On a cold November night, the Temple Owls headed into Lafayette looking to get back on track- that's exactly what they did.

Coming off a loss to Clemson just 5 days prior, nobody knew how the team would react. The Lafayette Leopards made an attempt to keep things optimistic, but it didn't work out for them. The final score of this one was 71-55 in the Owls' favor.

Coming off two consecutive victories, Lafayette looked strong and determined to take down Temple. The team needed big
showings from both Andrew Brown and Jeff Kari- unfortunately, they were only able to get one. Temple's defense held Andrew Brown to a mere 3 points (13 under his average). The two leading scorers combined for merely 19 points. However, forward Jared Mintz filled in the gap with 12 of his own. The two spots that hurt the Leopards the most were the turnovers and shooting scoring.

Temple, on the other hand, got the job done in merely every aspect of the game. Dionte Christmas (right) was able to bounce off a disappointing performance against Clemson with 29 points. He also received help in the scoring category from guards Ryan Brooks (10) and Semaj Inge (11). Temple's main weakness came from their shooting.

Freshman Scootie Randall also contributed to the Owls' victory with 7 points.

Here's a quick look at the comparison in both teams' struggles:

Overall Shooting Percentage

Temple- 41.4 %
Lafayette- 35.8 %

3-Point Shooting Percentage

Temple- 21.7 %
Lafayette- 31.8 %

Turnovers

Temple- 12
Lafayette-17

Overall, the category that both teams shared that might have been game changing. The overall percentages were so low, that it was as if someone put a lid on the rim.

Key players from both teams come down to Dionte Christmas and Jeff Kari (right). Both these players became the anchors of their respective teams for the evening. For Dionte, it was a matter of getting back into the groove of things after the double
teaming of Clemson that withheld him. Jeff Kari, though, came up big in making up for Andrew Brown's struggles.

Temple needed to get back into a rebounding game after that upsetting showing against Clemson. The Owls allowed one player (Trevor Booker) to obtain 16 boards of his own. In this game, though, Dionte Christmas and Lavoy Allen picked up the pieces that let to a 9 rebound advantage. With such poor shooting, the rebounding before 2nd chance shots was a necessity.

With this victory, Temple extends their record to 3-1 overall, and Lafayette goes to 2-1.

The Owls will be back in action on Saturday, November 29th against Buffalo. Lafayette will be on today against Rider.

Go Owls!

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Just four days after losing to a very talented Clemson team, the Temple Owls will stay in Pennsylvania for their game against the Lafayette Leopards (2-0). We'll take a gameday look at the matchups of both teams in a Keystone State battle.

Temple, as mentioned before, comes off a 4 point loss to Clemson. Owls' Ryan Brooks and Lavoy Allen had made up for a double teamed Dionte Christmas. With this being the first loss of the reason, Temple will look to pick up the pieces from their two productive victories.

A key factor that Temple will continuously have to fight for is rebounding. Clemson's Trevor Booker dominated with 16 boards of his own- one of many reasons that lead to this devastating loss. As freshman Michael Eric gradually earns his minutes, he will have to utilize his 6'11" size dominate the post- Lafayette would indeed be a place to get started.

Now we'll take a look at a quick Player to Player Breakdown of Statistics:

Leading Points:

Dionte Christmas (TEMP) 22.0 ppg
Andrew Brown (LAF) 23.5 ppg

Leading Rebounds

Lavoy Allen (TEMP) 10.0 rpg
Ryan Willen (LAF) 6.5 rpg

Leading Assists

Luis Guzman (TEMP) 5.7 apg
Jeff Kari (LAF) 4.0 rpg

That is a quick look at both teams' top players. Here's a quick look at Lafayette:

As you notice above, the Leopards also have some talent on their sidelines. Lafayette has 3 players (listed above) that are all averaging double digit scoring. The trio accounts for more than 50% of the team's scoring- this will be a key element to stopping this squad from giving the Owls a second loss.

