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From left to right: Managing editor Grace Clevenger, sports editor Jaiden Campana and features editor Sydney Kerelo. -Managing Editor/Grace Clevenger

Clevenger: Thank you, Rowan

Grace Clevenger April 24, 2019

By the time I graduate next month, I will have been in college for five years. Two and a half of those years have been spent here at Rowan and for that, I couldn't be more thankful. As a transfer public...

-Graphics Editor/Amanda Palma

Andujar: Hangry

Suzette Andujar April 24, 2019

I really didn’t mean to snap—it just happened. It’s not my fault, the wait was long and I could only bide so much time. My friend looked at me and said, “Don’t worry, it won’t be much longer.”...

One of the best days on the staff, our "Merry Whitmas" celebration at the office Christmas 2017. Sports Editor/Jaiden Campana

To The Whit and everyone in the CCCA: Thank you

Jaiden Campana April 24, 2019

Wednesday, April 24 marks my last official day working as an editor for The Whit. Four years of being on staff, two as an editor and 97 articles later, this is the end of the road. I wouldn't have...

Famed ghost hunter Lorraine Warren. -Courtesy of Flick user Occult World

Ceraso: Ghost hunters everywhere owe a thanks to the Warrens

Vince Ceraso April 24, 2019

In 2013, during my first semester at Gloucester County Community College—long before it became Rowan College of Gloucester County—I was a member of a campus organization called the Ghost Chasers Club....

Rowan Boulevard at night. - Photo courtesy of Stephen Levine, Rowan Media and Public Relations

Jackson: The pros and cons of on-campus housing

Hunter Jackson April 17, 2019

This is my second semester at Rowan University. I am a transfer student from Cumberland County College, and I'd like to talk about my experiences so far with on-campus housing. First of all, living...

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McCray: Why writers should try blackout poetry

Brianna McCray April 17, 2019

Have you ever been sitting before a white screen, mind completely blank with no idea what to write? Or, maybe even worse, your mind racing like an endless roller coaster? I sure have... Until the...

-Graphics Editor/Amanda Palma

Andujar: The dreaded group project

Suzette Andujar April 17, 2019

Skeptical excitement sweeps through me at the start of each semester as the class is led through the syllabus. Several assignments seem like they’ll be easy, and a few seem hard; however, I know I’ll...

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Heller: Julian Assange is not a journalist

Alexander Heller April 17, 2019

Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, had his asylum revoked by the Ecuadorian government last Thursday in London. He is now facing possible jail time and extradition to the US due to his leak of diplomatic...

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...

-Courtesy of the Bantivoglio Honors Program Facebook page

Lonsdorf: I’m quitting the Bantivoglio Honors program, and it’s an inclusivity issue

Tara Lonsdorf April 10, 2019

Today, after two years of willful ignorance, I am finally quitting the Bantivoglio Honors program, which, as a whole, was built to accommodate and cultivate a small minority of Rowan’s student population. While...

-Graphics Editor/Amanda Palma

Andujar: Be lazy

Suzette Andujar April 10, 2019

Laziness is underrated and gets a bad reputation. All through life, we hear that we can’t lay around and do nothing, that we have to get up from the sofa and grab the controller instead of asking someone...

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Heller: To combat fake news, we must pay for real news

Alexander Heller April 10, 2019

For nearly 15 years, news organizations have had to adapt to the growing influence of the internet, with disastrous results. Many have withered away as a result of our news becoming more accessible, while...

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