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Due to COVID-19, significant changes have been made for everyday operations to adhere to safety guidelines. This week's editorial explores how these changes have impacted The Whit's reporting, and how they have impacted us as reporters. - Graphics Editor / Jana Jackstis

Editorial: The Impact of COVID-19 on Our Reporting — Now and in the Future

The Whit Staff March 3, 2021

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit nearly a year ago, everything came to a full and sudden stop, with the exception of essential services. As we learned more about the virus, businesses and other establishments...

With the recent legalization of cannabis in New Jersey, Rowan has offered course opportunities for students to be a part of the growing cannabis industry. - Photo via 6abc.com

Cunningham: Rowan Needs to Clarify Stance on Cannabis

Liam Cunningham March 3, 2021

Editor's Note: This opinion article was written by Liam Cunningham, who is the Rowan Progressives' Press Secretary. Cunningham sent this to The Whit on behalf of the Progressives. Rowan Progressives...

This is a painting VanDewater did last week to practice painting water. VanDewater discusses the importance of building confidence in your feelings, beliefs and abilities. - Editor-in-Chief / Kalie VanDewater

VanDewater: Learning to Stand up for Yourself is Difficult but Worth it

Kalie VanDewater February 24, 2021

For a long time, I have been “the quiet girl.” Most of my acquaintances up until a few years ago would probably say that I was shy and a wallflower, but generally really nice. In the past, I haven’t...

The Amazon facility in Bessemer, Alabama opened in 2020 and within a few months, employees began an effort to unionize. Cunningham discusses the importance of unionization and fighting corporate power. - Photo via Birmingham Business Alliance

Cunningham: Let Bessemer Serve as an Example of How to Fight Corporate Power

Liam Cunningham February 23, 2021

At a time when wages have gone down considerably and union membership is historically low, an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, is rightfully looking to challenge the ever increasing power of ultra-high-net-worth...

Auschwitz was the largest death camp established during the Holocaust. Rossen explains why equating current events to the suffering of the victims of the Holocaust and other genocides is wrong. - Photo via history.com

Rossen: Equating the Holocaust With the Present Needs to Stop

Alex Rossen February 20, 2021

From 1939 to 1945, 6 million Jews were systematically murdered on the basis of their ethnicity in Germany. Jewish homes were destroyed and families were torn apart. Jewish businesses were ransacked. Jewish...

Many radical leaders of the past have had their messages diluted over time, Cunningham explains. He argues that this has played a part in preventing today's activists from making more progress than they do. - Photo via democracynow.org

Cunningham: What Watering Down of Radical Leaders Looks Like

Liam Cunningham February 16, 2021

There’s an old American tradition of stripping radical figures of their true nature. Any lick of radical political reform that poked or pried at the existing power structure is watered down into a version...

A painting of a canyon, created by Jessica Heritage for Intermediate Painting, hung in the hallway of Westby Hall. The Whit staff proposes that academic feats like this should be recognized across the university's many departments. - Editor-in-Chief / Kalie VanDewater

Editorial: Rowan Should Encourage University-Wide Academic Collaboration

The Whit Staff February 10, 2021

Delivering The Whit each week brings us to all of the academic buildings on campus, and it gives us the unique opportunity to get a glimpse into the academic lives of all students, whatever their program...

An NBA logo. - Photo / Wikimedia Commons.

Diehlman at Halftime: An NBA Weekly Column

Larry Diehlman February 10, 2021

You gotta love the NBA, right? There's the excitement of the game, players with all kinds of personalities, major “Woj bombs” every five minutes and legends building stronger resumes. There’s...

Are there aliens under the Hoover Dam? You decide. - Images from Wikimedia Commons, edited by Managing Editor / Tara Lonsdorf

Lonsdorf: Hoover Dam Requires Your Mythology, America

Tara Lonsdorf February 3, 2021

If you’ve never visited the Hoover Dam, allow me to describe for you its permeating endorsement of the occult. Garbled green angel statues with angry faces strike vertical wings skyward. Meanwhile,...

The statue of Henry Rowan stands outside Savitz Hall, an administrative building on campus where the Office of Financial Aid is located. - File Photo / Amanda Palma

Editorial: Rowan Administration Must Improve Communication with the Community

The Whit Staff February 3, 2021

We can all agree that communication is a vital part of any relationship — and by relationship we mean romantic, platonic, work, school, familial or any other important connections you can think of....

Images of victims of the Holocaust hang in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. - Photo via the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Rossen: Observing and Reflecting on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Alex Rossen January 22, 2021
Our cries for justice and tolerance... must be to change the hearts and minds of those who would be against us.
As President Trump leaves office and President-Elect Biden steps in, the question of how well the 46 president will live up to his campaign promises. Rossen delves into what we should be prepared for as Biden assumes his new position. - Photo via history.com

Rossen: Looking Ahead at a Biden Presidency With Cautious Optimism

Alex Rossen December 2, 2020

William Alan Reinsch, a contributor and chairperson for America’s Center for Strategic and International Studies, recently wrote that “predicting a politician’s moves after a campaign is harder...

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