

#HOGWASH TEMPE UPDATE#
We have already been in contact with key stakeholders across both the city and state to expand our action plan, and we will provide an update on that shortly." We recognize we have more work ahead of us, and we are ready.Īs an institution of higher education, our primary goal is educating our students and to do this, we all (city, state, university, partners) have to strive to ensure the safety of this city and our community. We have also expanded our walking escort system, launched the Best Nest Program, joined the Civic Coalition to Save Lives and we will welcome eight new police officers from the police academy in March. Many of our long-term initiatives have already been outlined. 36 synonyms for hogwash: nonsense, rubbish, garbage, balls, bull, shit, rot, crap, trash, bunk, bullshit. This is a systemic issue and must be solved through a holistic approach. Our Temple community has not been spared from its wrath. Gun violence is a national scourge destroying the fabric of US society. We look forward to meeting with student leaders later this week. We have contacted the leaders of Temple Student Government and Keep Us Safe TU to continue a dialogue that included two town halls in the last month reflecting students' concerns in this effort.

"Temple University has always had a strong, proud history of peaceful protests, and we support and welcome demonstrations like we saw today. They also want more Temple police officers. Students want new leadership and better communication from the university about crime in and around campus. "I was like, 'No Temple's really reinvesting in safety.' And it was all hogwash, it was all talk, there was no action." "I was a junior when that happened, I could have stepped away and taken my educational pursuits elsewhere," John Mangan, the founder of Keep Us Safe at Temple University, a non-political student-led movement at the university, said. "This was an experience that a college student should not have had to experience and it's not OK," Lemon, a junior, said.Īnd just a few weeks before Officer Fitzgerald was killed, CBS News Philadelphia exposed Wingard fell short on a promise he made in 2021 to beef up police by 50%, following the murder of student Sam Collington near campus.ĬBS News Philadelphia found there's now actually fewer campus police officers. Police say Temple students appeared to be targeted. Hogwash and Balderdash Lyrics: Hogwash and Balderdash, chickens from the pen / Are coming down the rivers of Salafessien / Are picking out fish bones on.
