Throwin’ heat 16 The student newspaper of the Rider community since 1930 Volume 77, Issue I - Friday, September 22, 2006 Plan for Campus Connection Dr. Patrick Chmel, the chairperson One college of the Fine Arts Department, agrees. “It will greatly enrich the culture climate of both campuses and help to would link attract quality future students in all dis- ciplines, not just the arts,” he said. Chmel added that he hopes this new two towns college will draw more students from the Princeton campus to Lawrenceville. By Steph Mostaccio “Essentially, we’re looking to grow Westminster enrollment on the Lawrenceville campus,” he said. The University is considering The proposed new two-campus dramatic changes in the future to inte- college would integrate programs and grate the Lawrenceville and Princeton majors that are currently duplicated on campuses. both campuses. President Mordechai Rozanski But the proposed new college would outlined a plan earlier this year that also continue to offer Westminster’s core includes the creation of a new college on programs as well as the existing fine arts both campuses under one framework. It programs on the Lawrenceville campus, would offer students on both campuses such as theater, music, visual arts and Photo illustration by Steph Nardi the College of Liberal Arts, Education New changes may be in the works as both campuses should prepare to open dance. and Science’s programs in music, the- “In essence, we will be able to its doors to a new college, which may start as early as fall 2007. ater, dance and visual arts, as well as the promote arts-related interdisciplinary programs offered at Westminster Choir programmatic collaboration across all as well as those who would like to pursue across the curriculum while respecting College (WCC). Rider University programs and through their artistic talents while concentrating traditional departmental approaches,” “The proposed plan paves the way the development of new, innovative on a different major. Robert Annis, dean of WCC, said. for increased innovation and arts oppor- degree programs.” “It allows for a true interaction “As the curricula of the new college tunities across the board at Rider,” said The new college is designed to between professional, liberal arts and evolve, they will embrace the inherently Rozanski. “Students and the University attract students who are interested in interdisciplinary tracks,” said Provost alike will benefit from opportunities and careers in the arts and arts-related fields, Donald Steven. See Integration, p. 4 Students feel squeeze; high enrollment forces Res. Life to consolidate By Olivia Tattory campus housing suggestions and after reviewing them I Senior Nick Barbati began decided White Pine Apartments planning for his last year here was my best option because of the location,” said Barbati. at Rider in August. Excited to Photo provided by Dr. Jonathan Karp Photo provided by Pat and Kristin McGowan Located just beyond the south move into his “double single” George McGowan, 25, passed away on entrance to campus, White Dr. Richard Deni, 54, passed away on room, he was surprised to Aug.12. See story on page 3. July 21. See story on page 3. receive a letter from Residence Pine Apartments are an ideal Life. Because of the large num- option for students looking for ber of students moving onto off-campus housing. campus this year, he was told, A total of 70 addi- he would be unable to keep his tional students are living on single. campus this year, associate Residence Life gave Barbati director of Residence Life two options, either move into a Stephanie Polak said. double room with a roommate These are students whom or find off-campus housing, for Residence Life was not which Rider provided a list of anticipating. suggestions. This has meant the elimi- Photo provided by Curt and Carmen Wlson “Hearing that what you nation of most singles, the cre- Caryn Wilson, 19, passed away on Aug. asked for and requested months ation of 33 triple rooms and 19. See story on page 5. ago was no longer available incentives that led some stu- really felt like an insult,” said dents off campus. Rider endures heartbreaking summer Barbati, who is vice president Students who were of the Student Government interested in the White Pine The Rider community lost four of its members this summer, including retired secre- Association. See Growth, p. 2 tary Betty Falkenstein, 67, who is not pictured above. “I was given a list of off- Visit the Rider News Online at www.rider.edu/ridernews/

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Security Briefs Students ‘bleed cranberry’ at fest

Need a boost? Someone with a real junker of a car must have needed a real battery boost. On Monday, Sept. 18, some- time between midnight and 2 p.m., a car battery booster pack was stolen from the General Services Building by an unknown person. The pack is valued at $80 and the incident is still under inves- tigation. Anyone with infor- mation, call Public Safety at x. 5029.

A smashing good time When finished with a beer bottle, it is custom- ary to throw it away in the trash — not smash it on someone’s car. Sometime between 4 p.m. and 5:40 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. Photo illistration by Karly Hamburg 16 and Sunday, Sept. 17, Students were entertained on Cranberry Day by an assortment of activities, including a “Test Your Strength” game, a ribbon-cutting unknown suspects smashed ceremony, free rides on the Ferris wheel and lots of free food. beer bottles on a female res- ident’s car, denting the top portion of the trunk. It was the undergrads who requested first observed on Sunday Growth the single rooms.” at 5:40 a.m. when a Public Continued from p. 1 White Pine is currently Safety officer noticed it while housing about six Rider stu- Apartments were offered a on patrol. dents, both graduate and pricing package “with a few dif- After the discovery, undergraduate. The White Pine ferent options,” said Polak. Public Safety tried to get in agreement also includes an age “Rider gave me $1,500 contact with the owner of requirement of at least 21 and total for the first semester, $500 the vehicle but could not. It permission from Rider on a list to cover some of the rent and was at 11 a.m., on Sunday provided by Polak. $1,000 for furniture and then that the owner reported the On opening day, Rider was an additional $500 for the sec- damage. The cost of repair is expecting 90 more residents, ond semester,” Barbati said. “I still unknown and the inves- which included new and return- was lucky enough to have got- tigation is still continuing. ing students. As of Monday, ten furniture from family, so Anyone with information, Rider is housing an additional I can use the extra money for Photo by Steph Nardi call Public Safety at x. 5029. 70 students, after 20 students rent. It’s a good deal, not a great either decided to commute or Although enrollment has decreased, the amount of students Wet hands deal.” did not show up at all. residing on campus is up, forcing some students to triple up. He added that it is diffi- “On opening day we had The toilet paper must not effect on Daly’s. Long lines dur- In order to prepare bet- cult to stay involved and make 33 triples, but are now down to have been good enough in ing the peak hours of the day ter for the future, monthly enough money to cover the rent 27,” said Polak. “Even though the men’s bathroom in Daly’s have caused frustration among meetings have been arranged of $485 per person each month, we’re crowded, we still have a Dining Hall because some- students. between Residence Life and the plus extra charges for electricity, couple vacant spaces, so in those one ripped down the hand “It’s really annoying when Office of Admissions. cable TV and Internet. cases we contact the triples and towel dispenser. On Friday, you only have a half-hour break “We’ve decided to meet in A standard double room move them out as quickly as Sept. 15, at 5:25 p.m., a between classes to grab lunch, order to get an idea and learn on campus costs $2,610 each possible.” Public Safety officer reported and you’re standing in line for about the numbers for the com- semester plus an additional Students living in triples damage to the dispenser com- at least half of it,” said senior ing year,” said Polak. $2,030 each semester for a meal receive “a 15 percent weekly mitted by unknown suspects. Megan Harry. “I won’t even go Additional residence halls plan. Dorm fees total $9,280 credit to their accounts,” said The cost of repair is $50. The some days because I don’t want are set for construction between for an entire academic year. Polak. If students are offered situation is still being investi- to be late for my 1:10 class.” 2008 and 2010 in order to University administrators a standard double room when gated. Anyone with informa- The Daly’s staff has taken accommodate for a higher realized in May the number one becomes available and they tion, call Public Safety at x. action to help prevent crowd- demand of on-campus hous- of students planning to live on do not accept, they are still 5029. ing by opening the boardroom ing. campus was on the rise. charged the standard double and providing extra staff on a “We have definite plans to Information provided by Director “We actually accepted room rate because there is no of Rider’s Department of Public regular basis. start building additional hous- fewer students this year, but longer a need to live in a triple. Safety Vickie Weaver. “We also purchased extra ing, similar to townhouses,” more of the fewer students Freshmen Sal Brucculeri, equipment including plates and said Polak. decided to live on campus,” Jeff Huber and Sal Marchesano silverware, so we wouldn’t run Name Changes said Polak. are living in one of the 27 Internet outage out during busy periods,” said Because of this increased triples on campus. On Wednesday, Sept. Two academic depart- Smith. number, Rider reached an “We love it,” said Brucculeri. 21 at around 3 p.m., the ments have changed names. An additional salad bar has agreement with White Pine “It’s been working out great.” Rider Network shut down The Department of been added in order to accom- Apartments in order to give The students were on the Lawrenceville cam- Geological and Marine modate students looking for graduate and select undergrad- approached by their Resident pus. The outage lasted for Sciences is now known as the healthy options. uate students the option of liv- Advisor and told that as soon as about an hour and a half, but Department of Geological, Rider has provided a news- ing independently, but in close an opening becomes available some offices were affected Environmental and letter to students with the peak proximity to the Lawrenceville they will be contacted. until Thursday. According to Marine Sciences (GEMS). dining times and ways to avoid campus. “If they approached us Tim Fairlie, director of OIT The Department of them, in hopes of reducing the “Many graduate stu- now for one of us to leave, Network Services, the outage Communication is now congestion. Although the letter dents turned down the offer we wouldn’t,” said Marchesano. occurred because of abnor- known as the Department provided multiple suggestions, because they love it on campus “We like this.” mally high temperatures of of Communication most students have the same so much,” said Polak. “That’s The additional students 105 degrees in the room and Journalism. lunch break and there is no way when we approached some of on campus have also had an where the server is based. to avoid that.

