I am very thankful for how I have changed this year and where events and experiences, whether they were out of my control or resulted from my own doing, have taken me. All of them have led me to a final conclusion and a very valuable lesson: realizing the importance of maintaining, or at least

By Jess Scanlon A documentary film by senior Patty Wittenburg will be shown at the internationally renowed Cannes Film Festival this summer. “I found out three weeks ago and I was really excited,” Wittenburg said. “I leave the night of my graduation for France, which is exciting, but also a little nerve- wracking.” The documentary

By Paul Mullin It’s around noontime on a sunny Saturday, and a small wedding reception is getting underway. It isn’t the most glamorous setting, but the guests are dancing and so is the happy couple. Then an orange maintenance crane crosses through the scene — back-up beeper blaring loud and clear — and there is

If work and school have taught me anything, it is that being tolerant is disingenuous. Avoiding truths or perceptions and failing to express grievances through uninhibited political correctness, however satiating nominally, lends only to ignorance; it is analogous not to advancement and equality but to stagnancy and defeat. Repressed thoughts and dialogue perpetuate our inability

By Faina Sandler The turbulence of World War II disrupted Anna Shevchuk Robbins’ early years. Born in Ukraine, she and her family walked to Poland, took a train to Germany and landed in Loison-sous-Lens, France. Then at 15, she came to America, and things settled down. Boy, did they settle down: Since 1959, she has

By Michael Mack The Rider baseball team entered a crucial four-game swing this week, battling  MAAC rival Fairfield for a three-game set and national power George Mason. The Broncs kicked off the week with a double header against the Stags at home on Saturday. The first game of the day was a thriller as Fairfield

By Valis Vicenty Everyone loves to party right? The Lady from Dubuque, sponsored by Alpha Psi Omega opens in the middle of one, in which three couples are playing a drunken game of 20 Questions. The friendly guessing game takes a turn as we come to find out that one of the players, Jo, is

Graduation for seniors and graduate students is quickly approaching; congratulations to those who have made it. Now, the moment of truth: It is not going to be easy to get that job that you have worked so hard for. I am not writing this as a scare tactic, not at all. I am writing this

By Rocco Schirripa The Rider golf team took the fairway this past weekend to compete in the MAAC championships and took a disappointing sixth place out of nine after three days. “The MAAC championship was very disappointing for us as a team,” senior Eric LeFante said after shooting a 232 for the weekend. “The guys

By Kaitlin MacRae As little girls grow up and dismiss the notion that boys have cooties, they try to decipher those subtle yet confusing messages males send out, obsessing over them until they realize: “if he’s not calling you, if he’s not marrying you, if he’s not sleeping with you, he’s just not that into