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Temple Student Government Its All About You

Spring UpdateThe official newsletter highlightingthe slated events surrounding JustCause Month, sponsored by TSG

Issue 1, March 2009

The Just Cause CampaignBecause We C.A.N. Empower Our Community

TO COMMIT

Help Temple University students find community service

projects that theyre passionate about.

TO ACHIEVE

Give temple University students an outlet so that they are

inspired to establish social justice in the Temple Community

TO NUTURE

Provide Temple University students with support to help

them be active, progressive citizens

Franklin D. Roosevelt

We cannot always build the future for our youth,

but we can build our youth for the future.

Upcoming Events

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Womens Basketball Viewing

Party at 2PM in Room 217

Off-Campus Town Hall

Meeting at 7:30PM in Room

200B

State of the Campus Meeting

TSG Elections for the 2009

2010 Student Government

Executives

[3/27 3/28] Relay for Life


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Reports from the Office

Nexus Cook

Vice-President of External Affairs

TSG has been working very hard thissemester on many different projects andinitiatives focused on enhancing theUniversity and your overall Templeexperience. As Vice President ofExternal Affairs, my duties require me tobe the liaison between the student bodyand administration as well as the liaisonbetween the student body and the

community.

This semester, one of my main focuseswill be on the relationship betweenTemple students living off campus andthe local community residents. Therehave been many issues surrounding off-campus living this past year and I hope totackle those problems with the help ofCampus Safety. I have scheduled a seriesof town hall meetings, the first being onMarch 18th, 2009 in room 200b from7:30 to 9:00 pm. The main goal of thesemeetings will be to bridge the gap

between the students and the localresidents in hopes of fostering a greatersense of community and respect.

The month of March also is the kick offto Just Cause month! I highlyencourage everyone to participate in thevarious events that will be going onaround campus. It will be a very excitingmonth, so join a cause, start your ownor simply spread the word about thedifferent events we have planned!

Brief letters from the Vice-Presidents and the Senate President

Farzad Firoz

Vice-President of Services

This semester I have been working on

three projects. First, I am continuing the

flag proposal from last year. The flag

proposal is a project to put install flags of

the 160 countries from which the Temple

Student Body is represented. Each year

there will be 40 flags put up in the student

center atrium, and the flags will be changed

every year for four years, therefore astudent will be able to see all 160 flags in a

college career. The second project that I

am working on is proving a weekly bus

service from campus to South Philadelphia

for students to do grocery shopping. The

buses take students from the Student

Center to Mifflin St, where Target,

ShopRite and Marshall are located. The

last service, which has already happened,

was the Housing and Financial Aid Forum.

The forum provided the students aresource to talk to landlords about

housing and what to look for in off campus

housing. While the financial aid forum

provided students a resource to help

complete the FAFSA as well as to gather

information about the many types of loans

available to them. Currently, I am hoping

to complete the flag proposal by the end

of the semester and continue the bus

service until the end of the semester.

Jeff Dempsey

Senate President

The Senate is working to tackle issues

of the individual schools/colleges and

the University as a whole. Right off the

bat the Senate formed an ad-hoc

committee that is continuing its

investigation into academic advising

Another early project was to bring a

bike share service to the University

Towards the end of the semester thesenate heard from representatives of

TAUP, AFSCME, and Temple University

to determine whether or not support

would be formally given to those

unions. At the start of the second

semester the senate is working to take

on wide scale allocations/appropriations

reform. They are also working to aid

students affected by the Yorktown

situation, making a series of campus

safety videos, tabling within theirschools, and working to appoint the

most qualified people to lead the

student body.


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Hello everyone.

This year has been an exciting one

with a number of projects. My

biggest one is "Just Cause" month

which is a joint effort with Main

Campus Program Board to promote

philanthropy and community service

throughout the university. It is

focused on the studentorganizations and we're hoping that

it will encourage other students to

get involved as well.

We are also working to help

celebrate the 125th Anniversary of

Temple. Our historian Jarae Hines is

putting together a Temple Creed,

which is something that the entire

university campus will be able toidentify with. We want to help

create an identity for all Temple

Owls, and we're hoping this is the

first step towards achieving that.

Most recently, we teamed up with

the Penn State Student Government

to oppose Governor Ed Rendell's

Tuition Relief Act, which would

provide up to $7600 to a student

in tuition aid if your family's

income was less than $100,000.