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By Mike Caputo When George wasn’t running around and helping out other clubs and organizations, he was starting his George McGowan, graduate of the own. According to his mother and sis- Class of 2005 and a renowned leader ter, George was a key founder of the within the Rider community, passed Achieving Language Fluency in Spanish away at Virtua Hospital in Mount Holly (ALFS) club. on July 21. Furthermore, George was never McGowan, 25, suffered from health afraid to speak his mind when neces- problems from the time he was diag- sary. He was always a visible member of nosed with diabetes at six years old. Pat Senate meetings and the food commit- McGowan, George’s mother, said her tee. George’s input factored into numer- son was constantly in and out of the ous student improvements on campus hospital for infections, which were com- including additional parking on campus plications of the diabetes. and the renovations at Cranberry’s. “We used to laugh about the fact Photos provided by Pat and Kristin McGowan “Within a month of him being that we hit almost every hospital in the Area Director Jamiyl Mosley congratulates George McGowan at the 2006 here, he knew everybody,” said Kristin Central and South Jersey area and even Commencement Ceremonies, who graduated fall 2005, but walked last May. McGowan, currently a Rider graduate other places,” said Pat McGowan. “It student. “I had already been here for two was just a way of life for us: going to his condition worse. “After they exhausted every test years — I was a junior when he entered. the emergency room or calling 9-1-1 to “He picked up the infection that imaginable trying to find some miracle, Aside from the few people I knew very come. You get to a point where it doesn’t you get in the hospital and that’s the there was no other option,” said Pat well, they were just like: ‘Oh, you’re really faze you.” one I think really did the damage,” said McGowan. “Then Kristin and I had to George’s sister.’ I am like ‘Wait, I’ve been Because of the frequency of infec- Pat McGowan. “It was devastating — he make the decision to turn the machine here longer.’ That was true everywhere tions, George’s immune system was lost 30 pounds in a two-week period. He off.” we went. weakened severely to the point where he just never recovered fully from that.” George, who entered Rider at age “He was only 25 and he lived life couldn’t fight off disease. It took its toll George went back to the hospital 22 after spending time in the workforce, to the fullest,” she said. “He was just on his entire body, said Pat McGowan. in July, which turned out to be his was heavily involved with the University. George and he did it his way. You either George’s condition, originally clas- last week. Although he was not clas- He was a major contributor to the loved him or hated him. There really sified in March, was known as clostrid- sified with c-diff when he went back Residence Hall Association (RHA), was no in-between with him. In his ium difficile (c-diff). According to the to the hospital in July, it may have led Student Government Association (SGA) short 25 years, he lived more than most Clostridium Difficile Support Group to his downfall, said George’s mother. and the Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA). people do in a lifetime.” web site, the condition affects people After a stint on dialysis and surgery to Even though he was a resident during George is survived by his mother Pat who consistently take antibiotics. The remove a couple of organs, he ended up his tenure at Rider, he also lent a hand to McGowan and sister Kristin McGowan; immune system is weakened because on life support. Then Pat and Kristin the Association of Commuting Students most “good” bacteria gets reduced to a McGowan, George’s sister, had to make (ACS) and served as a mentor for Sanda See McGowan, p. 4 low number. In effect, treatments made the inevitable decision. students. Friends puzzled over tragic death of loved psych professor to Rider’s highest faculty rank, often According to Joseph Nadeau, dean problems. By Steph Mostaccio referred to as full professor, in 1986. of the College of Liberal Arts, Education Karp added that Deni was also However, before Deni became a full and Sciences, Deni also designed a com- the computer guru of the Biology professor, he helped another colleague puterized student enrollment program, Department. He calls the late The Rider community suffered become one. Deni served as Epstein’s which he referred to as Denitel, in which professor an honorary member of the a loss on Saturday, Aug. 12, when departmental representative after only enrollment and other information that department. professor Richard Deni, of the two years as a faculty member when is sent to the dean’s office can be easily “He probably helped everybody in psychology department, died after a car Epstein went up for full professor in managed. one way or another,” said Karp. accident. 1980. Epstein stressed that it is unusual About three years ago, the Office According to Epstein, Deni cared According to The Times of Trenton, for an untenured junior faculty member of Information Technology (OIT) insti- about his students’ competence. He Deni, 54, died following a two-car crash to represent a co-worker trying to obtain tutionalized Deni’s program. It is now supervised the students’ research on Princeton Pike at Province Line Road Rider’s highest rank. known as Datatel. articles, had them rewrite them multiple at 12:30 p.m. But Epstein had confidence in Deni was offered the Frank N. times until they were correct and would The Times also reported that police Deni. Elliott Award about four years ago for always be willing to put them up against believed a medical event caused Deni “He was so competent, he was so Denitel, but turned it down, according anyone else’s, he said. to lose control and collide with another good that he was the person I wanted to to Nadeau. Nadeau also said Deni was car. do it,” said Epstein. Karp said the late professor did not committed to his students. Dr. Michael Epstein, a fellow Deni made many contributions to like to take credit for the things he did. “I think the focus of his life was on psychology professor and friend, said it the Psychology Department, according “He was the kind of guy who didn’t the students here at Rider,” he said. was difficult for him to believe that a to Epstein. When Deni first came, he like the spotlight,” said Karp. “He liked Deni cared about his students outside medical problem caused Deni’s death. called the labs a “dusty heaven” — a doing things behind the scenes.” of the classroom as well. Senior Christine “He was a tall guy, he was a place in which he saw the potentials of Deni preferred solitude, choosing Schaefer, who took Introduction to health fanatic, and he was very careful what he could do, Epstein said. to work in his lab instead of social- Psychology with the late professor, said about everything,” said Epstein. “The Epstein added that Deni spent many izing with his colleagues, according to he would always be excited to see her in strongest thing he drank was bottled hours of his own time transforming the Epstein. the halls and inquire about her and her water.” labs into a modern facility. “He had kind of a hermit quality to family. Epstein added he believes Deni died Deni was also one of the first profes- him,” said Epstein. “He will be remem- Deni’s zeal for his job also greatly of a broken heart. sors to have a computer lab in his classes, bered very quietly by the things we have impacted Schaefer. “I just don’t think he was or could according to Epstein. here.” “My plan is to have that same kind ever be the same after his daughter “Students became computer Epstein added that Deni had a of devotion to my career,” she said. “I passed away,” Epstein said. efficient before it was popular to do so,” “prickly” personality. want to have the same passion for my Deni’s 25-year-old daughter, Leah, he said. “You had to develop a taste for him, subject area as Dr. Deni had for his, as died unexpectedly of a blood infection Dr. Jonathan Karp, associate kind of like horseradish,” he said. well as influence students’ lives as Dr. in December 2004. She was a program professor of the Biology Department However, Deni’s quiet and some- Deni has influenced mine.” director at the Urban Ecology Institute and friend of Deni, said the late scholar times aloof personality did not prevent Deni is survived by his son, Michael, at Boston College, where the LEAH also wrote many research articles dur- him from being a selfless friend, accord- and his former spouse, Kristine. Mentor Fund has been created to honor ing his time at Rider, especially on the ing to Epstein. The memorial service was held on her and her work. LEAH stands for subject of kin recognition, which he “If you were going to build a shed, Wednesday, Aug. 16, at Gill Chapel, Leadership through Education, Action used spiny mice to study. he would be there to build it,” he said. where the Rev. Thomas Baker described and Hope. Epstein added that there are very Epstein also said Deni was always Deni as being “a caring, nurturing, Deni joined Rider in 1978 as an few spiny mouse colonies in the country. there to help when other faculty enthusiastic maverick.” assistant professor. He was promoted Rider has one because of Deni, he said. members or secretaries had computer

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to: Office of University McGowan Relations, Rider University, WCC welcomes transition; Continued from p. 3 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648, maternal grandparents Donald Attn: George E. McGowan, III department changes image Memorial Scholarship Fund. and Vivian Parnell; Aunt Sally ment with their specialties. This change will not only Checks should be made out to By Jeff Frankel Parnell and Uncle Mike Parnell; “Instead of having fac- help the Lawrenceville campus, Rider University with George and cousins Megan and Mike ulty that is made up of this but it “is a change for the bet- E. McGowan Scholarship Fund The Arts and Sciences Parnell. diverse group, we [will] actu- ter at Westminster,” said Dean written in the memo. Department at the Princeton A scholarship has been ally be housed with like faculty Joseph Nadeau of the College campus is undergoing changes created in George’s name. members,” she said. The new of Liberal Arts, Education and that would benefit both cam- Contributions can be sent program will “borrow facul- Sciences. puses, said Robert Annis, dean ty that are from Westminster “Instead of being very of Westminster Choir College. and some that are from [the limited, [the Princeton campus The plan calls for chang- Lawrenceville] campus.” will] now have access to the ing the department to the Arts The program, already entire spectrum” of liberal arts, and Sciences Program to “cre- approved by the Westminster he said. ate a stronger integration and Academic Policy Committee However, in order for the linkage with the College of and the American Association change to be completed, sev- Liberal Arts, Education and of University Professors, still eral groups need to agree on Sciences” on the Lawrenceville needs to be approved by the the move. First, a clause in the campus, said Annis. Liberal Arts and Sciences professors’ contract obligates It’s a step in the creation of Academic Policy Committee. all members of any affected a new two-campus college. However, this change may department to agree on the “The concept is to bring be coming too fast, said one move, said Scheiber. together our current programs Princeton campus teacher. “The clause reads that the in music, theater, musical “I think very often in aca- faculty member that wants to theater, dance and fine arts in demia that changes are too be transferred has to agree [to the new college and to develop slow,” said Diana Crane, the it],” she said. “The department additional arts,” he said. coordinator of the Arts and that would receive the transfer The change would shuf- Sciences Department and asso- has to agree that they want the fle some professors around ciate professor of Piano and transfer, then the dean needs Photo by Karly Hamburg to make the program more Voice. “I feel this decision was to agree.” cohesive, said Dr. Elizabeth done a little too fast.” According to Scheiber, the Campus remembers Scheiber, assistant profes- She stressed that the details students of the department sor of French and Italian, were not fully worked out yet, should not feel any differences fifth 9/11 anniversary currently at the Princeton and they need to be soon. that would affect their course- SGA presented “Peaceful Tomorrows” on Monday, Sept. 11, campus. “The administration needs work. to remember the fifth anniversary. Reflections, readings and Professors will be grouped to take the next step,” she a candle lighting were among the ceremony’s events. in the Lawrenceville depart- said. students will be recruited as The construction of a planning.” catalyst for the whole University Integration early as fall 2008. new academic building on the Depending on fundrais- to think innovatively, collab- However, Rozanski added Lawrenceville campus has also ing outcomes, the earliest the oratively and efficiently,” said Continued from p. 1 that the college needs to be fully been proposed to accommo- new academic building on the Rozanski. collaborative nature of profes- developed by a study group date the current enrollment Lawrenceville campus will be Chmel added that he is sional and scholarly activities in involving faculty and adminis- needs as well as any growth constructed is 2009. elated that this new college will the arts as well as, more broad- trators on both campuses before that might occur after the new There have also been fund- soon be created. ly, programs in Rider’s other it is presented to the appro- college is created. raising efforts since last year to “There has always been, in colleges.” priate governance bodies for A site for this new create a new music building on my mind, unrealized potential If approved, students on review and consideration. building has not yet been the Princeton campus. in the assimilation of perform- both campuses would have the Chmel said plans for the selected. The process of combining ing arts on the two campuses opportunity to take classes in new college should be finalized “Several locations on the Rider’s two campuses would regarding the assimilation but it the new college and its two before winter break. Lawrenceville campus are being have a great impact on the hasn’t happened until now,” he schools. They would be able to “By the end of the fall considered,” said Steven. “It University. said. “This will benefit every- choose to either travel between semester we will have a very will take a while to determine “If approved, the success- body.” the two campuses or enroll in good idea of the overall the location, which must con- ful integration of Westminster Additional reporting by Jeff Frankel classes offered at the campus on picture,” he said. form to the University’s master into Rider University will be a which they reside. 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092206p2.indd 4 9/21/06 10:40:41 PM Friday, September 22, 2006 5 Caryn Wilson, 19, ‘never gave up, never gave in’ By Mike Caputo medical situation made it a University, Dr. Stephen Allen’s necessity, and the LHS students music class. were extremely receptive to her “The students were all wel- Caryn Wilson, a dedicat- needs, said the Wilsons. coming to her,” said Carmen. ed and motivated 19-year-old In fact, Caryn was not only “I took the notes for Caryn and student in Rider’s College of liked at her high school; she helped her with her class work. Continuing Studies, lost a cou- was adored. In her senior year It was a great experience. She rageous three-year battle with at LHS, Caryn was voted prom enjoyed his class quite a bit.” cancer on Aug. 19. queen. And at graduation, Caryn was so confident and Photos provided by Curt and Carmen Wilson Wilson was diagnosed with Caryn was given a standing driven that she would make it Caryn Wilson, who lost her valiant battle with cancer, poses for cranial spinal cancer at the age ovation at the Commencement through college that she had her her prom in 2004 (left) and enjoys the summer sun in July. of 16. According to her father, Ceremonies held in Sovereign academic track already mapped Curt Wilson, Caryn was only Bank Arena in June of 2005. out in her mind. Caryn even Although the condition forced er Pam Wilson of Pacifica, expected to live four to six “Some of the doctors even once mentioned to her mother Caryn to drop her art class, she CA; her aunt Arlene Varchi months upon initial diagnosis questioned why she continued that she wanted to get a math was able to finish out her soci- of Hillsborough; her cous- of the disease. to go to high school,” said Curt. lesson “out of the way,” said ology course. ins Mimi Varchi of Bear, DE But, against the expecta- “Not only did she go to high Carmen Wilson. Ironically, Caryn’s parents and Demi and Scott Little of tions of the doctors, a weakened school, she graduated.” “She never gave up, she noted that the past summer Belle Mead; and her 102-year- and wheelchair-stricken Caryn Caryn envisioned never gave in,” said Curt. “She was their eldest daughter’s best old great-great-aunt Albertina managed to graduate with her becoming a marine biologist was very, very focused on what months in years since she was Frank of Bridgewater. Caryn high school class at Lawrence someday, said the Wilsons. she wanted to do.” diagnosed. Her tumors had was predeceased by her paternal High School (LHS) in 2005. Although she was unable to Caryn’s first college shrunk in half, and she had grandmother Patricia Wilson “There were times we achieve her ultimate dream, the experience went so well that more strength than she had in and her uncle and godfather would be sitting in the parking Make-A-Wish Foundation pro- she decided to enroll in two awhile. Joseph Victor Federici. lot in the car with a bucket and vided her with an opportunity classes during the 2006 spring According to The Times Contributions in Caryn’s she would be throwing up,” to get a taste of what marine semester, said Carmen Wilson. of Trenton, Caryn Wilson is name can be sent to Faith said Carmen Wilson, Caryn’s biology was really like. In July Unfortunately for Caryn, survived by her parents, Curtis Development Center, Church mother. “And then she wanted of 2004, Caryn swam with things began to take a turn for Carmen Federici Wilson; her of St. Ann, 1253 Lawrence to go to school. She didn’t want dolphins in Hawaii. the worst in March of 2006. sister, Carissa Wilson, all of Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648; to come home – she just wiped At Rider, with the assistance She began to lose her sight and Lawrenceville; her maternal the Make a Wish Foundation up and went. In my situation, of her parents, Caryn was able hearing as a result of a growth grandparents Joseph (Peepa) of New Jersey, 1034 Salem I would have wanted to be to attend college part-time in in her brain tumors. and Carmen (Meema) Federici Road, Union, NJ 07083; or taken home. But not Caryn. the mornings. Carmen Wilson But Caryn didn’t give in. A of Bridgewater; her uncle Eric, to The Pediatric Brain Tumor She wanted to be in school.” claimed Rider was accommo- switch in chemotherapy even- aunt Dawn and cousins Tim and Consortium, St. Jude Children’s Although Caryn never dating from the beginning, tually restored her vision and Alicia Wilson all of Heartland, Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude wanted special treatment, her especially in her first class at the hearing to full capacity. WI; her aunt and godmoth- Place, Memphis, TN 38105. GEMS Department loses valued team member of 20 years

