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Students at the commencement of Rowan University graduation 2018. - Former Multimedia Editor/ Miguel Martinez

Pala: Stop asking students what they’re doing after college

Nigel Pala April 12, 2023

Commencement season is upon us, a season that ushers a new generation of students into the unforgiving world of adulthood without training wheels and convenient discounts. Amid the fourth quarter hustle...

Retamar discusses emotions students may face as they near graduation. - Staff Writer / Tatiana Retamar

Retamar: A letter to the student who is close to the finish line

Tatiana Retamar March 1, 2023

May 6.  May 6 to those who are returning students may seem like a regular day to them, they just finished their last final and are packing up their belongings to head home and finally kick start...

This week's editorial is about growing up and transitioning into life post-graduation. Photo via Pixabay.com

Editorial: The Reality of Growing up

The Whit Staff January 26, 2022

The spring semester has arrived, and for many students, this will be their last semester here at Rowan University. While this is a celebratory moment in a student’s life, it is also a moment of change.  There...

This editorial discusses the awkward transition from college student to young adulthood. - Photo via Pixabay.com

Editorial: Accepting Change

The Whit Staff September 29, 2021

There’s only one thing in this life that’s consistent--it’s change. In fact, if there’s anything the past year and a half has taught us, it’s that change is inevitable and often unpredictable. For...

This week's Student Diary discusses finding yourself and fear of the unknown - Managing Editor / Tara Lonsdorf

Student Diary: Who Am I, Really?

Helena Perray February 10, 2021

No one prepares you for adulthood or the oddity that is growing up. There is no course, no rulebook or guide. You don’t ask for it to happen or know exactly how it got here when it arrives, but you...

This week's Student Diary discusses finding yourself and fear of the unknown - Managing Editor / Tara Lonsdorf

Student Diary: How to Deal With Growing up and the Compulsion to Cram in Life Experience

Helena Perray October 20, 2020

If there is one thing that has emotionally weighed me down time and time again, it is the thought that growing up might as well equal metaphorical death. There seems to be a certain stigma tied to...

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