Life was suddenly exciting. Halloween on campus was the perfect opportunity to express my emerging sense of self. The yearly celebration occurred on the edge of the sprawling campus on State Street. Creatively costumed characters pushed traffic off the street to party all night long around bonfires...
” said Stephanie Ives, Temple’s dean of students and associate vice president of student affairs. “She turned to us with tears in her eyes and said ‘This is really hard for me.’ We could see this really wasn’t about needing the information — it was about needing the connection. ...
Speaking of its developments near its Philadelphia temple, the Church’s senior real estate manager claimed that “the church is sensitive to what can be developed next to its temple” and always wants to have something “very compatible to the sacred nature of it.” I wondered, was he perha...
In the years before our arrival, most of James’ curbside treasures had disappeared—taken or disposed of by various roommates as they moved up in the world and moved on, into their own places or in with girlfriends and wives. James had moved up, too; no longer a production assistant on...
Some days we’d talk and laugh about classes like roommates. Other days, I’d find her sobbing at the kitchen table. I’d talk her through getting flipped off in traffic or prioritizing the myriad projects due for her classes. Most of the time, she couldn’t be a mother. I didn’t...
Other things had probably been stolen by roommates when he lived at three-quarter-way houses after rehab, things we’d bought him before realizing just how much shit we were in, things that were cheap but desirable to someone who had little: the e-cigarette we bought him to keep him ...
My first real job out of high school was cleaning rooms at the Knight’s Inn near I-81 Exit 73. At the time, this was a new chain of motels, decorated in rich purples and dark “wood.” Guests were meant to feel as if they were staying in a castle. But, really, it was a dr...