By Lauren Varga GEMS Department. months after she retired. They remember getting off the plane chairperson of GEMS depart- Betty had battled with spent most of their time scuba in L.A. and I didn’t know where ment, Falkenstein would help Lymphoma for many years but diving, snorkeling and golfing. I was supposed to go,” said with such organizations as the Retired Geological, that didn’t keep her from doing After being employed by Yavelow. “So, I called [Betty] up Honor Key Society where her Environmental and Marine the things she loved most. Rider University in the GEMS and she said, ‘Yes, this is where attention to detail really made a Science (GEMS) depart- “She really enjoyed to department for more than 20 you need to go, this is your difference. ment secretary, Elizabeth travel and get out and [be years, Betty will be remembered hotel.’ So, the manner of really “She took on responsibili- “Betty” Falkenstein, 67, died active],” said Dr. Jonathan M. as “caring and maternal” said holding onto all these relevant ties that were outside of her job on Tuesday, Aug. 29, in the Husch, professor of GEMS Husch. details so the faculty could do description,” he said. “I even Hospital of the University of department. Yavelow gives this account the best work they could and requested her for bonus pays.” Pennsylvania in Philadelphia According to Yavelow, of Betty’s maternal instincts. interact with the students the According to the Bucks after she was diagnosed with Betty enjoyed scuba diving. In “I remember going to a best they could [was because of County Courier Times, Betty a “blood born urinary tract fact, she and her late husband, cancer meeting in Los Angeles her].” is survived by two sons and infection,” according to Dr. Harry F. Falkenstein, Sr., moved and Betty had taken care of the Accordin g t o one daughter-in-law, Harry F. Jonathan Yavelow of the to Little Kamen Island for six flight and the hotel and so I Dr. Richard R. Alexander, Jr., and Sandy Falkenstein of Hamilton, Paul A. Falkenstein of New Hope; two daughters and Attention Rider Students! Leadership Development Program one son-in-law, Joan M. and Ed Riderís Leadership Development Program Ramos of Morrisville, Beth A. The Office of Community Standards will begin review- is now accepting applications. The deadline to Falkenstein of Morrisville; five ing candidates for the University Community Standards apply is Saturday, September 30th. grandchildren, Lauren, Ashley Board. All interested candidates can pick up applica- E., John, Michael and Patrick. tions in the Bart Luedeke Student Center, Room 116. The LDP provides the skills, knowledge and experiences to our students for Although secretarial work Completed applications are due back in Room 116 by developing and growing as leaders in todayís changing environment. This program is sometimes strenuous, Betty 5:00 p.m. Friday, October 13, 2006. is achieved during your collegiate career through the classroom, experiential “always tried to meet your learning, and actual leadership activities. requests” said Husch. “When she left, that was a huge void to fill,” said Husch. “We had a number of people To Apply: Applications are available on our webpage at come here and work in that Members of the Community Standards Board convene http://www.rider.edu/172_789.htm office, but none of them [were] to listen to fellow students challenge alleged violations If you have any questions email us at: Betty.” of the University Code of Social Conduct. Student [email protected] Donations in memory of Board Members work with Administration and Faculty Betty Falkenstein can be made Board Members to make impartial decisions about re- John Farrell to Rider University and the sponsibility and any subsequent sanctions, if deemed Director Betty Falkenstein Office Fund. appropriate. Applicants must have no history of policy Center for the Development of Leadership Skills violations and maintain a minimum of a 2.0 G.P.A. Freshmen are welcome to apply.

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News Feed a blemish to Facebook By Paul Szaniawski in the proper privacy controls right away. This was a big mis- take on our part, and I’m sorry Are students now finally for it.” worried about their privacy A new privacy page added and the effects of posting their on Sept. 8 allows members to personal information online filter what content goes into the after the dynamic changes to News Feed and into their own Facebook? The answer is a personal Mini-Feed, a minia- resounding yes. ture version of the News Feed. After the Facebook web Also, members can block cer- site’s recent reconstruction, tain people, just as they can in college students around the AOL Instant Messenger. country agree that so-called Another option is creating a “facebook stalkers” have been limited profile, in which certain empowered by the web site’s people won’t see hidden infor- newest features. mation. This gives the power to “We really need to get filter personal content such as Facebook back to the way it Photo Illustration by Karly Hamburg pictures or contact information was,” said sophomore Jon Pino. As sophomore Marli Pimentel checks out her Facebook profile she can’t help but away from unwanted eyes. Facebook, like MySpace to feel as if someone is examining her information over her shoulder. However, many users didn’t and Friendster, is a web site know about the new features. that creates an online commu- because of the whole privacy when people ‘friend’ other the dangers of posting material Students, especially incoming nity using profiles with pictures thing,” Pino said. people that I don’t know.” online. Thousands of Facebook college freshmen, had no idea and extensive personal informa- The group’s main page has Since so many students groups have been created all how to protect themselves while tion. Members can then “face- a message posted by Pino that have accounts, members “face- over the country similar to using Facebook. book” one another and become reads “Does anybody care about book” people and become Pino’s, including nine different “I don’t really know what “friends.” half the s--- that it says on online friends without actually factions with the name any of the new features are,” The new Facebook lay- here?” knowing one another outside “Students Against Facebook said Pino out boasts a feature called the On his group’s discussion of the computer. This com- News Feed.” As of Tuesday, Pino hasn’t News Feed, which means that board, members call for the monly leads to staying “face- In response to user outrage, put up privacy over his account every new addition to one’s site’s restoration to its origi- book friends” with an acquain- changes were added to the site and said he wasn’t planning on profile, including uploaded pic- nal look. Comments appear tance or former classmate after based on suggestions of mem- it. Currently the sophomore is tures and relationship status, is such as “So stalker-like; it tells months of not talking to that bers themselves, according to on medical leave from school. automatically shared with all of you when someone breaks up person. With the addition of the founder, Mark Zuckerberg. Hurting his ankle has left him one’s “friends.” with [his or her] boyfriend or the News Feed feature, a mem- “We did a bad job of with more time on his hands. Pino is the creator of Rider’s girlfriend” and “Hate this new ber is informed of everything explaining what the new fea- Ironically, Pino may find him- largest group founded in protest Facebook.” his or her informal friend is up tures were and an even worse self spending more time on of the new Facebook design, On Sept. 5, sophomore to — including anyone he or job of giving you control of Facebook while on leave. while also voicing dislikes of the Mike Katz, a member of Pino’s she becomes friends with. them,” said Zuckerberg in an “This is probably my pun- News Feed. group, posted sarcastically “Nah The addition of the News open letter to all members post- ishment for making that group,” “I guess I did it mostly man, I always wanted to know Feed has awakened students to ed on Sept. 8. “We didn’t build Pino said. Q&A: What do you think of the new Rider sign at the main entrance? By Nicole Southern Photos by Stephanie Nardi

“As I did love the old tree “Welcome to ‘Club Rider.’” “When I see the new “I believe the sign in front ones, the new signs are sign out front I think that of Rider University is a very more outstanding, can be it’s time to get down to welcoming way to issue all seen at night and give Rider business.” the new freshmen into the a more prestigious look.” new year.”

