Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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 Check Out Some Rituals Temple Owls Do Before Came Day! ootball game day is an important part of students’ lives at Temple I niversity. Game day typically includes tailgates, j food, cherry and white clothing all over the Lincoln Financial Field, and of course. Temple football! Students love game days because they get to celebrate with their fellow classmates and watch their Temple Owls light for a win. Some students, alumni, and players themselves have certain “game day rituals’’ that they do before every game that they believe brings the team good luck. If you are a part of the recruiting team for Temple football, like sophomore spoils and recreation management major, Jimmy Delgatto, Richie's might be a part of your routine on game day. “My game day ritual is always starting olfgameday with a breakfast sandwich from Richie’s. I get it for free because I work for football. Delgatto said. Other students, such as sophomore accounting and finance major. Katie Riesberg. use social media in order to get in the game day spirit. “Before game day, 1 like to get ready for the tailgate and then send a good morning snapehat that says, ‘It’s game day!’ to all my streaks. This gets me in the game day spirit because it shows people that I bleed cherry and white,” Riesberg said. Even though she is only a freshman, Brittany Grant, a theater major at Temple, already has a game day ritual that she believes will always lead to a victory for the Owls. “Every Temple game day I put on my temple gear, head over to the stadium, and right before I go into the stadium, I kiss my ticket for good luck! It's worked for every home game that I’ve gone to so far and it’s going to keep working!” Grant said.

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time. W 100 Elfreths Al Philadelphia is also known to be the City ol Brotherly Love, and for many students, this nickname stays true all the way. In this city, we have gained friendships that will not end once we graduate and memories most of us will tell our grandchildren to do and probably some experiences we'll tell them to avoid. While we have not known each other for a long period of time, this city is where we have experienced every up and down of being a typical college student. Rachel Porter, a senior journalism major at Temple, proudly agrees that living in Philadelphia made her college career memorable and a place where she made friends for a lifc- “When I transferred to Temple my sophomore year, 1 was excited to be living in the city because of the million things I could do once I was there, Porter said “I can just hop on Broad Street line or get a short Uber to go somewhere new with my friends. Every trip we’ve made to Center City our first time we had an authentic Phillv cheese steak, our first tailgate- at the Line and of course our first Philadelphia sports game are all memories we will leave with once we’ve graduated. “If it wasn’t for this city, I would have not met my best friends or people who taught me valuable life lessons. Porter said. “Everything 1 experienced in this city shaped me into the person that I am today.” WRITTEN BY GAIL VIVAR PHOTOGRAPHED BY NATE HARVEY . . -TLC

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Members of the cherry crusade are passionate fans of the football team, and some take game day very seriously. Carli Showmaker. a junior who double majors in media studies and production and advertising, has her own set of game day rituals. Since my freshman year. I have liecii taking my CoPro to every Temple Athletics event! It all started at the Bowl Game when Temple Athletics olleied students with Wild Clieny Passes an ama iugdeal to travel to the bowl game downi in Florida! While down there. I met the Cherry ( 1 made. I made a video of our trip with my GoPro footage and it gained so much attention! M friend Jeremy and I even have sigr ture face paints that we do at every football game, and we: have Urn put in many dillcrcnl newspaper articles and haveiappeared on ESPN multiple limes Inrcausc of it! Showmaker said. F.ven alumni, such as Brett Kratchman, a 1983 F( )X School of Business graduate, still partake in game day ritii asked what these rituals include, kratchman said. “I look at my father's lettennan's jacket from 19.39. Flien put on my lucky jersey or sweater dc| ending on if they won die last time I had it on. Whether you have any rituals or not. game day at Female is always full of fun and high energy! There at e plenty ofoppoi (unities to attend a Temple football game at the Lincoln Financial Field, and it should be on every Temple students’ bucket list to e i cricncc ganie day at least once. If you have a strong passion for s|x rts, the cherry (rus le could be a great place for you to celebrate all the different sports teams here at Temple. A'hcthci you are a part of the team or a part of the crjSd, tills is the perfect lime to show your cherry and white pride! -cl's go ()uls! WRITTEN BY LISA CUNNINGHAM PHOTOGRAPHY BY TRAVIS SHEREL