Broncs go The award-winning 2-2 Rider News www.theridernews.com The student newspaper of the Rider community since 1930 Volume 80, Issue XXII - Friday, April 29 2011 12 THE YEAR IN REVIEW Collage courtesy of Maggie Sarlo/The Rider News Looking back on the 2010-2011 school year, the top news stories included, clockwise from top left, the boiled water alert, the new SGA executive board winners, construc- tion updates on the BLC theater expansion and new academic building, the arrest of former Rider professor Dr. Austin Winther, the massive amounts of snowfall, Relay for Life’s surpassing of its $50,000 fundraising goal for the third year, the attempted abduction of a Rider student by Tony Kadyhrob and the circus-themed Midnight MAACness. Rider to be responsive Turning the tassel; to economic downturn 935 to graduate By Rachel Stengel increase in appeals for addi- great recession, it means man- By Katie Zeck Rider’s 146th undergradu- tional financial aid, which rep- aging uncertainties on a regu- ate graduation ceremony will With less than two weeks University president resents a record 500 students, lar basis.” start at 9:30 a.m., on the left of their final semester as Mordechai Rozanski discussed will be a challenge for the Speaking before a crowd Campus Green with a reception undergraduates at Rider, 935 a wide range of topics includ- university. of faculty members in the to follow in the Cavalla Room commencement candidates ing increased financial aid, “We are going to try to Yvonne Theater, Rozanski of the BLC. have reached the finish line in green initiatives, academic do everything that we can to stressed the need for addition- An honorary degree is the their collegiate careers as the innovations and enrollment be as responsive as we can al fundraising to finance the highest tribute the university anxiously awaited graduation numbers, but emphasized on- be,” Rozanski said. “We have university’s current and future can present to an individual day quickly approaches. campus expansion projects largely made up any of the building projects. The new who is not a member of the On Friday, May 13, the and increased fundraising at cuts that were a result of the academic building and BLC faculty. The honor is given to candidates will share the stage Rider’s annual Spring Town governor’s budget last year. theater expansion are on track those who exemplify extraordi- with the recipients of two hon- Hall on Thursday. We’ve absorbed those and we to open in fall 2011. Future nary qualities and talents and orary degrees. This year’s recipi- Rider continues to rise are meeting the needs of not projects include an expanded use those attributes to contrib- ents will be Nobel Prize winner to the challenges of students’ only new, but returning stu- parking lot and new academic ute to and enhance a certain Dr. Martin L. Pearl and Rider financial aid, Rozanski said. dents.” building at Westminster, reno- area of study. alumnus Sam A. Soloman, There will be a 7 percent Rozanski attributed vations at Memorial Hall and a Pearl was awarded the president and CEO of The increase in financial aid for Rider’s financial challenges to new sports arena. Fundraising Nobel Prize in physics after Coleman Company. the upcoming academic year, external forces. is in progress for these proj- discovering the tau lepton, a At the Westminster Choir which equates to an additional “Overall, I’d say we’re ects. Rozanski said Rider has particle similar to an electron. College commencement on $3 million in aid. Thus, a doing fine,” he said. “However, invested approximately $100 His research has helped explain Saturday, May 14, composer total of $45.5 million will be I’m sure you’ll not be surprised million in its facilities since dark energy, an unkown phe- Stephen Paulus will receive an available in financial aid next to hear that, like many other 2004. nomenon that is causing the honorary degree and also give year. However, a 25 percent universities dealing with the See Town Hall, p. 2 the commencement address. See Graduation, p. 3 See Jumpline, p. 3 Saying p. 8 Summer Spring sports goodbye p. 5 reading p. 11 outlook The 2 Rider News Friday, April 29, 2011 ular music in fall 2012. Rider SECURITY BRIEFS TOWN HALL will expand its curriculum to An Easter Surprise Continued from p. 1 include new online programs. A Registered Nurse-Bachelor of “Clearly we have to keep Science in Nursing (RN-BSN) A female resident found investing more,” Rozanski said. online degree program is cur- her car in less than ideal “However, we do not wish to rently being developed. Master shape after a portable basket- borrow. We seek to avoid doing