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UndercoverPhilly t1_jdibidi wrote

Reply to comment by dskatz2 in Temple limits public access to food court following violent incidents by Sunset_Bleu

In general I agree with you.

State universities (depending on the state) usually have community access to the libraries although you still need to prove you are a resident with ID. Temple is a "public" university but not part of the state system or is it? Penn State will let community visitors use the library but they have to register first for access.

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jeffseidl92 t1_jdiaw87 wrote

Reply to Big fan of the new Melrose Diner Memorial municipal parking lot by misteryham

So pissed about this still. Was so nice to walk there and get breakfast any time I wanted.

Regarding parking- Acme on East Passyunk isn’t even abandoned, yet that is like the most abused parking lot I can think of. You go there and it’s like a full lot, then there’s 10 people inside shopping 😂😂😂

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FolesNick9 t1_jdiauel wrote

Reply to comment by justanawkwardguy in Temple limits public access to food court following violent incidents by Sunset_Bleu

back in the day on TU's campus citibank used to give out free shirts that said "college" on the front paying homage to the movie animal house.

I was walking back to my home on the fringe of campus, and a local resident screamed at me from her stoop "YOU THINK YOU'RE BETTER THAN ME BECUASE YOU GO TO COLLEGE, WEARING THAT SHIRT THINKING YOU THE SHIT?"

The reality is she hated everything that school brought to the neighborhood, while I just didn't want to do laundry so I got the shirt

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UndercoverPhilly t1_jdiagu5 wrote

Reply to comment by rileybgone in Temple limits public access to food court following violent incidents by Sunset_Bleu

Is there reduced tuition for people in the community at Temple or is that only for CCP?

The current leadership there (and I get this just from reading the news) seems to be misguided. They finally reconciled with their graduate student union and the president was supposed to move into a house near Temple but they haven't moved in there yet. Why pretend to care?

FWIW I don't think a food court in a residence hall should be open to the public, especially not in a dangerous neighborhood. That makes no sense. Let the people who are not staff/students of Temple who want to eat in there show ID (and have it be scanned or collected) or pay some kind of subscription to eat in there. If they know that their name and face is documented then most won't go in there or they won't act up. You can't get into any other building on Temple's campus without presenting an ID and signing in.

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