-Steven Klemchalk, -Sara Markowitz, -Daphkar Lahens, -Justin Scerbo, Senior Senior Senior Freshman

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X-Men Take A Stand Third chapter in series evolves from previous films, develops new identity By John Schulter of moviegoer interested. Earlier X-Men mov- If people could ies address the notion of change their identity, a clash in society involv- would they really want ing the discrimination of to? Would they want to individuals based on their change what is special appearance. The preced- and unique about them? ing films in the series X-Men: The Last Stand, aggressively portray the the third in the movie conflict of humans ver- franchise, offers these sus mutants. This chapter appealing questions while takes the conflict to its providing an entertaining highest level, entertain- thrill ride for all viewers. ing the idea of mutants While it may have changing who they are to the look and feel of the fit into society. previous movies, minor The problem with X- details make what could Men: The Last Stand is have been a good con- that it’s too all over the clusion fall short of map with underdeveloped expectations. ideas. Many questions X-Men: The Last Stand and loose ends remain stars most of the cast from unclear. Answering if it the previous X-Men films is moral or not to change including Hugh Jackman one’s being is one of these. (Swordfish, ) Patrick This notion is touched Photo copyright 20th Century Fox Pictures Stewart (Star Trek series), upon, especially with the Storm (Halle Berry) uses her power to manipulate weather in order to shield herself and her allies from Halle Berry (Gothika) and characters Arch Angel and Ian McKellen (The Lord their enemies in X-Men: The Last Stand. The movie will be released on DVD on Tuesday, Oct. 3. Rogue (Anna Paquin), but of the Rings). However, mutants’ powers, mak- death of Jean Grey (Famke of The Beast and Phoenix as hardcore X-Men fans has no real depth or emo- there are some new and ing them human. This Janssen) until they discov- add a lot to the film’s thrill would have hoped. tion. Instead, it is hidden exciting additions to the discovery causes ten- er that she has been resur- factor, especially toward As expected of a sci- behind the film’s frantic already electrifying cast, sion between the X- rected as the Phoenix, the the end. Berry’s charac- fi action picture, special pacing and visual effects. such as Kelsey Grammer Men and Magneto most powerful mutant to ter, Storm, receives much effects are great, but a All in all X-Men: The (as The Beast) and Vinnie (McKellen) because of date. more time on screen in little overdone in some Last Stand is a great film. Jones (as Juggernaut). the evil madman’s con- Overall, the movie is this movie than in its pre- scenes such as the unfold- However, it could have The plot starts to tinued intent to start a extremely entertaining. decessors. However, the ing at the Golden Gate been one of the great- unfold as the characters war between mutants and The cast performs to its introduction of another Bridge. The film’s com- est movies of its genre. learn that there is a poten- humans. highest ability, especially new character, the Arch pelling twists and turns Unfortunately, it has tial cure in development Meanwhile, the X- Jackman, Grammer and Angel (Ben Foster) doesn’t will keep its audience’s instead mutated into that could take away Men are mourning the McKellen. The characters see as much screen time attention and today’s type something much less powerful.

Friday Sunday Tuesday Thursday

. 22 RHA Trip: Trip to Philly Fit . 26 Blood Drive BBQ with CCM . 24 . 28 Phillies vs. Marlins 10:30 a.m. 3 p.m., Cavalla Room 5 p.m., Emmaus House ep t ep t ep t ep t S S 5:15 p.m. S NFL Football Party LASO Chill Night S SEC Film: SEC Film: Click 1 p.m., SRC Lobby 6 p.m., BLC Pub Pirates of the Caribbean 7:30 p.m., BLC Theater Double Vision Films Greek 101: 7:30 p.m., BLC Theater Pub Night 6:30 p.m., Sweigart 115 Greek 2 Great Senior Night in 9 p.m., BLC Pub SEC Film: Click 10 p.m., BLC Theater the Pub 7:30 p.m., BLC Theater 9 p.m., BLC Pub Saturday Monday Wednesday Friday Christian Worship SEC Film: . 25 Saturday Shuttle Blood Drive . 29 . 23 . 27 “Sundays on Mondays” 3 p.m., Cavalla Room Pirates of the Caribbean

12 p.m., Meet at BLC ep t ep t ep t ep t S S S Mass 5:30 p.m., Gill Chapel S LASO Dinner 7:30 p.m., BLC Theater 4 p.m, Gill Chapel ACS Meeting 6 p.m., BLC Room 245 WCC Homecoming SEC Film: Click 5:30 p.m., SRC Brownwater Pageant 7:30 p.m., BLC Theater Pub Night 9 p.m., BLC Pub 8 p.m., Bristol Chapel 9 p.m., BLC Pub The J-Spot: A Sex Bronc Blow Out Educator Tells All 10 p.m., BLC Pub 10 p.m., BLC Theater Compiled by Dana Balestracci

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Music on another planet International student By Jordan Blum amount of energy and skill The Mars Volta puts out is really unmatched by Progressive rock has had a great rebirth in other bands today and makes them one of the last decade. There are tons of bands the best prog rock bands around. today that do justice to those they were There is a problem with the music shares gift of music inspired by and attempt to emulate. But itself on Amputechture, though: it’s noth- therein lies a problem: many of the bands ing new. The only noticeable improve- By Jess Decina nize the event. MacAde is also respon- today sound like copies of their predeces- ment over previous albums is that the CD sible for international students on both sors. They pull off the sound amazingly, has almost no noise to fill the ambience. the Lawrenceville and Princeton campus, but there is a lack of pure originality. Few All of the tracks contain music throughout Anyone who has ever watched the Wang said. Yuan said he also had some current prog rock bands have a sound they their duration. Essentially, Amputechture 2002 drama The Pianist might tell you it’s encouragement from his classmates. can call completely their own. is another fantastic album by The Mars a film about a musician struggling during “My classmates gave me ideas because The Mars Volta, however, is one of Volta, but don’t expect to hear anything World War II. For international student they know I play piano well,” he said. these bands who can. Its previous two revolutionary this time around. Photo copyright Universal Records and pianist Taylor Yuan, however, the “I really wanted to share my music with albums have shown how talented, relent- This album leaves the listener feeling a film is an inspiration – and a great way my friends, and I wanted to make more less and unique the band really is. With The Mars Volta’s Amputechture was little mixed up. It’s The Mars Volta’s weak- to study the composer Frédéric Chopin, friends. I wanted everyone at Rider to Amputechture, The Mars Volta decided to released on Tuesday, Sept. 12. est album to date because it is simply more whose music is frequently played in the come to my recital to enjoy my music.” use what it has previously established as its of the same and not very ambitious. film. Junior Pete Coach, Yuan’s student sound without really inventing anything them are phenomenal. But despite these faults, Amputechture “I like Chopin, and I like the movie,” mentor, attended the recital. Coach, who new. Amputechture is a bit of a mixed bag is still a great album. How someone feels Yuan said. “In that movie, the actor play- has known Yuan since last year, described The Mars Volta is the brainchild when compared to the rest of the band’s about this album will depend on his or her ing the pianist plays Chopin well. I was so Yuan as “a fantastic pianist.” of Cedric Bixler and Omar Rodriguez, catalogue. It is The Mars Volta’s first opinion of the band’s previous work. A fan excited about Chopin’s masterpieces.” “He played for about an hour and a the former singer and guitarist of At the album not to have a central theme, full- will remain a fan and adore Amputechture Selections from Chopin, as well as half, almost nonstop,” he said. “I played Drive-In, respectively. That band, while concept or sidelong piece. It’s just a set of if they adored previous albums. If the lis- other classical composers, could be heard piano for one semester and still remember also great, was a lot simpler and more songs that are unrelated. This arrangement tener disliked previous albums, they might inside the Gill Chapel last Saturday, Sept. simple songs, but [it wasn’t] even close to generic than The Mars Volta, but there makes the album feel like a step backward not enjoy this one. Regardless of its disap- 16, at Yuan’s piano recital, an event that his level of talent.” were also undeniable hints of what was to for the band, as it’s less ambitious than the pointing lack of variety, Amputechture is has been several months in the making. For the hour and a half recital, Yuan come. Bixler and Rodriguez are the only previous two. still a great album by one of the best bands According to Dr. Minmin Wang, special chose emotional and often fast-paced members of the first band to join the new The band once again shows an around today. assistant to the President and Provost pieces from Chopin, Beethoven and other band; the musicians they’ve brought with astounding level of musicianship. The and professor of Communication and classical composers. He admires them for Photo by JP Krahel Journalism, Taylor approached her with their ability to turn their life experiences International student Taylor Yuan performs a classical selection of music. Yuan held a recital for friends and other students on the idea of sharing his piano talents with into masterpieces, he said. Saturday, Sept. 16. He has been playing piano since age four and prepared for this recital for the entire summer. WAB plays final riff at NYC hot spot others toward the end of last semester. “I’m really interested about the com- “It was his own idea,” she said. “He posers and their lives, their experiences,” that combines “piano skills and tech- international students like him,” Wang Yuan said he doesn’t have any set By Casey Sky Noon really missed piano when he came to Yuan said. “They experienced something niques and emotions,” he said. said. “Many learned piano when they plans to perform again at Rider, although Rider. He asked me if I could help him and composed these masterpieces. When This recital will hopefully open the [were] very young and are very good at it. he would like to. For now, piano playing Despite the fact or maybe because the organize a concert here or find some I’m playing that piece, I can remember door for other students like Yuan to take Some are very good dancers, singers, or is “just a hobby,” he said. infamous CBGB’s in New York City is opportunities that he could share his what I’ve read, what I saw. That gives me the stage, said Wang. Many students good with other instruments.” “I want to have another piano recital closing late this month or early October, piano talents with the public.” the power to play that music.” approached her to reveal their own talents Coach would like to see more events next year, but I’m not sure,” he said. “If the post-hardcore indie band We’re All Wang worked with Joe MacAde, Yuan especially enjoys performing after Yuan’s recital, she said. like the recital, because it presents “some- I have a chance to become a professional Broken (WAB) rocked the joint this past director of Academic Affairs, to orga- Chopin’s “Fantasy Impromptu,” a piece “[Yuan] is not the only one who has thing everyone can enjoy, no matter what piano player, I will.” Saturday, Sept. 16. The northern New the talent; there are many very talented part of the world you are from,” he said. Jersey gang played two unreleased songs from its upcoming album, in addition to three crowd pleasing favorites. Memorial of brave souls, ‘United 93’ flies onto DVD “My parents came out and fans from all over the East Coast were on the floor, By Jordan Blum This still feels like another Hollywood blockbuster, so I was a wreck about playing the new (only with a little less action). It goes without say- tunes,” admitted guitarist Frank Giokas. ing that the events that this film is based on were “Not to mention that our singer showed Every so often a film comes along that reminds us Photo courtesy Casey Sky Noon anything but expected, but the film representation is up after we’d set up and only seconds how quickly our lives can change and how brave we quite ordinary. before getting kicked off stage.” The New Jersey hardcore band We’re All Broken played a rousing show at CBGB’s in can be in the face of our demise. United 93 is such a There are three extra features on the single disc Fortunately, the dancing audience New York City on Saturday, Sept. 16. Its newest album is expected later this year. film, but so are the countless other films that it fits in widescreen version. The first is entitled “United 93: loved every second of the band’s perfor- with. The Families and the Film.” It is an interesting yet mance. Ryan Bland, another musician in to put it out. undeniably indefinable by conventional Sept. 11, 2001 was a horrific and monumen- sad retrospective piece, and it is well done. There is the East Coast hardcore scene, can barely “F--- everything else you heard, the standards. tal day in the history of our country. This film is a also a feature-length commentary with Greengrass, wait for its new album and urges the band new We’re All Broken songs will make you With complex drum beats, thick bass Hollywood retelling of that day, and it feels that way. which is very insightful and worthwhile if you’re a fan say “f--- all the music that is out there,” he lines and both heavy and haunting guitar There is really no reason to watch it. of the film. Finally, there is “Memorial Pages” which said. And to the band, he said, “get those riffs, WAB transcends post hardcore clas- United 93 tells the story of how, on Sept. 11, contains biographies of the passengers and crew of songs on record now!” sics and marketability. 2001, the United Airlines Flight 93 airplane was United 93. Overall the special features, although few After a national tour with Thursday, “We’re not an easily marketable band,” hijacked by terrorists. It was one of four planes in numbers, are good additions to the disc. Minus the Bear and The Number Twelve said guitarist Jarret Quintana. “We don’t hijacked that day but the only one to not reach The horrors, shocks and sacrifices of Sept. 11 Looks Like You, WAB is home writing know who we sound like, and labels don’t its destination. Instead, the passengers decided to are captured well in United 93, but at the same time, the follow-up to its debut album called know exactly who to market us to.” fight back against their captors and become heroes it does not make for a unique and worthwhile film. Campaign Moving Slowly. Close friends Without the backing of Fidelity for their country. Anyone who remembers that day Photo copyright Universal Pictures Anyone who would watch this knows what hap- and peers have only the best to say about Records, the band has managed to travel will remember how the flight ended with a crash in United 93 was released on DVD on Tuesday, Sept. 5. The movie portrays the real-life events of the ill-fat- pened, and the movie doesn’t give any answers to the new tracks. every corner of the nation, playing every- Pennsylvania, resulting in the deaths of everyone on ease the pain. It merely shows us the events in the ed flight and the heroic passengers who fought back against their attackers to save the lives of others. “These songs are [in] no way deserv- thing from tiny New Brunswick basements board and the mourning of those lost by families. form of a cookie-cutter thriller (as any filmed version ing of the name sequel, as in never as great to sold-out House of Blues ballrooms. Instead of holding its audience in suspense with it’s based on a true story really has no impact on the to screaming and panicking. We’ve seen it a million of that day would be). That being said, the special as the first,” said Tucker Rule, the drum- “It gets to a breaking point some- what happens (since all viewers know that part from viewer during the movie. None of the actors are well times, and all at about the same level of skill. As a features that accompany this film are interesting mer for Thursday. “I’ve watched these times, but other times it feels good,” said experience), United 93 focuses on how it happened known and it is directed by Paul Greengrass (The real event, it was too awful for words. As a movie, it and heartfelt, and those who are already fans of the guys develop with one another and are bassist Joe Sudano. “When someone asks and why these courageous men and women should Bourne Supremacy), who makes it feel like an episode is generic. film will not be disappointed with the DVD release. making some tight music.” who’s your booking agent and you say, be remembered. of FOX’s hit television show 24. United 93 does have some strong points, though. For someone who has never seen this movie, feel Influenced by underground punk ‘Well, you’re looking at him.’” Although it had the best intentions, the film The acting itself is about average for this type of It is compelling to watch the events unfold all over free to remain that way. For someone who did enjoy Photo by Casey Sky Noon and hardcore such as Orange 9mm and People who haven’t heard the sounds comes off as another addition to the huge library of movie. The terrorists are first shown as nervous but again. It does spark emotion from the viewer and the the movie and is wondering whether the special fea- WAB guitarist Jarret Quintana rocks out Quicksand as well as paying homage of We’re All Broken before can pick up passengers-in-turmoil movies. It really feels like any determined, and they pray a lot. The passengers and closing shot is well done. tures are worth the purchase, indeed they are. during the band’s set last Saturday. to bands like Tool and Deftones, the Campaign Moving Slowly or wait for the number of other movies of its type. The fact that airline employees go from being relaxed and joyful As for the problems, they’ve already been stated. gentlemen of WAB have created a sound new album’s release.

