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Rowan Marching band performing at the homecoming tailgate. (Staff Writer / Lucien Santoro)

Rowan hosts Homecoming tailgate

Lucien Santoro, Staff Writer October 22, 2025

Before Rowan’s flattening of William Patterson College, with a final score of 45-16, Rowan students and alumni gathered for a time-honored tradition: the homecoming tailgate.  On Oct. 18, hours before...

Tailgaters hang out outside Coach Richard Wackar Stadium. Glassboro, N.J. Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (Sports Photographer / Melanie Barahona)

Sights from Rowan’s homecoming tailgate and football game

Melanie Barahona, Sports Photographer October 18, 2025

Hundreds of Rowan students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community members tailgated on Saturday afternoon outside Coach Richard Wackar Stadium. Prior to the Profs football team taking on William Paterson...

Members of Phi Beta Sigma barbecue at the homecoming tailgate. - Copy Editor / Marchella Mazzoni

Homecoming Tailgate fills Rowan students and alumni with Prof pride

Marchella Mazzoni, Copy Editor November 6, 2024

After a week of homecoming celebrations ranging from pushcart and banner competitions to a lip sync battle, Rowan University held its 2024 Homecoming Tailgate in Parking Lot O on Nov. 2.  The event...

Whoo RU and Dr. Benjamin Dworkin reads The Whit's Centennial Edition. - Managing Editor / Abigail Twiford

HOCO 2023: Tailgate rain or shine

Abigail Twiford October 18, 2023

Though the ground and air were wet and a light drizzle still fell around campus, Parking Lot O was full of excitement and noise.  Rowan University held the 2023 Homecoming Tailgate on Saturday,...

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