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	Health & Fitness: Choosing healthy foods over fatty foods By Hope Kumor October 1, 2012 - 8:54am It’s hard to eat healthy when you can smell the delicious aroma of sweet and greasy foods from a mile away. With a ton of lunch trucks to choose from and barely any time to prepare healthy meals, class work and homework tend to take precedence over nurturing your body. But the benefits of eating nutritious meals are well worth the extra work, and trust us, you too can improve your dining habits. “You have one body,” English major Emily Rupert says. “Give it what it needs and not what your tongue wants.” READ MORE
	Nude Art’s Compromising Effects By Liz Howard September 28, 2012 - 4:28pm Everyone knows the typical sources of objectification of women in modern society: pornography, trashy music videos, dirty books, etc. For many, these examples epitomize the issue with the degradation of women. I, however, disagree. I think that this issue runs much deeper than simply the items you might find in a sleazy sex shop. I think that the objectification of women has been integrated into society for centuries. Worse? It is widely accepted. READ MORE
	Love and Hip-Hop, Bad Girls Club, Basketball Wives: How do these shows, as women, help us or hurt us? By Jamie Lewis September 18, 2012 - 6:11pm Being a woman in today’s society is a full time job, and then some! There are days when I am ready to hang up my title and there are other days where I want to be the CEO of the company. Most people maytake that as a joke. In fact it is “real life.” Looking on the outside it may seem that we women have it all together, but actually getting to know us you may find that it’s just easier to assume that we are all alike and all go through the same struggles. Plus, the reality shows of today don’t make it easier for womeneither. READ MORE
	Just Jenn: Greetings from Londontown! By Jenn Nguyen September 17, 2012 - 11:37am Our very own co-editor of Fashion & Beauty, Jennifer Nguyen, is studying in London for a semester! She is a fashion intern at the Daily Express and will be working on photoshoots for the newspaper! Here is a post from her blog, "Just Jenn" about her experience so far in Londontown: READ MORE
	Curse of the Starving Class creates easy to understand plot line, engagement By Eleana Wehr May 12, 2012 - 11:33pm Imagine sitting front row, dead center for over two hours at a play. Now add the fact that its a week night and you have tons of homework and other things you could be doing. This was me Tuesday night, when I had to attend Curse of the Starving Class at the Wilma theater for my Collaborative Art class. Although I was dreading having to sit there and watch a play when I could be getting homework done, I quickly became engaged in the atmosphere and action of the play. READ MORE
	Politics and The College Student By Nia Prater May 12, 2012 - 11:25pm For many college students, 2012 will be their first time voting in a presidential election. But surprisingly, there is a large portion of the youth population that doesn’t vote at all. According to The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, the turnout for voters age 18 to 29 in the 2010 Midterm Election was approximately 24.0%. READ MORE
	Summer Playlists By Breanne Pfeffer May 5, 2012 - 9:04pm Going on a road trip this summer? Need a hit playlist to satisfy any mood? From alternative and hip-hop, to country, students want to hear it all. With the help of college students from all over, I’ve compiled a few lists that will definitely keep your summer boomin’. READ MORE
	Spring Fling Re-Cap By Maura Lieberman May 2, 2012 - 10:40am As a freshman last year, I heard talks for months of a famous event at Temple, otherwise known as “Spring Fling.” But when asking upperclassmen what this event was all about, I got the generic answer: an excuse to get drunk and have fun on campus. Really? That’s all it is? Sounds like something lackluster, but I was shortly proved wrong. READ MORE
	Balancing Relationships and Studies By Hope Kumor April 25, 2012 - 3:24pm So we’re in the midst of pursuing a career in the major we’ve chosen. There is always homework to do, work to attend, situations that can’t help but arise and friends who complain that they never see you anymore. But on top of all that, you have to make time for a particular somebody that plays an important role in your life: your man. How do you divide time between writing hundreds of papers and the love of your life: by setting aside a certain amount of time in order to see him. READ MORE
	The Hateful Games: Racist Backlash surrounding the hit movie The Hunger Games By Lindsey Murray April 20, 2012 - 3:57pm From bashing the tributes to fawning over Josh Hutcherson’s portrayal of Peeta Mellark, you’d have to be living under a rock to miss The Hunger Games frenzy that has taken over in the last month. The dystopian film, based off of Suzanne Collins’ best selling novel, has sold out theaters and gained praises from viewers and critics alike in its opening weekend. However, it has also faced its share of backlash from Twitter users who were less than thrilled by the skin color of certain actors in the film. READ MORE