By Amber Cox Most students don’t worry about paying local taxes until they graduate, but Lawrence Township might change that. At the council meeting on Tuesday, March 2, the township considered a resolution calling for a state law that would allow any town to impose “municipal service fees” on college, university and boarding school students.
By Jess Hoogendoorn The merging of eight departments into four in the College of Business Administration has left some faculty members concerned that the college might lose prestige. Effective for the fall semester, economics will be merged with finance; management sciences with computer information systems; management and leadership with entrepreneurial studies and strategy; and marketing
By Emily Landgraf The Rider chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon (SPE) thought about academics in a new way, and was awarded regionally for its efforts. The fraternity won the Amy Vojta Impact Award for Academic Achievement at the National Greek Leadership Association (NGLA) conference at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, Conn. The conference took
Harassment A female contract employee at Cranberry’s Café reported that she was verbally abused and threatened by another female contract employee on Thursday, Feb. 25, at 1:35 p.m. There were reportedly witnesses present at the time of the incident. This is allegedly an ongoing occurrence, and the investigation continues. Jackson Pollock wannabes Red and white
By Jillian Shutt Rider’s baseball team had an outstanding start to its season, sweeping the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) in a four-game series earlier this week. The Broncs defeated UMES 8-0 in game one and then 2-0 in the nightcap during Sunday’s doubleheader. Rider came back strong the following day, winning both games
By Josh Veltrie It’s the scenario every kid dreams of while playing basketball in their backyard: just under five seconds left to go in the Championship game and your team is down by one. Racing down the floor, trying to beat the clock while avoiding defenders, a floater from the free throw line is shot
By Victoria Lyons The men’s and women’s swim and dive teams competed in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships this past weekend at the University of Pittsburgh, where the women finished third out of 24 teams and the men placed third out of 21 teams. The teams had much to be proud of this
By Lisa Henderson Junior Rance Robeson remembers watching basketball when the earthquake struck Haiti. It barely crossed his mind. Instead, he was upset that Kobe Bryant wasn’t playing well. Then reality set in. Haiti was in ruins. Robeson spoke Wednesday in the BLC Theater at “Haiti: A New Beginning,” organized by Rider graduate student Danielle
It’s no secret that college students are struggling to afford a college education. Tuition, room and board, student fees, and loan payments are just a few of the financial obligations that students have to worry about. Many students may not know this yet, but it was recently announced that Lawrence Township, in which Rider is
By Lacey Colby Welcome to Zombieland, where nearly all of humanity has been reduced by infection into unintelligent flesh-eaters and everything you’ve ever known — home, family and friends — has changed. And in some ways, this may not be such a bad thing. Jesse Eisenberg (Adventureland) stars in this romantic zombie comedy as a
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