October 9, 2013 theridernews.com Vol. 84, No. 5 DORM ROOM DEBATE THE FULL MONTY SUNDAY FUNDAY Even though dorms are small, student discovers Theater Department reveals its latest production A student’s Giant view from the sidelines that we’re living better than prisoners page 8 page 6 page 12 Are you ready for your close-up? Security improves as cameras multiply, but campus video policies are unpublished By Katie Zeck and Kaitlin Rust N 2004, the first video surveillance cameras were installed on the Lawrenceville and IWestminster campuses. Since that time, the cameras have multiplied on the two campuses and have proven to be an effective tool in helping to decrease burglaries and car thefts. However, Public Safety’s policy for place- ment of cameras and access to the recordings is not published for pub- lic access. Director of Public Safety Vickie Weaver says that this is because the policies and proce- dures are outlined in a patrol guide which gov- erns Public Safety’s work in securing and protect- ing the campus. “The information SEE CAMERAS Maggie Sarlo/The Rider News ➠ PAGE 3 There are 73 security cameras on Lawrenceville’s campus and 27 on Westminster’s. Reports suggest that the cameras have helped decrease the number of burglaries. Crime report shows NJ’s Rider’s making strides ugly By Katie Zeck saw a decrease from 17 disciplinary past UBLIC Safety released Rider’s actions in 2011 to four in 2012. In 2012 annual safety report, the 2010, the college — which has about By Jenni Chiarello Clery Report, to the entire cam- 375 undergraduate students and 110 NE day in 1760, a pus community on Sept. 30. graduate students — reported two slave named York PThe report shows a substantial alcohol violations. in Woodbridge, decrease in on-campus arrests for There were no alcohol arrests at N.J., suddenly liquor-law violations and disciplinary WCC in 2010, 2011 or 2012. O“lost it” and lashed out actions for liquor, and in on-campus Arrests are defined as persons who against the white com- drug arrests and disciplinary actions were processed by arrest, citation munity he lived in. on both the Lawrenceville and or summons. Disciplinary actions He carried a pis- Princeton campuses. and judicial referrals involve persons tol and a sword and The one increase on the report was referred to campus officials for univer- approached the home of in burglaries at Westminster Choir sity disciplinary action. Not all such a white man, according College (WCC). persons are ultimately found respon- to the records of a court According to the annual Security sible, according to the campus safety that did not allow blacks and Fire Safety Report, arrests report. to say a word unless they for liquor-law violations on the In the opinion of Vickie Weaver, had evidence against Lawrenceville campus saw a 43% director of Public Safety, the report another slave. decrease, going from 14 reported is a credit to the university’s policies York started sense- arrests in 2011 to eight in 2012. The and programs, and to better decision- lessly hitting things with number of on-campus disciplinary making among students. the sword, apparently actions for liquor-law violations also “We believe the decrease in alco- Rider News Neil Davis/The just to release pent-up dropped 23%, from 271 alcohol viola- hol viola- anger and frustration. tions in 2011 to 208 in 2012. tions and SEE CRIME Dr. Kenneth Marshall speaks to the Rider community about the ➠ PAGE 4 SEE SLAVES At WCC, liquor-law violations arrests, and prevalence of slavery in New Jersey during the 1800s. ➠ PAGE 3 2 The Rider News Oct. 9, 2013 Page 2 NEWS BRIEF COMING UP... Wednesday, Oct. 9 HIS YEAR’S MIDNIGHT MAACNESS will take place in Alumni Brownwater Gym on Oct. 11. The theme is 10 p.m., Rider Pub “Catching Fire,” which is the Open-mic coffee house Tsecond installment of the Hunger Games trilogy. Tickets are free Thursday, Oct. 10 - Sunday, Oct. 13 to any undergraduate student. Students must have their Rider ID The Full Monty to pick up a ticket, which will be Thursday at 7:30 p.m. available in the Alumni Gym on Friday at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturday at 2 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at 2 p.m. All performances are in the BLC Theater Tickets: $20 adults, $10 students and seniors Thursday, Oct. 10 Hispanic Student Reception 5 p.m., North Hall 202 SECURITY BRIEFS PROVIDED BY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY VICKIE WEAVER Early altercations Faint feelings Concert intoxication Public Safety was called to Wright Hall on the A female resident student experienced an asthma Public Safety cited two reports of public intoxica- report