Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Aggressive Owl Reflects Director ' s Hope For The Future The mystery of the origin of the new mascot has finally been revealed. New athletic director Dave O ' Brien has stepped forward and proclaimed that this new look with a new aggressive owl is designed to get the campus and the community, re-interested in the Temple Owls, athletically and as a University. Attracted to the growth possibility and a good future within the Temple athletic department, Dave O ' Brien moved across the country from Long Beach State University, California. As the director of all twenty sports, he is in charge of management and operation, marketing, promotion, sports information, financial operations, making sure athletes are doing well academically, and that they follow all NCAA, conference and university rules and regulations. O ' Brien plans to implement a philosophy called selective excellence. He explains that it means that you need to decide wha t you want to emphasize and support to achieve national distinction. To do this they will target sports for different levels of success , and then get resources for each sport that coincide with that level of success. He also stresses the ' 3-C ' S . These include classroom success, community involvement, and competitive excellence. He believes that this will lead to a well rounded athlete and will also help get the campus and community more involved. He would like to improve public relations and promote Temple sports to the public, to let the campus and community know how important intercollegiate sports arc. This is the reason for the new, aggressive owl. He hopes to market this new image to the public, so that people will get more involved by going to games. He emphasizes that the success of Temple sports depends in part on the support of the students, faculty, staff, and alumni. He would like them to become more involved in planning and decision making. He hopes that as Temple gains more support and the athletics improve, they will help to increase the enrollment at Temple. Dave O ' Brien sees the Temple Owls stepping into a bright future! He sees national prominence in more sports, and hopes to generate more operations and scholarship money from ticket sales and more outside, non-university funds. However, he needs our support of our Temple Owls as they do battle on the field, on the court, on the diamond, or in the gym to achieve the success he believes Temple is capable of. Chalon Rohrcr r»«

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■ ■ L. M a P R O G R A M B O A R D n C a m u The Main Campus Program Board is responsible for many of the events that take place on campus. Their meetings take place in the Student Activities Center (SAC) on Wednesdays in room 403, and their office is on the second floor of SAC in room 213 of the Village. On September 1 1 , 1996 the Program Board was in attendance with a lot of other organizations on campus at the Kick off Carnival. The Program Board sponsored a Homecoming Rave ' 96 on October 17, 1996 at Mitten Hall at the Owl Cove which is located at the corner of Broad and Berks Mall. This was a Disco classic that presented the Tribal America Recording artist Hidden Agenda USA featuring Kim Payton. It had DJ ' s that will surely had everyone geared up for Homecoming on Saturday. They are also responsible for working to make the annual Spring Fling a rousing success. On April 1 5 there will be a Streetfair which includes games, music, food and campus togetherness with friends. People enjoy the giveaways, a DJ at the Bell Tower, free samples of soda, and purchasable foods like funnel cake, water ice, and smoothies just to name a few. This fair takes place all day and ends with a step show sponsored by the Pan Hellenic Society later that night. A couple days after the fair the Program Board has a concert set up for Temple ' s students and outside guests to enjoy. The concert always includes famous talent and the ability to buy refreshments later at the snack bar. This event is at McGonigle Hall and heavy emphases is placed upon security so that everyone has a good and safe time. - Tori M. Harris

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Education in a Technological Age Since the beginning of the written word, communication has been forever changing, and as we approach the twenty-first century, the advances have been beyond comprehension. From writing letter s that could take weeks to reach their destinations to sending telegraph messages across the Atlantic to talking on the telephone, personal communication has gotten easier and more efficient. Mass media has also improved from newspapers to radio to television. Today : we can communicate via electronic mail (e-mail), and the mass media has expanded to the £ I ' mm 1 As Temple students we have free access to the Internet and an e-ma il accou nt. E-mail allows us to communicate as often as we choose with others around the world without the expense of long-distance calling. The Internet has also made it easy to talk to others around the world, as well as find any kind of information we need in one place. We can do research for a paper, catch up on the news and football scores, or listen to a speech from JFK. We can also catch up on the happenings of Temple University through the Temple News Online. Temple, in an effort to make registering for classes easier for the students, has increased its technology, so that students can now register by telephone. No more appointments or standing in line to get the choice classes, we can now just pick up the phone. Temple has pi si, ent -one studi irte lenis and C067 cla eg utft ' Sfirses change now has t e ty top lea rnii and ieurrenflv is community. In its second year, this program King offered for education ()6 and History The students are loaned lap top computers for the semester and use them lor sending electronic mail, writing and editing papers, and retrieving information from the library or the Internet. The students are also trained in using Word Perfect, electronic mail, and Windows. r0p Striving to keep up with mode rn technology. Temple University is looking to provide us with, not only textbook knowledge, but also practical, hands-on, technical knowledge that will help us in the work place. Chalon Rohrer