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The student newspaper of the Rider community since 1930
Volume 78, Issue XI - Friday, November 30, 2007
50
Y
ears Gone
ZBT loses recognition from University
By Jeff Frankel
Fifty years after its establishment, the campus chapter
of the Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT)
fraternity has been shut down,
University administrators said
last week.
After repeatedly facing charges of violating the
University’s Code of Conduct
and falling short of standards
set by the administration during a probation period, ZBT
brothers learned on Nov. 19 in
a letter from Dean of Students
Anthony Campbell that recognition of the Beta Mu chapter
was rescinded.
“The closing of any chapter
is not taken lightly,” Campbell
said. “Closing the chapter hurts
current students and alumni of
the 50-year legacy.”
The chapter was founded
in 1957 when Rider was still
located in downtown Trenton.
ZBT’s local alumni board supports the school’s decision to
revoke recognition of the group,
Campbell said.
The fraternity will be eligible to reapply for its charter in the fall 2011 semester,
Campbell said. ZBT has not lost
Photo illustration by Steph Nardi
Yearbooks illustrate Zeta Beta Tau’s history through the years from its founding at Rider’s old
Trenton campus 50 years ago.The fraternity lost its University charter on Nov. 19.
its national charter, just its good
standing with the University,
so members still belong to the
national group, he said.
Members living in the
house may stay through the
end of the fall semester. In the
spring, all who are in good
standing with the University
will be allowed to relocate to
other residence halls.
The Tau Kappa Epsilon
(TKE) fraternity, which occupies the first floor of the building, will move up to the second
floor and fill 28 beds. After
that, plans to fill the rest of the
building are still up in the air,
said Campbell.
“None of the three fraternities left (TKE, Alpha Epsilon Pi
and Sigma Phi Epsilon) can fill
it,” said Ada Badgley, director
of Greek Life. “We ran some
room numbers and thought
[that] we can fill both houses
4 [University House] and 5
[ZBT] with these organizations.”
Shortly after word of ZBT’s
disbandment, the second floor
of House 5, where most ZBT
members reside, was vandalized with derogatory words and
symbols sometime between
Nov. 20 and 21, according to
Public Safety documents. The
graffiti is under investigation,
and most days since it appeared
a Public Safety officer has been
parked outside the building or
on duty in the basement.
“Those types of graffiti and
damage are not appropriate,”
Campbell said. “We have to
protect our property.”
A Facebook group carries
the headline “Heres [sic] to
our Fraternity ... Preserve the
Legacy of Zeta Beta Tau at
Rider.” The group boasts over
See ZBT, p. 4
Two perspectives on the Middle East
By Julia Ernst
The conflict in the Middle
East is something that the
media covers everyday, but it’s
not often that these stories are
heard from people who experience them firsthand.
Students were given a closer look at the conflict when the
paths of Dr. James Castagnera,
associate provost, and Dr.
Jonathan Mendilow, professor and chair of the Political
Science Department, crossed at
Hillel’s “Speech on Terrorism.”
Mendilow spent 17 years
teaching at the college level in
Israel, while Castagnera stayed
in the country for 10 days over
the summer as part of a fellowship with the Foundation for
the Defense of Democracy.
“It was the kind of thing
you can read about, but it’s not
until you’re on the ground that
you can really appreciate it,”
Castagnera said. “It’s a lively,
rough-and-ready kind of political system.”
Castagnera studied at Tel
Aviv University during his trip,
in addition to traveling around
the country and attending
workshops on terrorism. It was
through these experiences that
the associate provost learned
about how Israeli society operates.
“You live in this high-security environment,” Castagnera
explained. “In Israel, every ablebodied young man and woman
is required to serve in the military. It’s almost as if the whole
nation is armed and ready.”
However, he also explained
that this high-security society
and way of life does not mean
that the people of Israel are
unhappy or unable to lead varied lives.
‘There is a vital urge within those states to
bring an end to the Palestine-Israeli clash.
...The question is how to overcome the
present.’
- Jonathan Mendilow
chair of political science
“By necessity, a culture has
evolved in which the high level
of security is a source of political and social freedom,” said
Castagnera.
Those in attendance agreed
with the associate provost when
he drew a tie between the situation in Israel and how the
United States may eventually
change its policies on terrorism
and defense.
