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Mt. Olive Christian Community Church, on the corner of Redmond Ave and Whitney Ave in Glassboro, hosts the Rowan University Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship. - Managing Editor / Tara Lonsdorf

Flynn: From Christian Home Schooler to Proud Christian Prof

Joanna Flynn September 11, 2020

People always told me that college would make me question my beliefs, and it did — but not at all in the ways I thought it would. Let’s face it: college is weird. We’re suddenly ejected from...

Students from the Jewish community gather outside the student center to light the menorah in celebration of Hanukkah. - File photo / Alex Heller

Lonsdorf: SGA Should Take Accountability for Past Negligence Toward Jewish Students

Tara Lonsdorf September 10, 2020
I believe that SGA did not intend to offend or dismiss Jewish students. However, I also believe that good intentions do not make up for harmful impacts.
Rowan students join in solidarity of the Jewish Community after the shooting in Pittsburgh in October 2018. - File Photo / Miguel Martinez

Rossen: Responding to SGA Commentary of “Does Our University Truly Respect Jewish Profs?”

Alex Rossen September 10, 2020

Editor's note: This article has been updated since it was first posted online to more accurately reflect the views and sentiments of its author. Last week I got one of the biggest opportunities of...

In preparing for the fall semester, Rowan students had to ensure they had at least one mask for on-campus living, something they've never had to worry about before. - Editor-in-Chief / Kalie VanDewater

Editorial: COVID-19 Creates Unprecedented Obstacles but Profs are Stronger

The Whit Staff September 9, 2020

The year 2020 has already gone down in history as one to remember. Between Australia being swallowed by flames, huge pushes for racial justice and dozens of protests against police brutality across the...

Rowan senior Alexander Rossen holds a Magen David necklace to honor his Jewish culture and beliefs - but does Rowan University have the same respect for religious plurality? - Photo by Brian Lawrence. Used with permission.

Rossen: Does our university truly respect Jewish Profs?

Alex Rossen September 8, 2020
We are just a fraction of the Jewish population at Rowan, and what we’ve experienced is only a fraction of what Rowan’s Jewish community as a whole has experienced. 
A vaccine for COVID-19 would help protect millions of people - but can it be developed quickly enough? - Image from Pixabay

The Road to a COVID-19 Vaccine and Treatment: a Biochemistry Student Explains

Emily Kopchick August 25, 2020
In just five months, a nonliving particle one hundredth the diameter of a human hair has claimed the lives of more US citizens than the Vietnam and Korean wars combined.
Rowan University holds a ceremony for the graduating class of 2020. The ceremony was originally scheduled for May but because of the coronavirus pandemic, it had to be postponed.  - Staff Photographer / Miguel Martinez

Evade the Virus: CDC Guidelines for Rowan Returners

Emily Kopchick August 19, 2020

It’s your move-in day. You have officially returned to Rowan University in the midst of a global pandemic. With protective protocols in place, life at Rowan is not what it used to be. Time progresses,...

Screenshot / Kenneth Lacovara

COVID-19 takes center stage during “Mythbusters” Adam Savage’s commencement address

Christopher Connors May 12, 2020

Adam Savage, star of “Mythbusters” - a popular discovery channel television program during the better part of the 2000s, took center stage during Rowan University’s virtual commencement ceremony...

- Image from pixabay

Kopchick: How students with ADHD – and those without – can stay focused for distance learning

Emily Kopchick March 25, 2020

Everyone struggles with distractibility at some point. ADHD is one of the most well-researched mental disorders, yet it is also one of the most overdiagnosed due to our culture of immediate gratification...

With midterm exams going on, it's important to have study habits that can pave the way to a passing grade on the exams. - Image via pixabay.com

Lonsdorf and Kopchick: Learning-disabled students like us will suffer most with distance learning

Hi - we are two high-achieving Rowan students who are active in clubs, participate in research and have plans for graduate school. We both take our classroom education seriously. Both of us are also diagnosed...

Staying home is one of the best ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19. - Photo courtesy of usatoday.com

Fox: Staying home is the most heroic thing to do

Rebecca Fox March 25, 2020

The world right now is in utter mayhem. Entire countries are quarantined. The Earth feels apocalyptic. COVID-19 is sweeping across all nations. Beginning in China, the virus has now directly affected...

Students gather at Dilworth park in Philadelphia for the Campus Philly CollegeFest - Multimedia Editor/Miguel Martinez

Ahmed: Please stay home, call me ‘chicken little’ later

Mahaa Ahmed March 21, 2020

Over this past weekend, as I sat in self-isolation, I watched the Snapchat stories of a Rowan alumna at a bar on Saturday, knowing she would be back in her classroom full of young students first thing...

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