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Editorial: Signs of change usher in semester ver the course of a few short months, the face of Rider has undergone an enormous transformation start- ing with the removal of the elm tree from the logo. DespiteO student uproar over the decision to remove this sym- bolic figure, plans for a new university logo surged ahead, and the unveiling of a new design is coming shortly. In the mean- time, a new Rider sign was implanted at the main entrance of the campus that seemingly belongs at a corporate headquarters such as Bristol-Myers Squibb or Johnson & Johnson. Instead of reinforcing a sense of tradition and student-cen- teredness as the timeless Rider brick sign greeting students and Editorial Cartoon by Chris Taylor and Michael Carlo visitors did, the new sign uproots the principles this University was founded upon. The symbolization behind this sign under- The voice of a concerned student: scores a gradual shift in thinking that seems to be taking hold. Some may argue that a university ought to be run similarly to a Financial aid mishap triggers panic corporation pursuing profit and forwarding efforts that increase the bottom line. Perhaps business is business, but Rider prides During my time at Rider I’ve found myself I was being billed for an itself on its students first and foremost. The changing of the taking part in many traditions. There is one entire semester’s worth of guard comes at a time when tradition needs to be highlighted tradition, however, that I’m getting quite sick of: tuition. to remind us of the rich history Rider is founded upon. being mistreated by Student Financial Services After a solid minute In preparation for the 2006 Commencement Ceremony, nearly every semester. of panicking, I realized I beautiful flowers and shrubbery were planted side-by-side with Like many students, I can attend Rider needed to address this situ- the previous Rider sign, only to be ripped out weeks later. This with help from a generous scholarship and an ation immediately. Except is perhaps one of the most frustrating aspects of the change. It unsubsidized Stafford loan. My parents pay for I couldn’t. I couldn’t access Jess is unfathomable that all this work and effort would be exerted the remaining tuition, but it is my responsibil- any payment records at Decina to replace a sign that gave off a well-needed and desired sense of ity to make sure my financial aid is in order. In MyInfo; the usually help- tradition. The highly anticipated new logo offers another per- the middle of July, I called Student Financial ful service was shut down plexing piece to this puzzle. How could a new sign be planted Services to make sure my scholarship and loan until Sunday. I couldn’t access the office by before having a definitive symbol for the University? were still intact; I was assured that nothing was phone or in person because it closed at noon on The new name plate is eye-catching indeed with its bold out of order. Friday. So I spent that entire weekend in a state silver lettering and cranberry background, yet it fails to encom- Then, on Friday, Aug. 25, with just 10 days of anguish because I had no idea what had gone pass the values purported in the statement of community values left until move-in day, I received a letter from wrong. Feeling stressed is bad enough, but being and, most of all, cement a sense of identity. The new sign seems Rider. According to their records, I owed an stressed without knowing why is awful. to minimize the pride in Rider as a university by putting that outstanding balance that needed to be addressed When MyInfo went back up, I was able to word in black lettering that makes it virtually unnoticeable at before I moved back onto campus. The letter figure out that a missing tuition payment was night. In addition to the poor aesthetics of the sign, the lighting stated, “after subtracting estimated financial aid, the cause of concern, but there was still no clear projected onto the sign at night gives the Rider inscription an you have an outstanding balance of $17,135 reason as to why my financial aid had not been almost theatrical glow and a pink background. for the Fall 2006 term.” In other words, no applied. Five days and several phone calls later, In stark contrast, tremendous improvement has been made financial aid had actually been subtracted, and See Panic, p. 11 to other facilities. Most noticeable is the complete renovation of Cranberry’s, which includes a revamped menu including pasta-to-go and other scrumptious options. Students now have Editorial & Managerial Board an alternative from the usual lunch or dinner selection offered Assistant Entertainment at Daly’s. Kroner Hall received a well-deserved facelift this Executive Editor Advertising Managers summer with new carpeting and keys. Best of all is the recently Mike Caputo Editor Kerri Weidler completed 24-hour study lounge in the library. Besides being Jess Decina Beth Rumbel equipped with a coffee machine ready to meet the caffeine needs Managing Editor of students, the lounge provides a quiet alternative for study- Lauren Varga Opinion Editor Business Manager ing. Jamie Papapetros Debra McCandless These new amenities come at a time when the University is News Editor facing an overcrowding problem in classrooms, Daly’s and resi- Stephanie Mostaccio Sports Editor Webmaster dence halls. Long-term plans to confront this dilemma are being Leo D. Rommel Kelley Stryker worked on in accordance with the master plan. But for the time Associate News Editor Delivery Manager being, larger classes, cramped residence halls and long lines in Jeff Frankel Assistant Sports Editor Daly’s may simply become a fact of life. On the positive side, of Paul Mullin Karl Holzer course, the higher demand for on-campus housing reflects the Features and Copy Editors growing stature of the University. Entertainment Editor Photography Editors Kelly Mangan As the two campus, one college initiative progresses and Nicole Southern Stephanie Nardi becomes more than a simple strategic plan, traditions will Karly Hamburg Faculty Advisers strengthen and reinforce the bonds between the Lawrenceville Assistant Features Editor Dr. E. Graham McKinley and Princeton campuses. This is a crucial step forward for the Paul Szaniawski Enterprise Reporter University. Students will have increased opportunities to take Olivia Tattory Dr. Thomas Simonet classes on either campus and experience an expanding art and music program. The collaboration among students, faculty and administration also will be extremely beneficial. Separated by different academic interests, this gradual transformation will provide students with an enhanced chance for integration. www.rider.edu/ridernews/ In that light, the bustling crowds, noticeable facelift and planned unification of the two campuses represent an emerging The Rider News welcomes letters on all subjects of interest to the Rider community. Letters must be and promising path for Rider. typed and include the name, address, phone number and signature of the author for verification. Send to The Rider News via E-mail ([email protected]), campus mail, or hand deliver to the This weekly editorial expresses the majority opinion of The Rider Ridge House. All letters must be received by midnight on the Monday preceding publication. The News editorial board and is written by the Opinion Editor. Rider News reserves the right to edit all letters for space and clarity. Friday, September 22, 2006 11 Think About It: This Week in History ... News Feed piques existing curiosity September 22, 1789 — Communication advanc- What we have here is failure to communi- wanted to be known. No cate. Well, not really; in fact, it’s just the oppo- one ever forced you or me es on this day as the U.S. Postal Office is established. site. to include our relation- Back in the day (i.e. any time before Sept. ship status, accept every September 24, 1896 — F. Scott Fitzgerald, 5), any registered Facebook member could eas- friend request, or to join ily spend more than an hour on Facebook.com, any groups with which author of The Great Gatsby, is born today. pouring over the pictures, wall postings and we did not want to be favorite activities entered by their friends, their associated. JP September 25, 1981 — Sandra Day O’Connor friends’ friends and their friends’ friends’ friends So what’s the prob- Krahel and feel not the least bit stalker-ish. It was a lem with making it a little makes history by becoming the first female justice to serve pleasant diversion, a good way to find out who easier? on the U.S. Supreme Court. liked the same bands you did and an alternative Perhaps that’s oversimplifying a bit. Of method of making friends. For some of us, it course the News Feed has problems. Of course might have been a little bit of an obsession, but it simplifies stalker-ish behavior. With a few A new student’s perspective: nothing atrocious. clicks, we can find out everything that a mem- Something happened on Sept. 5 though, ber has done on a daily basis, without having to One stop convenience which I’m sure you know about. Facebook mas- go through the tedium of re-reading an entire termind Mark Zuckerberg created the Facebook profile. During my first few days at Rider I News Feed and Mini-Feed, both with essentially There’s also a strange feeling that comes was one of those confused, lost freshmen. the same purpose. The idea is simply to give us from receiving information on old acquain- I was the one who spent a long time in easier access to the information that would pre- tances. Friends we made three years ago and not the dining hall deciding what was best to viously have taken us an hour or two (or more) thought about since then are suddenly re-intro- eat and the one who swiped my card the to find on our own. duced into our lives without either their consent wrong way. The time that I wasn’t spending In its original form, the News Feed would or ours. “X broke up with Y? I didn’t even know making a fool of myself, I spent in about let you know everything that your immediate they were going out!” 30 welcome sessions. Between welcome Nadine friends did, Facebook-wise, for the previous Also, some of the new information is just speeches and ice breakers, we were told Tester day or two. Mini-Feeds work in much the same plain unnecessary. Let’s face it, you really don’t about a magical place that would take care way, only they were specific to individuals. Bear want to know that “John Doe cares about Save of all our needs: The One Stop. in mind that none of the news you could get the Rainforest,” or that “Jane Doe joined Family The One Stop was supposedly designed to help new students through the News Feed was information you Guy Fans.” get everything they needed done at the same time and place couldn’t get on your own. News Feed simply In the end, though, the News Feed and including taking or dropping courses, getting a car registered and made it easier. Mini-Feed aren’t giving you anything you going to financial aid. The backlash was enormous. Numerous couldn’t have found on your own. If anything, Because having a car on campus is free, I decided to take full Facebook protest groups were formed; the larg- I’d say they’re helping to achieve Facebook’s advantage of it. So, all I needed from the One Stop was to get est one, Students Against Facebook News Feed original purpose, which was to facilitate the my car registered. The One Stop was located on the top floor of (Official Petition to Facebook) approached three- spread of personal information from individual the Bart Luedeke Center. However, there were no signs on the quarters of a million members. Eventually, to individual. outside of the building that would actually guide a new student. Zuckerberg and his team reacted by giving us Remember the whole to-do about com- Your One Stop experience starts at the top of the stairs where the option of keeping a good chunk of our panies checking the profiles of potential new a lot of fast-talking people sitting behind desks try to guide you Facebook actions invisible on News Feed. employees? “They don’t have any right to check to where you have to be. It’s really important to realize how fast I, for one, was quite confused. on my Facebook! That’s my personal space!” If these people spoke. I’m from northern New Jersey and I’m well- Facebook was designed to facilitate the easy anything, this entire fiasco can serve as reminder traveled. I’ve been to more than 40 states, and I know how people sharing of personal, possibly even semi-private, of just how public Facebook is. What we put in different states speak. And for the most part, it’s slow. When information over the Internet. I could post my there is meant to (and going to) be read, and we I travel, most people don’t immediately recognize the fact that I religious views, political opinions, even my cell cannot always choose our readers. have an accent. That’s why I was surprised to find that I had a phone number on Facebook with the express As Facebook users and as citizens of a con- hard time understanding what these One Stoppers were saying. intent of having said statuses viewed by others. nected world, we might want to think more Although this is considered efficient in places like the motor The reverse was true, as well. I’ve found out carefully about what we choose to display about vehicle, it seemed kind of out of place in the friendly atmosphere about old high school friends coming out of ourselves over a medium as cold and impersonal of Rider. My roommate and I were the only people needing any the closet, hookups and breakups and plenty of as the Internet. help, and there wasn’t any sight of a big influx after us. We split other personal tidbits through Facebook. up; two bewildered students on a mission to get everything done. It seemed like an unwritten rule, both She went to the financial aid office and I went to get my car reg- from a pragmatic viewpoint and in the “spirit” istered. I filled out a form and got the stickers for my car quickly of Facebook, that you’d only post what you and with no trouble. My roommate had the same experience. So is the One Stop a good or bad idea? The idea of the One Stop is great. However, the execution seemed a little sloppy. The In defense of Student Financial Services, it people who worked the One Stop seemed ready for a day with was my own carelessness that caused this situa- a constant stream of students. Next year, serve a little less coffee Panic from page 10 tion. But my error pales in comparison to the before sending these people to work. way Student Financial Services communicates with its students. We need to be informed of I received a second letter, this time telling me problems immediately, and we ought to refuse that Rider “forgot” to subtract my financial aid. to religiously check MyInfo just to keep an eye Quote of the Week The letter informed me of what I really owed on financial records. I want to have informa- and apologized for the confusion, but it might tion that is accurate and allows a student whose as well have read, “Ignore that last letter. We finances aren’t in perfect order more than 10 “Continuity gives us roots; were just kidding!” days to address a problem. I know for certain that other students The fiasco this summer tells me that Rider’s change gives us branches, received similar letters, many of them with financial department is in need of a better way letting us stretch and grow incorrect information. And while I don’t know of reaching its students. Inaccurate letters, busy each and every situation, I do know that we all phone lines and an on-line service that doesn’t and reach new heights.” experienced the same confusion, the same lack always supply the answers just aren’t cutting it of communication and the same stress of having for me. such a small window of time to tackle such a huge problem. — Pauline Kezer

