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"At the end of the day, journalism devoid of humanity is worthless, and the statement put out by The Whit Staff was ignorant and disgusting." - Graphics Editor / Julia Quennesson

Letter to the Editor: From 9/11 to October 7: Growing up as a “terrorist”

Zobia Bokhari December 6, 2023

I was born on July 27, 2002. Exactly 319 days since two commercial airplanes were hijacked and crashed into the Twin Towers. It seems almost surreal that an event that took place before I was even born...

"Nearly two decades after Sept. 11, xenophobic views across America have continued to divide the country." - Graphics Editor / Julia Quennessen

Editorial: Two decades after tragedy, we are still learning to let prejudice go

The Whit Staff September 14, 2023

Nearly two decades after Sept. 11, xenophobic views across America have continued to divide the country. Xenophobia, prejudice against people from different countries, is not only tied to the 21st century...

Staff Writer Mya Calderon shares her experience being an employee at Target. - Graphic / Julia Quennessen

Calderon: How to Know if Target is for you

Mya Calderon February 2, 2022

After moving to New Jersey from Minnesota, the first thing on my mind was getting a job. With the Deptford Mall being a 15-minute drive, it was easy to find one – but a job that paid well above minimum...

Senior English Major Seth Lowe discusses how "Teaching Critical Race Theory has become the latest battleground for exercising the great hypocrisy of traditional American sentiment." - Photo via Pixabay.com

Op-ed: Make Reform the Norm–Higher Education’s Responsibility to Rectify American Education

Seth Lowe January 25, 2022

“A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom.” -Thomas Paine, “Common Sense” Cultural...

Features Editor Jennifer McGraw discusses the importance cancel culture has on holding society accountable. - Photo via Pixabay.com

McGraw: Is It “Cancel Culture” or Is It Accountability?

Jennifer McGraw October 27, 2021

What do you think of when you hear the phrase “cancel culture?”  We’ve all heard this famous phrase that basically means a prominent figure was blocked or shunned by society for doing something...

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...

Staff writer Jack Trabucco explains his beliefs on whether all feedback is useful. - Image via Pixabay

Trabucco: Negative Feedback — Dealing it and Taking it

Jack Trabucco April 21, 2021

Managing Editor’s Note: Since publishing my recent article about hostility I’ve encountered as a student journalist, I’ve received overwhelming support from students, staff and faculty alike. One...

Staff Writer Jack Trabucco wrote an article this week explaining how he feels about Managing Editor Tara Lonsdorf's professional experiences. Except, he didn't live them. So now, she explains it back to him. - Photo via Pixabay

Lonsdorf: No, That Was Not the End of the Discussion

Tara Lonsdorf April 20, 2021

Managing Editor’s Note: Since publishing my recent article about hostility I’ve encountered as a student journalist, I’ve received overwhelming support from students, staff and faculty alike. One...

Lia Mahoney shares her experiences growing up Asian American, often as one of the only Asian people in her communities. She writes about how the pandemic has exacerbated the isolation and othering of Asian Americans and has escalated to racist violence. - Copy Editor / Taryn Guettler

Mahoney: My Pandemic Experience as an Asian American

Lia Mahoney March 24, 2021
"The pandemic has been difficult for everyone all over the world but I’ve had to face other difficulties purely because I was born Asian."
Event moderator Amy Hoch asking a question to the panelists.- Photo via / Gabrielle Giacomelli

DEI Hosts “Minding Your Mental Health: COVID-19, Racism and the Elections” Virtual Meeting

Gabrielle Giacomelli November 4, 2020

The Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) of Rowan University held a WebEx meeting on the topics of racism, COVID-19, political culture, and how to deal with those issues on Wednesday, Nov....

A Black Lives Matter protest is being held to protest social injustice against people of color. - Photo via pixabay.com

WOCA-hosted Womxn of Color Collective Event Discusses the Struggles that Women of Color Face in Society

Amelia Anderson September 16, 2020

On Sept. 9, the young women of the Womxn of Color Alliance (WOCA) gathered in a virtual group meeting to discuss the pressures of being a womxn of color in America. The term “womxn” is used...

Dear Destiny: Roommate to a Bigot

Dear Destiny: Roommate to a Bigot

Destiny Hall October 26, 2019

Dear Destiny,  One of my roommates has a political ideology that I find abhorrent. It's racist, xenophobic, homophobic, etc. I would say that she's a good person other than this, but I'm not so...

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