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Life is a Bowl of Football

29 December 2009

Today, for the first time in 30 years, Temple is going to a bowl game (excuse me while I wipe a tear of joy from my cheek). It’s a pretty remarkable feat, considering that, just four years before, the university nearly shuttered its football program altogether. The committee decided to keep the program, despite the [...]

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Professor Ting Offers His Side of the Story

8 August 2008

Earlier today, I blogged the story of my former law professor’s expulsion from the GOP in Delaware. I followed up via email with Professor Ting, who graciously agreed to answer a series of questions about the fiasco – and his quick views on the candidates and tax reform – despite the fact that he’s currently [...]

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The Shill of the Game

14 October 2007

No, that’s not a typo. These days, it seems, it is all about the dollars. Even in college sports – or maybe especially in college sports. The headline on this week’s Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday Edition, blared “Raising Funds – and eyebrows” – the story about the push to raise money for colleges through athletics made [...]

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Abreu Gets an Award

2 October 2007

Alice Abreu, one of my favorite law school professors, is the well-deserved recipient of the 2007 Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching at Temple University. Abreu teaches taxation, corporate taxation, international tax, and tax policy (if you’re at Temple, take this class!), among other courses. Of course, we Temple alums aren’t the only ones lucky enough [...]

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