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This week's editorial discusses Rowan's current masking requirement and whether it is still necessary amid Governor Murphy lifting the mask mandate for schools K-12 on March 7, 2022. - Photo via Pixabay.com

Editorial: Is Rowan’s Mask Requirement Still Necessary?

The Whit Staff February 23, 2022

For the past two years now, COVID-19 has been part of our everyday lives. Before we leave our house we make sure we have our phone, keys, wallet and mask.  However, with new coronavirus cases...

Within the last two weeks, over 80 Rowan University students have tested positive for the flu according to the Rowan University Wellness Center. -Photo via Multimedia Editor / Nicholas Feldman

Rowan University Faces Flu Outbreak

Makayla Griffin November 16, 2021

It’s not COVID-19, but this respiratory disease is also making its way through the Rowan University student body: it’s the influenza virus. Influenza, more commonly known as the flu, is a highly...

This week, Elizabeth Jasek discusses her hope for this Thanksgiving and the upcoming holiday season, following widespread distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. - Photo via Pixabay.com

Jasek: COVID-19 is Not Invited to Thanksgiving Dinner

Elizabeth Jasek November 10, 2021

The table was set for seven. Although it typically held 15 place settings, only four of us were eating Thanksgiving dinner last year together. The food was still delicious and filling, but the holiday...

Co-Editor-in-Chief reports on this year's flu season and how it may look different from past ones. Photo / Co-Editor-in-Chief Joel Vazquez-Juarbe

VIDEO: The Pandemic Makes for an Unpredictable Flu Season

Joel Vazquez-Juarbe November 3, 2021

The weather is getting cooler and crunchy brown leaves cover the sidewalks -- flu season is here. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused this flu season to be unpredictable, according to health officials....

Rowan University has extended the mask mandate until further notice. - Photo via Pixabay.com

Rowan University Extends Mask Mandate Until Further Notice

Makayla Griffin September 28, 2021

The university-wide mask mandate, originally set to expire on Sept. 14, was extended indefinitely after university officials reviewed COVID-19 cases on campus and recommended the extension out of “an...

Rowan University offers updated information regarding COVID-19 vaccine exemptions. - Photo via Pixabay.com

Covid-19 Vaccination Exemptions: Their Process and How They Work

Stephanie Green September 15, 2021

As students have returned to Rowan University’s campus this fall semester for in-person classes, guidelines and requirements are in place for students to help protect against COVID-19 transmission....

Students walk along Rowan University's campus during the first day of in-person class. - Multimedia Editor /  Nick Feldman

Editorial: Students are Back on Campus and so are Their Masks

The Whit Staff September 8, 2021

Editor's Note: The editorial article in this week's print is not the correct article intended for this week's issue of The Whit. We apologize on behalf of The Whit staff for the mistake. After two...

An overhead view of Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida, home to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The stadium will host Super Bowl LV this Sunday. - Photo / Wikimedia Commons user Bernard Gagnon

Super Bowl LV Set to Host 7,500 Frontline Workers

Jennifer McGraw February 3, 2021

There is no doubt that this year’s Super Bowl will look and feel different. Not only will there be concerns about the recent COVID-19 pandemic, but we will see a Super Bowl team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers,...

A vaccine for COVID-19 would help protect millions of people - but can it be developed quickly enough? - Image from Pixabay

The Road to a COVID-19 Vaccine and Treatment: a Biochemistry Student Explains

Emily Kopchick August 25, 2020
In just five months, a nonliving particle one hundredth the diameter of a human hair has claimed the lives of more US citizens than the Vietnam and Korean wars combined.
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