“Israel is turning 60 this
year,” said Matt Semel, Hillel’s
president. “It’s important that
we take a step back and look
at peace in the Middle East,
specifically Israel.”
Mendilow
elaborated
on the situation in Israel and
added factual background after
Castagnera shared his perspective as a visitor.
The political science professor explained that the biggest
problem in the Middle East is
the conflict between Israel and
Palestine.
“There are radicals on both
sides,” Mendilow said. “To the
Palestinians, Israel may not be
the fulfillment of their dreams,
but they will have to put up
with it. A Palestinian state may
not be to the liking of the
Israelis, but already the absolute
majority of them agrees that it
must be set up.”
Despite the conflict,
Mendilow elaborated that both
sides wish to find closure.
“There is a vital urge within
those states to bring an end to
the Palestine-Israeli clash,” he
said. “In the end, there will be
a solution. The question is how
to overcome the present.”
Junior Jessica Schiowitz
gained a new perspective on
the Middle East after hearing Castagnera and Mendilow
speak.
“It left me feeling better
informed about the Israeli conflict,” she said. “Students hear
about it on the news all the time
in brief, but this presentation
gave a more thorough explanation of the Middle East.”
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Adjustments
delay launch
of Web site
Security Briefs
Under water
A pipe burst in Wright
Hall on Saturday, Nov. 24 at
3:17 a.m. Public Safety found
a room on the first floor of
the B-wing that was flooded. Other rooms on the first
floor, including the residence
hall’s office, were flooded as
well. A check of the pipes
found that the hot water pipe
on the second floor B-wing
had burst. The area was
cleaned by UNICCO cleaning services and the students
whose rooms were affected
were notified. Total damage
is still unknown.
Not welcomed
A female trespasser was found sitting in
the Bart Luedeke Center
Commuter Lounge over the
Thanksgiving break. On
Friday, Nov. 23, at 9:50
a.m., Public Safety found an
exterior door propped and
found her sitting in a chair.
She gave the officers many
excuses as to why she was in
the building but could not
give any information about
herself or say if she was a
Rider student. Lawrence
Township Police were called
and escorted her from campus. She has been PNG’d by
the University.
Mobile computer
A University-owned laptop was stolen from the basement of Delta Phi Epsilon
on Tuesday, Nov. 20. It was
reported stolen by a male
staff member of the Office of
Information Technologies. A
female reported seeing it in
the basement at 6 a.m., but
by 10 a.m. it was missing.
Lawrence Township Police
were called to investigate the
disappearance, and a surveillance tape of a possible
suspect was handed over by
Public Safety. The laptop’s
value is $600.
Conover theft
A combination DVD/
VCR was removed from a
lounge in Conover Hall.
The theft occurred sometime between 11 a.m. on
Sunday, Nov. 18 and 2 p.m.
on Monday, Nov. 19, in
the B-lounge a female staff
member discovered. A search
found no obvious signs of
forced entry into the building.
— Compiled by Jeff Frankel
Information provided by Director
of Rider’s Department of Public
Safety Vickie Weaver.
Photo by Stephanie Nardi
Lighting up the library’s smile
Thirty-five thousand Christmas lights illuminated the Moore Library yesterday while carolers from Westminster Choir College sang tunes to brighten the holiday season.
Last minute adjustments to
the new Rider Web site pushed
back its launch until the end of
the semester, a school administrator said yesterday.
Navigation issues and
other unforeseeable events
delayed the roll out to later this
semester, said Jaime O’Hara,
vice president of enrollment
management. The Web site was
scheduled to be up by midnight
on Nov. 15.
A new athletics Web site is
planned to launch in the spring
semester, said Karin Torchia,
associate director of athletics.
— Jeff Frankel
Giving a beauty of art a double look
By Danielle Flood
A nude painting is still
turning heads, causing debate
and alarming critics 350 years
after its creation.
Rembrandt van Rijn’s
“Bathsheba” is critiqued by
many for its nudity as well
as historical context. This was
Mary Tompkins Lewis’ main
focus in her Nov. 7 speech entitled “The Nude in Narrative.”
She compared Rembrandt and
Paul Cézanne.
In the painting, Bathsheba
is holding a letter from David.
The biblical story of “Bathsheba”
is one of tragedy and turmoil.