Lafayette's last game was against Stony Brook, where they won the game 80-71. The Leopards were able to hit 54% from the field, adding up to their season 48% total.

"Hoot" to Watch For: Temple will have to readjust and get Dionte Christmas back into the swing of things. Against Clemson, Christmas was held way under his season average at
the time (26 points). Also, TU will most likely once again be without the services of Sergio Olmos (right) due to an ongoing injury. Lavoy Allen, as he did last Sunday, will need to come into Lafayette with the same productivity.

Stay tuned for the game at 8:30 tonight.

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Coming into this game, nobody knew what to expect. Fans from all over came to see what became a classic nail biter.

In my previous post, I mentioned Lavoy Allen and the necessity of Temple's rebounding. In this game, that was the exact case, and part of the reason that the Owls lost to Clemson 76-72. This was, indeed, the Charleston Classic Championship, and both teams had set their eyes on winning it all.

Take a look at this stat for a minute:

Team Rebounding:

Temple- 23
Clemson- 39

One of the keys to this game to many was this one scoring category: Rebounding. The only problem is, the Clemson Tigers are a sharp shooting team, hitting 47% of their shots yesterday afternoon. This was, indeed, an uphill battle for the Temple Owls, who at one point was losing by 15.

Guards Ryan Brooks and Ramone Moore were two key reasons why the Owls were able to stay in the game. With Dionte Christmas being isolated away from the ball and out of the action, Temple was forced to rely on more of a team offense. Christmas finished the game with 14 points- 12 points under his average.

On the Tigers' side of the ball, key points came from Trevor Booker (see attached) and sharpshooter Terrence Oglesby. Terrence "TO" Oglesby could not be stopped, shooting 4 of 8 from behind the arc, and 5 of 9 overall. Booker finished with 15 points, but his key statistic came in with Rebounding. Booker finished the game with 16 rebounds, which was 2/3 of what Temple scored.

As mentioned, this victory made Clemson the Charleston Classic Tournament, where their record improves to 3-0. Temple, the runner up, moves to 2-1, getting their first loss of the season.

The Owls will look to bounce back as they take on the Lafayette Leopards- preview to come soon.

The game is scheduled for November 21st at 8:30 pm (Media Coverage TBD).

The Tigers move on the Wofford Terriers.

Go Owls!

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Just like the title says, the Owls are cruising for a championship in mid November- a Charleston Classic one, that is.

The Owls will be up against a very talented Clemson Tigers team- one that was coincidentally knocked out of last year's field of 64 by Villanova. With close to 5 hours until gametime, we'll take a quick look into this Clemson team, and what the Owls are up against:

The Clemson Tigers went through one of their University's finest basketball years in 2007-8, finishing with an overall record of 24-10. The team made it into the NCAA Tournament last year as the ACC Runner up, giving them a #5 seed. Coach Oliver Purnell's squad was coming into the tournament after a loss to #1 North Carolina, looking to take down a talented Villanova squad.

Unfortunately, Clemson's 17 point lead early in the 2nd half was not enough to hold back the rage of the Wildcasts. Scottie Reynolds and his 21 points gave the push past the Tigers, ending their post season hopes.

Coach Purnell, now in his 6th season with the Tigers, will look to take his hot squad past the Owls. Behind him is a very talented roster. This year, however, the Tigers return with only 2 starters from last season: G/F K.C Rivers (pictured right) and F Trevor Booker. Here's a quick look into the two's statistics so far:

K.C Rivers:14 Points, 1 Assists, .4 Rebounds
Trevor Booker: 12 Points, 2 Assists, 12.5 Rebounds

Both of these players as mentioned are returning from last year, and have had an impact already on this team. It's very early in the season, and you can also see what players in their surrounding cast are coming up big as well:

Sophmore guard Terrence Oglesby has picked up some of the slack, currently leading the team in scoring. Another player to watch out for his Freshman guard Tanner Smith, who scored 11 points against Hofstra in his first action.

