Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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SELF-MADE, TEMPLE-MADE STUDENT ENTREPRENEURS FIND SUCCESS ON CAMPUS Finding o part-time job as a student con be tough. A few entrepreneurial Owls have taken matters into their own hands, launching small businesses on campus targeted at fellow Temple students. Owl Fix IT Repair, founded by junior information science ond technology major Ryan Ross, is a technology repair shop that fixes phones, tablets and computers ot affordable prices Ross got the idea freshmon year when he posted about his computer repcir skills to o Focebook group of Temple students. A user osked him to look ot an iPhone ond he ended up breaking it. 'Ever since then I found a market'for college kids ond broken phones, so I decided to do my research and really leorn the ins ond outs of the mobile phones we oil use every day, Ross said. Sophomore Kat Von Helms, knew Ross from being in the Diamond Marching Band together. She knew of his work and opted for Owl Fix IT Repair over a larger business when looking to repair her phone. lt wos more affordable ond especially more personable considering I knew the guy,’ she said. 'My experience went very well.' Ross has grown his operation and hired sophomore business major Max Botyskiy os an employee. 'The students who support us are essentially the backbone of the business.' Ross said. 'Without the community as a whole, we wouldn't be at our level of success that we are at today.' Owl Fix IT Repair accepts Apple end Android products. It offers screen repairs, charging port replacements, water damage treatment and more. Prices range from $60 to $ 100. depending on the type and model of the gadget. Appointments can be scheduled through their Facebook poge or website. like Ross, sophomore management information systems major Jake Hymson starred his own business. Now, he goes by another name: Temple Towers Sandwich Gnome. Hymson's one-man shop offers o diverse menu of sweet ond savory sandwiches, poninis and specialty waffles. He delivers the food to the apartments in Temple Towers, where he currently lives. 'I like to cook because I know that I’m good ot it, and performing services for people that moke them happy makes me happy,' Hymson said. 'Its the reason why I'd love to be a comedian, if it was something that I could live off of. Hymson's sandwiches are some of the cheapest on campus with a price range of $2 to $3.Though he currently does not deliver to other locations, he is looking into hiring delivery workers. Customers can order meals on the Temple Towers Sondwich Gnomes Focebook page. Sophomore advertising major. Meghan Weale began cutting and designing Temple shirts for herself ond her roommates to wear to tailgates this post footbcll season. Soon, her own business wos born Weale noticed that online retailers sold cut ond redesigned university T-shirts from $40 to $50. She knew that she could create the same product for less. I do this because I love seeing people actually use something that I made,' she said. 'It's so cool arvd really rewarding.' Customers provide their old t-shirts and Weale turns them into a variety of customized Temple shirts, including beached, t.edye, halter, vneck and more. Prices range from $10-$20. Weale said that her business has been successful so for, she said she owes it to students whom hove been both her clients and inspiration. 'Temple definitely had on influence on me,’ Weale said 'Seeing so many of my peers doing big things and pushing themselves, I was inspired to really go for it.' WRITTEN BY HANNAH KOHl PHOTOGRAPHED BY YANIEDY LORA

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CAMPUS THEATRE CLOSES FOR CORPORATE COMFORT WITH A LUXURY THEATER REPLACING THE PEARL, STUDENTS WEIGH IN ON WHETHER THEY’LL BE LINING UP AT THE BOX OFFICE. The Peofl Theatre on Avenue North ■ o loccl hotspot for North Philadelphia residents and Temple students alike • shut its doors in August, but reopened under the management of national chain AMC Theaters. Some students ore excited, others are mourning the loss of The Peorl. semester Though the films are not first-run, ticket prices are $2 for Temple students and $4 for others, making the movie theater more financially accessible. 1 haven't been to the Reel, but I know they offer lower prices and that's somewhere I'd actually consider going,' freshman Jocquelyn Oberdorf said. The Peorl was the first theater in North Philadelphia in several decodes It opened 10 years ago at 1600 N. Broad St. and was owned by a local chain that runs two other locations in Frockville, Pennsylvania. As a smoll company, the Pearl had the charm ond individuality of an independent theater AMC brings luxury, however. Under the new name AMC North Broad Street Seven, the theater will include new audiovisual equipment, plush reclining seats, CocaColo freestyle soda machines and a bar, os well as updates to the point, carpet and restrooms. 'I don't see the point of renovating the Pearl Theater, Junior Cindy Ngo said. 'It seems to be just another mcrk of gentrification I (eel like they'll use the fact rhat it’s more luxurious os a reason to roise the prices even more, which doesn't moke sense because it's poor college students, specifically poor Temple students that are their main source of revenue, she said. The AMC will compete with. The Reel Cinema, o cheaper on-campus theater. The Reel Cinema, beaded in the lower level of the Student Center South, shows movies two weekends eoch month during the AMC may also hove trouble convincing students that watching movies in theater is more comfortable than on friends' couches. 'My roommates and I spend most of our movie-watching time on Netflix, Oberdorf said. Big theaters do not have to worry too much about moviegoers, as some students ore willing to pay for the full experience that only a theater con offer: The excitement of seeing a new film for the first time on a big screen, surrounded by sound and an audience there for the same reason. 'The monies have always been a place where I can forget my problems for a few hours ond just bosk in the art of the film and the comfort of other moviegoers senior Elizabeth Tartaglia sa d. While avid theatergoers will likely find a haven in the new AMtC, those students with tighter wallers or who emphesize the charm of independent companies may be harder Jo woo. WRITTEN 6V NICK EHIY PHOTOGRAPHED BY ASWfY MARY AlEX