Relay returns for another run

By Cathleen Leitch
After exceeding last year’s fund-raising goal, Rider’s Relay for Life creators are trying to top their success. The senior pair, Heather Fischler, University Affairs team leader and Relay for Life event chair, and Megan Ptaszenski, team recruitment and retention leader, are “tapping into new resources” to keep the success going.
Last spring’s Relay for [...]

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Editorial: Time to rethink book price, policy

For years, students have been buying textbooks from the bookstore and Web sites, often spending hundreds of dollars per semester in the process. Students have found new ways to take their textbook buying into their own hands.
Recently, a new Web site called Chegg.com has become the trend in acquiring textbooks. Chegg allows students to rent [...]

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It Pays to Rent: Students turn to Chegg to combat high book prices

By Emily Landgraf
For college students across the country, including those at Rider, the cost of textbooks is an issue. Many courses require students to purchase expensive, albeit necessary, textbooks. So what can students do about the high cost of certain books?
Junior Kelli Franks, a dual major in elementary education and psychology, found Chegg.com to [...]

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Ready for their close-ups

By Katlin MacRae
This winter, one Rider student and one graduate are competing for a chance to walk the red carpet at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles and mingle with Hollywood’s elite.
Junior Gina Grosso and alumna Kelly Dixon compose one of the 10 semifinalist teams in mtvU’s Oscar Red Carpet Correspondent Contest, which [...]

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Rider stretches win streak to three with two victories in conference play

By Corey Donetz
The men’s basketball team returned to Alumni Gym on Jan. 28 to take on Manhattan after a three-game road trip. The Broncs than went to Fairfield on Jan. 30 to face the Stags.
Rider was able to defeat both the Jaspers and Stags, extending its win streak to three. The Broncs beat Manhattan 74-71, [...]

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