Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Steel beams pierce the sky, an old traditional church becomes the site of advanced high-tech learning, the term undecided transits from the muddled indecision to clear definite decisi on, and North ' Philadelphia!! children are cared for. What could be the cause of such great change I say Temple Town . In the past two years the old Temple of high-tech reformation and learning. As one heads down 13th and Montgomery the visic Or should rs and sped into a world teases the imagination. Tuttleman, a $31 million project, embodies smart classrooms, 1,900 student stations, three lecture halls, six com- puter teaching labs, a 100 station Scholars Information Center, a reading room, and a huge student lounge and cafe :itt temple looking onto a grand atrium. The learning center is named after Edna Shanis Tuttleman, a Temple alumna, and wife of Stanley C. Tuttleman who contributed the largest individual gift Temple has ever received for a project of this magnitude. Heading up the steps of Curtis Hall into room 113, students now enter the new Academic Resource Center. This facility, headed up by Jodi Levine, Education, offers various programs that available to students rector of First Year Programs, and Miguel Gonzales, director of Continuing id students in discovering the major that best suites them. Services that are c Information Library to research majors and careers, informational work- shops on various majors, and mentoring programs establishing a solid link between students and persons within the university, the local community, and the workplace. Exiting Curtis Hall and heading North up Park Mall, one is confronted by a curious newly renovated Gothic style church. a church choir that gathers within the building but Temple students piously heading to new high-tech computerized smart classrooms with remote sites for teleconferencing and on-line access. The building is Shusterman Hall, the law school conference center, named after Murray Shusterman, a dis- tinguished Philadelphia attorney philanthropist and Temple alumnus. Shusterman dedicated $1 million dollars in adjunct with the six decades he has devoted to Temple University as a student, faculty member, alumnus, trustee, lawyer, and benefactor. In addition, Shusterman Hall consists of a large multipurpose room, four seminar break-out rooms, and a caterers ' pantry. Finally, hopping on a campus shuttle and heading straight up North Broad Street brings us to the new Temple University Children ' s Hospital on the Health and Allied Science campus. Temple University no longer staffs the pediatric department at St. Christopher ' s hospital but has created its own children ' s hospital to undertake the problems of North Philadelphia ' s children. It treats cases like low immunizations rates, ineffective prenatal care, high incidents of lead poisoning, low birth weight, and high rates of infant mortality. The 60-bed facility will do more than administer to the physical needs of the community but educate, through outreach programs in city schools about trauma prevention, prenatal care, and lead poisoning. -Ivy Edlow

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of temple There ' s a buzz in the air. Everyone on every street corner is talking about it. It has been the talk of the town. Billboards on trains and buses have alerted us to its arrival. It represents the advent of a new era in Temple history. Every owl knows its name: The Apollo of Temple. One might ask, What is the Apollo of Temple? To be sure, it is a monolith. It is larg- er than one might think. The four building project consists of a convocation center, a student recreation center, a community center, a new 1200 space garage and the remodeling of Vivaqua Hall (formerly Seltzer Hall). The Forum is the arena portion of the Apollo. Although Temple will primarily utilize the Apollo, others will make use of its resources. We ' re trying to make it more of a regional attraction. ..we ' re trying to provide enter- tainment which may not be available to everyone right now, says Beth A. Lindquist, the Executive Director of the Apollo. In October, the Apollo hosted the Beaux Arts Ball. Every year the Foundation for Architecture chooses a site that is either under construction or restoration. Although the Forum holds a crowd of 10,000 (plus), it retains an intimate atmosphere. [ here isn ' t a bad seat in a house. And if that isn ' t enough, the Apollo is armed with the latest stadium technology. In early December 1997, (he Forum opened Us doors to the first home basketball game. Opening night was spectacular, complete with fireworks and a sell out — a mere 10,206 tans in attend. in; e Besides Temple athletics, the Forum serves as hosl to I he Rage. Philadelphia ' s profes- sional women ' s basketball team. In the future, there are plans in the works to present profes- sional boxing. The Forum does not only serve as a Sports arena but as a venue tor concerts, comedians. and even the i in us I rom . s pel choirs to jazz ensembles, there are events on the bill to satisi everyone ' s palate. In the past artists wrestled with the dilemma t finding a center which would aCCOm-