College

Friday, March 22, 2013

NCAA Tournament: Day 1 Highlights

Yesterday marked the start of everyone slacking off at work and school. It is the time of the year when everyone becomes a college basketball fan. The time of the year when that cinderella team makes a run deep into the tournament and ruins millions of brackets.

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The biggest story of the "second round" was Harvard upsetting New Mexico to get their first tournament win in school history. Third-seeded New Mexico was heavily favored and picked by many to make a run in this years tournament, but failed to get out of the round of 64 for the second straight year. Harvard led and controlled much of the game, making New Mexico force tough shots. Wesley Saunders led Harvard with 18 points and four rebounds in 39 minutes. Harvard will try to be this years cinderella team and will face sixth-seeded Arizona on Saturday.

Another big surprise was the success of the Pac-12 Conference. Arizona, Oregon, and California all won their games yesterday to advance to the next round. Oregon, powered by Damyean Dotson and Arsalan Kazemi, defeated Oklahoma State convincingly 68-55. Arizona proved the critics wrong and shut down popular upset pick Belmont. California upset UNLV 64-61in a game that ended with multiple missed free throws by both teams.

VCU and Syracuse looked like championship caliber teams in their opening games. VCU beat 12th-seeded Akron by 46. The Rams forced 21 turnovers and only allowed Akron to make one shot from beyond the arc. Syracuse dominated Montana 81-34 to continue their momentum that they gained from a successful Big East Tournament. They will face California in the next round on Saturday.

One thing that many people forget while watching the tournament is that these players are only college kids. Some of them are playing in the last game of their career. Pittsburgh guard Tray Woodall reminded us of that yesterday in his emotional post game press conference. See video below.

Monday, March 18, 2013

Temple University: St. Patty's Weekend Review

If you go to Temple University, you know that St. Patrick’s Day is always going to be a good time no matter what day the holiday falls on. This year, St. Patty’s Day happened to fall on the last Sunday of Temple’s spring break, meaning that the students would have to go to class the next day. That didn’t seem to matter, as people woke up, dressed like idiots, and prepared themselves for a long day of drinking.

The weekend started with some disappointing news, as Temple’s men’s basketball team lost to Massachusetts Friday night 79-74 in the A-1O Tournament.  However, Temple received some good news on Selection Sunday when they found out that they made the NCAA Tournament as a number nine seed. The team is set to play eight-seeded NC State on Friday at 1:40 PM.

On Saturday, it seemed like student’s were slowly returning to campus, but many students were still at home for break. Some people started the celebration a day early, walking or stumbling around campus dressed in all green. The weather was not exactly ideal, as it was snowing and sleeting for much of the day. 

Sunday was absolutely crazy. TUrnt-UP was at a party on Edgley Street that ended up getting three kegs. The music was blasting outside and the back yard was crowded with people playing beer pong. Many schools just began spring break, so a lot of people came up to join in on the celebration and they were definitely glad that they did.

One of the most memorable moments of the weekend was when a kid pooped in his pants while attempting a keg stand. Yes, you read that correctly…someone pooped in his pants while doing a keg stand.

The house got absolutely trashed. The floor was covered in a coating of beer and mud. There was trash everywhere and the couch in the living room got destroyed. The basement had glass bottles shattered all over the floor because people were shooting hockey pucks at them. At one point the sink broke and was spraying water all over the kitchen. People were up drinking till six in the morning, despite having class the next day.

Overall, St. Patty’s day at Temple was a success and an awesome way to end spring break. If you missed out on the festivities, be sure to come up next year, you won’t regret it. 

Labels: St. Patrick's Day, St. Patty's, Temple University

Thursday, March 14, 2013

The Evolution of Thursday

Thursday. It was once known as the day before Friday. The day before the start of the weekend. The only good thing about Thursday was the fact that Thanksgiving always comes on the fourth Thursday of November and you are guaranteed to inhale a delicious meal.

Today, Thursday has a new meaning. "Thirsty Thursday". For college students, Thursday now marks the start of the weekend. Thursday means that you are going to get nothing done on Friday because you drank your face off the night before. It makes the school week go faster and the weekend come sooner. If your not going out Thursday night for whatever reason, people look at you funny.