Bathsheba, the beautiful wife
of Uriah, was taking a bath
when King David saw her and
immediately fell in love. He
Friday, Nov. 30
arranged for Uriah to be killed
in battle and soon after married Bathsheba. Their second
son, Solomon, became the most
famous king of the Jews after
David’s death.
In the lecture, Lewis, an
author and Cézanne scholar,
closely compared the artist with
Rembrandt because the two
were regarded as iconoclastic
giants and shared an interest in
narrative literature, especially
the Bible and mythology.
The Bathsheba painting has
been the focal point of artists
such as Cézanne, who created a
copy of the original, and is said
to be responsible for the revival
of Rembrandt.
Lewis
noted
how
See Art, p. 3
Coming
Up ...
Stomp It Hard on Rider Yard,
SRC, 7 p.m.
Holidays at Westminster: Cool
Yule Jazz Concert, WCC Bristol
Chapel, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 1
Real Talk: “Let’s Get Down
and Dirty,” BLC Fireside
Lounge, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 4
“Writing for the Wall Street
Journal and Other Business
Media,” Fine Arts 323, 11:30
a.m.
Starbucks Live Music Series:
Brownwater Showcase Winner,
SRC Lobby, 8:30 p.m.
“The Art of Graffiti and Its
Meaning for Today,” Sweigart
115, 6 p.m.
Bronc Bingo, Daly’s Dining
Hall, 10 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 5
Sunday, Dec. 2
Stress Relief from Finals, Daly’s
Dining Hall, 11 a.m.
Rider Choir Concert, Gill
Chapel, 3 p.m.
VOX General Meeting,
Memorial 112, 10 p.m.
Westminster Concert Bell
Choir: “Ring Nowell,” Bristol
Chapel, 3 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 6
SEC Movie: Balls of Fury, BLC
Theater, 7:30 p.m.
Celebration of Lights, BLC
Cavalla Room, 4:30 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 3
Compiled by Julia Ernst
To list your event, email
ridernewsevents@rider.edu.
Vendor Fair, SRC, 10 a.m.
Internet Security Training,
Sweigart 108, 11:30 a.m.
Mary Tompkins Lewis, author and scholar of Paul Cézanne, discusses the controversy behind his nude portrayal of Bathsheba.
Friday, November 30, 2007 3
Lambda Theta’s letters leave U-House
By Valis Vicenty
University House on fraternity row was once adorned
with the Greek letters of three
organizations. Then about two
months ago, Lambda Theta
Alpha’s (LTA) disappeared without announcement.
The sorority known as
Lambda Theta Alpha Latin
Sorority, Inc. lived in the
University House for years,
until this semester. The reason
for the change was simply a
matter of not having enough
housing space for Greek residents. Last semester the group
only had three members, two of
whom graduated in May.
“During the room selection process [last semester],
Residence Life and Greek
Life work hand-in-hand,” said
Director of Greek Life Ada
Badgley. “Greek residents have
to get moved in because we
can’t hold out space for them in
the residence halls. In March,
we started looking at how many
are graduating and how many
are moving into Greek housing.”
The number of Greek Life
residents impacts the amount of
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The Greek letters for the Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc., have been taken off the front
of University House. Its members once lived there.
space left for the rest of students
on campus, Badgley added.
Junior Jessica Lugo, LTA’s
only active member on campus,
met with Greek Life to come up
with a solution. One suggestion
that fell through was to reserve
the entire floor for Intercultural
Greek Council fraternities,
but that wasn’t a very popular choice. Other ideas were
brought up, but none seemed
Art
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was basically no hope in saving
the house,” Lugo said.
Space in Greek houses has
been tight lately to accommodate student-housing needs.
Other Greek organizations,
such as Phi Sigma Sigma, have
taken six international students
into their house to help ease
crowding in residence halls.
Also, two members of Zeta Beta
Tau live on Tau Kappa Epsilon’s
“Bathsheba” is that Cézanne,
in his painting, celebrates the
spectacle of a beautiful nude
in a lovely countryside. He
focused on the landscape as
well as Bathsheba herself.
Another difference is the
portrayal of the woman. In
Rembrandt’s painting, she is
looking down at the woman
who is washing her feet. In
Cézanne’s painting, however,
she is facing the right and there
is no woman attending to her.
