By Emily Landgraf For college students across the country, including those at Rider, the cost of textbooks is an issue. Many courses require students to purchase expensive, albeit necessary, textbooks. So what can students do about the high cost of certain books? Junior Kelli Franks, a dual major in elementary education and psychology, found Chegg.com
By Dalton Karwacki People need a sense of hope and an awareness of history to solve many of the problems in American society, according to Black History Month speaker Bakari T. Seller. Sellers is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives and the youngest legislator in the United States. The youngest son of
By Amber Cox The Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics is continuing its efforts to make history by bringing in the key strategists from November’s gubernatorial race. Ben Dworkin, director of the Rebovich Institute, said that this is an effort to retrace the steps of last year’s very important race. “There were only two states
By Corey Donetz The men’s basketball team returned to Alumni Gym on Jan. 28 to take on Manhattan after a three-game road trip. The Broncs than went to Fairfield on Jan. 30 to face the Stags. Rider was able to defeat both the Jaspers and Stags, extending its win streak to three. The Broncs beat
By Melanie Hunter Recyclemania is back at Rider, challenging students and staff alike to think consciously about what they throw into the trash on a daily basis. The competition is in full swing across the country, with 383 schools racing to achieve national recognition for their efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle. After one week
By Kaitlin MacRae This winter, one Rider student and one graduate are competing for a chance to walk the red carpet at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles and mingle with Hollywood’s elite. Junior Gina Grosso and alumna Kelly Dixon compose one of the 10 semifinalist teams in mtvU’s Oscar Red Carpet Correspondent
By Cord Stasolla The women’s basketball team overcame every obstacle that it encountered last Sunday, snapping an 11-game losing streak with a 54-46 win over Manhattan. With a starting line-up consisting of three freshmen — Carleigh Brown, Dior Brown, and the MAAC Rookie of the Week four of the last five weeks, Caitlin Bopp —
Paul Rickert’s “Industrial Visions” depict images of suburban and industrial America. A graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif., Rickert uses oils and watercolors to create illustrations that mimic the colors and weather of the Earth at various times. Rickert says he is attracted to the “mystery of urban of life,”
Foiled again A small fire occurred in New Building last weekend when a female resident student attempted to microwave hamburgers wrapped in tinfoil. On Sunday, Jan. 31, at 12:10 a.m., Public Safety officers were dispatched to New Building because of a fire. While proceeding to the room, officers met with the student. She said she
By Josh Veltrie With only a month left until the postseason tournaments begin, Rider’s basketball teams are not in the positions they had hoped for when the season began. However, if men’s and women’s basketball manage to finish the season strong and win a couple of games in the MAAC Tournament, the mediocre seasons the
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