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Rampulla poses with her safety app in New York City. - Photo via Siena Rampulla

PULLATracker officially launches March 1 for all Rowan students

Madison Miller February 28, 2024

Rowan MBA student, Siena Rampulla was a victim of a home break in the spring of 2022. For many 20-year-old women, this would have been isolating and could have the potential to put a dent in their collegiate...

Glassboro Police Department’s efforts is deploying “Party Patrols,” which are groups of officers who patrol every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. - Graphics Editors / Julia Quennessen

Glassboro PD deploys “Party Patrol” after shooting & stabbing over Halloweekend

Sarah Shockey November 8, 2023

This past Halloween weekend, Glassboro residents and Rowan students were alerted about violent incidents that occurred near campus, with stabbings and gunshots reported.  There was a reported...

After students expressed wanting more details in Rowan Alerts and Timely Warning, the most recent one was more descriptive although the correlation between complaints and this email is undetermined. Graphic Editors / Julia Quennessen

Rowan issues more detailed Timely Warning after student shot with BB gun

Madison Miller April 12, 2023

A Rowan student was recently shot with a BB gun off campus just a block away from school grounds, according to the most recent Rowan Timely Warning.  The student did not report any injuries, suspects,...

The four public schools of Glassboro that will share a fifth officer. - News Intern / Madison Miller

Glassboro public schools add a fifth police officer

Madison Miller March 8, 2023

On Feb. 28, 2023 the Borough Council held a meeting to discuss new resolutions and business this month. Among the passed resolutions was Resolution R: 92-23, which will add an additional police officer...

NJ State Trooper Helicopter Landw at Delsea Drive Park. - Staff Writer / Nick Butler

Glassboro Police Host “Paws For the Cause” Community Event

Nick Butler October 5, 2022

It was a cold and rainy last day of September, yet the Glassboro Police Department tried to keep it light and fun with the Paws for the Cause community event at the South Delsea Drive Park. With different...

"I would have liked the movie more if the scenes varied more than the 911 calls. The perspective was narrow, and the audience couldn’t see what the other characters in this film were going through." - Arts & Entertainment Editor / Al Harmon.

Jake Gyllenhaal Shines in “The Guilty”: A riveting one-man Show

Kelly Steinmeyer October 12, 2021

“The Guilty,” a Netflix film directed by Antoine Fuqua, was released on Sept. 24. The emotional and suspenseful film is no. 6 in the U.S. today.  An intense introduction of 911 calls and scenes...

Rowan Police vehicle parked at Rowan Public Safety headquarters at Bole Annex. - Photo / Miguel Martinez

Rowan Campuses Forced to Evacuate During Bomb Threat Investigation

Natalie Arch June 8, 2021

At 11:29 a.m. on June 8, Rowan University sent out an email to all students and staff stating, “Rowan Alert: Please evacuate all Rowan University campuses immediately. There is a bomb threat under investigation....

Harvard University's "Their Names" project assembled a list of 28,000 American citizens who died due to police violence since 2000, many of whose names were never released by police departments. In this opinion piece, Rossen responds to Tepper's piece, which makes mention of police violence. - Photo via Harvard Gazette

Rossen: Response to Tepper’s Derek Chauvin Opinion

Alex Rossen May 5, 2021

I would like to start by thanking Daniel Tepper for sharing his views with The Whit to be published this past Friday. The Whit is made better by students from a diverse set of ideologies and perspectives...

Pictured left to right: Steven Graham, Joe Messner, Chris Angelini, Steve Michetti and Greg Case (not pictured) combine their skills, knowledge and friendship to make police stops safer for everyone involved. The class of 2018 graduates started Bicoastal Labs to create a drone that would help eliminate fear associated with police stops. - Photo courtesy of Bicoastal Labs

Class of 2018 Graduates Invent a Way to Make Policing Safer for Everyone

Kalie VanDewater October 21, 2020

During his time studying mechanical engineering, 2018 Rowan graduate Steve Michetti came up with many project ideas. One such project was an app that would keep track of your friends while they were...

Altaif Hassan speaks at the Rowan University open-forum held on Friday.
-Photo Courtesy of / Dyone Payne

Glassboro police release body-cam footage of campus traffic stop

Amanda Palma October 10, 2018

Nine days after the incident on Rowan University’s campus, the Glassboro Police Department released all of their body camera footage to their Facebook page. The goal of their release of the footage was...

Yobb: On police (Photo from Creative Commons)

Yobb: On police officers

Chris Yobb October 24, 2017

Over the past few years, the police have been made out to seem like they are against you. Individuals have taken to social media, protests and various other outlets to voice their displeasure with the...

Mark Clements presents at an Office of Social Justice, Inclusion and Conflict Resolution book club. Clements commented about his experience with police brutality, as it relates to the selected book, Maroon. -Justin Fata/Photo Editor

SJICR presents Maroon: speaker Mark Clements opens up about experiences with police brutality

Jessica Kovalick March 30, 2016

Mark A. Clements was just 16 years old when he was taken into police custody. On his account of the experience in a Chicago Police Department room, he was interrogated and tortured into a false confession...

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