During the revival of
Rembrandt’s work, several
19th-century French writers
have critiqued him in regards
to his originality. They re-evaluated his technique, examined
his “rough manner” and criticized him for having unqualified naturalism and fierce independence.
Criticisms of Rembrandt’s
most famous nude painting,
“Bathsheba,” were in regards to
his depiction of women. Critics
said he depicted only women
who suffered negative deformi-
ties, and he offered nothing but
gross nudities. They said that
the painting was pretty but the
woman was not.
Only a few people have
appreciated the iconic status of Rembrandt’s painting
“Bathsheba.” The painting
was incorporated in the movie
“Entrapment.” Others have
called the painting a vessel of
pure tragedy and have described
“Bathsheba” as having a quiet
melancholy and silent repose.
‘The smallest changes’ make a world of difference
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to be viable.
With only one active LTA
member on campus and no
new members coming into the
organization, Greek Life had
no other choice but to give
the housing to other Greek
residents.
“In this meeting, we felt we
were trying to come up with
resolutions to keep the house,
but according to them, there
floor in the other shared Greek
residence hall.
“We’re trying to maximize
the space on campus,” Badgley
said. “We try to be as fair as
possible for the long term of
things.”
The Sigma Phi Epsilon
fraternity gained the additional
space from LTA near its current residence and will remain
there for the rest of the year,
Badgley said. For now, LTA
has been doing the same thing
at Rider as it has been for the
last 16 years: promoting unity,
love and respect and striving for
cultural awareness on Rider’s
small, diverse campus.
Greek Life and Residence
Life are still looking at options
for housing next year. LTA may
be able to regain its housing.
“If Lambda Theta Alpha
has a Pledge Class, we will
have more sisters, so we can
all live back in our house,”
Lugo said. “How soon depends
on Greek Life and Residence
Life.”
The Enchanting Mermaids
of LTA are holding an information session at 9:15 p.m. on Dec.
5 in the SRC Shapiro Conference
Room.
When it comes to the topic
of global warming many people ask themselves, “What difference can one person really
make?”
Lecturer and environmentalist Dana Isherwood replied,
“The smallest changes make the
biggest impact.”
Isherwood proved this point
and shared her own impact with
students on Oct. 30 in Science
Hall.
After watching the documentary An Inconvenient Truth
and being shocked by its revelations, she decided to become
involved with the Climate
Project, a voluntary effort to
spread the message that global
warming is a serious issue.
“I felt that I had to do more
than change my personal life so
I applied to [join] the Climate
Project,” Isherwood said. “I
was picked out of thousands of
individuals to participate.”
One part of the Climate
Project is to provide information on how to make an impact
upon an issue that affects each
and every person in this world.
Isherwood, who was once a
student of Al Gore, stated that
there are three factors responsible for global warming. The first
of these factors is population.
In 1941, the world population reached 2.3 billion people.
In 2006, the world population
was 6.5 billion. By 2050, the
world population is estimated
to exceed 9 billion people. The
larger the population, the more
demand there is for natural
resources and food supply.
The second factor is science
and technology, she said. War
used to consist of spears in the
early ages and guns in the later
periods. Now, war consists of
atomic, nuclear and biological
warfare. The basic shovel was
once a hand-held tool to dig up
soil. Now, a large fuel-powered
construction machine is used.
The simple irrigation system
has evolved into a large-scale
mechanism that dries up rivers. The United States is in the
lead with the amount of carbon
emissions it produces, which
causes global warming.
Finally, the last factor that
plays into the issue of global
warming is the way people think.
According to Isherwood,
most of the population doesn’t
believe that one person can do
something to combat global
warming.
However, some corporations have gotten past this kind
of thinking and have already
taken steps to combat the global issue. McDonald’s is working
toward using cooking oil as fuel
for vehicles, rental car companies are providing hybrids and
Wal-Mart has reduced packaging. Also, certain grocery stores
apply credit toward shoppers’
bills when they use cloth bags
rather than plastic.
According to Isherwood,
individuals can combat global
warming and protect natural
resources by relying on wind
power, solar power and hybrids.
Isherwood believes each and
every person can take certain
steps to stabilize the use of
emissions.
“It is our responsibility to
our planet,” she said.
ZBT
Continued from p. 1
200 members and nearly 500 images of
party nights at the fraternity.
