Skip to Main Content
The Student News Site of Rowan University

The Whit

The Whit

The Whit

Student Ethics Conference coordinator Dr. Ellen Miller introducing Rowan student Daniel O’Brien’s research study, “Biomedical Ethics: The Philosophy Of Medicine And Dementia.” - Staff Writer / Marchella Mazzoni

Annual Student Ethics Conference sparks conversation and reflection

Marchella Mazzoni April 10, 2024

With the opportunity to showcase ethical research projects, Rowan students came together to present their findings at the 8th Annual Student Ethics Conference. The event was hosted by the College of Humanities...

"Combining Lennon’s isolated vocals with guitar and voice recordings from Harrison in 1995, both McCartney and Starr recorded instrumentation and vocals in 2022 to finish off the song, one that has been 45 years in the making." - Arts & Entertainment Editor / Al Harmon

The Beatles’ final reunion: The Beatles reunite through AI for an emotional farewell song

Sarah Shockey November 29, 2023

https://open.spotify.com/album/2qQP2NgOoH6HqknnbpJmIk?si=UL6e-KJiSdmMpgQ4H4TRcw More than 53 years after the English rock band The Beatles broke up, they have reunited to release what is being dubbed...

"Misinformation, whether deliberate or unintentional, becomes a powerful weapon." - Courtesy of Adobe Stock

Harmon: The impact of misinformation on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Al Harmon November 1, 2023

In an era where information flows like a river, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict serves as a sobering reminder of the severe repercussions of spreading misinformation on the internet, and not knowing...

Pala grapples with objectivity in journalism. - Arts and Entertainment Editor / Chelsea Valcourt

Pala: Objectivity is a myth

Nigel Pala March 8, 2023

All traditional journalists are misguided. The essence of the journalistic curriculum at the collegiate level is heavily based on an ideal that parallels the aspirational state of a clean slate. That...

Pala discusses how the intersection of journalism and social media created the need for ethics codes amoungst podcasters. - Graphics Editor / Julia Quennessen

Pala: If everyone is a journalist then everyone needs ethics

Nigel Pala November 9, 2022

We live in a society where everyone is a journalist. This was the wise analogy of my first journalistic professor during my freshman year of college, and it couldn’t have been proven any truer. Society...

Elizabeth Ann is the first black-footed ferret to be cloned. She is 50 days old in this image. - Photo via Revive and Restore

Lonsdorf: Can Clones Solve the Biodiversity Crisis?

Tara Lonsdorf March 3, 2021

In February, news broke of the first cloned endangered North American animal, a black-footed ferret named Elizabeth Ann. Her birth is the result of cells cryogenically stored in 1988 from an individual...

Walter Cronkite is an example of a journalist who earned the American public's trust by waiting for confirmed facts before reporting. Many modern journalists, such as those who reported on the recent death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant, should follow his example. - CBS via Landov

Editorial: Reporting accurately is better than reporting quickly

The Whit Staff January 28, 2020

News of NBA champion Kobe Bryant's death swept mainstream news sites on Sunday. Whether you follow sports in any capacity or not, Bryant's name is a familiar one, and his and the other eight passengers'...

Load More Stories
Donate to The Whit

Activate Search
ethics