It’s hard to believe another year is over. The past 10 months have had a profound influence on me. During this time, I witnessed my family, community and country all undergo significant change. When leaving a graduation party last June, a friend’s mother turned to me and said “It feels like the end of [...]

I am very thankful for how I have changed this year and where events and experiences, whether they were out of my control or resulted from my own doing, have taken me. All of them have led me to a final conclusion and a very valuable lesson: realizing the importance of maintaining, or at [...]

By Jess Scanlon
A documentary film by senior Patty Wittenburg will be shown at the internationally renowed Cannes Film Festival this summer.
“I found out three weeks ago and I was really excited,” Wittenburg said. “I leave the night of my graduation for France, which is exciting, but also a little nerve- wracking.”
The documentary is not competing [...]

By Paul Mullin
It’s around noontime on a sunny Saturday, and a small wedding reception is getting underway. It isn’t the most glamorous setting, but the guests are dancing and so is the happy couple. Then an orange maintenance crane crosses through the scene — back-up beeper blaring loud and clear — and there is a [...]

If work and school have taught me anything, it is that being tolerant is disingenuous. Avoiding truths or perceptions and failing to express grievances through uninhibited political correctness, however satiating nominally, lends only to ignorance; it is analogous not to advancement and equality but to stagnancy and defeat. Repressed thoughts and dialogue perpetuate [...]

By Faina Sandler
The turbulence of World War II disrupted Anna Shevchuk Robbins’ early years. Born in Ukraine, she and her family walked to Poland, took a train to Germany and landed in Loison-sous-Lens, France.
Then at 15, she came to America, and things settled down. Boy, did they settle down: Since 1959, she has not only [...]

By Michael Mack
The Rider baseball team entered a crucial four-game swing this week, battling  MAAC rival Fairfield for a three-game set and national power George Mason.
The Broncs kicked off the week with a double header against the Stags at home on Saturday.
The first game of the day was a thriller as Fairfield jumped out to [...]

By Valis Vicenty
Everyone loves to party right? The Lady from Dubuque, sponsored by Alpha Psi Omega opens in the middle of one, in which three couples are playing a drunken game of 20 Questions. The friendly guessing game takes a turn as we come to find out that one of the players, Jo, is terminally [...]

Graduation for seniors and graduate students is quickly approaching; congratulations to those who have made it. Now, the moment of truth: It is not going to be easy to get that job that you have worked so hard for. I am not writing this as a scare tactic, not at all. I am writing this [...]

By Rocco Schirripa
The Rider golf team took the fairway this past weekend to compete in the MAAC championships and took a disappointing sixth place out of nine after three days.
“The MAAC championship was very disappointing for us as a team,” senior Eric LeFante said after shooting a 232 for the weekend.
“The guys are a little [...]