“As many of you may have heard
by now, Zeta Beta Tau has fallen victim to Rider’s latest step in its mission
to destroy Greek Life on campus,” the
Facebook page reads. “Upon hearing the
decision of Anthony Campbell, many
brothers as well as other members of the
Rider community were both hurt and
appalled. We are now being forced to let
go of this history, but we do not have to
let go of our pride.”
Campbell said in an interview there
was no one incident that led to the dismissal.
“We took the total picture of the
fraternity and I made a decision,” he
said. “There was not any one violation.”
His Nov. 19 letter rescinding the
status of the fraternity did list factors
that played a part.
“Specifically, the chapter’s self-monitoring system is not yet operational,”
the letter states. “This standard was
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Members of the former ZBT chapter wave the fraternity’s national flag.
supposed to have been completed prior
to the start of the fall semester. Brothers
and guests of the chapter have accumulated a substantial number of Code
of Conduct violations and the chapter
has already exceeded the $500 annual
[limit] for housing damages this semester alone.
“In addition, the chapter failed to
ensure the completion of 5 hours of
hands-on community service by each
member,” it continued. “This repeated
course of inappropriate conduct leaves
the University with no alternative but
to rescind recognition of the Beta Mu
chapter of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity.”
ZBT has been “constantly” on probation since the spring of 2005, said
Badgley, and it was off-and-on many
times before that.
The fraternity was first notified in
February that it was not complying with
the University’s conduct. A mid-June
show-cause hearing was convened to
determine whether the University should
rescind the chapter’s status because of a
lack of progress toward conduct benchmarks in the February letter.
On Oct. 1 of this semester, the
University placed ZBT on administrative suspension and required the chapter to stop all operations while the
University reviewed the chapter’s progress in achieving the standards outlined
in the July letter.
In a late-October meeting with the
ZBT chapter president, senior Matt
Weinshenker, Campbell discussed the
preliminary findings of the investigation
and gave ZBT two weeks to respond to
the University’s allegations.
Weinshenker declined to comment
for this article.
Such incidents as the Sept. 29 fight
between ZBT brother John Goodleaf
and a visitor in what police called a pot
deal gone bad were not a reason for the
group’s dismissal, Campbell said.
Both Goodleaf and the visitor were
charged by the Lawrence Township
Police Department with aggravated
assault and possession of a controlled,
dangerous substance under 50 grams.
Goodleaf was also charged with possession with intent to distribute.
ZBT is the second fraternity to
be disbanded from the University in
less than six months. The Phi Kappa
Tau (PKT) fraternity was kicked off
campus this summer after three of its
fraternity brothers and two University
administrators, Campbell and Badgley,
were charged with aggravated hazing
related to the death of freshman Gary
DeVercelly.
DeVercelly died on March 30 after
a night of heavy drinking in the PKT
house. The charges against Campbell
and Badgley have since been dropped.
Before that the last fraternity to be
kicked off for violating school standards
and breaking University conduct was
Phi Kappa Psi (Phi Psi) in 1993. During
January Phi Psi held a “[N-word] night”
and told the potential pledges to dress
and speak in a way that was demeaning to African Americans. Phi Psi was
suspended by its national organization
indefinitely.
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Talent acts add a little ‘glitz’
By Laura Mortkowitz
Try as the members of
the Gay and Straight Alliance
(GSA) might, they simply
couldn’t upstage their president,
Tamare Merentie, as she hosted
the annual GSA Variety Show,
“The Glitz and the Glamour,”
on Wednesday.
Merentie, a junior, had
high hopes for this year’s show
because of the extra planning
that went into the acts and the
decoration.
“We had more time with
the acts,” she said. “They were
more well-developed acts.”
The show opened with
Rider alum Nick Barbati and
senior Matt Hanson, who were
joined by GSA adviser Mike
Rutkowski. Later, they closed
the show with “Santa Baby.”
When Barbati tried to host
the show without her, Merentie
kicked him off the stage, asking,
“Didn’t you graduate, Nick?”
Audience members were
able to donate to acts they
liked, which then determined
the winner when donations
were tallied.
The last two years the
money raised from the Variety
Show was donated to the
George McGowan Scholarship
Fund. McGowan was a mem-
ber of GSA who passed away
a year after graduation in 2005
because of complications from
diabetes.
His dynamism was not lost
on Barbati, who said McGowan
was a “favorite member of
GSA.”
