By Amber Cox
Most students don’t worry about paying local taxes until they graduate, but Lawrence Township might change that.
At the council meeting on Tuesday, March 2, the township considered a resolution calling for a state law that would allow any town to impose “municipal service fees” on college, university and boarding school students.
President Mordechai Rozanski [...]

By Jess Hoogendoorn
The merging of eight departments into four in the College of Business Administration has left some faculty members concerned that the college might lose prestige.
Effective for the fall semester, economics will be merged with finance; management sciences with computer information systems; management and leadership with entrepreneurial studies and strategy; and marketing with legal [...]

By Emily Landgraf
The Rider chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon (SPE) thought about academics in a new way, and was awarded regionally for its efforts.
The fraternity won the Amy Vojta Impact Award for Academic Achievement at the National Greek Leadership Association (NGLA) conference at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, Conn. The conference took place from [...]

Harassment
A female contract employee at Cranberry’s Café reported that she was verbally abused and threatened by another female contract employee on Thursday, Feb. 25, at 1:35 p.m. There were reportedly witnesses present at the time of the incident.
This is allegedly an ongoing occurrence, and the investigation continues.
Jackson Pollock wannabes
Red and white paint was found splattered [...]

By Jess Hoogendoorn
It took two Princeton Regional Planning Board meetings, each one lasting 4½  hours, for the university to get permission to build a new parking lot with up to 91 spaces on the Westminster campus.
The most recent meeting started at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, and ended around midnight, when Rider’s request to construct [...]

By Emily Landgraf
People from Arkansas can hold their own with the best of Hollywood.
That’s what Dr. Gregory Urwin, a military historian and professor, and his 13 recruits set out to prove when they traveled to Jekyll Island, Georgia to help film the Civil War epic Glory, which Urwin was an extra in.
“Thank you for letting [...]

By Amber Cox
Body image issues affect almost everyone at some point in his or her life, according to a counselor.
Rider’s Health and Fitness Week included a Body Image Seminar on Tuesday, Feb. 23, in the SRC Group Exercise Room.
Amy Wirth-Nolan, a Rider graduate, presented a PowerPoint show addressing the issues of body image, eating disorders [...]

Alcohol violation
A student was cited by the Lawrence Township Police Department (LTPD) for underage drinking last weekend.
On Friday, Feb. 19, at 1:49 a.m., Public Safety officers went to Switlik Hall to assist a male staff member in identifying students.
The staff member said that while he was identifying the students, a male resident student said he [...]

by Jess Hoogendoorn
In a world where it is essential to multitask, the university is taking the concept to a whole new level by planning two major construction projects that will occur simultaneously after previous plans were altered.
Construction of a new academic building, which is to be built next to Memorial Hall, and the expansion of [...]

by Melanie Hunter
The kitchens on Rider’s Lawrenceville campus are now diverting all of their food waste from the garbage bins and sending it off campus to be turned into organic fertilizer.
“It’s really a no-brainer,” said Melissa Greenberg, Rider’s sustainability coordinator. “We’re going to save money, it’s good for the environment, and the waste product is [...]