-: I came to Temple University to study
with someone in particular,
a role model,
someone that I knew could
enhance me as a musician
and as a person,
and I left here
having a community.
I left Temple having a circle of friends in the field,
having professors who I knew
not only respected me as a person
but also loved me as a person.
I left here feeling as if,
I left here with hope
that others would have the same experience,
that this truly is a communal environment
where students aren't lost,
but they're enveloped into the family,
that once you're a Temple Owl,
you always are a Temple Owl.