By Melissa Lindley     Despite the chilly weather and reports of impending snow, the Jersey Shore heate up at Asbury Park’s Convention Hall on Oct. 28. People of all ages packed the boardwalk, restaurants and bars, donning hoodies and even the occasional costume for the upcoming Halloween festivities. The occasion? An intimate evening of

By Alicia Abruzzese       Hearts and minds were brought to a sense of sympathy and compassion this past weekend as Rider’s Theater department, under the direction of Professor Trent Blanton, presented Moisés Kaufman’s The Laramie Project, a story of a precious and undeserving life lost. The Laramie Project is a very poignant, tear-jerking

By Emily Eiermann eiermanne@theridernews.com       Musicians have a habit of working together on projects: Rihanna and Jay-Z in “Umbrella,” for example, or Santana and Rob Thomas with their song “Smooth.” In fact, teamwork has gotten so wide-spread that there are Grammy awards for best collaborations in country, pop and rap. However, very rarely

By Vinnie Abbatecola   For a pre-Halloween festivity, I jumped at the chance to attend a midnight showing of the new-found footage horror film, Paranormal Activity 3, directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost. What started out as a modest ghost story with a shoe-string budget has now generated a wildly popular horror trilogy, with

By Chris Exantus   A great horror film should be one that properly projects the audience’s fears onto the screen. Hence, the problem with modern horror films: most focus on easy thrills and gory violence as substitutes for actual terror. The Thing, a prequel to the 1982 remake of the same name directed by John

By Cathleen Leitch   Have you ever been so moved by a work of art that you couldn’t breathe? Did your mind freeze up as you listened to or observed this one encompassing thing? This is the feeling brought on by the latest Westminster Choir College CD  “James Whitbourn: Living Voices,” which premiered at #22

By Vinny Abbatecola   As a student at Rider, you’ve most likely heard that this is a particularly special year for the College of Liberal Arts, Education and Sciences. Next semester, it will commemorate its 50th anniversary. There will surely be more exuberance as we get closer to the actual date, Feb. 29. The English

By Emily Landgraf landgrafe@rider.edu   The color pink, ghosts and the usefulness of a B.A. in fiction were just some of the discussions a small group of students were treated to when critically acclaimed author Joe Meno visited Rider for the third time on Tuesday, courtesy of Writer’s Block. Meno, a fiction writer and playwright

By Lisa Henderson For freshmen and transfers who may not know, Midnight MAACness is a fun-filled pep rally that marks the beginning of both the women’s and men’s basketball seasons and will take place tonight in the Alumni Gym. Students can expect to dance their butts off in the stands, receive giveaway prizes and take

By Lisa Henderson and Nicole Veenstra     Who knew that a magic wand and a magic marker could serve the same purpose? About 425 Rider students learned this is true during illusionist Leon Etienne’s performance Monday in the BLC’s Cavalla Room. Etienne, a 24 year old New York native who has appeared on MTV