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Shockey(left) and her high school friends Erin Doyle (middle) and Desiree Bauer(right) taking a photo in front of Bunce Hall at Accepted Students Day. - Photo via Sarah Shockey

Shockey: Local students need to stop taking Rowan for granted

Sarah Shockey January 31, 2024

For a senior in high school living so close to Glassboro, 15 minutes away to be exact, Rowan was seen by many as the last resort. When the time came to start filling out college applications, Rowan was...

Maybe it is about time the Prof's get a new mascot. - Contributor / Heath Bernstein

Bernstein: What’s a Prof? Why I think it is time to change our name

Heath Bernstein September 27, 2023

Now welcoming to the field, the Rowan Profs! Wait, what is a Prof? Is it some kind of bird or a mammal?  Rowan University’s athletic program has called themselves the “Profs” since 1957....

Rowan's new graduation gowns for 2023. - Photo via Rowan University.

Valcourt: The controversial new graduation gowns

Chelsea Valcourt April 26, 2023

Okay, I’ll say it, I love the new graduation gowns and I love the history they represent.I’m a huge Rowan fan. I transferred here hoping to find a more welcoming and accepting university. That’s...

Students stand behind the barricade set up at Thursday's protest of religious demonstrators. -Multimedia Editor/Miguel Martinez

Rowan community comes together in face of anti-gay, anti-Muslim rhetoric

The Whit Staff April 4, 2019

Ahead of Rowan's Pride Week 2019, several religious-affiliated demonstrators showed up to campus Thursday with signs and rhetoric that singled out groups they deemed were out of favor with their beliefs,...

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