However, Temple University,

Penn State, Lincoln University,

and University of Pittsburgh were

excluded from this plan because

we're state-affiliated universities

rather than state schools. We had

a rally and sent out petitions to the

Governor and to state officials to

ask them to reconsider and give

our students financial aid.

TSG has been working hard and is

at the forefront of working on

student issues. We continue to

work on the issues that are

pressing to the Temple Studentbody.

If you want to keep up with what

TSG is working on or would like

to apply for a position, please visit

www.temple.edu/tsg or join our

Facebook group: Temple Student

Government.

A Letter from thePresident

Never doubt the difference that you alonecan make Nadine Mompremier

Each day we are challenged to do more and the JustCause Campaign is designed to encourage students to

want to do more and to do more. Its amazing thedifference one action can make. If we can start now,build that involvement, and build community, imagine

the world that we could create.

InitiativesPast & Present

Completed Initiatives

Empowerment to votein the 2008 Presidentialelection

The creation ofTURdoor shuttle

The start of the SouthPhilly Grocery Shuttle

Off-Campus HousingForum

Upcoming Initiatives

Creation of the TempleCreed

Multicultural Week An array of programs

for the 125th


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Pisces -

Your

battering-

ram style

approach to

problem

solving does have its drawbacks, however it

certainly will provide exciting anecdotes to

spice up your autobiography, or your book

on 'winning management techniques'.

Aries - Star crossed lovers are set to bring

a Shakespearean twist to your love life this

month, beware window ledges or porches

in all of their forms - and hats with feathers

in them.

Taurus - A strange Harry Potter type

incident involving an owl with a message

attached to one of its legs will add a

moment of both extreme excitement andanguish as feathers fly like you have just

come across some kind of real life Tom and

Jerry animal fight. Read the message the

owl reluctantly gives you carefully. It wasn't

meant for you, but findseeskeepsies as they

say.

Gemini - In these credit crunch times

retailers are only too happy to accept less

than the price they are displaying to get a

sale, but to get this you must pretend that

you don't really want the thing you are

buying at all. The trick Saturn is keen to teach

this month is that for best results never ever

take 'no' for an answer. This month you will

also learn the hard way not to take 'the store

is closing at 9pm' for an answer either.

Cancer- Gladiatorial combat is highly

starred this month, either in the sword-and-

sandals bashing up another person sense orjust the watching it on television sense. In

either sense, probably best to avoid starchy

foods which will only slow you down, or

make you want to go to the toilet at the most

inconvenient of moments.

Leo - This might or might not be the best

month in a long while to take a huge risk. The

uncertainty is being caused by a small gale on

the upper mid side of Jupiter's lower eastern

flank which is set to blow for much of the

month. The best advice we can offer is to putoff life changing decisions until the wind clears

early in March.

Virgo - 'Hot and crispy' is a phrase you are

set to hear repeatedly this month. Pizzas,

fried chicken, even toast, are all particularly

indicated in your celestial charts.

Libra - As you sometimes pride yourself,

Libra are the know-it-all star sign. This month

Saturn is on side to give you free rein to

show off your intimate knowledge of loads of

stuff to people who just haven't got a clue.

Scorpio - 'Let them wait' will be your

motto this month. Keep to this and you wil

increase your accuracy ten fold, even

though your actual productivity will reduce

staggeringly. Don't worry, nobody will

notice.

Sagittarius - This month you will never be

more than 30 minutes away from a top hat

and tails musical rendition of 'Me and my

shadow'. Getting the dance steps right now

will pay dividends later.

Capricorn - Your fiery Capricorn temper

at the smallest of things is set to

increasingly blight your chances to get

anything done over the next few years.

Count slowly 1 to 10, trying to avoid any

added expletives into the count, and let

your rage pass.

Aquarius - All your internet bargain

hunting is set to come under the influence

of Neptune from the 5th after which time

bargains will literally drip from your

keyboard. Half-priced household goods,

DVDs, and other products too numerous

to mention will be priced so unbelievably

low. Broke? Don't worry - Saturn has a

surprise in store for you on the 20th!

Funny Horoscopes

Just For Fun!

Word Bank

CHARITY

COMMUNITY

EMPOWER

HOOTER

JUSTCAUSE

LEADERSHIP

OWLS

SERVICE

TEMPLE


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TSG History Update

Where Are TheyNow?

In 2004, Fabio directed the Midwest

premiere of Elizabeth Swados

Missionaries for which he was a finalist

for Northern Ohio Live! Magazines

Award of Achievement in Theatre.

