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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....

"A core theme of the book is something dubbed the “Personal Legend.” One of the first characters that Santiago meets is the biblical king of Jerusalem, Melchizedek, who tells him plainly that the point of his journey is to discover and fulfill his own Personal Legend. Santiago spends the rest of the book figuring out what that means." Arts & Entertainment Editor / Al Harmon.

Journey of self-discovery: The profound wisdom of “The Alchemist”

Jack Trabucco March 29, 2022

I discovered “The Alchemist” in high school while doing research for a literature paper. The title alone was intriguing enough, but when I found out it was an adventure novel and a short one at that,...

Student Indu Mithra Madhuranthakam discusses human nature as it relates to empathy. - Photo via Pixabay.com

Madhuranthakam: Are we Monsters?

Indu Madhuranthakam March 28, 2022

A charming smile, radiant looks, decent clothes and warm demeanor: the disguise of a highly-civilized man. Lurking behind the beguiling look is a manacled monster waiting for the opportunity to set himself...

Senior Elizabeth Jasek discusses falling into patterns of senioritis and looking toward the future. - Photo via Pixabay.com

Jasek: Senioritis and Anticipating What’s to Come

Elizabeth Jasek March 28, 2022

“Senioritis” is a disease of laziness, hopelessness, stress and a serious lack of motivation. You see, I was under the impression that it only affected high school seniors but, clearly, I was wrong.  I...

Features Editor Jennifer McGraw discusses her feelings about unplugging from social media. - Photo via Pixabay.com

McGraw: We Should Take More Social Media Breaks

Jennifer McGraw March 28, 2022

In today’s social media world, it almost feels like taking care of yourself goes against “community guidelines.”  Or so I thought when I was blocked from my Instagram account after unfollowing...

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...

Senior Elizabeth Jasek discusses the role that family dynamics plays in individual's lives. - Photo via Pixabay.com

Jasek: Let’s Discuss Family Dynamics

Elizabeth Jasek March 23, 2022

Let’s discuss a taboo topic - family dynamics and relationships. All families experience their own form of turmoil and drama. The severity of those issues differs for each family depending on their...

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...

Senior Elizabeth Jasek shares her thoughts on maintaining a healthy relationship with your significant other during the age of social media. - Photo via Pixabay.com

Jasek: Maintaining a Romantic Relationship in the age of Social Media

Elizabeth Jasek March 8, 2022

I was born in the wrong era to be a hopeless romantic. The 1950s is where I belong, where boys would ask my father for permission to take me out on a date to the movies and milkshakes afterward, and promise...

Co-Editor-in-Chief Joel Vazquez shares his experience at Bonefish Grill in Deptford, NJ. This is main course dish: a shrimp and scallop platter with pumpkin ravioli and broccoli. - Photo by Joel Vazquez-Juarbe

Vazquez-Juarbe: Why Bonefish Grill is the Place to be

Joel Vazquez-Juarbe March 2, 2022

Leave it to my friends and I to spend our entire checking account at a restaurant on a Tuesday night. Five of us went to Bonefish Grill in Deptford. The dining room was mostly empty when we arrived,...

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...

Copy Editor Owen O'Brien shares his thoughts on the Russian Invasion. - Photo via Pixabay.com

O’Brien: Vladimir Putin is Using Our Playbook– It Won’t Work for Him Either

Owen O’Brien February 28, 2022

The world-historic address delivered by Russian President Vladimir Putin, which immediately preceded the invasion of Ukraine, contained a barrage of rhetorical hail marys. The content of the speech boiled...

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