The Rider News, Ridge House E-mail us at: 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 [email protected]; [email protected]; Phone: (609) 896-5256 [email protected]; [email protected]; Fax: (609) 895-5696 [email protected]; [email protected]. 12 Friday, September 22, 2006 The Issues Explained: International law comes under siege by U.S. administration On Thursday, Sept. 6, move these individuals to an Abu Ghraib and renditions,” didn’t need to abide by the pay atten- President Bush finally acknowl- environment where they can Colin Powell, former U.S. sec- Geneva Conventions with its tion to edged that the CIA operates be held secretly, questioned by retary of state, said in an inter- prisoners in Afghanistan and news like a network of secret prisons experts and, when appropriate, view, “whether we believe it or Iraq. Yet, in speeches after this and abroad for holding key suspects prosecuted for terrorist acts,” not, people are now starting to the Abu Ghraib abuses were keep it in the war on terror. Its islands Bush said in a speech to an question whether we’re follow- made public through pictures in mind are of tight security, keeping audience filled with the fami- ing our own high standards.” of torture, the administration when they 14,000 detainees beyond the lies of loved ones killed in the According to The acted they had no idea why vote. This Nicholas reach of established law. He Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Washington Post, while it is not these abuses happened. Reports is a seri- Ballasy added that 14 “high-profile” The 1949 Geneva clear exactly what techniques came out in 2003, that Donald ous mat- suspected terrorists were trans- Conventions were based on the Bush administration wishes Rumsfeld, secretary of defense, ter espe- ferred from those prisons to principles of Henri Dunant, to enforce in its secret pris- authorized the torture methods cially during a time of war. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. who was motivated by the hor- ons, sources have said previous used. What if a country like Some of the detainees have rors he witnessed at the Battle methods used include naked- It seems that what the North Korea wants to redefine been in CIA custody. Among of Solferino in 1859. The ness, prolonged sensory assault global community regards as or “clarify” Geneva Conventions them are said to be people Conventions consist of four and deprivation, the imposi- torture, the administration dis- provisions prohibiting “out- responsible for the bombing treaties, which set the standards tion of “stress” positions, and agrees. If the U.S. goes against rages against personal dignity” of the U.S.S. Cole in 2000 in for international law in times water submersion to the verge these internationally accepted and “humiliating and degrad- Yemen and the 1998 attacks on of war. of drowning. Bush has said principles while other nations ing treatment” of prisoners. U.S. embassies in Kenya and “If you just look at how none of those amounts to tor- abide by them, its image abroad What happens then? Does the Tanzania, in addition to the we are perceived in the world ture. will be further tarnished. The administration step in and say Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. and the kind of criticism we In February 2002, Bush U.S. must set an example. no, you cannot do that when “It has been necessary to have taken over Guantanamo, went so far as to say the U.S. College students should they are doing the exact thing? The World Observer: Study abroad creates global opportunity Annmarie Mercieri A few years ago I decided that one day I would travel the world, but I never expected I would be where I am today. Two semesters ago I decided to become a part of the study abroad program at Rider. I urge every single travel-aspiring stu- dent to take full advantage of such an amazing opportunity. Many students at Rider are unaware of the new Study Abroad office which moved from the Dean’s office and is now beginning to form and grow under the direction of Joe MacAde. I decided to study through the American Institute of Foreign Studies (AIFS), which is an affiliate of Rider, and to spend not only one semester abroad, but also a second semester in a differ- ent country. I finally chose Florence, Italy for the fall semester and London for the spring semester. A few months later I found myself handing in a plethora of paperwork and dealing with the stress that came with it. I never expected how much work goes into pursuing the chance to study Letter to the Editor: in another country. From credit transfers to student visas, I was slowly going mad

with the mix up of information and my phone bill sky- rocketing Hazardous conditions of puppy mills

