt-junior safety Chauncey Moore recording an interception and redshirt-senior cornerback Keyshawn Paul recovering an offensive fumble. Down the stretch, the offense showed some life, after a deep ball to redshirt-ju nior wide receiver Jose Barbon started the momentum that led to the first touch down of the day by redshirt-sophomore wide receiver De’Von Fox. Both sides of the ball went back and forth, with the defense recording a sack at the start of the second half and redshirt-junior tight end Jordan Smith completing a 30-yard touchdown for the offense.
Rosen told the Owls to take ad vantage of every 8-meter shot they got. Temple scored 5 of 15 in free-position shots with Mastropietro making two and Nicolai netting one, while both had four 8-meter shot opportunities.
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A returned to campus on April 9 at Ed berg-Olson Hall, ending the team’s 15day spring practice season. With almost 2,000 fans in atten dance, not even hail could stop them from coming to the game. Temple stu dents, alumni and community members had the chance to watch newly-hired head coach Stan Drayton run his team. “We had all kinds of people here trying to see what direction we’re heading,” Drayton said. “I really appre ciate that support and I encourage them to stay with us.” To kick off the event, students, alum ni and community members gathered for hot dogs and burgers along with other pregame festivities at the corner of 12th and Diamond streets starting at 1 p.m. The spring game functioned differ ently than a normal matchup, pitting the offense, who wore white, against the defense, who wore cherry. In the end, the defense overpowered the of fense, securing the 64-54 win, but the offense showed its ability to fight and generate scoring plays rundownage.covertoughdespiteofplayers’ performance and what former players thought of the ex perience.
Edward Saydee, a redshirt-sophomore running back, gets tackled as he runs with the ball during the Cherry & White Game at Edberg-Olson Hall on April 10.
OFFENSE VS DEFENSE Fans filled out the stands to watch the Owls’ offense go head-to-head with the defense.
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