Terrence Oglesby:14.5 Points, .5 Assists, 1.5 Rebounds
Tanner Smith:5.5 Points, 1 Assist, 2.5 Rebounds

So far, the two opponents against Clemson haven't been too much. Their first was a 29 point rout over Hofstra, and the other was a 12 point victory last night over TCU. The Tigers arguably have their first challenge this season, coming against a Preseason #31st Temple Owls.

Temple, however, cannot say the same. After a win over ETSU, the Owls played the host team in that of Charleston, and hung onto a 5 point victory. Temple did look somewhat sluggish during Saturday afternoon's game, but will have to rest up and be ready for this talented Clemson team.

"Hoot" to Watch For: Temple's Lavoy Allen (pictured left) is going to have to play well in this afternoon's game. His impressive 13.5 rebounds will need to stay consistent when he battles down low with Trevor Booker. As a team, Temple out rebounds Clemson by 8.5 per game, which means a lot without 7'0" Sergio Olmos.

Clemson, however, shoots for a better percentage then the Owls: their 49% to Temple's 41%.

The game unfortunately will not be televised due to Eagles Post Game Live at 4:00, but can be watched online through the link below:

Clemson Basketball Live Stream

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As written in Owlified's Blog, The Owls' Nest:

With a win today against College of Charleston, the Temple Owls will move on into the Charleston Classic Championship. Tonight, at 8:00, the Owls' opponent will be decided between Clemson and TCU.

There's no saying that getting to this point was easy, however. In just 2 games, the Owls are making an impression on this year's season.

Temple- 79
ESTU- 65

Temple- 70
C. of Charleston- 65

The Owls came into Saturday's matchup with a dominating win over ESTU- they now faced a familiar team that had shocked the Owls just a year ago. Temple would be without the services of Mark Tyndale, who scored 20 points and graduated after this past season.

Charleston, coming into this game also (1-0) had a victory against Southern Illionois-Edwardsville. Leading scorer for the Cougars was Soph. Guard Andrew Goudelock.

Into this game, though, there was another very slow start for both teams. Charleston had shown, though, the reason that they had beaten the Owls last year. The Cougars maintained an intensity that kept them with Temple throughout the game. The second half was where things began to get heated. Dionte Christmas and his squad came out a little soft, trading baskets for the majority of the second half. Charleston maintained a close game, hitting the necessary shots to keep their victory hopes alive. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough, as the Owls' held onto the game to continue in the Charleston Classic. With 1.0 left, Lavoy Allen sealed the deal with two free throws that made the final score 70-65.

Below are some of the statistics from this evening's game:

Leading Scorers:
-Dionte Christmas, 26 (TEM)
-Marcus Hammond, 15 (CHA)

Leading Rebounders:
-Lavoy Allen, 11 (TEMP)
-Ramone Moore, 10 (TEMP)

Leading Assists:
-Luis Guzman, 5 (TEMP)
-Andrew Goudelock, 4 (TEMP)

The Owls' will play in the Championship game tomorrow afternoon at 4:00 pm vs. Clemson/TCU (See attached photo)

Go Owls!

Did you know:

-That Philadelphia's public high school drop out rate is 50%?
-That obesity is an epidemic in teenagers?
-That hundreds of teens are working to win these fights and succeed in life, right here in Philly, by training to run a marathon?

A local non-profit youth program called Students Run Philly Style is currently in the running to win a huge award through the annual American Express Members Project contest (www.membersproject.com), and we need help pulling together some more local support.

Students Run is a mentoring program that takes students from neighborhoods all over the city and prepares them to complete the Philadelphia Marathon. It's not a traditional athletics program -- the kids who participate don't think of themselves as athletes before they begin, and they come from neighborhoods where violence is a problem and access to healthy food is really limited.

