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Students light up Rowan Boulevard after Eagles win

Chris Devine • February 7, 2018

The Philadelphia Eagles are the 2017 World Champions of Football. For the first time in 57 years, the Birds have brought home a championship in a thrilling 41-33 defeat of the defending champion, New...

Find out how a pair of former Rowan students opened Cookie Munchers on Rowan Boulevard

Grace Clevenger • January 29, 2018

Cookie Munchers’ storefront opened officially on Nov. 10 with an unannounced opening. The business started as a nighttime delivery service out of Ry’s Bagels off of William L. Dalton Drive in Glassboro...

Break out of a police station in Escape Room South Jersey’s newest room

Grace Clevenger • January 24, 2018

Imagine you are a rookie police officer gathering evidence for court in the trial of the century. You know what you need to get but there is one problem: you forgot the code to the evidence safe. Luckily,...

Individual has died near Barnes and Noble

Ashleigh Albert • December 11, 2017

A person died this morning around 6 a.m. in the area of Barnes and Noble booksellers on Rowan Boulevard in Glassboro. "We are working with what appears to be a suicide," said Frank Brown, chief of Glassboro...

Boro-in-Lights brings Glassboro & Rowan together to celebrate holiday spirit

Lance Johnson • December 6, 2017

The spirit of Christmas came to town bringing residents, students and their families out of their homes and onto the streets to enjoy the Boro in Lights festival. Glassboro's annual annual tree-lighting...

PHOTOS: Tots seek treats at Rowan Boulevard Trunk-or-Treat

Taylor Henry • November 1, 2017

Find out who is the “Lord of the Wings” at first-annual Wing Wars eating contest

Justin Decker • October 25, 2017

What do you get when you cross Chickie's and Pete's with Rowan President Ali Houshmand's secret hot sauce? A new annual eating competition and lots of greasy fingers. Houshmand, in part with the local...

PROFhistoric Homecoming: Profs wheel their way to wins at Pushcart Competition

Lance Johnson • October 11, 2017

Rowan University kicked off day two of homecoming week with the Push Cart Competition, taking place in the middle of Rowan Boulevard. Participants spanned many parts of the university's organizations...

PROFcast #5: Developing community through the Glassboro app

Justin Decker • October 11, 2017

This week I sat down with the Glassboro Director of Public Relations and Business Development Lavon Phillips. We talked about how the new Glassboro app is connecting people to the larger community through...

Here’s how the Glassboro community feels about Rowan’s expansion

Justin Decker • September 27, 2017

As mid-day sunlight pours through the open windows of a turn-of-the-century library on the rim of a small town, a community is given the chance to remember its beginnings. However, inside the building’s...

Check out Cookie Munchers’ new location on Rowan Boulevard

Sarah Camp • September 20, 2017

Exactly one year since their business launched, Cassie Aran and Brandon Lucante, the Rowan alumni behind Cookie Munchers, announced the location of their new store front. The duo took to their Facebook...

Editorial: Is Rowan rushing?

The Whit Staff • September 13, 2017

Rowan, have you been rushing? On Sept. 5, it was here: the 2017-2018 academic school year. As expected, Rowan had a few new things, and with that, a few things caused headaches. Over the summer, Nexus...