with phone calls to the AIFS headquarters and Rider. Signing up My boyfriend and I recently purchased a through pet stores, often sending the puppies for one semester should be a piece of cake, but signing up for two puppy. After the puppy became deathly ill, my from several states away, as well as through at the same time was quite the organizational adventure. boyfriend and I decided to do research regard- newspaper ads or over the Internet. I now look back and realize how hard I worked to make it to ing the typical practices of puppy stores, and the Remember — legitimate, compassionate where I am. My flight left Aug. 16, only a week after the liquid origins of the puppies they sell. What we found breeders don’t sell their puppies through pet bomb scare at London’s Heathrow International Airport. Minus was heartbreaking, and we felt the need to help stores or over the Internet. These small breeders the annoyance of new carry-on regulations, I safely landed in educate The Rider News readers about cruel want to be sure they know where their puppy is Rome the morning of the 17th. The group of approximately 140 puppy mills and how they can avoid supporting going and don’t simply sell to the first person students from around the United States spent three days touring them. with enough cash or a credit card. Unless you the ancient city only to continue our travels to Lido di Camiore, According to The Humane Society of the personally visit the place your puppy was born where our three-week intensive Italian language orientation United States, hundreds of thousands of pup- and raised — and where the puppy’s parents courses were held. pies are bred and sold in the U.S. each year — live — there’s no way to know that your puppy After three weeks on the beautiful Tuscan shore, I now find many of them in inhumane puppy mills. Puppy didn’t come from a puppy mill. myself sitting on a couch in my apartment on Borgo Allegri in mills are breeding operations that house dogs in If you’re looking for a purebred puppy or Florence, Italy. I am here. I actually made it here. I know the poor conditions; they are kept caged around the dog, another great option is adoption. About language more than I ever thought I would, and I realized how clock for the sole purpose of breeding so that the one out of every four dogs in a shelter is a pure- hard I pushed myself to get here. I have climbed the mountains operators of these mills can sell a high volume bred, and there are rescue groups for virtually at Cinque Terre, held up the leaning tower of Pisa, and climbed of puppies for profit. Conditions that have been every breed of dog out there. the Spanish Steps, and soon I will make my way up the Duomo. found on puppy mills include overcrowding, No dog lover wants to support animal cru- In November I will visit Spain, Austria, Hungary and the Czech non-existent veterinary care, poor quality or elty, but many do so without knowing it by buy- Republic. no food and water, forced over-breeding and ing puppy mill puppies from pet stores, news- Looking back at the process I went through to get here, I see cages that lack protection from the elements. papers, the Internet, etc. Please help spread the how much it was worth the stress, the confusion, the paperwork The result of all this breeding is hundreds of word about the cruelty of puppy mills. and the phone calls. I urge students everywhere to take a few thousands of puppies, a great many with severe minutes out of their day to visit the Study Abroad office, pick behavior and health problems. up some information and sit down with your adviser. If you have Puppy mills work hard to hide their busi- — Lisa Gooley & William Hernandez the passion to see the world then this is your chance to do it. ness from the public. They sell their puppies Princeton, NJ Friday, September 22, 2006 13 Men’s soccer team a deeper, better, stronger group By Kristie Kahl guys were lifting in the offsea- ‘The seniors son,” Fager said. “Two would be in general the experience that our fresh- Hard work, roster depth men and sophomores have got- and a healthy dose of com- will be key ten. The third would also have petition are a few factors that players...’ to be our new players.” should help the men’s soccer A combination of the team’s team achieve this season. - Russ Fager wealth of new players and the “Strengths I would have to experience of the veterans will say will be our depth and our play a major part in whether attitude to continue working or not the Broncs see a better hard,” said Russ Fager, the head “Some pros would be that record and most importantly, coach. the guys had a lot of playing the playoffs this season. In the previous season, the time, they also saw good com- Dan Riverso, a senior goal- team went 4-10-4 overall, but petition and it will be even bet- keeper, was voted as the All- just missed making the playoffs ter this year,” Fager said. “Last MAAC goalkeeper this year in in the last game of the season. season we were hammered with a preseason poll. Mike Juska, a “Our goals would be to injuries at critical times in the sophomore this year, made an make the MAAC playoffs and season. Pretty much any bad impact last season by making to make the conference cham- luck that creeps in is a weak- the MAAC All-Rookie team. pionships,” Fager said. “Also, ness.” “The seniors in general Photo by Peter G. Borg we would like to win at least The team made an effort will be key players in order to one NCAA game, or more.” this offseason to improve its provide leadership,” explained Sophomore Mike Juska, a member of the MAAC All-Rookie Last year, the team had the work ethic and endurance abili- Fager. team last season, will have to be at his best for the Broncs. chance for reasonable success as ties, which will almost certainly the season wound down, but lead to a huge improvement in injuries thinned the roster con- team play. Field hockey continues winning ways siderably and forced the Broncs “One [difference] is that we By Paul Mullin into the lineup,” Hussong work ethic, which will play to make some adjustments. are a lot stronger because the explained. a major part in sculpting the After compiling an impres- Hussong stressed the issue young players on the team. sive 14-6 record and advancing of a cohesive, smoothly per- Stephanie Walker, a junior to the regular season champion- forming team as an important who led the team in scoring ship, Head Coach Lori Hussong requirement for success. with 14 goals last season, and and her field hockey team hope “The team is very togeth- Tricia Crotty, a sophomore who to repeat that performance and er,” she said. “It’s a close knit compiled the best shot percent- make the final step to winning group, and that’s always been a age on the team, also look to be the championship. strength of our program on and big contributors. “Our goal is always to begin off the field.” Hussong looks forward to the season with our best effort Senior goalkeeper Krista this season as another oppor- every game,” said Hussong. Bearish, who holds the record tunity for accomplishment, The team ended on a high for wins as a keeper at Rider, as well as a chance to further note at the end of last season, finished last season with a improve upon the team’s con- racking up seven conference .780 save percentage against all siderable skill. wins against only one loss. And opponents, only letting by 22 “Last season we had a ten- although she admits that this goals all season. dency to sit back in the second year’s team is “a little young” Hussong mentioned seniors half and let our opponents take after losing nine starters in two Meaghan Shweers, Ashley control,” she said. “We just have years, she maintains high hopes Boulden, and Liz Butterbaugh to make sure we go out and play for this season. as other major components of 70 minutes of hockey.” “It’s really a matter of get- this year’s team, for both their ting our young kids meshed playing ability as well as their Women’s soccer looks to compete By Kristie Kahl many games is because we had better to take away the chances so many young players,” Long our opponents can get.” With a young, yet deep, said. “We were proven [to be] With a competitive sched- roster, the women’s soccer team competitive though, which is ule ahead, the team will look is setting high goals for the shown through our statistics. to certain players for support. 2006 season. It took a while to gain team Coach Long feels that both “We hope for a winning cohesiveness, which slowed our senior captains, Lauren Terzyk record and to be in the MAAC team building.” and Kelli Burke, will be an tournament again,” said Head Although the team is young, essential part of the team. Coach Kevin Long. “We would they can still quote considerable “How they play will defi- also like to keep alive being one differences for this season. nitely affect how the team of the top four teams in the “We’ve shored up our plays,” Long remarked. “They conference.” defense so we’re better,” Long have a dynamic presence about In the previous season, the explained. “We offer more of a them.” team had a record of 3-15-2, work rate that will give us more The mixture of a young but made it to the quarterfinals chances in a game, more shots roster with the addition of a in the MAAC tournament as and more goals.” competitive edge and essential well. Young talent on the roster leadership should help the team Due to a youthful team will gain the team experience to achieve their high ambitions. and a few injuries, the Broncs make improvements for their “We have a competitive suffered unfortunate losses last upcoming season. schedule challenge ahead but “We’ll find our offensive hopefully we will build experi- Photo by Peter G. Borg season that they would like to For sophomore midfielder/forward Michelle Matricardi, a letter- make up for in the upcoming flow so we have more shots on ence against our opponents this goal,” Long recognized. “Our season,” said Long. winner for the Broncs last season, and the rest of the women’s months. team, this season is a chance to make major improvements. “The reason we did lose so defense will recognize pressure 14 Friday, September 22, 2006

said. “I knew that if I went 12 of 17 Colgate Invitational 9/15 Barry pro with Oakland and did not Broncs’ 9/16 Rider 0 S.D. State 0 finished my degree, and some- 1 of 15 Bucknell Invitational 9/17 Continued from p. 16 thing happened, I would be in Bits Rider 0 San Diego 11 serious trouble. Now I’m bet- Volleyball Barry picked up his first major ter prepared for whatever may Scores/Records (3-8, MAAC 1-1) Women’s Soccer league win in a 8-7 thumping come my way.” (*denotes conference game) (2-3-1, MAAC 0-0) of the surging Marlins. 9/1 Regardless of what hap- “When you’re in college, Rider 3 U. Maryland E/S 0 9/12 pens, Barry will always have Field Hockey the dreams of stuff like this Rider 1 La Salle 3 Rider 3 Delaware State 0 his roots. Though he works in (4-2, NEC 0-0) always go through your head,” 9/2 9/16 a major city, Barry’s true home 9/2 said Barry. “I can now say the Rider 0 UNC-Wilmington 3 Rider 0 Drexel 0 rests up in Kinmundy, a suburb Rider 2 Colgate 3 (ot) reality beats the dream.” Rider 3 Bucknell 1 9/20 in Southern Illinois. The small, 9/6 With any luck, three times 9/4 Rider 2 St. Joseph’s 0 quiet farmland-dominated area Rider 0 Temple 1 will be a charm for Barry. It’s Rider 0 E. Washington 3 is a direct memory of his child- 9/10 Men’s Tennis looking like it will be. But he’s 9/13 hood in West Windsor, before Rider 4 Va. Commonwealth 0 (0-3, MAAC 0-1) is not banking on it. Rider 0 Fairleigh Dickinson 3 multimillion estates and over- 9/16 Originally a 2000 draft 9/15 9/16 population flooded the area. Rider 3 Rhode Island 1 choice of the Oakland A’s, Rider 3 Manhattan 1* Rider 3 NJIT 4 “I remember riding on 9/19 Barry rejected his early chance 9/16 9/17 snow mobiles as a child,” said Rider 1 La Salle 0 to play pro ball by deciding to Rider 1 Fairfield 3* Rider 0 Saint Peter’s 7 Barry. “You can’t ride those in return to school for his senior 9/20 Atlanta. There’s too much traf- Cross Country Men’s Soccer year. He completed his under- Rider 2 Monmouth 5 fic, too many people. But you 9/9 (3-3-2, MAAC 0-0) graduate degree in business can [in Kinmundy]. It’s a good at Fordham Invitational Women’s Tennis administration in May 2001, 9/1 place for my wife and me to get Men: 6th of 19 (1-1, MAAC 1-0) then reentered the draft, where Rider 2 Longwood 0 away.” Women: 7th of 18 Atlanta grabbed him in the 14th 9/8 9/16 Until, of course, he has to round. Rider 4 Duquesne 3 (2 ot) Rider 2 NJIT 5 go back to work. Golf 9/9 9/17 “The thing with sports is 9/10 Rider 1 Bucknell 3 Rider 5 Saint Peter’s 2* that any given injury can end a career out of the blue,” Barry say. You get the experience now, and they’ll knock you around,” Hoey so you have time in the offsea- said Hoey. “Big Papi —try to words, Hoey was “lit up”, but Continued from p. 16 son to do what you need to do stay away from him, I’ll tell you Pittaro no worries. “It was against the to pitch.” that.” Continued from p. 15 Yankees,” Pittaro whispered. still not as comfortable as I But really, how hard could Hoey followed his own “You have to let that one would like to be on the mound. it be to pitch to players like advice. He walked the Boston “legendary” by Rider’s faculty slide.” That just comes with time and David “Big Papi” Ortiz? slugger in their first meeting. and staff. “I’m just considered Truthfully, Hoey could experience — that’s what they “You make one bad pitch that because I coached there have surrendered 100 runs and for so long.” Pittaro’s admiration would olf Rider to a best-ever ranking 10 and a first place finish at Stop that, Sonny. Give have remained spotless. The G of 10th in the Mid-Atlantic the Bucknell Invitational on yourself a pat on the back. same goes for Barry. Sink or Continued from p. 15 Region in the fall of 2003, and September 16, the second of Pittaro confesses that swim, Pittaro will always look in the spring of 2004 led Rider which was won by an astonish- he watches Barry and Hoey at his boys with a sense of awe. In four years, he was a three- to a fifth place finish in the ing 16 strokes. every chance he gets (thus the In a way, you could almost time All-MAAC golfer and the MAAC Championships when “It’s a funny feeling,” beauty of satellite television). suggest that his bond with his first golfer in school history to he placed fifth overall among Whartenby said. “Some of He watched Barry’s debut at former players is similar to that break 70 in a game. the 45 competing golfers. these guys I coach, I was their Yankee Stadium on TV, then of a father with his sons – the Furthermore, he was as As both a sophomore teammate not too long ago. purchased tickets and drove an discipline, the passing on of a three-time team captain, and a junior, Whartenby lead Now I’m their coach. I always hour and a half north to see wisdom, the tough love and the Vice President for Rider’s Rider to fourth place finishes try to remain professional with Barry perform in the second the joy of seeing them succeed Student Athlete Advisory at the 2002 and 2003 MAAC them, but I can’t help but to game of the series (unfortu- on their own. Council and the recipient of Championships. bond with them too. I think nately, Barry never played in But wait, it gets better. the Ed Eget Scholarship for Whartenby’s coaching that connection will help me in that contest). He actually does have a father- outstanding achievement in resume thus far includes a 12th the long run.” Last week, he saw Hoey son relationship with a major both academics and athletics. place finish in the Colgate pitch against the Yankees. league player, or at least, a As a senior, Whartenby led Invitational on September It wasn’t pretty. In Pittaro’s former major league player. Pitarro’s son, Chris, once played ball in the big leagues. Alternating between second base, third base and shortstop, Chris Pittaro played with the Tigers and Twins from 1985 to 1987 before a series of inju- ries forced him into retire- ment in 1988. Chris is now a National Field Coordinator for the Oakland A’s. “Baseball is in the family,” said Pittaro. “I have grandchil- dren and maybe one day they’ll grow up to play baseball, too.” Now retired, Pittaro spends much of his time doing what he wasn’t able to do dur- ing his coaching days: playing golf, traveling and watching his boys play ball. “I’ve lived a blessed life, you could say,” Pittaro finally admits. “It’s been a lot of fun living it.” I bet, especially with that Direct TV package of yours. Friday, September 22, 2006 15 Star pitcher arrested prior to playoff