Students Run is currently #47 out of 1190 projects located throughout the world, so we actually have a shot at moving on to the next round. Click here to learn more and watch a video about Students Run:

http://www.membersproject.com/project/view/REMW3T

We're trying to get more people in Philly to log-on and support us in this contest. We need lots of people to nominate the project to advance to the next round of judging. If you could help us spread the word, that would be fantastic. The deadline for nominations is September 1. People can vote here: http://www.membersproject.com/project/view/REMW3T

If you have any questions, please let me know. You can also learn more about Students Run on our website: http://www.nncc.us/studentsrun.html

Philadelphia, PA – Critically-acclaimed singer/songwriter Matt Duke will have his song “Spilt Milk”, from his sophomore album, Kingdom Underground (Rykodisc/MAD Dragon Records), featured on Lifetime’s award-winning series “Army Wives’” this Sunday August 17th at 10:00PM/EST. Kingdom Underground is set to be released in late September 2008.

Kingdom Underground is an impressive collection of ten pop songs that exude a playful quality while the youthful songwriter tackles serious issues. While the subject matter on some of these songs carries a lot of weight, Kingdom Underground is an undeniable pop record by a young (he’s 23), self-taught, modern day troubadour from South Jersey who has successfully mixed his philosophical observations and experiences with his intuitive pop/folk sensibilities. Duke, an avid reader and what some may call an old-soul, crafted an album that touches upon themes of spiritual unrest (“The Father, the Son, and the Harlot’s Ghost”, “A Happy Hooligan”), addiction (“I’ve Got Atrophy on the Brain”), and failed relationships (“Walk It Off”). Other tracks like “Rabbit”, recently featured on PerezHIlton.com, and “Opossum” showcase Duke’s amazing songwriting ability, as he uses animal imagery to address his own fears.

Each song brings its own unique sound that keeps the listener tuned in. Duke comments, “I think the vibe on the song ‘Sex and Reruns’ really sums up the experience of making this record as a whole for me. It was the last song I wrote on the record and as deep as I got into some of those heavier ideas, I couldn’t help but throw a wrench in the spokes by giving each song some sort of giddy musical twist.”

These twists are evident not only in the song writing, but in the production as well. The album was produced by Marshall Altman (Matt Nathanson, Kate Voegele, Marc Broussard) and recorded at Altman’s Galt Line Studios in Los Angeles.

In 2006 Duke released his debut album Winter Child on Drexel University’s student-run record label MAD Dragon Records. The album received warm support from XPN Radio with Duke performing frequently at World Café Live and at several XPN sponsored events throughout the area. Duke was brought to the attention of Rykodisc through an growing relationship between Drexel University and Ryko Distribution, which distributes MAD Dragon Records. Under a new agreement made between Ryko and Drexel University, Rykodisc now has an exclusive, first-look opportunity to sign artists from the MAD Dragon roster. Matt Duke marks the first signing under this agreement.

In the interests of developing and promoting new talent, Rykodisc has launched a new initiative called Ryko Greenhouse. Matt Duke is the first artist to participate in this program. Ryko Greenhouse gives music fans a sneak preview of our up-and-coming releases by offering two songs available for purchase at iTunes and other digital music providers at a specially reduced price. Two of Matt Duke’s songs, “Rabbit” and “30 Some Days” are available for digital purchase now.

Visit Matt’s official website and MySpace page for additional information, tour dates, videos and special messages from Matt at www.mattdukemusic.com or www.myspace.com/mattduke. Please let me know if you’d like a copy for review.

Media Contacts:

Dana Gaiser, The Lippin Group, 212.986.7080 / dana@lippingroup.com

Sage Robinson, The Lippin Group, 212.986.7080 / sage@lippingroup.com

By Ari S. Merretazon, M.S.CED

Since being hired in May 2006 as the ninth president of Temple University, Ann Weaver Hart, the first female president in the University’s 123 year history has initiated the devolution of its flagship community education program, the Pan-African Studies Community Education Program (PASCEP), a world class model of community education over the last 33 years, under a national eminent domain education movement, some call Community-based Learning.