Other directing credits include: Jesus

Christ Superstar; I Love You, Youre

Perfect, Now Change; Sweeney Todd;

and Waiting for Lefty. As an actor

Fabio recently completed the roles of

Mr. Tesh in Nikolai Gogol's TheGamblers with the Cleveland Museum

of Art as part of their Viva and Gala

series and Thenardier in the Broadway

national tour of Les Miserables. Other

national credits include Missionaries at

Brooklyn Academy of Music, directed

by Elizabeth Swados and starring Josie

DeGuzman; Ludovico Marsili in the

U.S. premiere of David Hares

adaptation of Brechts The Life of

Galileo; Festival, and the U.S. premiere

of Domino Heart. Fabio has also made

numerous network television and

radio appearances, including roles on

Guiding Light and As the World

Turns. He received his MFA in

Acting from Case Western Reserve

University and his BA in Sociology

from Temple University.

Fabio Polanco

President 1990 - 1991February 1963

In late February, the Student council really got to work on a resolution

that opposed the Temple University Law School no work ruling that

seemed to work against the students. The council invited the Law Dean

Benjamin Boyer to meeting to hear the four main points of oppositionpresented by the students.

1.) It was passed without proper consultation. 2.) It puts the

blame for a poor record on the student without considering

the possibility that the quality of instruction might be a

contributing factor. 3.) It works a hardship on male students

who may lose draft exemption. 4.) It applies standards to

students which are not applied to faculty, many of whom hold

outside jobs.

The resolution was one of the first times the council dealt with an issue

it really does not have anything to do with. This motion was believed

to set a precedent for Temple Student Council and went a long way in

improving its status on campus.

January - February Recap

After a well-deserved break TSGgot right back to work during itsfirst state of the campus for 2009.It featured a guest speaker,Anthony Wagner the Chief

Financial Officer, who fieldedseveral students questions rangingfrom the recessions effect onTemple to budget cuts.

In February, it seemed finances were still thetheme. TSG sponsored and hosted a rally at the Bell Toweropposing Governor Ed Rendells proposed Tuition Relief Act thatleft Temple out of the equation. Penn States Student Governmentand several local media outlets were in attendance.


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Temple Student Government Issue 1, March 2009

Its Just Cause Month

Vision:

Temple University will initiate a new era of community

consciousness and active citizenship, leading students

everywhere in an effort to establish a global culture of

social service.

Everybody can be great... because anybody can serve. Youdon't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't haveto make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only needa heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.

-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Announcements

Congratulations to the Men's Basketball Team for winning the A-10 Championship andlanding the 11th seed at the NCAA Tournament.

They will be playing Arizona State on Friday in Miami, Fl. A viewing party hosted by TSG

and Temple University Athletics will be on Friday at 2PM in Room 200. Refreshmentswill be served.

Off-Campus Town Hall Meeting sponsored by TSG on Wednesday March 18th at 7:30PMin Room 200B.

Join us we meet with community block captains, the Dean of Students, the Vice Presidentof Operations, and community leaders to discuss your concerns living off-campus. If youlive off-campus or know someone that does, please have him or her join us to voice your

concerns. REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED.

Nominations for Temple Heroes due Friday March 20th at 5PM.

Temple Student Government and Main Campus Program Board are in search of devoted,

persevering, and achieving Temple University students whose selflessness knows no end.These students will be recognized for their inspiration, activeness, and encouragement in

the lives of others. For these students the intention of their continued service toindividuals, groups, and the community is to make a difference and never for personalgain. They are Heroes in their own respect. If you ask them why they feel obligated to

serve, they will never say because I am paid to do so. Instead, their answer may very wellbe Just Cause. Please email your nominations to [email protected]

"Just Cause" month kickoff event: March 18th 12PM-3PM at the Bell Tower.

Join us as we begin a month long celebration of various philanthropies that studentsparticipate in. Fore more info on the month's events visit:

www.temple.edu/mcpb/justcause

Upcoming Leadership &Internship Opportunities

Philadelphia Zoo Internships:

GPA: 2.5

Unpaid

Summer/Semesters

All majors

http://www2.philadelphiazoo.org/part

icipate/Volunteer/Interns.htm

Penn Environment Internship:

GPA: Not required

Unpaid

Summer

All majors

www.pennenvironment.org

Leadership Opportunities:

Career Ambassador for Career

Developmental Services due 3/27/09

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