By Jordan Hall
The defending Southeastern Conference (SEC) champions boasted five returning starters and one of the best post defenders in college basketball history. They were the 18th-ranked team in the country.
But none of that fazed Rider.
The Broncs pulled off the first and most significant upset of the college basketball season thus far, upending Mississippi [...]

By Amber Cox
Students are struggling to carry multiple plates without trays in Daly’s, recycling bins are taking over hallways and classrooms, and the university president has signed the Presidents’ Climate Commitment.
Yet Rider only received a “C” on its 2010 College Sustainability Report Card. The data for the report cards were collected from June to September [...]

By Dalton Karwacki
Social networking sites can be valuable tools in landing a job, according to a student presentation for an event planning class last week.
Seniors Danielle Weiss and Liz Stanton and juniors Lisa Steenstra, Brooke McDermott, Stephanie Santiago, and Candice Hershkorn gave a presentation, titled RU Linked In?, which looked at several types of social [...]

Hit-and-run
A female resident student’s vehicle was damaged in a hit-and-run last week.
It was reported to Public Safety on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 10:15 a.m. The car was parked in Z Lot.
The parked car was struck by an unknown vehicle, and the right rear bumper and quarter panel were damaged. The cost of the damage is [...]

By Dalton Karwacki and Emily Landgraf
Kaitlyn Carter, an elementary education and psychology major, ran into a “big problem” trying to register for spring courses on the Lawrenceville campus.
“A lot of my classes overlap,” she said in an e-mail. “My special education classes are only offered 11:30 to 1 on Monday and Wednesday, which is inconveniently [...]

By Andrew Brown
On Veterans Day, sophomore Andre Thomas, a fine arts major, was sworn in as a member of the Princeton/TCNJ/Rider chapter of Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). In celebration of his induction, Thomas’ ceremony was opened with the national anthem — that he sang himself. Thomas is currently enlisted in the United [...]

By Amber Cox
The flooding and subsequent discovery of asbestos in the floor of Alumni Gym caused the annual Midnight MAACness to be canceled this year. In its place, Cranberry and White night, a celebration of the men’s and women’s basketball teams, will be held in the refurbished gym Dec. 4.
“Given the circumstances in Alumni Gym, [...]

By Emily Landgraf
Despite being banned from Greece for the next five years, senior Katie Beckman is anxious to return.
Beckman, an English major, was one of four students who presented their experiences at the Study Abroad Panel, held in the BLC Fireside Lounge at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
“I crave Greece every day,” Beckman said. “Sometimes I [...]

Birthday suit
A male resident student was charged with indecent conduct for running naked down a residence hallway and into a men’s bathroom last weekend.
On Saturday, Nov. 7, at 2:30 a.m., Public Safety officers spotted the nude student while on their park, walk and talk of Hill Hall. Three unidentified females also witnessed the incident.
Public Safety [...]

By Jess Hoogendoorn
Sometimes an exit sign is vandalized, a door is broken or maybe someone sets off a fire extinguisher. No matter what it is, if a residence hall is damaged and the person responsible is not identified, all students in that hall get charged.
No matter how little a repair costs, students are charged a [...]