Community-based Learning is a community engagement model presented as a national education movement in which universities expand their campuses into low and moderate income communities. This movement is presented as a collaborative approach to upgrading community infrastructure, businesses, housing conditions and community collaboration.

Within this model Temple is able to leverage massive amounts of development dollars based on research and socio-economic and housing data collected by professionals, most of whom are white and don’t live in North Philadelphia. This is how Temple has entered the Community-based Learning movement, much like other urban-based universities.

Granted, the concept of this movement is marketable in terms of expanding entrepreneurship, new capital improvements, and strengthening ties to its surrounding neighborhoods. Its process of implementation, however, is likened to an apartheid state or plantation administration.

Here is how it operates within well used principles of apartheid and plantation rule. A new president/administration comes in with a deceptive public relationship strategy of community engagement, collaboration, and promises of community inclusion. The vision of development is done with a standard community impact assessment; department heads are treated as 3/5ths of a human with no rights the administration is bound to respect; successful community education programs are dismantled or downsized beyond recognition under memoranda and news releases from the office of the president indicating a grand university/community vision such as “Broad Street and Beyond.”

The clearest case of this approach is the relocation/downsizing of the Temple University Pan-African Studies Community Education Program (PASCEP). This started only months after Temple’s first women president took office. She, without involving any of the current PASCEP staff in any collaborative discussion and decision-making, decided to relocate PASCEP off the main campus into a much smaller and unaccommodating facility with the distracting name of Community “Entertainment” Center. This suggests that Temple has no intention to continue PASCEP as a quality community education program.

With this apartheid and plantation handling of the director and program, the faculty, alumni association, and supporters are seeking to meet with Pres. Weaver Hart to discuss the negative impact of the relocation and downsizing with goal of keeping PASCEP on campus in Anderson Hall.

Pres. Weaver Hart has yet to give basic recognition, respect to the highly successful program or to its director. She has not responded directly to his letters and information packet about PASCEP which provided her with milestones achieved by PASCEP at its current capacity. To date supporters have received the same boiler-plate form letter response to each of their distinctly different letters of support for the program.

If the relocation proceeds in this apartheid/plantation process, the following successful programs will be terminated: The East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention. This is Philadelphia’s premiere comic book and literacy initiative; The PASCEP Black Male Development Symposium Rites of Passage Program; The PASCEP Prison Outreach; The PASCEP Community Consortiums; and the PASCEP Vendors Association. All of these vital community engagement programs with great exponential positive impact will leave Temple because of the apartheid and plantation incursion of Pres. Weaver Hart.
A vetting of Pres. Weaver Hart reveals, among other things, that she previously served as president of the University of New Hampshire and provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Claremont Graduate University, neither similar to the Pan-African community in which Temple sets. Her prior education at every higher education level has been from the University of Utah, not nearly the multicultural environment of Temple.
Well, which way forward from here? Do the North Philadelphia community leaders know that PASCEP will never be the same if relocated? Will Pres. Weaver Hart open talks with the PASCEP director and the PASCEP faculty? When will the appropriate City Council and State Representatives intervene in this local disruption of a successful education program with a grand legacy of community-based learning and engagement for more than 33 years?
PASCEP is at a critical junction. The date set for this unjustified relocation has been set, un-officially, for fall 2008. Why must one successful community-based learning program be displaced by any new ones without a collaborative community process?
To collaborate in theory and practice is when at least two entities with similar interests come together to do something neither could do alone. As a faculty member of PASCEP, I know firsthand that Pres. Weaver Hart has not met with the director of PASCEP as a collaborative partner. If PASCEP’s director had been included in the decision-making process, perhaps there would have been a relatively seamless transition and supporters of PASCEP would not have to write such commentary and continue to oppose such apartheid/plantation approach to community-based learning.
ASM - April 29, 2008

DON’T MOVE PASCEP

Temple University has initiated the dismantling of the prestigious community education program, the Pan-African Studies Community Education Program (PASCEP), a world class model of multi cultural community education for the past 33 years.

