By Melanie Hunter
The women of Rider can look forward to having a continued voice on campus as HerStory, the university’s first feminist literary journal, is going strong into its second year.
Julie Morcate, a junior English major and the president of HerStory, said the journal  will cover a wide range of women’s issues.
“We want to cover [...]

By Jess Scanlon
Above the Kroner Lot, a bat flies into a small dark box posted above a “No Freshman Parking” sign after a long night of hunting bugs.
Bat houses are small structures that provide a safe haven for the animals during daytime hours. They are made of very rough pieces of wood so the bats [...]

By Nicole Veenstra
For years, this has been a PC place — but things have changed. At Rider, the growing presence of Macbook laptops and iMacs in classrooms is sparking further debate over whether the university is becoming a Mac campus.
According to Rhon Fitzwater, a Rider technology support specialist, the number of people using Macs continues [...]

By Megan O’Connell
Very few students take the time to appreciate the beauty and complex construction of the six abstract sculptures on both of Rider’s campuses. Many have no idea what they are or who made them.
“I’ve never actually taken the time to stop and look at them,” sophomore Lindsey Fonseca said.
Modernist sculptor Isaac Witkin designed [...]

By Cathleen Leitch
A Rider alumnus has taken his art to new heights — billboard heights, to be exact. After receiving an e-mail from a friend who works for the New Jersey Arts Council, Mark Oberndorf, class of ’83, decided to enter an art competition. The winning piece would be erected as a billboard in Palisades [...]

By Jess Scanlon
The research of two senior biology majors may have an effect on the medicines of the future, and they have the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) to thank for the opportunity.
Seniors Daniel Graham and Megan Kozlowski applied for and were awarded Undergraduate Research Fellowships by ASM last spring and spent their summers at [...]

By Megan O’Connell
A secretary, an art professor and an assistant dean might seem to have little in common. But this year, Mary Kildea, Professor Harry I. Naar and Barbara Fruscione were given the same honor — the prestigious Frank N. Elliott Award, named for the 21-year presidency of Rider’s fourth president. The award is presented [...]

By Heather Fiore
Close your eyes. Imagine being 20 feet away from Brangelina, shaking Danny Glover’s hand or even being part of all the paparazzi on the red carpet. Luckily, I was able to experience all of this and more. Right after stepping out of my last exam last semester, I was given the opportunity to [...]

By Carly Totten
Sometimes when you stop hoping for things to happen, they actually happen. I was not expecting to receive the best text message of my life on Sept. 12, but I did. My friend Brynne, from Rider, texted me and asked if I wanted to go to the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) the [...]

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 [...]