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Rowan Police vehicle parked at Rowan Public Safety headquarters at Bole Annex. - File Photo / Miguel Martinez

A night with Rowan Security

Christopher Connors March 4, 2020

As I shadowed Rowan Security Officer Anthony DiCave on Feb. 21, many calls cut through the radio silence as we patrolled Rowan University's campus. Each time, the conversation halts as we listen intently...

A copy of The Whit sits on a stack of newspapers. - Editor-in-Chief / Miguel Martinez

The Whit wins Outstanding Campus Media Award

Kristin Guglietti February 26, 2020

The Whit recently won Outstanding Campus Media from NJ News Commons Excellence in Local News Awards. "The award goes to a student journalist or campus news organization whose reporting efforts had a demonstrable...

Rowan students and associates attend the Black Student Union on Nov. 6, 2019 - Former Multimedia Editor / Dyone Payne

Equality, Representation, and the State of Black Rowan

Dyone Payne November 6, 2019

Lights. Camera. Blackness in action! This is not a drill, but an emergency that must be addressed. This past Monday the Black Student Union held their first State of Black Rowan forum to talk about issues...

Rowan Environmental Action League (REAL) hosted a beach sweep of Palmyra Cove Nature Park on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019.
-Editor-in-Chief / Tara Lonsdorf

PHOTOSTORY: Rowan Environmental Action League hosts beach sweep of Palmyra Cove

Tara Lonsdorf November 6, 2019

Freshman translational biomedical sciences major Abi Muccilli and junior civil engineering major Thomas DiPietro gather materials to begin cleaning trash from the beach. - Editor-in-Chief / Tara Lonsdorf Rowan...

Jessica Haya, a sophomore engineering entrepreneur major, smiles after hitting a pumpkin with a bat. Haya participated in the Pumpkin SMASH to help generate donations for the SHOP. - Staff Writer / Kristin Guglietti

Pumpkin SMASH raises money for The SHOP

Kristin Guglietti October 26, 2019

As midterms are approaching, students are finding ways to de-stress by smashing pumpkins outside the Chamberlain Student Center. The Pumpkin SMASH is part of the SMASH Hunger Charity Weekend hosted...

Rowan University President Ali Houshmand speaks to the crowd during University Assembled  - Staff Photographer / Harlan Drakes

Rowan AFT makes presence felt at annual assembly meeting

Christopher Connors October 25, 2019

Friday’s Rowan University Assembly unveiled notable plans for the growth of the institution but was bogged down by concerns regarding faculty contracts. During the open question portion of the assembly,...

Rowan's first esports event was hosted in 2019. Rowan is continuing to grow their esports program this year. - File Photo / Miguel Martinez

Rowan’s first esports tournament attracted over 100 participants

Miguel Martinez October 23, 2019

On your mark. Get set. Go! I bet the first thing on your mind was a race, right? This was actually the start of Rowan’s first esports competition held this past Saturday, Oct. 19. Esports is an...

Dr. Kenneth Lacovara gives an opening speech to the Dig Day visitors. -Photo/Tara Lonsdorf

Edelman Fossil Park hosts 8th annual Community Dig Day to encourage interest in sciences

Kalie VanDewater September 16, 2019

On Saturday, people from all over swarmed to a Rowan-owned fossil park behind a Lowe’s in Mantua Township. That park is the Jean and Ric Edelman Fossil Park, a paleontological site not only unique...

Wave. Courtesy of pixabay.com

Campana: One in twenty-two thousand

Jaiden Campana March 13, 2019

Doctors, internet articles and statistics told us that you were one in 22,000 or something like that. You weren’t. And I feel like that’s the worst part of all of this, this nightmare of a reality...

State Senate President Steve Sweeney and Rowan University President Ali Houshmand sit side-by-side during a budget hearing at Rowan Hall on Tuesday April 3, 2018. -Photo Editor/Nicole Mingo

Rowan hosts New Jersey state senate budget hearing

Matt Kass April 4, 2018

Tuesday in the engineering hall the New Jersey State Senate held a budget hearing for their fiscal year 2019 budget. The purpose of the hearing was to allow constituents who may be impacted by portions...

#MeToo founder Tarana Burke speaks to assembled students at the Feminist Activist Symposium on March 29, 2018. -News Editor/Matt Kass

#MeToo founder gives keynote speech at Rowan’s feminist symposium

Matt Kass April 3, 2018

Thursday Afternoon in the Eynon Ballroom, Tarana Burke, the founder of the #MeToo movement delivered the keynote address to the Feminist Activist Symposium which was presented by the Rowan University...

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