Temple’s administration without involving the director or staff of PASCEP in any collaborative discussion, decided to relocate PASCEP off the main campus. With this move, several of PASCEP’s community outreach initiatives will be terminated and many of its classes will be eliminated.

Some of the PASCEP initiatives slated for EXTINCTION:

• The East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC),
which is Philadelphia’s premiere comic book and literacy initiative.

• The PASCEP/BMDS Rites-of-Passage Programs.

• The PASCEP Prison Outreach will be reduced by 75%.

• The PASCEP Community Consortiums.

• The PASCEP Vendors Association.

With an average population of over 1100 students per semester, 85 classes running four nights per week, all run by volunteers, PASCEP qualifies as the 5th largest “school” under the Temple University banner. Yet they fail to respect the citizens of Philadelphia, who are its students and faculty, essentially …

PASCEP is under SEIGE!!

If you want to learn more or interested in volunteering to stop this madness,

Please e-mail us at: friendsofpascep@yahoo.com
or learn more at our blog at http://360.yahoo.com/friendsofpascep

APARTHEID MISTRUST BETRAYAL

Above is a shot of several of the volunteers hard at work at a POP planting at 8/Poplar on the 19th. It was a gorgeous day and a ton of volunteers showed up from POP, Teens 4 Good and Greater Philadelphia Federation of Settlements. Young and old alike picked up wheel barrows, shovels, rakes and loads of dirt to plant a multitude of trees, berries and vines. I had my cousin in town for a last minute visit so I couldn't stick around for too long, but I was there for an hour documenting part of the process of planting a small orchard.

Learn more about the project here. You can donate, via PayPal or check, via the website as well. It's a very cool project and I was there for the initial meeting. My job at PhillyCarShare didn't allow me to do much last year, but now that I'm free of that place, I can take photos and get my hands into the dirt with the rest of the gang.

A flickr set up starting here of the afternoon's planting.

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Judge delays setting trial in Clinton fraud case
But accuser begins seeking sworn testimony from high-profile witnesses
Posted: February 22, 2008 1:00 am Eastern
© 2008 WorldNetDaily
A judge in Los Angeles yesterday allowed Hollywood mogul Peter F. Paul to begin taking sworn testimony in his $17 million fraud suit against former President Bill Clinton, but a technicality delayed establishment of a trial date.
California Superior Court Judge Aurelio N. Munoz ruled Paul's legal team can begin seeking depositions from a host of big names – including Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton – that allegedly were witnesses to an effort by the Clintons and top Democratic leaders to extract millions of dollars from Paul in illegal donations and then cover it up.
Munoz is expected to set the trial date at an April 25 hearing. He said yesterday in court he could not set the date, because defendant Jim Levin, an aide to President Clinton, must be served notice again. Levin did not respond to the original complaint, and Paul's legal counsel at the time – the Washington watchdog Judicial Watch – did not file a notice of default to verify that fact before filing an amended complaint.
The complaint says Bill Clinton promised to promote Paul's Internet entertainment company, Stan Lee Media, in exchange for stock, cash options and massive contributions to his wife's 2000 Senate campaign. Paul contends he was directed by the Clintons and Democratic Party leaders to produce, pay for and then join them in lying about footing the bill for an August 2000 Hollywood gala and fundraiser.

(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1974419/posts

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I tagged along with Peggy Banaszek on Monday on a trip to Benjamin Franklin High School to deliver about 250 books for her 10,000 Pages Book Drive (more books are ready for another drop off at another school soon). I briefly wrote about the initial getting the word out event at Rittenhouse Square last month. I met Peggy, Florence and a bunch of students to unload the boxes of books up at Broad & Spring Garden Sts.

Peggy took a PhillyCarShare Honda Fit and it was packed to the brim with books. I could only stick my head in for a photo of the unloading after half of the books were already taken out.