“We miss him,” he said.
“We miss him very, very
much.”
McGowan’s mother, Pat
McGowan, sat in the front row
during the show and said she
was pleased with it.
“I think it’s great and all
the acts were tremendous,”
she said. “George was really
involved with GSA. He was
‘The Diva.’”
The nine acts covered
everything from break dancing
to singing to poetry reading. In
between acts, members of GSA
interrupted the show trying to
grab some of the limelight.
Junior Mike Hollinshead
stole the stage before the first
act, appearing in a purple bellyshirt, black pants, heels and a
short blond wig. He danced to
Britney Spears’ “Gimme More.”
Merentie quickly stopped the
antics and sent Hollinshead to
his job working the lights while
the crowd cheered him on.
Barbati tried to take
the reins; junior Josh Chave
attempted to turn the show into
Photo by Karly Hamburg
From left, Rider alum Nick Barbati, GSA adviser Mike Rutkowski and senior Matt Hanson kick off
GSA’s annual variety show, which raised nearly $500 for the George McGowan Scholarship.
his summer freshman orientation skit; and sophomore Thom
Snell, the GSA vice-president,
showed up in an ’80s prominspired, teal gown complete
with hot pink Barbie stilettos.
One unique performance
was The Rider Vibes, an a cappella group that performed
previously at the GSA Variety
Show, who mixed the songs
“Beautiful Girls” by Sean
Kingston and “Stand by Me”
by Ben E. King.
There were also two standup performances: one by
junior Morgan McGinnity, and
the other by Jamiyl Mosley,
Director of Residence Life, on
the stupidity of people and
homophobia.
At the end of the night,
freshman Rance Robeson won,
raising more than $60. He passionately read his own poem, to
cheers from the audience, on
what his life consists of.
The final tally of the night
was approximately $490 for the
scholarship.
“It was hectic, but I’m glad
we pulled it off,” Merentie said.
“It was a lot of hard work.”
Fake news shows offer real education
By Oliver Joszt &
Laura Mortkowitz
With the Writers Guild of America
on strike, where will college students
get news? After all, the strike means The
Colbert Report and The Daily Show with
Jon Stewart are on hiatus and will be
showing reruns until it’s resolved.
What options are left to the college
student eager to know what is happening
in the country? A newspaper? A real
news show?
The Pew Research Center for the
People and the Press released a survey
in February that showed half of 18- to
29-year-olds regularly or sometimes get
their news from these two shows. Yet,
the American youth sometimes forgets
that these two shows are exactly what
the hosts tout them as: fake.
“Television shows such as the [The]
Colbert Report or [The Daily Show with]
Jon Stewart, among others, while highly
entertaining, should not be viewed as a
replacement for genuine news programs,”
said Stephen Crescenzi, adjunct political
science professor.
Although Stewart’s show does have
some genuine news value in segments
like “Cluster@%#$ to the White House”
and “Mess O’Potamia,” the rest borders
on ridiculous; once, correspondent Rob
Riggle followed a woman who believed
cupcakes are dangerous to children.
Colbert’s show fosters the
Republican views of his “hero,” Bill
O’Reilly, and Colbert’s television
persona, not to be confused with
the actual Stephen Colbert, a former
correspondent on Stewart’s liberal show.
The Colbert Report mixes in news with
segments like “The Word” and “Threat
Down.”
Although students like junior
Sheena Gayomba realize they are not
“really getting the full story,” the shows
are liked because Stewart and Colbert
are unbiased in their ridicule.
“With Stewart and Colbert, you
know what you are watching: Comedy
Central,” said junior Pat Conroy. “[The
purpose is] to make fun of the status quo
and the different media.”
Students might not understand
that Stewart and Colbert are to be
taken alongside other media outlets,
but there are some that pay attention to
newspapers and other news shows.
“I think Stewart and Colbert would
be the first to be upset if viewers took the
programs on their shows to be real news,”
president of the University Republicans
Kyle Battaglia said. “However, I do
think that their shows are an important
part of the political process; satire is a
very important medium.”
Stewart has publicly said that his
show is a fake news show. In fact, that
was his very response to John Edwards
in 2003 when the senator announced on
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart that he
was running for presidential candidacy.
In an interview with The Associated
Press a year ago, Stewart said, “There’s
no way you could get the news from us.
