‘Lifestyle’ Archives
Top Ten Picks for the NFL Draft
With the 2010 NFL draft less than a week away, I found it only fitting to throw in my two cents and give a list of my choices for the Top Ten picks. As in every NFL draft, this year’s potential Top Ten has been often debated. Just about anything can change which team picks whom. NFL analysts and average Joes alike attempt to form a list that [...]
Mathematics Department Celebrates Thomas Osler
By Lauren Wainwright Oslerfest, a mathematics conference in honor of Thomas Osler’s 70th birthday, will be hosted this weekend by the Mathematics Department of Rowan University in the Rowan Hall auditorium on Friday, April 16th and Saturday, April 17th. There will be a dinner party on Friday in the Owl’s Nest in which guests can register [...]
What’s Next for McNabb?
by Samantha Sciarrotta For 11 years, the name "Donovan McNabb" was synonymous with "the Philadelphia Eagles." The quarterback was the face of the team. He even hosted his own show, The Donovan McNabb Show, which aired on ABC every Saturday night and discussed the goings on of the team. However, on April 4, 2010, the McNabb Era ended. Andy [...]
Love your Vagina, Love Yourself
by Jessica Landolfi The ladies of the Vagina Monologues packed the Student Center Pit Monday night for the third year in a row of the production, with approximately 300 Rowan students gathered near the stage at 9 p.m. to listen to the women proudly speak about their downstairs. The show featured 12 monologues performed by 12 different [...]
Find Everlasting Chocolate At Max Brenner
by Ismaa Viqar Walnut Street in Philadelphia is known for its shopping district, so when a little cafe that specializes in chocolate-oriented drinks and desserts introduced itself to the neighborhood, Philadelphia's hunger for chocolate was finally quenched. Welcome to the real life Willy Wonka, Max Brenner: a restaurant like no [...]
Lucy/Vox Celebrates Porn
by Ismaa Viqar Lucy/Vox hosted guest speaker Jacq Jones to talk to students as part of Women's History Month on Feminism and pornography. Jones is a feminist who owns a sex-positive sex shop based in Baltimore named Sugar and enjoys watching porn. Jones, who has a degree in women's studies, went to college in the late 80s, early 90s, [...]
Bracketology: The Science Behind March Madness
by Samantha Sciarrotta Many associate the month of March with blossoming flowers and the beginning of spring. However, for millions of men and women across the country, March means college basketball. More specifically, they are thinking about bracketology, otherwise known as the science of creating one’s bracket to most precisely [...]
How Do I Avoid My Ex?
by Lauren Addeo Each week, Rowan on the Record poses a question that much of Rowan can relate to and either our readers or ROR will answer the question. To submit a question or answer to a question, e-mail rowanontherecord@gmail.com Today’s question is, "How can I avoid an ex around campus? It happens every day, Rowan. College couples [...]
Taxes in Gloucester Township: Rolling High or Aiming Low?
By Kaitlin Zeilman Gloucester Township’s government officials and residents are asking that question. Chris Christie’s budget cuts, coupled with the overall state of the economy, have sent a shock wave through New Jersey’s smaller communities. David Mayer, mayor of Gloucester Township, has a lot of ideas about how to improve this [...]
Luge Death Leaves Lasting Impact on 2010 Olympics
By Samantha Sciarrotta The event that marked the unofficial beginning of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver had nothing to do with lighting a torch. There was no celebratory ceremony, no medals awarded. Nodar Kumaritashvili, a 21-year-old Georgian luger, was tragically killed on Friday, February 12th, just hours before the opening [...]
