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Security Briefs

Oct 23, 2009 No Comments

Harassment After throwing rocks at a student’s window, a male visitor was arrested by the Lawrence Township Police Department (LTPD), and charged with harassment last week. Public Safety officers responded to a female resident student calling from New Building on Monday, Oct. 12, at 3:15 a.m. They were told that an individual who had been

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Education Faceoff – Democrat

Oct 23, 2009 No Comments

By Jennifer Sorensen Education is vital to the development of every student, from preschool to higher education. Gov. Jon Corzine recognizes this, and that is why public education is one of his top priorities for New Jersey. Our job market is expanding, and higher education is evolving into a necessity — not a luxury —

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Education Faceoff – Independent

Oct 23, 2009 No Comments

By Heather Shupe The topic of education is a heated one in today’s society. Current Gov. Jon Corzine has been faced with many issues regarding education but has yet to complete his plans or create solutions for its problems. Thankfully, Chris Daggett, the independent candidate, has many plans to improve New Jersey’s education. He plans

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Letter to the Editor: Deep thought is needed on campus

Oct 23, 2009 No Comments

Here is a little story that happened to me the other day that I wish to share with the Rider community. Walking down the hall, I met a student who was in my math class last year. I asked how she had been and what classes she was taking this semester. She responded that she

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Letter to the Editor: Children remain uncovered by sufficient health insurance

Oct 23, 2009 No Comments

Recently Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing) applauded the Corzine administration and congratulated herself for the increased number of New Jersey children now covered by health insurance. Children’s health and access to quality affordable health care are issues of paramount concern to me, and the absence of access to health care greatly affects a notable segment

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Letter to the Editor: Praise for clearing up health care confusion

Oct 23, 2009 No Comments

I really enjoyed reading your article about health care in the Oct.16 issue. There is a great deal of misinformation about this topic. Your article and the inset on page three focused perfectly on the kinds of coverage that college students, and all Americans, have and the changes that the Obama Plan would bring. Kudos

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Eco-Rep Green Corner: Environmentally Healthy Lifestyle Can Reduce Cancer Risk

Oct 23, 2009 No Comments

Breast cancer research in the last five years has brought up some important environmental issues that are related to the increased risk of cancer. You may not realize it, but taking small steps to make your everyday life more ecologically friendly could also help to prevent serious disease. Each day, we can’t help but be

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Film full of ‘funny people’

Oct 23, 2009 No Comments

By Heather Fiore When Adam Sandler comes to mind, it’s hard to imagine anything but comedy. Well, viewers will be surprised — and they’ll laugh so hard they may shed a few tears — when watching the new movie he stars in. Funny People, directed by Judd Apatow, stays true to its comedic plot but

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Biodiesel: fuel for thought

Oct 23, 2009 No Comments

By Andrew Brown Josh Tickell and Rebecca Harrell are amongst the leading voices in the campaign for green energy. Just don’t call them environmentalists. Allow Tickell to explain: “The danger of saying that I’m an environmentalist is that everybody immediately has a picture of what that means. People classify the environmental movement as a reactionary

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Showdown: Macs v. PCs

Oct 23, 2009 No Comments

By Nicole Veenstra For years, this has been a PC place — but things have changed. At Rider, the growing presence of Macbook laptops and iMacs in classrooms is sparking further debate over whether the university is becoming a Mac campus. According to Rhon Fitzwater, a Rider technology support specialist, the number of people using

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The student guide to Sculpture Park

Oct 23, 2009 No Comments

By Megan O’Connell Very few students take the time to appreciate the beauty and complex construction of the six abstract sculptures on both of Rider’s campuses. Many have no idea what they are or who made them. “I’ve never actually taken the time to stop and look at them,” sophomore Lindsey Fonseca said. Modernist sculptor

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