Not only does Thursday now mean the weekend is starting, it means that you are in for the best day for social media of the week. "Throwback Thursday". Twitter and Instagram are taken over by people posting old or "throwback" pictures of themselves or other things. It gives people the opportunity to reminisce on old memories or forgotten childhood hobbies.

Below, TUrnt-UP takes a look at some of our favorite "throwbacks" of the 90's.


TV Show: Rugrats
If you grew up in the 90's and considered yourself to be a Nickelodeon kid, then you most likely watched Rugrats.

Song: TLC - "No Scrubs"
"No Scrubs" was the ideal R&B song of the 90's. Girls were able to jam out in their room to this song after a breakup with a guy. Guys listened to this song because it was just flat out catchy.

Movie: The Shawshank Redemption

Arguably the best movie ever made. Enough said. If you haven't seen it, do it now. 

Athlete: Deion Sanders

"Primetime" was one of the most feared defensive backs in the NFL in the 90's. Whether he was running one back for a touchdown, or dressing like a complete fool, Deion definitely knew how to get the media's attention. 

Temple University: things you should know

Temple University is one of the best schools in Pennsylvania, but before you apply or come up to visit a friend, here are a few things that you should know about the campus. 

                                                                               

Sirens. They will be your alarm clock in the morning, and your lullaby to fall asleep at night.

If you drive a car and live off-campus, do not leave anything remotely valuable showing because you will probably come back to your car hung-over after a long night of drinking to find that your window has been smashed.

Do not let the Temple security guards fool you. These guys do absolutely nothing except ride bikes around looking like they are training for the Tour de France. If you’re a girl walking to a party on the weekend, there is a good chance they will hit on you instead of looking out for your safety. If you drunkenly stumble by them, they will either laugh at you or help you get to your destination.

Campus Wi-Fi could potentially be the reason that you throw your computer out the window. It sucks. You might spend half of your class trying to connect, and when you finally do, your professor will probably tell you to put your computer away.

Avoid walking down Montgomery at all costs when it is cold. It may seem like it is a nice day with a slight breeze, but then you turn down Montgomery and that slight breeze turns into a tornado and you now feel like your living in the Alaskan wilderness.

Finals week? The library will be filled with more Asians than usual. Going to the tech might be worth it, but only if you enjoy walking around for hours trying to find a computer.

Thanksgiving break does not exist. You will have class the day before Thanksgiving and your professor will not cancel that class.

That loud bang you heard out your window when your trying to sleep at night was a gunshot. If sirens followed that loud bang you heard, it was definitely a gunshot.

Montgomery Beer Distributor delivers cases to your house. This is clutch. Very clutch.

Sunday night into Monday is trash day. Trash day means two things. First, it means that the bums will be rustling through your recyclables trying to collect every last beer can so they can get paid. Second, it means that when you are walking to class on Monday, the city of Philadelphia will somehow manage to smell even worse than it already does.

It is not unusual to be standing inches from a squirrel. Some people feed the squirrels.

Yes, there is two feet of snow on the ground. No, classes are not canceled and your mid-term is still due.

Wednesdays are the only days that you should go to the Draught Horse. They have $1 Bud Lites from 9-12 and the place actually gets crowded. Don’t try to get in with a fake ID, use someone’s real one. If you have a fake ID, go to Maxi’s.

Spring Fling will be held on a weekday. Temple supports students going to class drunk or not going to class at all.

Temple art students go to Tyler, not Temple. The Tyler School of Art was once a separate institution, but is now part of Temple. Don’t bother arguing with them about it just let them be.

The bums like to hang out in various spots around campus. Rite Aid is definitely one of the most popular hangouts. When they ask you for money, keep walking and say that you only have a card. If it is getting close to the holidays, you might find it hard to walk away while they are begging you for money so that they can buy their kids Christmas presents. It is highly unlikely that they are going to buy their kids any presents, as there is a store that sells malt liquor right across the street.