of Accounting (MAcc) online ball backboard blew over and so. We’re going to have to rely courses are expected to be fell onto her vehicle because on significant and more robust implemented by the fall of of heavy wind and rain while fundraising because even in 2013. she was dropping off a friend terms of our enrollment growth, Rider strives to offer high at University House at 8:10 we know that our growth will quality and eco-friendly facili- p.m., on Sunday, April 24. be topping off after a certain ties, according to Rozanski. Public Safety arrived period of time. We’re focus- Rider was named in the at the fire lane side of ing on online, graduate and Princeton Review’s 2001 Guide University House in response other kinds of programs, but to Green Colleges. Additional to the occurrence. The stu- the emphasis for us is that we energy-saving efforts are in the dent explained the situation have to keep investing money conceptualization stage. The and told Public Safety she here, but we’re going to have to university is in negotiations moved the backboard off her rely on significant fundraising with two vendors to invest in car in fear it would attract and other activities.” Maggie Sarlo/The Rider News energy-saving heating, ventila- lightning and damage her car Enrollment is expected to President Mordechai Rozanski addressed students and faculty tion and air-conditioning sys- further. be down 3 percent in the fall. at the annual spring Town Hall on Thursday. He focused on tems in academic buildings. The windshield was Rozanski said this is a cyclical future campus expansion projects and fundraising. The investment could free up severely cracked, but no oth- change that reflects the reality revenue for the university. er damage was found to the of the economy. The university class contributing money back Gov. Chris Christie’s budget. “If we can get these ven- vehicle. is cautious to release the official into Rider. The Annual Faculty The university absorbed the dors to invest, it could amount numbers until figures are cal- and Staff Campaign is up 47 costs last year and is still feel- to millions of dollars which, culated in the summer. Rider percent and is expected to gen- ing the effects of the cuts this Broken exit we would have otherwise had is 15 deposits ahead of its goal erate $176,583. Also, parent year. To address the cuts, the to borrow, which we’re not for last year and 88 percent of fundraising is up 138 percent. university’s Innovation Agenda Public Safety was going to do or to fundraise,” students will be returning for Revenue is also generated was launched nearly two years responding to a medical Rozanski said. “We will be the fall semester. from other sources, accord- ago to manage costs and gener- emergency in Switlik Hall on able to fund things such as the Despite the economic ing to Rozanski. Study tours, ate new and diverse sources of Friday, April 22, at 3:23 a.m. Memorial upgrade, Science and downturn of the past few years, which allow students to explore revenue, Rozanski said. when they observed an act of Technology and so on. This some areas of fundraising are cultural areas of the United The plan includes rigor- vandalism. would be a very valuable activ- beginning to see a recovery, States at a fee for a short span of ous management of financial An unknown suspect had ity for the institution to gener- Rozanski said. The annual fund time, are projected to provide resources, proactive enroll- vandalized and broken one of ate significant savings for us is up 13 percent to approxi- about $6 million in income. ment management, facilities the emergency exit signs in over time. In fact, these com- mately $1 million. Total cash Reopening Centennial House enhancement and robust fun- the residence hall. The esti- panies would be repaid by the gifts are up 93 percent and as a residence hall is expected draising programs. Substantial mated cost to repair the sign savings and energy that would senior class gifts rose 225 per- to earn $400,000 annually. progress has been made, he is unknown. A work order be realized.” cent from last year to an all- Rider suffered a $2.5 mil- said, with all four objectives in was filed to facilities. Rider is in the process time high. This equates to lion cut in operating and stu- the past two years. of leasing unused land from Keyed Car nearly one third of the senior dent financial aid last year with Academic alterations are under way, according the softball field to I-95 to be to the Innovation Agenda. used for the construction of a A father called Public Education graduate technol- solar garden by Public Service Safety at 4:40 p.m.