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Rowan University's Campbell Library.  - File Photo / Miguel Martinez

Editorial: Mid-semester burnout and feeling like a failure

The Whit Staff October 23, 2019

Most college students are stressed. And most have probably heard an older adult - one who is either no longer in college or who didn't attend college - tell them that they dont really have it that hard. After...

Students cross Route 322 in Glassboro, NJ during a fall day. - Editor-in-Chief / Miguel Martinez

Editorial: University expansion implicitly harms low-income students

The Whit Staff October 16, 2019

If you've listened to Malcolm Gladwell's podcast "Revisionist History," you might be aware that there's an episode about Rowan. In it, Gladwell explains why he finds this university admirable: its commitment...

Rowan University students sits by the Engineering Hall pond. Editor-in-Chief / Miguel Martinez

Editorial: Don’t be afraid of the Wellness Center – and don’t make others afraid, either

The Whit Staff October 9, 2019

A consensus among Rowan students seems to be that the Wellness Center isn't sufficient when it comes to addressing student mental health. These feelings are valid, and come from an honest place of frustration....

The Whit needs the same support that all college publications need. -Staff photo/Ashleigh Albert

Editorial: College newspapers are valuable – and need your protection

The Whit Staff October 2, 2019

If President Donald Trump is good at anything, it's making news headlines. If there's one thing college journalists are good at, it's being scrappy and persistent in our reporting. It makes perfect...

Students protest during the Philly Climate Strike, taking a stand for what they believe in. - News Editor / Alexander Heller

Editorial: Young people can make a difference

The Whit Staff September 25, 2019

On Friday Sept. 20, students from all over the United States took absences from school in what would become the country's largest-ever climate strike. Motivated by the speeches of Greta Thunberg, the...

The entrance to Edelmen Planetarium within Science Hall- File photo / Lindsey D’Ambrosio

Editorial: Is STEM really more difficult than the humanities or social sciences?

The Whit Staff September 19, 2019

We've all heard the claim that students studying science, technology, engineering or math fields (STEM) are either smarter or harder workers. There's this idea that a STEM degree is more important...

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Editorial: Welcome to the new academic year, where the opposite of fascism is a newspaper

The Whit Staff September 9, 2019

The week of Sept. 3, 2019 saw someone's first-ever class as a college student. It saw someone else's first-ever class as a college professor. Maybe for some parents, it saw their first-ever night spent...

Editorial: The Whit's new unlikely staff

Editorial: The Whit’s new unlikely staff

The Whit Staff May 1, 2019

Who would have thought that The Whit's Co-Editors-in-Chief would have been an immigrant from the Dominican Republic and an underclassman STEM major? It's certainly not a combination most people would...

Multi-generational Whit staff members pose for a Christmas party portrait. -Courtesy of Sydney Kerelo's Facebook page

Editorial: Goodbye from the 2018-19 Whit staff

The Whit Staff April 24, 2019

It's been a ride for all of us at The Whit. This year saw some ups, downs, side-to-sides, horizontals, diagonals, etc. Dizziness aside, our staff of ten grew individually and as a unit. We had...

SGA President Rbrey Singleton speaks to students at a protest. -Multimedia Editor/Miguel Martinez

Editorial: Free speech, a religious zealot and how to react

The Whit Staff April 10, 2019

What happens when hateful rhetoric, college students and police converge? Oh, you know, just another Thursday afternoon at Rowan University. Well, to be fair, last Thursday's protest was a bit...

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Editorial: Your view of the world isn’t right, and that’s OK

The Whit Staff April 3, 2019

German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once said that truths are "illusions of which one has forgotten that they are illusions." What, exactly, does this mean? If we accept this premise, why do we...

Lori Laughlin formerly starred as Aunt Becky on "Full House"; now, she uses her ABC Family stash of cash to fraudulently force her kids' way into college. -Courtesy of Flickr user jojospo11

Editorial: Aunt Becky, her Beverly Hillbillies crew and the faults in our college system

The Whit Staff March 13, 2019

Cue "Full House" theme: Whatever happened to predictability? The milkman, the paperboy, evening TV? Let's ask Aunt Becky, AKA actress Lori Laughlin, what happened to the unpredictability of your precious...

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