‘Tsunami of Spam’ Floods Webmail
OIT finally has an answer to student frustrations over recent problems with Webmail: a brand new server. According to Carol Kondrach, associate vice president of the Office of Information Technologies (OIT), the new server should be launched by Jan. 19, 2007, in time for the spring semester. The new server will be an upgrade to the current server and will provide students with an improved Webmail interface along with additional disk space.... MORE
Junior Steve Richardson multi-tasks by chatting on AOL Instant Messenger, playing a video game while “reading” for class. He epitomizes the “Millennials.”
‘Millennial’ students
could change teaching
Professors may need to rethink how they teach today’s college students, who are known as the “Net Generation” or the “Millennials.” According to Richard Sweeney, the university librarian at the New Jersey Institute of Technology who has studied millennial students in depth, college students desire more interactivity, more multimedia ... MORE
Although far from home,
students find new abode
When Anne Mandel, assistant to the dean, arrived to America from China about 21 years ago, she had never experienced an American Thanksgiving. At the time, Mandel, whose husband Robert Mandel is American, rode her bike to a food store in the vicinity of her home, which was near the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia at the time. She was ... MORE
Show is success without guest host
The second annual Phi Beta Sigma talent show to benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina was held in the BLC theater on Nov. 16, without its guest host. The event was slated to be hosted by James Brown, host of the NFL on CBS Pregame Show, but because of the inclement weather that evening, he was unable to attend. ... MORE
Program aims to reduce the state’s urban violence, gangs
In a time when towns around Rider are developing new policies and new awareness about the harmful effects of gang activity, officials from Operation CeaseFire came to Sweigart Hall on Nov. 16, to discuss ways their program could benefit this ... MORE
Talbott Library winning a fight against mold
Old age can affect people and places in many different ways. For Talbott Library on the Princeton campus, old age led to mold. “The Talbott Library cooling system is original to the building, so it’s between 35 and 40 years old,” said William Chickering, dean of University Libraries. “While it was a good design when it was built, it’s not the ... MORE
Students battle national poverty with community service actions
Members of the Rider community kicked off the holiday season during National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness (HAHA) Week, which took place Monday, Nov. 13, through Friday, Nov. 17. ... MORE
