Skip to Main Content
The Student News Site of Rowan University

The Whit

The Student News Site of Rowan University

The Whit

The Student News Site of Rowan University

The Whit

Rowan's Political parties' logos. - Arts & Entertainment Editor / Al Harmon.

Campus Ideologies: Three student parties take on immigration

Rowan Political Groups April 10, 2024

Rowan Progressives Immigration is a major problem facing America today, but not for the reasons right-leaning people will tell you. The United States has a long and problematic history with immigration...

Rowan's Political parties' logos. - Arts & Entertainment Editor / Al Harmon.

Campus Ideologies: Three student parties take on abortion

Rowan Political Groups March 6, 2024

Rowan Progressives On June 24, 2022, the conservative-dominated Supreme Court ruled that the US Constitution “does not confer a right to abortion," deciding that “the authority to regulate...

Ras Baraka speaks about his ideas for improving different policies in the state at RIPPAC Speaker Series. - Productions Editor / Sarah Shockey

NJ Governor candidate Ras Baraka discusses how to build a better state for all at RIPPAC conference

Sarah Shockey February 21, 2024

On Tuesday, Feb. 20, the Mayor of the city of Newark, New Jersey, Ras Baraka (D) spoke to a crowd in Room 104 of the Business Hall about key policy issues facing the state and his overall future vision...

Josh Gottheimer speaks at Rowan University as a part of RIPPAC's Speaker Series. - Productions Editor / Sarah Shockey

U.S. Representative Josh Gottheimer talks politics and policy at first RIPPAC Speaker Series conference of 2024

Sarah Shockey February 7, 2024

On Thursday, Feb. 1, United States Representative Josh Gottheimer (D) spoke to members of the Rowan community in Room 104 of Business Hall for the first Institute For Public Policy & Citizenship (RIPPAC)...

Rowan Political

Rowan Political clubs answer: What do you think is the proper solution for the Israeli-Hamas War?

Victoria McGivern and Al Harmon November 15, 2023

Rowan Republicans Aniket Shafin, public relations chair of the Rowan Republicans  “The Israel-Palestine issue is a delicate and often polarizing topic. The United States has historically...

The event was held inside the Chamberlain Student Center Pit and started at 7 p.m. -Photo via Victoria Schriver-McGivern.

Rowan Republicans and Democrats Host Annual Debate

Victoria McGivern April 13, 2022

*Editor's Note: A rebuttal made by the Rowan Republicans that was made after the debate has been published to give fair and unbiased coverage of the event. The Rowan Republicans and Rowan Democrats...

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...

Glassboro municipal positions have all been filed by the Democratic Party. -Photo / pixabay.com

Heller: Who’s who in New Jersey’s close senate and congressional races

Alexander Heller September 12, 2018

In what’s been considered one of the most crucial midterms in recent memory, New Jersey is poised to be a battleground state for some of the most hotly contested races this November. For almost 40 years,...

Kass: Reconciliation key after election day

Matt Kass November 2, 2016

This is an installment in Matt Kass' weekly political opinion column "Left, Right, and Center." We’re now a little under a week away from Election Day, and I’d like to take one last chance before...

Load More Stories
Donate to The Whit

Activate Search
Democrat