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Gambling graphic. - Graphic / Brendan Cohen

What makes sports betting so appealing to college students?

Tyler Delpercio April 17, 2024

This is a busy time of year for sports. MLB’s Opening Day happened less than three weeks ago. March Madness concluded last Monday. The Masters just ended on Sunday and the NBA and NHL playoffs are around...

A student scans the QR code to find out more information about the Bone Marrow drive. The football team will be hosting the drive on Wednesday, April 24, at the Chamberlain Student Center. - Photo via Rowan Athletics

Rowan football to host annual “Get in the Game – Be the Match” Donor Registry

Maryela Gallardo April 17, 2024

For the 16th year, the Rowan football team will be involved with the Andy Talley Bone Marrow Foundation and Be The Match, in hopes of adding donors to the Be The Match Registry. It will be held on...

An example of an AED being used. - Photo via Pixabay

AEDs on campus provide vital safety net for Rowan’s athletes

Abigail Twiford March 27, 2024

In early 2023, Damar Hamlin collapsed during a football game, suffering cardiac arrest after a shoulder check to the chest. The medical aid immediately rushed to Hamlin on the field, and gave him a variety...

Rowan’s cheerleading team at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex competing in the UCA Cheerleading & Dance National Championship. - Photo via Rowan Cheerleading

Rowan cheerleading finishes fifth at the UCA College Cheerleading Team National Championship

Marchella Mazzoni February 21, 2024

Rowan’s cheerleading team finished fifth in the nation after participating in the Open All Girls Finals 2024 Universal Cheerleading Association (UCA) College Cheerleading Team National Championship....

Jason MacEwen of Rowan Unified Sports. - Photo via Ryan Schaller

Rowan Unified Sports Club: united by sports and friendship

Ryan Schaller February 7, 2024

Have you ever wanted to join a club that would help you brighten someone’s day? If so, that opportunity is here for you, as Rowan University offers a Unified Sports Club. Rowan Unified Sports is...

Spencer Jordan doing his training routine. Jordan has been successful as the president of the Rowan MMA Club. - Photo via @rowanmma

Meet the fearless leader of the Rowan MMA Club

Ryan Schaller January 24, 2024

If you ever wanted to learn how to defend yourself, then the Rowan MMA Club is the place to be. Immediately, you will be introduced to the president of the club, Spencer Jordan. Jordan is in his junior...

Derek Jones, Princeton University Men's Basketball play-by-play broadcaster and station manager at Rowan Radio 89.7 WGLS-FM. - Photo / Rowan University

Derek Jones reflects on Princeton Men’s Basketball’s 2023 NCAA Tournament run

Connor Brown and Josh Ayers April 19, 2023

Just a bit over a month ago, Princeton University's men's basketball team went on a cinderella run in the 2023 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship tournament, also known as March Madness.  Getting...

Isabeau poses with her human, Suzanne. Tuesday, July 26, 2022. - Staff Photgrapher / Ashley Craven

Tuesdays are for the Dogs With the Blue Rocks’ “Bark in the Park”

Berry Andres August 1, 2022

Daniel S. Frawley Stadium, home of the Wilmington Blue Rocks, isn’t just dedicated to providing inclusive fan experiences to those in attendance at a baseball game. On Tuesday nights, they cater to...

Mitchell Parker winds up for a pitch. Parker currently has an ERA of 1.90 for the season. Saturday, April 9, 2022. - Staff Photographer / Tyrese Williams

Mitchell Parker’s Career With the Washington Nationals

Brianna Mac Kay July 21, 2022

Being on the roster of a minor league baseball team allows ball players to grow and polish their game in the hopes that they'll make it to a major league field. Growing is something that left handed...

Team photographer Brad Glazier takes a photo of the team early in the season. Friday, May 8, 2022. - Staff Photographer / Tyrese Williams.

Photographing Blue Rocks History: Brad Glazier

Berry Andres July 16, 2022

The crack of the bat, the ball hitting the back of a glove– sounds that are so reminiscent of Daniel S. Frawley Stadium that they can practically be heard through pictures of the Wilmington Blue Rocks...

Keller Bean at a cross country meet. Bean has been selected as this year's NJAIAW Rowan's Woman of the Year. - Photo / Rowan Athletics

Rowan Women’s Cross Country and Track & Field’s Keller Bean Selected as NJAIAW Woman of the Year

Kara Guno February 10, 2021

Keller Bean, a junior cross country and track runner, has been selected as Rowan University’s Woman of the Year by the New Jersey Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (NJAIAW). This award,...

Junior Emily Kopchick stands out both in the biochemistry lab (left) and in the swimming pool (right). She conducts research with biochemistry Department Head Gregory Caputo, and also has top times in the women's breaststroke sprint events. - Editor-in-Chief / Tara Lonsdorf (left) & photo courtesy of Rowan Athletics (right)

Standout swimmer-scientist Emily Kopchick represents Rowan in athletics, academics

Tara Lonsdorf December 4, 2019

Junior biochemistry major Emily Kopchick likes to talk about how the human body wasn't physiologically designed to swim - and that even so, it swims anyway. As the top-ranked breaststroker in the...

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