Early Childhood Demonstration Center

Utilizing a new assessment system, the Early Childhood Demonstration Center, located in the Education building of the Glassboro campus, has a program that is both interactive with parents and engaging for their students aged 2 ½ to 6 years old. The new assessment system used by the Early Childhood Demonstration Center is called “Creative Curriculum.” [...]

The Whitman Diner’s new look

Located on Black Horse Pike in Turnersville, The Whitman Diner has revamped itself from the typical 1960s style New Jersey diner that made the restaurant popular over the years. In its place is a remarkable, “modern” diner furnished in deep reds and blacks. From the new wrap-around booths to the Martini Lounge, there is an [...]

Octogenarian Adventures

This week’s post was shot by staff photographer Kathleen Duffy at her grandmother’s 80th birthday party in Salem, NJ. After a few shots on auto, Kathleen switched to manual focusing for a bit of old-school practice.

A Food Coma

A Cautionary Tale This is a short story of a very unfortunate lunch. A day trip to London with a group of international students started off beautifully, visiting landmarks like Covent Garden, Piccadilly Circus and Buckingham Palace. After hours of snapping photos and gasping at one beautiful monument after another, I was ravenous and ready [...]

How to stay healthy at college

Many college students live on a tight budget, are forced into tight living quarters and have a hard time leading a healthy lifestyle. Minding what you eat can help living healthy, especially during flu season. Samantha Cook, a junior biology major who lives in the townhouse, said that there are ways to work around pesky [...]

Rowan goes paperless

Rowan University‘s efforts to go green and paperless have not gone unnoticed. The long to-do list that I have to tackle when my Internet connection finally works is hard to ignore. Professors in many departments have announced that assignments will be handed on online and many have either begun to use Blackboard more often or [...]

RU Theatre Preview

The Theatre and Dance Department at Rowan University is gearing up for an exciting theatrical season, both inside and outside the Tohill Theatre. At the Tohill Theatre beginning this November, audiences will be treated to a new show written by OBIE Award winning director, John Clancy. “The Last Days of Dr. Jekyll” tells the story [...]

The Vampire Craze

Cover your neck. Don’t go out after dark. Actually, nowadays, evil isn’t just creeping around at night. It’s also prowling in the bright lights of Hollywood. What kind of evil am I talking about? Vampires. Just because they can’t go out in the sunlight doesn’t mean they can’t venture into the spotlight, and for that [...]

“Surrogates” lacks action movie wow factor

Jonathan Mostow’s “Surrogates” may have been advertised as a science fiction action movie, but it seemed more like a detective movie. Although it was an entertaining movie, “Surrogates” lacked the wow factor that similar movies such as “The Matrix” and “I, Robot” offered. Set in the future, the majority of humanity is living the ultimate [...]

MMA for Dummies

Earlier this month, Rich ‘Ace’ Franklin squared up against Vitor Belfort in a fight watched by more than half a million on Pay-Per-View. Three minutes later, Belfort stood victorious in front of a deafening crowd after knocking out Franklin in the first round. Royce Gracie stood victorious 16 years earlier in similar fashion at the [...]

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