This is a student opinion piece… I read one once about how unfair it was that Temple charged Jersey residents more, just completely ignoring how state funding works.

I’m not trying to say that’s the solution, just commenting on how Temple is set up. Let’s be real, a murder happens right off campus, it makes headlines. A murder happens ten blocks away and it doesn’t. And we can all agree that’s a messed up reality.

It’s a complex problem in this city as a whole but also one that Temple uniquely faces that I don’t think any other school does. La Salle is pretty much gated. Penn just razed entire communities and built over it and now has Penn Alexander, a school meant for disadvantaged kids instead full of privileged kids and ensuring that the surrounding neighborhood property values shoot up. And Drexel pretty much has ridden on the coattails of Penn.

Unfortunately, I can’t find a provision in the zoning code that says businesses can only operate where SpauldingSmails18 allows it. Can you show me where that is? I’ll pass it along to the property owner and we’ll get this all sorted right away.

Because it’s not on campus. That’s the issue that Temple struggles with as a whole. Its an open campus in the middle of North Philly. Most of the issues are just off campus or near off campus student housing a few blocks away.