John Di Carlo, adviser for The Temple News

Christopher Wink did more to ensure the long-term success of The Temple News than any student I’ve encountered. He completely overhauled our archives - and had a hell of a lot of fun in the process. He coined The Temple News’ new mantra: Weekly in print. Daily online. And he pushed for that by making sure it happened in his Opinion section and every other section at the paper. He forged stronger relationships with our prestigious Temple News alumni base. He covered North Philadelphia and the surrounding Temple community better than The Philadelphia Inquirer. And on Thursday, May 22, Christopher will address a graduating class of more than 6,000 students as our 2008 commencement speaker.

During a one-week span in which The Temple News completely overhauled its Web site, our Web Editor, Sean Blanda, often told me he would receive a call every 10 minutes from Christopher with new ideas. He always had something in mind that could be changed or improved, and he was never able to wait too long to share that information. Sean and I often joked that we had two separate To-do lists – One for ourselves, and one filled with tasks charged to us by Christopher Wink.

Sonja Sherwood, special reports editor for The Philadelphia Business Journalr

Chris Wink promised that he would be our best intern before the internship had begun. When he filed his stories, he would goalpost his arms in the air and yell “Go team!” He identified and lampooned every one of our quirks in record time. He flexed. He preened. Such self-assurance could have backfired but in his case, he lived up to the boast, deserved the triumph and kept us all entertained. That’s because he made some of the most unremarkable corners of our paper more interesting and relevant through his reporting and belief that no job was too small to do well.

Chris Hepp, city editor for The Philadelphia Inquirer

I found him to be smart, talented and energetic. Although he was still in college, he quickly showed he could take on almost any story. I had the utmost faith that I could send him on a tough breaking news assignment and he would come back with the elements of a strong story. And he showed he could put that story together cleanly and quickly.

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Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., addressed race and bigotry, crucial issues in the ongoing Democratic presidential primary of late, during a speech at a private rally in a full second floor hall of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia this morning.

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Earlier tonight, a pep band member submitted his name three times to a raffle in the Fox Gittis Room of the Liacouras Center. He won each time.

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It's been 26 years since Peter J. Liacouras began his tenure as president of Temple University, yet his impact is still felt today.