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Archive for October, 2009

By Julia Ernst
Four days a week at 11:30 a.m., all juniors, seniors and half of the graduate students at Westminster Choir College sing together in the Westminster Symphonic Choir, and all sophomores rehearse in their choir, the Westminster Schola Cantorum.
On top of remembering their music and warming up their voices, students at Westminster also spend [...]

By Paige McAtee
Rider field hockey bounced back from its first loss of the season with consecutive NEC shutout wins this past weekend. The Broncs defeated Robert Morris 4-0 on Friday and beat Saint Francis 1-0 in overtime on Sunday.
In the victory over Robert Morris (2-11 overall, 1-5 NEC), the Broncs (15-1 overall, 6-0 NEC) were [...]

When biology professors aren’t lecturing on the evolution of the species, and music professors are finished helping students use muscles in their bodies beside the vocal chords to sing their best, they spend their time researching the effects of chemotherapy on the human body or recording their own CDs.
A number of professors across all departments [...]

By Dalton Karwacki
Well-intentioned people can discriminate against others without realizing they are doing so, said a speaker in the Bart Luedeke Center Theater Wednesday.
Dr. Samuel Gaertner, the director of social psychology at the University of Delaware, delivered the third annual Marvin W. Goldstein Lecture on Prejudice Reduction, entitled “Prejudice Among the Well Intentioned.” He said [...]

By Cord Stasolla
The Rider women’s soccer team had a great deal of confidence going into its two home games against conference foes, Manhattan and Saint Peter’s, this past weekend.  Over the course of the season, the team had gone 4-1 at home.
The Broncs continued their home field dominance with a 4-1 win over the Jaspers [...]

By Jordan Hall
Capturing a championship is a tremendous feat, but winning multiple titles exhibits true greatness, something the swimming and diving program has a chance to do this season.
The women’s team took the first-place crown in the MAAC last year and have an opportunity to gain legendary status this campaign by doing it again. The [...]

By Amber Cox
A man who first set foot on Rider’s campus as an American Legion Boys State delegate returned Monday as the Mayor of Newark.
Mayor Cory Booker was brought to the campus by the College Democrats to back Gov. Jon Corzine. He was excited to come back and encouraged students to get involved with the [...]

By Jason Smith
After two heartbreaking losses to conference rivals Siena and Marist this past weekend, the men’s soccer team finds itsself sitting out another MAAC Championship.
Mathematically, the Broncs would have had to win both games to keep their chances alive but couldn’t overcome against a physical Saints team on Friday.
Rider fell behind to Siena 2-0 [...]

Hit and run
The passenger side of a vehicle belonging to a female resident student was damaged by a hit and run last week.
On Wednesday, Oct. 21, Public Safety received a call at 2:13 p.m. about the damage. The student said that her vehicle was hit sometime between Oct. 20 and 21 while parked in a [...]