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Basketball Blog: Rider faces pressure-filled weekend as MAAC Tournament looms

Feb 21, 2012 No Comments by

By Michael O’Brien Pressure — defined in the English dictionary as a burdensome condition that is hard to bear or handle. It is also the title of the popular 1982 song by Billy Joel. This is the one simple word that is going around campus this week as the Broncs prepare for their final two

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Basketball Blog: Seniors hoping to end college careers on high note

Feb 21, 2012 No Comments by

By Michael O’Brien As the Broncs come off another tough loss this past Sunday against Siena, the final week of the regular season begins. The four Rider seniors will play with a lot of emotion as they compete in their final game at the Broncs’ Zoo on Sunday versus Fairfield following a road game on

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Freshman Blog: An experience with the norovirus

Feb 21, 2012 No Comments by

By Allison DeLucia The norovirus was a surprising outbreak, which changed my view of Rider completely. Like any other day, I went to Daly’s, where I pride myself in eating healthy. I’m also proud of routinely exercising. I was almost finished eating my whole wheat wrap with grilled chicken and suddenly noticed the chicken was

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Augmented Reality

Feb 20, 2012 No Comments

By Brian Griffith Computer technology has reached a point of exponential evolution, shaping our lives and our reality. We use cell phones, computers, tablets and other computer-driven devices everyday to peak into an unseen digital world that has limitless potential and uses. But what happens when the digital world merges with the physical world? How

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Eyes Up, Ears Open

Feb 20, 2012 No Comments

By Ryan Hanratty So, it’s a new semester here at Rider and there is already so much happening in the music world. This week we are going to talk about the Super Bowl Halftime Show and news from the upcoming summer festivals. Half-A$$’d Halftime Show? Now, Super Bowl 45 was an incredible game and I

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Adventures Abroad: New Beginnings

Feb 20, 2012 No Comments

By April Lanzet As a freshman at Rider, I never would have imagined that this is where I would be in a matter of a few semesters – with one European adventure just behind me and another just begun. For someone who had barely traveled outside of Eastern Standard Time, I may have been the

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A reaction to Dr. Simonet’s post

Feb 20, 2012 1 Comment

This blog post was written as a reaction to Dr. Simonet’s blog post. To read Dr. Simonet’s post click here. By Dr. David R. Dewberry The times, they are a changing. Bob Dylan released that song in early 1964. You know what happened in 1964? There was as announcement about plans to build two skyscrapers

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Containing the Contagion: Rider attempts to prevent spread of norovirus

Feb 16, 2012 No Comments

By Katie Zeck and Rachel Stengel A cumulative total of 186 students have been infected with the norovirus since the outbreak began on Feb. 8, according to Dan Higgins, executive director of University Communications. New cases of the virus continue to decrease slowly as only 22 cases have been confirmed on the Lawrenceville campus this

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Rider returnee, Lorenzet, appointed as dean of CBA

Feb 16, 2012 No Comments

By Jess Scanlon A familiar face will make a reappearance at Rider as Steven Lorenzet is named the new dean of the College of Business Administration (CBA). Lorenzet, the former associate dean of Rider’s CBA program and current dean of Kean University’s Nathan Weiss Graduate College, will become the ninth dean of the business school.

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Radio station launches charitable contest

Feb 16, 2012 No Comments

By Lisa Henderson If the talent of the men’s and women’s basketball teams alone isn’t enough to get you to a game, perhaps the prospect of being rewarded for attending will. 107.7 The Bronc has partnered with ABCO Federal Credit Union as well as both teams to design Launch-A-Bronc, one of many charitable contests hosted

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Children of Terror rehash horrors of The Holocaust

Feb 16, 2012 No Comments

By Christina LoBrutto     One is a German Jew. The other is a Polish Catholic. One now lives in Jamaica, Queens. The other in the Hamptons. One is single. The other is married with four children. Their two backgrounds could not be more different, but they do share one very important thing in common:

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