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This week's editorial discusses the importance of learning when it's best to stop talking and simply listen. - Photo via Pixabay.com

Editorial: Sit Down and Stop Talking

The Whit Staff April 13, 2022

Everyone has an opinion. And in the age of social media, everyone has a platform to voice that opinion and feel entitled to that action. In the age of constant communication and unlimited talk and text,...

This week's editorial discusses the importance of in-person learning. - Pixabay.com

Editorial: Why In-Person Learning Should not be Taken for Granted

The Whit Staff April 6, 2022

With all the events happening around the world right now, it seems like the topic we could not escape for two years is starting to vanish from our TV screens and social media feeds-- COVID-19. While...

This week's editorial discusses the importance of getting involved and making connections in college. - Photo via Pixabay.com

Editorial: Getting Involved as a Student Prepares you as a Professional

The Whit Staff March 30, 2022

The profession you hope to be in the future starts with the student you are right now.  College students juggle quite a bit, from their course work to extracurriculars, to jobs and social life....

This week's editorial discusses why internships need to be paid. - Pixabay.com

Editorial: Should Internships be Paid?

The Whit Staff March 23, 2022

As college students, we juggle a lot of responsibilities. Classes, work and a personal life all while trying to mature into young adults in this ever changing world.  On top of that, students...

This week's editorial discusses normalizing asking for students' pronouns within the classroom and elsewhere at Rowan University. - Photo via Pixabay.com

Editorial: Name, Major and Pronouns, Please.

The Whit Staff March 9, 2022

Your first week of classes tends to go the same way each semester. Your professor will introduce themselves, ask students for their name and major, and discuss the syllabus for the class. Sometimes a...

This week's editorial discusses the difference between living to work and working to live and valuing a work-life balance. - Photo via Pixabay.com

Editorial: Will you Work to Live or Live to Work

The Whit Staff March 2, 2022

It’s 11 p.m. The clock is ticking its detestable rhythm while the computer screen’s glow has burned application sites into your brain for hours, leaving behind nothing more than anxious thoughts...

This week's editorial discusses Rowan's current masking requirement and whether it is still necessary amid Governor Murphy lifting the mask mandate for schools K-12 on March 7, 2022. - Photo via Pixabay.com

Editorial: Is Rowan’s Mask Requirement Still Necessary?

The Whit Staff February 23, 2022

For the past two years now, COVID-19 has been part of our everyday lives. Before we leave our house we make sure we have our phone, keys, wallet and mask.  However, with new coronavirus cases...

This week's Editorial discusses the value of social media platforms for emerging journalists. - Photo via Pixabay.com

Editorial: The Value of Social Media for Emerging Journalists

The Whit Staff February 16, 2022

When we sat down to discuss editorial topics this week, we initially planned to dive into the negative effects of higher education institutions  – Rowan specifically –  increasingly integrating...

This week's editorial takes a deep look in the role of student journalism and how it is valued. - Photo via Pixabay.com

Editorial: Is Student Journalism Being Valued?

The Whit Staff February 9, 2022

Here at The Whit, we are dedicated to getting quality news to the students of Rowan University. And as Glassboro’s sole newspaper, we know that the stories we tell have an impact on the people of this...

Rowan Boulevard at night. - Photo courtesy of Stephen Levine, Rowan Media and Public Relations

Editorial: The Financial Vortex of Life on Campus

The Whit Staff February 2, 2022

As college students continue to navigate the daunting twists and turns of university life during a global pandemic, it’s not surprising to learn that life on campus can quickly become a financial vortex...

This week's editorial is about growing up and transitioning into life post-graduation. Photo via Pixabay.com

Editorial: The Reality of Growing up

The Whit Staff January 26, 2022

The spring semester has arrived, and for many students, this will be their last semester here at Rowan University. While this is a celebratory moment in a student’s life, it is also a moment of change.  There...

The end is finally here. This editorial reflects on the past semester and the hopes we have for the next. - Photo via Pixabay.

Editorial: The end of the Semester is Here

The Whit Staff December 8, 2021

Congratulations, we’ve made it. Our first somewhat normal semester since the pandemic is in the books. And if you’re like many of us at The Whit staff, the start of winter break could not come...

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