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Running in place 12 The student newspaper of the Rider community since 1930 Volume 78, Issue VI - Friday, October 19, 2007 DR. DAVI D REBOVICH , 1949-2007 Beloved professor missed by all By Steph Mostaccio Understanding Politics. Vickie there was “no breathing, no Weaver, director of Public respiration, no pulse.” There has been a void in the Safety, said campus security Dr. A.J. Moore, assistant Political Science Department received numerous calls about professor of Journalism, said as well as in the state of New an unconscious professor. Joseph EMTs, Public Safety and LTPD Jersey since last Friday, Oct. Nadeau, dean of the College officers rushed into the class- 12. of Liberal Arts, Education and room, where the incident was That was the day when Science, said one student also contained. Dr. David Rebovich, associ- called the Lawrence Township Weaver said the students ate professor of political sci- Police Department (LTPD) and had pushed the desks back to ence, managing director of the another student called him to make room for the emergency Institute for New Jersey Politics report the incident. technicians. Nadeau, one of the and well-known political com- The notification system five marshals in Fine Arts who mentator, died suddenly from a worked well during this inci- is trained to organize evacua- heart attack. He was 58. dent, according to Nadeau. tions in emergency situations, “A loss of this magnitude He urges students to first call helped clear the classroom. cannot be expressed in words,” Public Safety during any urgent According to Moore, the President Mordechai Rozanski situations since the officers are sight was difficult for students wrote in a statement to the closest to the scene and know to watch. Rider community. “David’s the protocol for emergencies. “There was more than a contributions to our commu- When Public Safety arrived few students that just really nity, his passion for his work at the scene, the officers and looked emotionally drained,” Photo courtesy of Peter G. Borg and his love of teaching were two of the students performed he said. Dr. David Rebovich chats with a journalist during an interview. unsurpassed.” CPR until the LTPD and para- Rebovich was taken to He was the most quoted political analyst in New Jersey. Rebovich collapsed at medics arrived. According to Capital Health System—Fuld Shirley Turner, associate died practicing the two things approximately 9:45 a.m. while Nadeau, early implementation Campus in Trenton, where he director of Career Services and he had a passion for most in he was teaching his 9:10 class, of CPR was a necessity because was pronounced dead. a state senator, said Rebovich See Rebovich, p. 5 Student dies Alumni donations add up By Paul Szaniawski becoming a partner at major accountant after alleged firms and worked on Wall Street. “I felt Two years ago this month everyone it was proper to donate money where heroin use from students to alumni were welcomed the school requires.” to the splendor of a new exercise facility It’s alumni gifts like these that help when the Student Recreation Center advance the University in ways that By Paul Mullin opened — everyone except varsity ath- normally wouldn’t be accounted for in letes who were stuck working out in the the annual operating budget of $130 Westminster Choir College (WCC) obsolete Maurer Gym. million (fiscal year 2007), said Jonathan freshman Justin R. Warfield, 18, died Alumnus Ralph Anderson, class of Meer, vice president of University early Wednesday from heroin use, police ’82, decided to change that. In 2006, half Advancement. said. of the accounting graduate’s $200,000 “It’s the greatest thing alumni can Warfield, of Columbia, Md., was gift gave new life to Maurer Gym. do: wanting to let other students have pronounced dead on arrival at the The gift cheered up the once lackluster the same great experience they had,” University Medical Center at Princeton fitness center with cranberry-colored Meer said. at approximately 6 a.m. on Wednesday. Freshman Justin Warfield died machines adorned with Rider logos and Just last summer, P.J. Ciambelli, class “This is devastating to the com- Wednesday ofter allegedly using heroin. breathed pride into the gym’s somber of 1950, finalized a $3 million promise munity,” said Rider Dean of Students with Warfield’s death, and that he has walls. The old and sometimes squeaky to Rider in his will. Ciambelli’s name Anthony Campbell. “I feel so much sor- been charged with strict liability for a equipment was replaced with up-to-date has adorned the Admissions building row for the family and Justin.” drug-induced death and the distribution machines that will help bolster varsity since he first pledged the