By Leo D. Rommel of the Year honor, was suspended by the a weapon, regardless of whether the weap- University from playing in the MAAC on is actually operable.” Pellet guns were baseball tournament, which began two among the seven various forms of weapons If nothing else, consider this a harsh days later. not acceptable on school grounds. lesson learned. Without Kennedy (6-3), Rider lost The Times further reported that Sophomore James Kennedy, a star- that game, 5-0, to Manhattan. Anthony Campbell, Associate VP of studded pitcher for the baseball team, was “Jim was our hottest pitcher,” said Student Affairs, said that the University’s charged on May 23 with felony possession shortstop Bryan Wagner, who graduated investigation into the matter showed that of what turned out to be a fake AK-47 in May. “I don’t think his absence was the Kennedy was not at the dorm during the assault rifle, according to a May 25 article only reason why we lost, but it didn’t help, supposed happening. published in The Times of Trenton. either.” “He was not present at the time the Leo D. Rommel The charge surfaced after a delivery Phone calls to both Kennedy and [delivery woman] reported the incident,” woman from a nearby fast-food restaurant Angelo Onofri, an assistant prosecutor in Campbell told The Times. “It was in his Living the caught a glimpse of numerous young men Mercer County, were not returned. room.” inside a residence hall room with what she At the time of the incident, Rider was According to the article, Kennedy had good life assumed to be deadly weapons, officials in summer recess and only members of been out to dinner with his parents and said. the baseball team were permitted to live in returned to the dormitory as the incident According to The Times, the 9:50 p.m. Hill. Three other unidentified players that was unfolding. rancis “Sonny” Pittaro occurrence at Hill Hall led to an enormous were reportedly involved in the incident Nonetheless, LTPD spokesperson Lt. is a blessed man, and response by Lawrence Township Police were also suspended for the Manhattan Mark Ubry said the charge against Kennedy not because he has the (LTPD), who immediately rushed onto MLBF Extra Innings package playoff game. at the time was for possessing the weapon, the campus, locked down its entrances and According to The Times, a university not for being one of the players spotted by for Direct TV, though that surrounded the residence hall with guns official said that a member of the team may the delivery woman. helps. drawn, looking for the supposedly armed have been shooting at a paper cup in the “I’m not going to talk about what hap- Pittaro, Rider’s retired suspects. An evacuation of the dorm left hallway of the residence hall. Airsoft guns, pened last May,” Head Coach Barry Davis baseball coach, is blessed the building vacant as authorities complet- which are designed to look like real fire- said. “We’re moving forward with this because whether he wants to ed a room-by-room search for gunmen. arms, traditionally fire small, 6-millimeter season and with what we have to get done remain modest or not, he has In the end, however, the only weapon plastic balls. now.” accomplished something very discovered was a single pellet gun, an imi- Regardless, the University did not take According to GoBroncs.com, Kennedy few other men have done. tation AK-47 assault rifle, which was lying the incident lightly. The players’ conduct (listed as Jimmer Kennedy on the Web site) He has mentored numerous on Kennedy’s bed. was a direct violation of Policy 4.7 which, is still with the team. The Broncs 2007 sea- baseball players who, in due Consequently, Kennedy, the recipient according to The Source, prohibits “the son is projected to begin on February 23 at time, turned pro. of last year’s New Jersey College Baseball possession of a firearm or any other object East Tennessee State. Pittaro nurtured each Association’s Division I Rookie Pitcher designed to be commonly seen or used as and every one of them. He raised them, like children. He turned amateur, no-name Whartenby hired as new golf coach kids into star-studded men. Forty-one of them to be By Leo D. Rommel retired from his golf duties fol- I’ve been here awhile. I know on campus. He’s well-known exact. Five of them made lowing 12 years of work. the general idea behind the around the state. He knows it to the big leagues. Two of Whartenby, 24, acknowl- program.” the program. I think [Harnum] them – Kevin Barry of the In only two years, the pupil edges that following in his According to Dalgewicz, made an excellent choice in hir- Braves and Jim Hoey of the has become the mentor. mentor’s footsteps is beyond careful consideration was put ing him.” Orioles – are currently pitch- On August 6, home- amazing, particularly at his into the hiring of a new coach Highly recruited by Seton ing today. town hero Bob Whartenby age. by Athletic Director Don Hall and Rutgers following “The kids at Rider must of Lawrenceville was named “When they were looking Harnum, who personally went a superb high school career get excited watching some- the new head coach of the for coaches to succeed Chet, to him for advice. Dalgewicz that included a Group 3 State one on TV warm up in the golf team. A 2004 graduate I thought my only down- was more than happy to pro- Championship in 1999 and the bullpen and the announcer of Rider, Whartenby’s qualifi- fall would be my age,” said mote Whartenby. Mercer County Tournament says they’re from Rider,” said cations include a spectacular Whartenby. “Most coaches are “He’s a natural,” said Championship in 2000, Pittaro. “For such a small undergraduate career at Rider as older when they start out. I’m Dalgewicz, who was named Whartenby lived up to expecta- school, it’s a big deal.” well as two years as an assistant much younger. It’s tough fol- 2006 MAAC Golf Coach of tions upon his arrival at Rider. It is. But what about you? coach under former head coach lowing in Chet’s footsteps. But the Year. “He’s well respected See ‘Golf,’ p. 14 Is it a big deal to you? Chet Dalgewicz, who recently “It’s fulfilling to know you had a role in their devel- opment, yes,” he said. That’s it? “I’m very proud of them. They know that.” Keep going. “I’d like to take all the credit but I can’t. This is their doing, their hard work.” Actually, Coach, you’re given too little credit. Forget the 41 players that went pro. Pittaro is a living, breathing record book. Just look at the numbers: 766 wins, nine conference titles and eight NCAA appear- ances. In January 2005, he was elected into both the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the Rider Hall of Fame. “Eh, I wouldn’t say I’m that,” said Pittaro when asked

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recalled. “Not too many people get to go where roncs o ro I had been. I remained B G P hopeful that I would get Kevin Barry joins Braves one more chance.” And sure enough, he did. By Leo D. Rommel that day was not pretty – in two more scoreless innings in On Aug. 12, Barry was recalled fact, his second pitch nearly the Braves’ 6-3 win over NL again after pitcher Horacio This story of Kevin Barry is went over the head of Atlanta Central-leading St.. Louis. He Ramirez was placed on the 15- ironic, to say the least. catcher Todd Pratt, and Barry was even more dominant three day disabled list with a par- Barry, a 2001 graduate of would end up walking batter days later against the playoff tial tear in his left middle Rider and a low-key country Johnny Damon on five pitches contenting Cincinnati, striking finger. Barry has remarkably boy from small-town Princeton – but it was certainly effective. out five and walking one while remained on the 25-man Junction who grew up a die- Although New York would ulti- allowing no hits in four innings active roster ever since, com- hard Mets fan, ends up work- mately prevail, 5-2, Barry’s out- of relief. piling a 5.76 ERA and ing in highly congested, high- ing ended commendably: three When asked by The Atlanta 1.48 WHIP. ly publicized Atlanta, for the scoreless innings, two hits, one Journal-Constitution if On Sept. 17, Mets’ longtime bitter rival, the strikeout and a walk. Barry would be consid- Braves. The events of the subse- ered for a start, manager How did that happen? quent two months, however, Bobby Cox responded, “Life works in mysterious would be an emotional roller “Absolutely. He started all ways,” said Barry. “You just coaster full of praise and devas- year at Richmond.” See ‘Barry,’ never know what’s going to tating rejection. Not so fast. On July 21, fol- p. 14 happen.” Four days following his lowing the Braves’ acquisi- Barry, 27, made his major performance in New York, tion of Cleveland pitcher league debut on June 26 when Barry was sent back to Triple- Bob Wickman, Barry was he took the mound for the A Richmond when Atlanta again sent packing to Braves in the sixth inning at activated relief pitcher Chris Richmond to clear up a Yankee Stadium. After five and Reitsma from the disabled list. roster spot. a half seasons in the Braves’ Barry alleged he did not take “I would complain, but minor league system, Barry at the dismissal to heart, saying “as I had it good,” Barry long last was making headlines long as I am playing baseball, in front of 54,226 fans in argu- I’m happy.” ably baseball’s most storied sta- Fortunately, Reitsma dium. appeared in only one game “Yankee Stadium is the before returning to the DL Mecca of baseball,” said Barry. once more on July 3 with a “It was amazing for me to make hand injury, paving the way for my major league debut there in Barry’s return to Atlanta. front of all my friends and fam- The next day, Barry was ily.” on the mound for the first Barry’s performance time at Turner Field, pitching Photo courtesy of the Atlanta Braves Jim Hoey gets call to Orioles By Mike Caputo call to the big show. In a matter team All-New Jersey selection of a few months, Hoey emerged at Rider under retired head from the depths of the Orioles coach Sonny Pittaro, Hoey nev- Living life on the road may farm system to the bright lights er envisioned such a fast ride to not be the easiest on the psyche, of Camden Yards. the major leagues. but for Jim Hoey, former Rider Hoey was low on the totem “[When] playing under pitcher and a current member pole when he suffered an injury Sonny, your goal is just to get of the Baltimore Orioles, life’s setback during the 2004 season. drafted,” Hoey said. “One not so bad. The damage to his elbow forced thing, especially in college, [is This season, Hoey started him to undergo “Tommy John that] you are not looking at in low Single A ball until he was surgery.” After rehab, he was the major league level, you just promoted to a higher A level only able to make nine relief want to play some pro ball club in Fredricksburg, Virginia. appearances. wherever, whenever, as soon as Soon thereafter, he moved up to “With the limited time I possible.” AA ball with the Bowie Baysox. have played over the last couple Hoey attributes a major With all three teams, Hoey had of seasons, it was nice and it portion of success to the tute- a 2-1 record with 33 saves and was actually surprising I made lage Pittaro provided during a 2.28 ERA. it all the way up in this one long and after his stay at Rider. “Living out of a suitcase is season,” said Hoey. “Sonny was a great coach,” rough,” Hoey said in a phone Immediately after joining said Hoey. “[Sonny] knew how interview. “Especially since I’m Baltimore, Hoey made his first to mold his athletes into profes- still doing it at this point, mov- big league appearance against sional athletes and professional ing from hotel to hotel. It would the Twins, entering the game prospects.” be nice to sit down and have a in the seventh inning with two Hoey admitted that the place to put my stuff. That’s the runners on base. After walking adjustment to the majors has only thing that’s terrible.” Torii Hunter, Hoey struck out not been as smooth as he would Hoey, of Hamilton, finally Jason Kubel out to get out of have hoped. But he said he is got a chance to feel at home the jam. optimistic that his experience this summer when his Bowie “The first game I had some with Baltimore this season will Baysox visited the Trenton jitterbugs,” said Hoey. “But it pave the way for his future in Thunder at Waterfront Park was pretty much the same thing the majors. in early August. He not only Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Malby/Baltimore Sun I have been doing all year. It is “I’m still learning to adjust made an appearance, he ended just like everybody else in their to situations,” said Hoey. “I’m Rider alum and former baseball player Jim Hoey was called up up notching a save against the work or job; it’s the same thing, hometown favorites. See ‘Hoey,’ p. 14 from the minor leagues to play for the Baltimore Orioles on Aug. you get promoted.” On Aug. 23, Hoey got the 23, making his first start against the Minnesota Twins. Although he was a first-

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