Heard in the Hall

Three weeks into his new career as a Temple University professor, former Mayor John Street is getting good early reviews from his students.
“He’s entertaining. He tells us stories about things that actually happened,” said Temple senior Amanda Snyder, who is enrolled in Street’s course on urban politics.
The former mayor has ordered up a paper and has weekly assignments for his students, and he’s requiring the class to study government structure in other municipalities as well.
Instead of a traditional final, Street will ask his class to put together a simulated municipal budget, which seems about right for the numbers-loving former mayor.
Heard in the Hall advises students not to cut funding for the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative or Safe and Sound.
“He seems to be enjoying himself. He’s lively,” said Snyder, who also wrote about Street’s course for the the Temple News.
— Patrick Kerkstra