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This week's editorial shares the hopes and goals of the incoming Co-Editors-in-Chief for the fall 2021 semester. - Graphics Editor / Jana Jackstis

Editorial: Introducing Your New Co-Editors-in-Chief and Our Goals Moving Forward

The Whit Staff April 27, 2021

As the semester winds down and graduation approaches, like the rest of the senior class, much of the staff here at The Whit will be embarking on new journeys beyond the cubicles of 6 East High Street.  And...

Staff writer Jack Trabucco explains his beliefs on whether all feedback is useful. - Image via Pixabay

Trabucco: Negative Feedback — Dealing it and Taking it

Jack Trabucco April 21, 2021

Managing Editor’s Note: Since publishing my recent article about hostility I’ve encountered as a student journalist, I’ve received overwhelming support from students, staff and faculty alike. One...

This is the last issue of The Whit that will be fully created by the 2020-21 editorial staff. The editorial this week evaluates the impact the outgoing staff has had on the paper. - Graphics Editor / Jana Jackstis

Editorial: A Goodbye From The Whit’s 2020-21 Editors

The Whit Staff April 21, 2021

Last week, The Whit conducted its annual elections, which resulted in the promotion of several editors to higher positions and writers to positions on the editorial staff, as well as the re-appointment...

Staff Writer Jack Trabucco wrote an article this week explaining how he feels about Managing Editor Tara Lonsdorf's professional experiences. Except, he didn't live them. So now, she explains it back to him. - Photo via Pixabay

Lonsdorf: No, That Was Not the End of the Discussion

Tara Lonsdorf April 20, 2021

Managing Editor’s Note: Since publishing my recent article about hostility I’ve encountered as a student journalist, I’ve received overwhelming support from students, staff and faculty alike. One...

Managing Editor Tara Lonsdorf shares anecdotes about times Rowan University staff have treated The Whit with hostility over minor mistakes. She also writes about how her relationship with this kind of unconstructive criticism has changed over the past four years. - Multimedia Editor / Alexander Rossen

Lonsdorf: Discussing Hostility I’ve Faced From Rowan University Staff as a Student Journalist

Tara Lonsdorf April 14, 2021

One of my first conflicts as a Whit editor occurred when a staff member of a cultural organization called The Whit “disgusting” for not having sent a reporter to cover one of her events. She, a...

Senior Emily Kopchick performed breaststroke for the Rowan University Swimming and Diving team for four years. Here, she discusses how NCAA DIII athletics' few material motivations curate a culture where all athletes must perform out of passion. - Photo courtesy of Rowan Athletics

Kopchick: DIII Athletes Set the Example for Passion-Driven Lifestyle

Emily Kopchick April 14, 2021

As a member of the varsity swim team for all four of my years at Rowan, the amount of time we spent training weekly qualified as having a part-time job. My classmates and parents often questioned my reasons...

As vaccines begin rolling out, universities across the nation are requiring students to get inoculated against COVID-19 before returning to campuses in the fall. Rowan decided not to require COVID-19 vaccination, and this week's editorial evaluates this decision. - Graphics Editor / Julia Quennessen

Editorial: To Mandate or Not to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccination

The Whit Staff April 14, 2021

Rowan University announced this week that it would not require students to get vaccinated against COVID-19 for the upcoming fall semester unless the state required it. Stockton University announced a...

As college students step into life after graduation, obtaining a job is critical. This week's editorial looks at job prospects in a world affected by COVID-19. - Photo via Pixabay

Editorial: Will the Class of 2021 Be Unemployable Post-Pandemic?

The Whit Staff April 7, 2021

This spring, the class of 2021 will be the first cohort of students to graduate into a (mostly) post-pandemic job market, joining the class of 2020 as beta-testers for our disrupted world. For a generation...

Women of Westby's "Street Art is Art" made a point to recognize graffiti as a very real form of art. - Staff Writer / Jennifer McGraw

McGraw: What Are We Doing to Help Rowan Students’ Mental Health?

Jennifer McGraw April 7, 2021

Editor's Note: This article has been sponsored by the Women of Westby organization. In the troubling times of a pandemic, social and political unrest and still being tasked with balancing work, school...

Rowan lights up Bunce for Pride Month. In this opinion piece, Rovins evaluates the curricula changes that must be made to correctly inform the student population on the nonbinary nature of gender. - File Photo / Miguel Martinez

Rovins: Rowan University Reinforces Systemic Transphobia Through its Business-Centered Approach to Academia

Sean Rovins April 6, 2021

Unlike many universities across the country, Rowan University has implemented many programs — like having gender-inclusive housing options, all gender restrooms and allowing students to use a preferred...

The Rowan Boulevard parking garage is owned and managed by Nexus, which also owns several of the residential buildings on the boulevard, as well as the Mick Drive garage. VanDewater examines the many issues she and others have experienced with the RoBo parking facility. - File Photo / Benjamin Stephens

VanDewater: The Many Problems with the RoBo Parking Garage

Kalie VanDewater April 5, 2021

Editor's Note: This opinion piece mentions topics that may be upsetting for some readers. Over the past month or so, it's been once again brought to the forefront of my attention just how much of a...

Voting is a crucial part of our democracy. Cunningham evaluates the For The People Act, which would grant wider-reaching voting rights if implemented. - Photo via harpersbazaar.com

Cunningham: For the People Act

Liam Cunningham March 30, 2021

In Article 1 Section 4 of the United States Constitution, where the right to elect representatives and senators is written, it further reads “but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such...

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