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The symbol depicts someone is being human trafficked and needs help. Learning this sign could save your life or another's. - Graphic Editor / Julia Quennessen

Mazzoni: Human trafficking and domestic violence at Rowan

Marchella Mazzoni April 17, 2024

As an aspiring investigative journalist, I gravitate towards exploring the issues that I find to perilously affect our community. While scrolling through Rowan’s Public Safety Crime Log Data, checking...

Miles Bridges (left) and Kevin Porter Jr. (right) are both facing domestic violence charges while the NBA has done very little to address either incident. - Multimedia Editor / Drew Peltzman

Peltzman: Don’t let the NBA’s silence fool you

Drew Peltzman November 1, 2023

October is one of my favorite months of the year but not for the reason you might expect. Not for Halloween nor for pumpkin spice. It is the month when the NBA season starts and I know every night for...

Rowan’s 2023 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report was released this month, informing the campus community about crimes that have occured on campus  in the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. Managing Editor / Abigail Twiford

Rowan releases Clery Report for 2023

Abigail Twiford October 11, 2023

The Rowan University Annual Security and Fire Safety Report for 2023 was issued on Oct. 1.  The data in the report is given to the Department of Education in compliance with the Clery Act and...

Moline will be on leave, with pay, “pending the outcome of the court case,” his annual salary being $107,713, according to state pension -Photo via Pixabay.com.

Woodbury Heights Police Chief on Paid Leave After Simple Assault Charges

Mya Calderon April 26, 2022

Police Chief Joshua M. Moline of the Woodbury Heights Police Department was placed on administrative leave after being charged with simple assault, after an “off-duty incident.”. The incident occurred...

"These topics may sound bleak and uncomfortable but have more than struck a chord with millions of viewers who have fallen in love with this series and its cast of well-developed characters, most noticeably Margaret Qualley’s Alex." Arts & Entertainment Editor / Al Harmon.

Netflix’s Hit Series “Maid” is a Raw Depiction of Reality for Struggling Single Mothers and Domestic Violence Survivors

Mary Millar October 27, 2021

The film works as a medium for us to use as a form of escape, allowing us to drift off into a world different from our own, so that we may have a brief reprieve from our normal lives. Stories that detail...

The former police chief of Glassboro, Franklin S. Brown Jr., 53, faces aggravated assault charges following a domestic violence report in his residence in Clayton, NJ. - Photo via NJ.com

Former Glassboro Police Chief, Franklin S. Brown Jr., Faces Charges After Allegedly Strangling Woman in Clayton, NJ

Natalie Arch April 28, 2021

The former police chief of Glassboro, Franklin S. Brown Jr., 53, faces aggravated assault charges following a domestic violence report in his residence in Clayton, NJ, on April 11. The charges include...

On Monday, October 29th, the SJICR hosted a small event titled “PROFS Go Purple.” Students were invited to visit the Multicultural Center in Hawthorn Hall to write uplifting and inspirational messages on purple t-shirts, all of which were put up on display with the help of clotheslines outside the building.
-Staff Write/Vince Ceraso

Rowan goes purple for domestic violence victims

Vince Ceraso October 31, 2018

In the United States, 24 people will fall victim to some form of domestic violence within the next 60 seconds, according to the National Domestic Violence Hotline. Statistically speaking, an estimated...

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Silent Witness exhibit sheds light on domestic violence

Sarah Camp October 3, 2018

In correspondence with Domestic Violence Awareness Month, The Silent Witness Initiative has come to Rowan University, on Oct. 2, 2018. “Silent Witness is a national initiative to raise awareness about...

Take Back the Night filled the student center. - Staff photo/Lauren Kubiak

Sexual assault victim supporters ‘Take Back the Night’ at Rowan

Lauren Kubiak April 5, 2017

Sexual violence survivors opened up about their experiences while an audience showed support through claps, snaps and written messages on cloth squares that would be turned into a quilt. It was part of...

Wellness Center and Public Safety work together to fight victim-blaming

Nicole Mingo March 15, 2017

On Oct. 14, 2016, a timely warning appeared in the email inboxes of all Rowan students. A female student reported that she had been sexually assaulted in Holly Pointe Commons and the Public Safety Office...

Escalation of relationship violence addressed at That’s Not Love workshop

Sarah Hockel February 7, 2017

A victim of relationship violence is often blind to the abuse that they’re experiencing. They don’t know it’s actually happening to them until it’s too late. On Monday night, Leadership Rowan...

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