Same Diploma, Different Price
Students save big by enrolling in CCS
Senior entrepreneurial studies major Mike Briehler is not your typical student. He works full-time, attends Rider part-time, takes just nine credits a semester — and saves a ton of cash. After starting as a full-time student, he discovered a little-known method for attending Rider at half the price by taking courses through the College of Continuing Studies (CCS).... MORE
A student’s Grand Prix got red hot minutes after he left for the library. The car caught on fire in the Commuter Lot on Thursday, Sept. 22, around 3 p.m. Lawrence Road Fire Company’s Rescue 22 responded and got the fire under control before it consumed the entire car. The student left the library, saw the smoke and knew it was his car. An electrical problem was reported to be the culprit, leaving heavy damage to the engine.
Freshmen flood in as administration makes adjustments
As The Rider News reported last week, rises in enrollment have led to longer lines in Daly’s and a higher frequency of tripled rooms within the residence halls. The undergraduate full-time day student enrollment has risen from 3,593 in 2005, to 3,825 in 2006 — a five percent increase.... MORE
MySpace and Facebook getting too personal?
Bikini-clad undergraduates pose provocatively while underage students excitedly post their latest kegstand photos. “I am drinking a 40 right now by myself cause I am bored so my message is kinda ghetto and I don’t know why,” read a Rider student’s wall posting from Facebook.com. ... MORE
Pataki emphasizes Constitution’s importance
The Constitution is one of the most historic documents in America’s history, according to Gov. George Pataki, R-N.Y. In his address to a half-full Bart Luedeke Center Theater on Wednesday, Sept. 20, the governor of New York outlined the importance and meaning behind this document.... MORE
Princeton Review: Lawrenceville campus is ‘tiny, unsightly’
While taking a trip across the Lawrenceville’s “tiny” and “unsightly” campus, be sure to have a stay in one of its “dorms” that are like “dungeons.” If the Princeton Review were to make a travel brochure for Rider, these are probably some of the descriptions it would include. Over the summer ... MORE
