Photo credit: Chuncheon-si People As a Korean, I have always wondered how such diverse traditions can be created in this small country, the size of America’s one state with 51 million people. After transferring to Temple last year, I realized Korean culture that I took for granted was unique—so unique that people here hardly experience. […]
Cover Photo: Jae-In’s bedroom. Before, occasionally used as a study space, now…a classroom every day. My college life can now be described as an empty campus while moving from one zoom class to another in my bed. I remember the moment I had to watch parents picking up their kids in front of Morgan Hall […]
Image Source: Jung Hawon/AFP This March, Freely Magazine would like to honor women around the world in a special article highlighting important female figures and their lasting legacies worldwide. Everywhere, women are fighting a battle to have a voice, to be treated with respect, and most of all to have rights. Women around the world […]
Source: Xavier Galiana/AFP via Getty Images It started with a tweet. “A three day ultimatum to the police,” wrote Kapil Mishra, an Indian politician allied with Prime Minister Narendra Modi – to clear the roads and after that please do not try to convince us, we would not even listen to you.” The result? Beatings, […]
Illustration credit: Tia Marchiselli Iraq Enraged By Continuous U.S. Military Attacks In Its Territory by Hal Conte Iraq’s army is irate after the U.S. targeted and killed what Trump administration officials claimed were members of Kataib Hezbollah, an organization which the U.S. says is supported by Iran. Iraqi leaders say that in reality, the attack […]
Image: EMMA LEE / WHYY Temple’s international student population faces unexpected challenges as classes are moved online and campus services cut back due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. The virus, which has hit nearly 150,000 globally and killed over 5,000 as of March 14, first affected Temple students in late February when classes for Temple […]
Illustration credit: Tia Marchiselli / @kiko labayen Whenever I go back to Korea during a school break, my friends ask me questions about Temple as if they were interviewing me for a job: Do they really party every day? Is the campus prettier than Korean colleges? At first, I wouldn’t say I liked answering their […]
Illustration: Peter Naktin The news was shocking to architects all around the United States: President Donald Trump plans to make all federal buildings “neoclassical” again. Trump’s administration has drafted an executive order to ensure “the classical architectural style shall be the preferred and default style” for government buildings nationwide, according to the Architectural Record. This […]
Illustration Credit: Tia Marchiselli Half Of Global Beaches Could Be Gone By 2100 by Hal Conte Even if greenhouse gas emissions are mitigated, more than a third of global beaches could end up as casualties of human-created climate change by the end of the 21st century, according to a new article in the prestigious scientific […]
Photo by Quinten de Graaf on Unsplash Glitter, costumes, beer and loud music – magic takes over Brazil during Carnival. Our most famous holiday is certainly popular for a reason. Before moving to the United States, I made a mental list of all the things I would miss about Brazil, and Carnival was high on the list. Carnival […]
Illustration Credit: Sana Kewalramani When I introduce myself to others as Mexican, a common response is to question whether my national background is true. “You are Mexican? You don’t look like one,” people tend to say. I am always put off by these comments, and I wonder, how is a Mexican supposed to look like […]
Photo via Michael Reynolds/ Shutterstock Trump’s Middle East Plan: Trump unveiled a new plan in response to tensions in the Middle East between Palestine and Israel. The plan has largely been rejected by the Palestinian side who did not attend the unveiling ceremony. The plan is the brainchild of Jared Kushner and long a selling […]
Photo: CDC on Unsplash If you’ve been reading the news the past few weeks, you’re probably aware of how the recent outbreak of a strain of the coronavirus has led to an increase in racism and suspicion against Chinese people. Even some U.S. government officials have appeared to react with glee to the coronavirus, with […]
Illustration Credit: Eva DiNino “ I love him! ” That’s what I exclaimed to my friends as I finished expressing my feelings for my roommate during the summer. Yet immediately I turned around to look at other people’s reaction in the room. What would they say about me? I became ashamed because the comment could […]
Black History Month, celebrated in February, commemorates the 15th Amendment that granted African Americans the right to vote and acknowledges the role played by them throughout history. In Philadelphia, Black History Month is especially significant because of the abundance of Black-owned businesses, museums documenting African American history and historical sites that one can visit to […]
Photo: Hassan Ammar/AP I often find myself plagued with the same moral dilemma. I want to visit Saudi Arabia–visit my family, make a pilgrimage to Mecca, familiarize myself with the breathtaking scenery. But while I enjoy the mental picture patrolling sandy scenery supported by glamorous Jeddah palm trees, I can’t seem to find it in […]
It seems like only yesterday that I was hanging the pictures of my friends on the wall to decorate my room. A year later, now I’m sitting in a cozy bed writing about my third and last semester’s goal at Temple University. I still can’t believe I’ll be graduating in four months. Although I’m not […]
Court Battle Over Booted Bannon Boot Camp Simmers In Italy by Hal Conte Former Trump advisor and alt-right godfather Steve Bannon’s attempts to establish a “gladiator school” for the alt-right in an Italian monastery has become intertwined in government and church debates after a move by the Ministry of Culture to evict Bannon’s group from […]
Illustration: Margot Whipps In Philadelphia, if you live in Allegheny or around the Health Science campus like I used to, we can safely call this a semi food desert, if not a full food desert. I couldn’t find fresh fruit in the area for about one year until the Rite Aid across from the Dental […]
Deadlock In Ireland Election As Nationalist Left Sinn Fein Rises by Hal Conte A surge by the pro-reunification Sinn Fien led to a three-way tie between the nationalist party, current Prime Minister Leo Varadkar’s Fine Gael, and the center-right Fianna Fail, leading to a situation where none of the three parties – all of which […]
