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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,...

Co-Editor-in-Chief reports on this year's flu season and how it may look different from past ones. Photo / Co-Editor-in-Chief Joel Vazquez-Juarbe

VIDEO: The Pandemic Makes for an Unpredictable Flu Season

Joel Vazquez-Juarbe November 3, 2021

The weather is getting cooler and crunchy brown leaves cover the sidewalks -- flu season is here. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused this flu season to be unpredictable, according to health officials....

Co-Editor-in-Chief Joel Vazquez-Juarbe reports on the rallies that took place before the governor's debate on Oct. 12. Photo / Co-Editor-in-Chief Joel Vazquez-Juarbe

VIDEO: Rallies for Gubernatorial Race Held Outside of Wilson Music Hall

Joel Vazquez-Juarbe November 3, 2021

Tensions were high as rallies were held for both incumbent Governor Phil Murphy and Challenger Jack Ciattarelli. The rallies were held outside of Rowan University’s Wilson Music Hall, where the debate...

Senior Joel Vazquez-Juarbe shares his experience with the COVID-19 pandemic. - Photo via Pixabay.com

Vazquez-Juarbe: Covid 19,20,21

Joel Vazquez-Juarbe September 29, 2021

When the pandemic first began, I was in my last semester at Atlantic Cape Community College. My life was formalized. I’d wake up, workout, reward myself with a WaWa coffee, go to class, hang out with...

Sophomore Carly Rowcotsky talks about the negative impacts an absence of spring break has had on her academics. Many Rowan students felt the same. - Multimedia Editor / Joel Vazquez-Juarbe

VIDEO: Rowan Students Reflect on Lack of Spring Break as Finals Approach

Joel Vazquez-Juarbe April 22, 2021

Spring is in the air... and so is finals week. Rowan decided against spring break to avoid another spike in COVID-19 cases. Recent news and videos of college students partying in Florida stand as a...

Rowan University held a Johnson & Johnson vaccine clinic on Thursday, April 8. Vaccines were in high demand, with 2,000 doses being given at the Rec Center. - Multimedia Editor / Joel Vazquez-Juarbe

VIDEO: Rowan Holds Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Clinic

Joel Vazquez-Juarbe April 14, 2021

On Thursday, April 8, 2,000 people received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at the Rec Center. A line stretched from the entrance to the Student Center and some people were in line for more than two...

Alaina Salugao speaks to the crowd of people gathered for the Asian Community Solidarity March on March 27. Salugao was one of three organizers of the march. - Multimedia Editor / Joel Vazquez-Juarbe

VIDEO: Asian Community Solidarity March

Joel Vazquez-Juarbe April 5, 2021

On Saturday, March 27, an Asian Community Solidarity March was held on Rowan's Glassboro campus in the wake of a shooting in Atlanta that left six Asian women dead. This march, which started in Glassboro...

Robert P. Tucker, a Glassboro State alum, posing in front of one of the 13 toilets in his "sculpture garden." - Multimedia Editor / Alex Rossen

Glassboro Artist Robert P. Tucker Keeps Toilet Seats Down and Spirits Up With his Sculpture Garden

Joel Vazquez-Juarbe March 16, 2021

Many people would think a field full of toilets is disgusting, but for Robert P. Tucker, it’s "Charmin." The toilet field, or as Tucker likes to call it, his “sculpture garden,” is made up of...

The Whit video intro card. - Graphics Editor / Jana Jackstis

VIDEO: Struggles of an Education Major

Joel Vazquez-Juarbe March 3, 2021

Multimedia Editor Joel Vazquez-Juarbe interviews Rowan education students to understand the challenges they are facing as they study to become teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://youtu.be/TKG8gdk-eTs For...

Dr. Alicia Drelick discusses the return to in-person classes. Multimedia Editor Joel Vazquez-Juarbe talks to students and faculty about how they are handling that return. - Multimedia Editor / Joel Vazquez-Juarbe

VIDEO: Spring 2021 Semester Starts Off Strong

Joel Vazquez-Juarbe February 18, 2021

As Rowan transitions into a second full semester of maintaining COVID-19 safety precautions and social distancing, some classes have begun to meet in person. Of these classes, physical presence is a requirement...

The Wellness Center has started to offer asymptomatic tests for residential students, athletes and faculty. Testing takes place throughout the week at the Rec Center. - Multimedia Editor / Joel Vazquez-Juarbe

VIDEO: Wellness Center Provides Asymptomatic Testing

Joel Vazquez-Juarbe February 17, 2021

With COVID-19 still spreading throughout the country, the Wellness Center is giving students asymptomatic tests in order to detect the virus before they even start showing symptoms. The testing is...

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