gift to Rider. Campbell, who spent significant of heroin. athletic recruitment for years to come. The efforts of the Advancement time with the Warfield family on Princeton Borough police also Anderson is just one of a number of office, which works toward raising funds Wednesday, said he is becoming more issued summonses to sophomore Robert alumni who have recently contributed mostly through donations, not only and more concerned about the abuse of Kelly, 19, of Danby, Vermont, junior a significant amounts to Rider, which garnered more money in total donations alcohol and drugs among students. Nicholas Landrum, 20, of Mullica Hills, raised more than $5.7 million last year. and pledges in Fiscal Year 2007, which “[Student deaths resulting from] N.J., and freshman Bryan Smith, 19, of That number has grown from 2006, ended in June, but also improved num- alcohol and drugs are so senseless to Freehold, N.J., all WCC students, for when slightly more than $5 million was bers in key categories like the Annual me,” he said. “They take away the future harassment. raised. Fund. The Annual Fund is money given potential of students.” According to a press release issued by “The great schooling I obtained in a certain year that is meant to be Yesterday morning authorities the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office, permitted me to be very successful,” said spent in the same year on specific proj- announced that they had arrested Hunt, of Piscataway, N.J., purchased, Anderson, who earned a Bachelor of ects chosen by the donor. 19-year-old Kieran Hunt in connection See Warfield, p. 4 Science in accounting, which led to his See Donations, p. 5 Visit the Rider News Online at www.theridernews.com 2 Friday, October 19, 2007 SECURITY BRIEF S ‘Racial vandalism’ sparks candle vigil Accident By Jeff Frankel port diversity on campus. A motor vehicle acci- “The hateful words have Just one week after the dent occurred Monday, been removed, but can nev- ‘Pullquote etc. etc.’ University’s week-long program Oct. 15, on Poyda Drive. At er be cleansed from the eyes - Source Name to encourage diversity on cam- 9:38 a.m., a student backed that observed them,” President pus, vandals wrote a derogatory into a staff member’s car. Mordechai Rozanski said in an word on several doors in a resi- There were no injuries. The e-mail sent on Monday to the dence hall on Sunday. driver of the car that was Rider community. “There is no The incident occurred on backed into was not pres- place on this campus or any- Oct. 14 in Gee Hall sometime ent at the time. Both cars where else for acts of intoler- between 4 and 5 a.m. when sustained minor damage. ance and repugnant behavior.” someone wrote the “N-word” Police services were offered Dual vigils were supposed on the doors of eight rooms of and declined. to take place simultaneously both male and female students, on both the Lawrenceville said Vickie Weaver, director of and Princeton campuses, but Hurt Public Safety. Westminster’s vigil was can- It was written on all the celled at the last minute for A report of assault led doors of the hall’s second-floor another vigil being held for to a male visitor receiving A-wing, and on one door on Justin Warfield, an 18-year-old an alcohol violation. On both the first and second floor’s freshman who died off-campus Sunday, Oct. 14, at 1:32 B-wing. One resident’s door early Wednesday morning of a a.m., Public Safety was vandalized that night belonged possible drug overdose. approached in Daly’s Dining to a black student, Weaver At the Lawrenceville event, Hall by a male visitor who said. SGA Diversity Chair Davendra Photo by Martin Griff/The Times of Trenton said that he was assaulted Because the word was Brijlall read from the Statement Tamare Merentie, left, Joy Clayton and Matt Semel recite the by an unknown suspect in written throughout the build- of Community Values in front Statement of Community Values at the vigil against hate. a building on campus. He ing, authorities don’t think it of the group that had assem- would not say what building was directed at any specific bled, including student leaders. the same time.” noose was recently found hang- he had been in. individual. Lawrence Township Later, candles were lit and held The incident was also dis- ing on a black professor’s door. The victim had an Police were called to take over by all who attended. cussed at Tuesday’s Lawrenceville That event sparked harsh criti- abrasion near his right eye. the investigation. “Rider University prides SGA Senate meeting where cism and gained much media Public Safety observed the “We take all matters of itself as a community,” Brijlall Campbell and Don Brown, attention. male had trouble standing, bias incidents very seriously,” said at the vigil.