Illustration Credit: Eva DiNino It is often said that everyone is on the same boat regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, but this is not a valid statement. Everyone is riding the same storm, but some people have better-suited boats than others; some barely have maintained their rafts. On both domestic and international levels, this virus has […]
Photo by Charly Triballeau/AFP With karate, skateboarding, baseball and surfing, and medals made of recycled materials the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, the most sponsored sports event in world history with a price tag of a cool $26 billion was already going to set memorable records. Now, it has a more dubious distinction. In […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Image Source: Cole Burston/Bloomberg/Getty Images Canada’s 2015 federal election resulted in a Liberal majority government led by progressive Justin Trudeau. Throughout his political career leading up to September of 2019, Trudeau in the position of prime minister has taken many steps towards branding his progressive government as one built on inclusivity and social justice. Trudeau […]
Photo Credit: All photos property of the Office of International Affairs On Wednesday April 2, the Office of International Office hosted another of lecture series, called “U.S. World Policy – America First vs. Global Diplomacy,” in the Science and Research Center of Temple University. The speakers Trudy Rubin, Foreign Affairs Columnist, Editorial Board Member and […]
When I was in Tokyo my freshman year, March arrived with hanami. My friends and I packed some chilled drinks and mochi, got on our bikes, and rode through the streets. We rounded a corner on Yasukuni Doori and I was hit with a ripple of pink flowers in the air that I had never […]
Photo: Chronicle/Darryl Bush “People without a sense of humor are not very smart,” author Marjane Satrapi said during a candid, heart-to-heart conversation at the Annenberg Center of Communication, the University of Pennsylvania on Thursday. An audience of over 300 students, academics and fans broke into applause. Satrapi is a widely loved French Iranian author who […]
A consortium of 90 anti-war, peace and environmental groups are seeking to divest Temple University and other colleges as well as municipalities citywide and nationwide from weapons manufacturers and military contractors, with their next Philadelphia meeting to be held on Sunday, April 7th. “Our long term goal is creating a global security system, an alternative […]
Photos: Ellen Murphy Ten panelists took their seats in a semicircle with the backdrop of fiery red wings. A hum of discussion and the sound of photographers snapping from the outskirts filled the room. The diverse panelists were ready to relay their thoughts to those gathered in the Student Success Center, and to those viewing […]
Illustration: Sana Kewalramani A swarm of people was huddled in Montgomery Auditorium at Parkway Central Library on Wednesday, Feb. 6, their eyes keenly following every nuance of DaMaris B. Hill’s calculated hand gestures as she read out excerpts from her recently published poetry collection. Accompanying her at this special author event was community activist and […]
This weekend I talked to one of Freely’s co-founders, Alex Voisine, about what it was like to apply for and receive a prestigious Fulbright grant. Alex, who graduated from Temple in Global Studies and Spanish last year, is currently living in Mexico City, Mexico, and working on a Master’s degree in International Relations at the […]
Some of you might have caught a whiff of the matcha cookies, miso glazed yakitori, pristine platters of sushi, and pork gyoza on the ground floor of the Paley Library on December 12th, 2018. This delicious washoku spread was laid for admirers, reporters, esteemed staff and faculty celebrating a very special moment in global education. […]
Although it is long overdue, the American public can no longer ignore the wave of socialism sweeping across the country. With its vision for an equal society and fair distribution of wealth, socialism appeals to millennials whose crushing student debts and stagnant wages have incentivized their participation in democratic processes en mass in recent years. […]
On November 15, the Office of International Affairs continued their lecture series with a presentation on U.S.-China trade policy. Temple University welcomed two honorable guest speakers, Dr. Guihuo Wang and Dr. Derek Scissors. Dr. Wang is a president in Academy of International Strategy as well as a law professor at Zhejiang University. He is also […]
Philadelphia, with one of the largest Asian American populations in the continental United States, was an ideal location for the eleventh annual Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, PAAFF. Featuring a variety of musical performances, workshops, films, conferences and galleries around Center City Philadelphia, the aim of the annual festival was to spark questions rather than […]
Despite its official wrap-up on November 2nd, it might not be the finale for either Harvard’s controversial lawsuit or the decision on affirmative action. It all began in 2014 when the coalition, Students For Fair Admissions, filed a complaint against Harvard’s racial quota in its undergraduate admissions process. With evidence from a Harvard internal study, […]
France By Alice Hakvaag Protests have broken out across France, with 280,000 people criticizing President Emmanuel Macron and rising fuel prices. Macron’s government raised the prices of fuel in an effort to encourage cleaner cars, on top of global fuel prices rising as well. Protests turned deadly on Saturday in the Savoy region, where a […]
Today, unlike other time periods in history, we have more of an opportunity to expose ourselves to cultures foreign to us. We no longer interact solely with people who practice a similar lifestyle or who hold the same beliefs. Thanks to globalization, we are more aware of how people on the other side of the […]
