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"As a college community, we need to work on dismantling this stigma, not only around our own campus but more broadly as well." - Graphic / Brendan Cohen

Twiford: STIs are stigmatized. They shouldn’t be

Abigail Twiford April 10, 2024

April is Sexually Transmitted Disease Awareness Month. For that reason, I want to talk about STIs, more specifically the stigma that comes with them and why they shouldn’t be there. I’m not trying...

Contributor / Nicholas Feldman

Twiford: The Importance of Flu Prevention During COVID

Abigail Twiford October 26, 2022

Due to the higher-than-average number of cases so early in the season, the CDC predicts that the coming winter months will bring with them a particularly severe flu season. It will be compounded by the...

Corner of South Campus and 322 Rowan Blvd outside of Hawthorn Hall. - Multimedia Editor / Lee Kotzen

Vague Alerts Provoke Confusion Among Students Following a Motor Vehicle Accident

Victoria McGivern September 21, 2022

On Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, Rowan Alert and Rowan Advisory sent out multiple messages, both via text and email, regarding a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 322 Rowan Blvd. The first message...

A vaccine for COVID-19 would help protect millions of people - but can it be developed quickly enough? - Image from Pixabay

The Road to a COVID-19 Vaccine and Treatment: a Biochemistry Student Explains

Emily Kopchick August 25, 2020
In just five months, a nonliving particle one hundredth the diameter of a human hair has claimed the lives of more US citizens than the Vietnam and Korean wars combined.
Rowan University holds a ceremony for the graduating class of 2020. The ceremony was originally scheduled for May but because of the coronavirus pandemic, it had to be postponed.  - Staff Photographer / Miguel Martinez

Evade the Virus: CDC Guidelines for Rowan Returners

Emily Kopchick August 19, 2020

It’s your move-in day. You have officially returned to Rowan University in the midst of a global pandemic. With protective protocols in place, life at Rowan is not what it used to be. Time progresses,...

Marlee Chesler poses overlooking the city of Florence on Feb. 3, 2020. Photo / Marlee Chesler

Studying abroad halted as coronavirus spreads to Italy

Christopher Connors March 7, 2020

"As the days went by the tourists were just disappearing... at 9:30 at night, when the streets would usually be busy and people were going out, it was kind of like a ghost town." Marlee Chesler Marlee...

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