The Male Half of the Staff attended a reunion of Temple University News-ers. It was to celebrate the 85th anniversary of that school newspaper. TMHOTS practically live in the News offices for about two years, starting in the fall of ’78, after transferring from Bowling Green State University in pursuit of a journalism degree.
His first editor was Barry Levine (pictured above at left), who went on to work for The National Star and A Current Affair. He is currently the editor of The National Enquirer.
One of The Male Half’s first courses at Temple was Short Story Writing, taught by Jacqueline Steck. Steck was in attendance Friday night, having been a part of Temple’s Journalism program in one capacity or another for sixty years. Upon learning that one of her former students was a comedian, she volunteered that her nephew also performed comedy from time to time. Who is that nephew? Danny Bonaduce!