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Boy on Girls' Team Drops Suit; Temple Expands Security; Beheaded Journalist Son of Philadelphia Man

by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/04/14 2:04 pm | updated: 09/04/14 2:04 pm

A boy who had filed a lawsuit over getting kicked off his high school girlsâ€™ field hockey team has dropped his suit. Joshua Schwartz had been playing on the Quakertown Community High School team, but 2 weeks ago the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association ruled boys are not allowed to play on girlsâ€™ teams. He dropped his threatened suit because the distraction was becoming too much for his teammates who are bound for the playoffs. Just yesterday, three of the teamâ€™s coaches resigned without explanation.

Temple University has released a plan to expand security patrols to ensure the safety of its students. More than 450 police and security officers protect the campus of 13,000 students. As the universityâ€™s off campus housing population has grown, concerns after an attack on a female student in the Spring, expedited the plan to expand the security footprint.

The second American journalist beheaded by a masked Islamic State militant in Syria was the son of a Philadelphia man. Steven Joel Sotloff was the son of Arthur Sotloff, a 1965 graduate of Overbrook High School. In the 1970â€™s Sotloff moved to Florida where he raised his family. Proud of his son, Arthur Sotloff understood the dangers his son faced, but admired his desire to give a voice to the voiceless.

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