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Rowan community members march down Rowan Boulevard in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement on Juneteenth 2020. - Editor-in-Chief / Kalie VanDewater

Lonsdorf: Four Years Later, Rowan (Finally) Has a Political Identity

Tara Lonsdorf November 4, 2020

There's a funny axiom about what happens when 18-year-olds leave their small towns for college: that they'll experience a culture shock of sudden diversity and arts and multiculturalism. When I came to...

Image by Tori Balik

Every Whit Way: Episode 4 – Politics! Politics! Politics!

The Whit Staff November 7, 2019

This week Alex sits down with the current Mayor of Gloucester Township, David Mayer, to discuss the state of local politics across the country. And later, the guys examine the current state of politics...

Delaware Senator Chris Coons visited Rowan to speak to both students and Glassboro residents - News Editor / Alexander Heller

Delaware Senator Chris Coons visits Rowan to speak about citizenship in the 21st century

Corey Rothauser October 16, 2019

Following an exciting year of influential political speakers, Rowan Institute for Public Policy & Citizenship (RIPPAC) starts 2019 with Democratic Senator Chris Coons. Very few people are at the...

Image by Tara Lonsdorf

Word on the Street: Rowan students react to President Trump’s impeachment inquiry

Dmitri Torpey October 2, 2019

The threat of impeachment now looms over President Donald Trump after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House of Representatives will initiate a formal impeachment inquiry against him last...

Senator Corey Booker speaks at the Get Out the Vote Rally sponsored by the Rowan Democrats in the Chamberlain student center.

Man on the Street: The Third Democratic Debate

Dmitri Torpey September 18, 2019

Hosted by ABC on Thursday night, the third Democratic primary debate consisted of the 10 qualifying Democratic candidates on the same stage together for the first time. One major topic touched on in...

-Stock photo of Donald Trump courtesy of Creative Commons

Letter to the Editor: Community thoughts on the trajectory of election politics

Letter to the Editor September 15, 2019

The Whit accepts ’Letter to the Editor’ submissions from members of the community and university. The opinions expressed are those of the author, and not The Whit or its staff.  To The Editor:...

Pete Buttigieg is making a bid for the 2020 presidential office. - Photo by CNN

Heller: Why Pete Buttigieg should be the Democratic nominee for 2020

Alexander Heller September 11, 2019

Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story stated that Pete Buttigieg is the first openly gay person to run for President of the United States. A letter to the editor informed that Fred Krager ran in the 2012 Republican primaries, and was also openly gay. This...

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Heller: What does a Bernie Sanders candidacy look like in 2020?

Alexander Heller February 20, 2019

The Twittersphere woke up Tuesday morning to what could be the most dominating beat in the 2020 Democratic presidential campaign. That’s right, folks. It’s official! The independent senator from Vermont,...

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