The numerous updates pertaining to the spreading norovirus have consumed our thoughts and our inboxes since the outbreak occurred. All the emails and Rider alerts kept us in the know, yet they weren’t always helpful and most students don’t agree with the administration’s decision to keep classes in session. Since the virus outbreak last week,
Ambulances lining the campus mall, resident advisors (RAs) banging on dorm doors and the 3 a.m. email alerting students of a suspect virus all created an atmosphere of panic at Rider. In the tiny bubble that is Rider’s campus, the norovirus outbreak seemed to soar to epidemic proportions overnight, and since Feb. 8, approximately 186
When it comes to being healthy, missing meals is not the way to go. So many people skip the best meal of the day: breakfast. The routine of a typical lazy college student is to just roll out of bed, get ready for class in five minutes and then sit in class all day. Breakfast
Did you ever think about how many products you use, consume or discard in just one week? Did you ever think about the water used to make those products? How about the fuel used to transport them to you or the waste generated when creating them? As students who live busy lives, sometimes we don’t
I would like to reply to the editorial entitled “Seeking more aid for our ailments” that was published in the Dec. 9 edition of The Rider News. There are two realities that the author should have considered before writing that editorial. First, health services costs money, money that, for many reasons, the University is not
This week at Rider what spread even faster than the norovirus itself was the plentiful information that students and faculty campus-wide received regarding it. Since Wednesday night, when symptoms of the very contagious norovirus were first made known and visible to us at Rider, up until all day Thursday; we have been receiving information through
As the semester zooms by, the frantic inevitability of class registration looms around the corner. Scrambling to get all the classes you need can be an overwhelming process that seems to come more quickly with every passing term. The class selection grid has been completely re-lettered and formatted for this coming fall. The re-lettering of
“Broncs Go Green” is the driving force for sustainability initiatives on Rider University’s campus, defined by the four R’s: “reduce, reuse, refuse [the purchase of non-sustainable goods] and recycle,” according to The Princeton Review’s Guide to 311 Green Colleges. Throughout the years, the Eco-Representatives have improved Rider University’s level of sustainability. Organizing events and projects
It’s a scene that’s been depicted many times before in pop culture: college students sitting in a lecture hall with their laptops open, typing furiously, taking notes on the monotonous lecture their professor is giving. It seems like the perfect situation; however, upon starting my first semester at Rider, I discovered that is not
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