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"It’s not often you meet someone with the same birthday as you, especially if you share a birthday with the most deadly attack in United States history." - Photo via FreePik

Fandino: What it’s like having a birthday on 9/11

Sophia Fandino, Opinion Editor September 10, 2024

I bet that made your eyebrows jump. That is unless you are a fellow 9/11 baby yourself, then maybe you let out a sigh of relief instead.  It’s not often you meet someone with the same birthday as...

"At the end of the day, journalism devoid of humanity is worthless, and the statement put out by The Whit Staff was ignorant and disgusting." - Graphics Editor / Julia Quennesson

Letter to the Editor: From 9/11 to October 7: Growing up as a “terrorist”

Zobia Bokhari December 6, 2023

I was born on July 27, 2002. Exactly 319 days since two commercial airplanes were hijacked and crashed into the Twin Towers. It seems almost surreal that an event that took place before I was even born...

"Nearly two decades after Sept. 11, xenophobic views across America have continued to divide the country." - Graphics Editor / Julia Quennessen

Editorial: Two decades after tragedy, we are still learning to let prejudice go

The Whit Staff September 14, 2023

Nearly two decades after Sept. 11, xenophobic views across America have continued to divide the country. Xenophobia, prejudice against people from different countries, is not only tied to the 21st century...

Sept. 11, 2001 is a day we have to make sure we never forget.  - Multimedia editor / Drew Peltzman

Michaels: Without remembrance, we will forget

Sylent Lee Michaels September 13, 2023

The 22nd anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, has come and passed. A heartbreaking day that over the years has become a day meant for remembrance. A time to pay tribute to those lost, appreciate those who are...

The WTC currently boasts a funding deficit of $3 billion. - Graphics Editor / Julia Quennessen

EDITORIAL: Choosing to Remember but Forgetting to Support

The Whit Staff September 14, 2022

Nearly everyone is aware of the history and timeline of events that occurred on Sept. 11, 2001. Many Rowan University students educated within the United States have visited the 9/11 memorials, listened...

Staff Writer Santino D'Agostino discusses the impact 9/11 had on Mursalin Singh, an Afghan American biology major at Rowan University. - Photo courtesy of Mursalin Singh

From the Twin Towers to the Taliban: How 9/11 Changed This Afghan American Prof’s Life

Santino J. D'Agostino October 5, 2021

Have you ever faced consequences for something you had absolutely no connection to at all? Something that you yourself were the victim of? Or even worse: Something that happened before you were born? Mursalin...

Twin Towers smoking on 9/11. Photo courtesy of Creative Commons.

Yobb: We must remember them

Chris Yobb September 11, 2017

This is an installment of Chris Yobb’s weekly column, “My Two Cents.” As we've reached the 16th anniversary of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 I was finally able to visit the memorials at Ground Zero....

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