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Student entrepreneurs show out at annual New Venture Expo

Owen O'Brien April 24, 2024

The 2024 Rohrer College of Business New Venture Competition took place on Friday, April 19. Before the competition itself– where students pitched their business ideas to a panel of judges – there...

"So 'the cure' exists only in the abstract, as a hypothetical that would manifest in the distant future, something that will likely never come to pass." - Graphic / Brendan Cohen

O’Brien: In defense of the cure

Owen O'Brien April 17, 2024

I typically find the whole idea of “awareness months” to be a bit silly. However, since April is Autism Awareness Month– the only one of these that affects me personally– it’s a good excuse...

NBA trade deadline graphic. - Multimedia Editor / Drew Peltzman

O’Brien: Grading the Sixers’ trade deadline

Owen O'Brien February 18, 2024

I originally wasn’t going to write about this, as I made my peace with this season in a column a few months ago. But I just need to wrap my head around what happened last Thursday’s trade deadline...

Super Bowl graphic. - Graphics Editor / Julia Quennessen

O’Brien: Super Bowl 58 is the worst-case scenario

Owen O'Brien February 7, 2024

I am deeply invested in the narrative aspect of sports. Not necessarily the players’ life stories, as those often end up being the same, with few exceptions; they either grew up poor or as the child...

"The reviews on the back cover described it as “intellectually playful,” but besides a few meta-textual nods, like “Edwin St. John. Andrew,” a character named after the author, there’s nothing all that clever." - Arts & Entertainment Editor / Al Harmon

Navigating the seas of critique: A candid evaluation of “Sea of Tranquility”

Owen O'Brien February 7, 2024

Reading is back. Long considered a medium near death, cast aside in the age of video games, binge-watching, and cell phones, people have begun to rediscover the simple joy of reading a book.  It’s...

"Hell Night" is a semi-annual Avant meeting during which submissions are combed through and narrowed down for the published issue. - Graphics Editor / Julia Quennessen

“Hell Night Hath Arrived:” Avant’s semi-annual 7-hour meeting

Owen O'Brien November 29, 2023

On Nov. 17, beginning at 4 p.m., Avant held their semi-annual “Hell Night.” On its face, it looks like a normal club meeting– a handful of people dotted across a classroom (200, Victoria), snacks...

All of the major players in the blockbuster trade. - Image via Clutch Points

O’Brien: I’m (not entirely) out on the Sixers

Owen O'Brien November 15, 2023

He did it again. On Oct. 31, the Philadelphia 76ers traded James Harden to the Los Angeles Clippers. And, wow, what a sad, stupid trade that was. What weakness it exposed for all involved.  What...

Glassworks magazine laid out for guests to check out. - Copy Editor / Rianna Moses

Glassworks celebrates 27th issue with guest authors Melissa Boberg and Laura McCullough

Owen O'Brien October 31, 2023

On Thursday, Oct. 26 at 6:30 p.m., Glassworks, the literary magazine housed in Rowan’s MA in Writing program, held a special launch celebration at High Grounds coffee shop, to celebrate the release...

"Honestly, I think I’ve just grown out of it. When I stopped trick-or-treating, I lost any and all reason to care about this holiday." - Multimedia Editor / Drew Peltzman

O’Brien: Halloween is overrated

Owen O'Brien October 25, 2023

I don’t dislike Halloween. I try to participate when I can– I went to a party last weekend, in a surprisingly expensive Peter Griffin costume. But most years I don’t bother. One year I dressed up...

"A country illegally occupies a portion of land, trapping two million people into a prison-city, where they are subjected to an Apartheid system and routinely slaughtered en masse. In retaliation, a terrorist cell unjustly targets civilians and seeks to eradicate said country." - Photo via Adobe Stock

O’Brien: It’s not a complicated issue

Owen O'Brien October 18, 2023

I am not going to use the words “Jewish” or “Muslim” for the rest of this article. Discussion of this topic becomes much less inflammatory when identity isn’t the focus. This is not permission...

Sixers' Logo. Photo / Flickr

Saving the Sixers: Five plans to get back on track

Owen O'Brien June 22, 2023

Five Plans for the Sixers.  Time’s arrow neither stands still nor reverses, it merely marches forward. I am completely disinterested in dissecting or re-litigating the recent Sixers tragedy...

Netflix's "Beef" premiered on April 6. - Cover via Netflix

Netflix’s “Beef”: a modern show with traditional messaging

Owen O'Brien April 20, 2023

"Beef," a Netflix series created by Lee Sung Jin, is a show that’s more sophisticated than I had expected. The story follows Danny Cho (Steven Yeun) and Ami Lau (Ali Wong), two Asian-American California...

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