of a physical assault on Oct. 1 at 2:22 a.m. attack after finishing a run around campus on Oct. 4 tion on the night of the fall concert on Oct. 4. Officers received a call from an unknown individual at 4:37 p.m. In the Student Recreation Center (SRC) at 9:47 saying she wanted Public Safety to escort two male Public Safety arrived at Conover Hall and met with p.m., Public Safety identified a female student who guests off campus because one of the guests tried to the student who was lying on her side in the middle was vomiting and slurring her speech. The officers physically harm her. of her room. The officers noted that the student was determined that the student was underage. She When Public Safety arrived, the student victim breathing heavily and wasn’t entirely conscious. Her was escorted to an ambulance that was already on said the guest grabbed her and threw her against the roommate said that the two had just returned from the scene after she admitted to drinking to excess room door after the two got into a verbal altercation. a run when the student victim began having a hard amounts. She has been charged with an alcohol She said that she was able to push him away and time catching her breath. The roommate said that violation. wasn’t injured during the alleged assault. The officers the ill student may have taken too many puffs from At 10 p.m, an officer noticed a male student show- learned that the two guests and another female resi- her inhaler. The officers called an ambulance, but the ing signs of intoxication as he was leaving the SRC dent student had left Wright Hall. student victim denied any further medical treatment. bathroom. The officer said that the student was stag- When the officers located them, the two males gering, had the smell of alcohol on his breath and was denied that the altercation became physical; how- having trouble maintaining his balance. The student ever, the female student, who claimed the men as her was of age and admitted to drinking alcohol prior to guests, said there was a physical assault. Both male the concert. Both matters have since been referred to guests were made persona non grata and the female The Office of Community Standards. resident student was charged with physical abuse, because Rider’s guest policy states that students are responsible for the actions of their guests. Oct. 9, 2013 The Rider News 3 News Brazilian students join Rider community By Julia Kirk load of classes. MAGINE living in a foreign place with “These students are part of a pro- the hopes of learning a new language gram called Brazil Scientific Mobility and receiving an education. The Program,” Kunyczka said. “This experience would most likely be a program is sponsored by the Brazilian Ilife-changing one that is unforgettable. government and it selects academically That’s what is happening at Rider qualified students to study in the U.S. for about 75 international students and other countries. Rider applied to who are enrolled in the new English become a host institution, and we were Language Institute (ELI) program, selected to participate in this program. which ensures that the students learn The students were matched with the English before transitioning to another host institution by the International college after the fall semester. The Institute of Education.” students spend most of their time here Some of the students will be trans- preparing for an English language ferring after the fall semester, but oth- Courtesy of Rider CIE University proficiency test that they must pass to ers, who came to Rider with almost no There are 25 Brazilians who joined Rider’s English Language Institute program for the first time this complete the program. English speaking skills, will be staying year; 75 students from seven different countries are already participating in the program. Some of the students arrived here for an entire year until their English with absolutely no English speaking is at a passing level. Because most of them,” he said. “It is hard to get to a “I like the way people here are kind skills, while others were able to speak these Brazilian students are engineering place where you don’t know exactly and welcoming, always trying to involve very little English before attending majors, and Rider does not offer this how things work, but everyone has us in all activities, and willing to build Rider according to Kim Cameron, major, many of the Brazilian students helped me since day one here. It can be a real friendship with international assistant to the director of the Center will transfer to another school when the a simple social gathering at the Pub, or students,” she said.