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This is a painting VanDewater did last week to practice painting water. VanDewater discusses the importance of building confidence in your feelings, beliefs and abilities. - Editor-in-Chief / Kalie VanDewater

VanDewater: Learning to Stand up for Yourself is Difficult but Worth it

Kalie VanDewater February 24, 2021

For a long time, I have been “the quiet girl.” Most of my acquaintances up until a few years ago would probably say that I was shy and a wallflower, but generally really nice. In the past, I haven’t...

The Amazon facility in Bessemer, Alabama opened in 2020 and within a few months, employees began an effort to unionize. Cunningham discusses the importance of unionization and fighting corporate power. - Photo via Birmingham Business Alliance

Cunningham: Let Bessemer Serve as an Example of How to Fight Corporate Power

Liam Cunningham February 23, 2021

At a time when wages have gone down considerably and union membership is historically low, an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, is rightfully looking to challenge the ever increasing power of ultra-high-net-worth...

Auschwitz was the largest death camp established during the Holocaust. Rossen explains why equating current events to the suffering of the victims of the Holocaust and other genocides is wrong. - Photo via history.com

Rossen: Equating the Holocaust With the Present Needs to Stop

Alex Rossen February 20, 2021

From 1939 to 1945, 6 million Jews were systematically murdered on the basis of their ethnicity in Germany. Jewish homes were destroyed and families were torn apart. Jewish businesses were ransacked. Jewish...

Rowan uses Hollybush Pavilion as its COVID-19 testing headquarters. - Multimedia Editor / Alex Rossen

Editorial: Ramped-Up Residential Testing is a Good Start, But We Can Do Better

The Whit Staff February 17, 2021

Starting this spring, all residential students and those in athletics are required to be tested for COVID-19 every two weeks. The process involves sticking a probe up one’s nostrils inside the Esbjornson...

Many radical leaders of the past have had their messages diluted over time, Cunningham explains. He argues that this has played a part in preventing today's activists from making more progress than they do. - Photo via democracynow.org

Cunningham: What Watering Down of Radical Leaders Looks Like

Liam Cunningham February 16, 2021

There’s an old American tradition of stripping radical figures of their true nature. Any lick of radical political reform that poked or pried at the existing power structure is watered down into a version...

Rowan SGA responds to student behavior on a student-wide email chain. The original email was sent by a graduate student soliciting participants for a survey on their academic experiences at Rowan. - Graphics from Rowan SGA, Pixabay

Hadley: The Need for Student Support for Graduate Student Surveys

Camryn Hadley February 16, 2021

Editor's Note: This opinion article was written by Camryn Hadley, who is the Student Government Association (SGA) Assistant Vice President of Public Relations and Special Events. Hadley sent this to The...

A painting of a canyon, created by Jessica Heritage for Intermediate Painting, hung in the hallway of Westby Hall. The Whit staff proposes that academic feats like this should be recognized across the university's many departments. - Editor-in-Chief / Kalie VanDewater

Editorial: Rowan Should Encourage University-Wide Academic Collaboration

The Whit Staff February 10, 2021

Delivering The Whit each week brings us to all of the academic buildings on campus, and it gives us the unique opportunity to get a glimpse into the academic lives of all students, whatever their program...

"Opticks" is a stainless steel and alumnium sculpture created by Beth Nybeck using the handwritten notes from Rowan engineering students as reference. It is meant to convey a student's head being filled with mathematical knowledge. - Photo from Rowan University Public Art Libraries.

Lonsdorf: STEM Majors, Consider Joining Student Publications

Tara Lonsdorf February 10, 2021

One of the most unique parts of my Rowan experience has been spending four years on The Whit - with three years as a full editor and one as an editor-in-chief - while never formally studying journalism....

Are there aliens under the Hoover Dam? You decide. - Images from Wikimedia Commons, edited by Managing Editor / Tara Lonsdorf

Lonsdorf: Hoover Dam Requires Your Mythology, America

Tara Lonsdorf February 3, 2021

If you’ve never visited the Hoover Dam, allow me to describe for you its permeating endorsement of the occult. Garbled green angel statues with angry faces strike vertical wings skyward. Meanwhile,...

The statue of Henry Rowan stands outside Savitz Hall, an administrative building on campus where the Office of Financial Aid is located. - File Photo / Amanda Palma

Editorial: Rowan Administration Must Improve Communication with the Community

The Whit Staff February 3, 2021

We can all agree that communication is a vital part of any relationship — and by relationship we mean romantic, platonic, work, school, familial or any other important connections you can think of....

Images of victims of the Holocaust hang in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. - Photo via the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Rossen: Observing and Reflecting on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Alex Rossen January 22, 2021
Our cries for justice and tolerance... must be to change the hearts and minds of those who would be against us.
With the challenges COVID-19 has presented, it was important for the Rowan community to work hard this semester to find success. Our final editorial of the semester highlights the achievements Rowan has had this semester. - File Photo / Miguel Martinez

Editorial: Rowan Continued to Succeed This Semester Despite Unique Challenges

The Whit Staff December 2, 2020

While every school year brings its unique challenges, this particular semester has met the Rowan community with obstacles we never before had to consider. Clearly, the challenges in question are related...

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