I’ve seen the show. It couldn’t happen.”
Yet, college students appreciate the
light-hearted fun of the shows as opposed
to the strict news of other shows.
“Many college students believe that
we have not joined our parents yet,”
Conroy said. “We do not watch CNN;
we are not Walter Cronkite [or] Dan
Rather disciples.”
Sometimes it is nice for students to
have a little fun in today’s world where
the news channels are dominated by the
constant threat of terror.
“It lightens up what most people
our age find to be boring and archaic,”
Battaglia said. “Most college kids do not
care about politics and such.”
Stewart and Colbert also bring
much-needed humor and release from
the blunders of political leaders. The
hosts chuckle at everyone’s expense,
whether Democratic or Republican.
“They make fun of everybody,
including Hillary Clinton and George
W. Bush,” Gayomba said.
Stewart poked fun at how Clinton’s
laughter seemed forced to the point
of being robotic. Colbert challenged
Dennis Kucinich to empty his pockets
on the show. Kucinich accepted and
emptied his pockets until the last item
— a shrunken, dancing Colbert — was
pulled out.
“I am a big fan of both Colbert and
Stewart, even though I definitely do not
agree with their politics,” Battaglia said.
“You need to take a step back from it all
and just have a laugh now and then.”
The popularity of Stewart
and Colbert has grown so high that
paraphernalia with the logo “Stewart/
Colbert ’08” has emerged.
Colbert’s run at presidency in South
Carolina ground to a halt when he
refused to pay the expensive Republican
ballot registration fee and was rejected
from the Democratic ballot.
The two seem content to remain
watchdogs on the government and to
help bring out what’s funny in the
serious problems.
“Those shows often present issues
in a simplistic and inaccurate manner,
which may be dangerous to those forming
opinions based solely on entertainment
presentations,” Crescenzi said.
Yet, the Pew Research Center survey
showed that those most knowledgeable
about major public figures and events
were viewers of The Daily Show with Jon
Stewart and The Colbert Report.
Maybe the best way for students to
get a balanced, accurate and honest view
of politics and news is to not just watch
news programs or just fake news shows,
but to keep a healthy mix of the two.
So, as Colbert would say, “Nation,
get on that!”
6 ‘World’ ends album series
Improv goes back to school
By Jess Decina
In the first-floor hallway of
Fine Arts on the right side, there’s
a display case. Students who walk
past it this week might think
they’re looking at a chalkboard in
a kindergarten classroom.
Instead of the usual array of
posters and flyers, there’s a neatly
written question that asks, “What
do you want to be when you grow
up?” The answers, most of them
written sloppily and in bright
marker, say things like, “I want to
be Spider-Man” or “I want to be
like a snowman.”
The humorous display is all
to promote Kinderprov, Alpha Psi
Omega’s latest venture in improvisational comedy. According to
junior Steve Trainor, the show’s
title and theme work their way
into the start of the production.
“We didn’t just want to say,
‘Oh, come to the improv show,’”
he said. “We wanted a theme. It’s
going to be our introduction.”
Joanne Nosuchinsky, a sophomore theater major and newcomer
to the improv troupe, added that
the theme helped cast members
explore different personalities and
find the humor in being a little kid
again.
“We’re all going to be kindergarten students with different
personalities and outfits,” she said.
“I don’t want to give it away, but
[my character] wants to be Miss
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Friday, November 30, 2007
America.”
The cast has been meeting
since September, practicing different games and constantly searching for ways to improve. For
Nosuchinsky, rehearsals have been
a great learning experience.
“I’ve never done anything like
this,” she said. “I came in here very
nervous because a lot of people
in the cast have done this before.
We’re all equals, we’re all directors,
we’re all teachers. We’re all helping
each other out, giving critiques
and it’s a really good atmosphere
to do it in.”
The style of improv this year
is short-form; fans of Whose Line Is
It Anyway? will easily recognize the
games that the cast members will
play. Scenes can involve almost
any type of situation, ranging from
characters interacting at a family
dinner to a guessing game where
the troupe must use charades to
spell out a well-known phrase to a
team member.
“It’s a great way to get a bunch
of people into different combinations,” Nosuchinsky said.
Trainor agreed, saying that
short-form improv takes away the
pressure to make each game succeed without any mistakes.
“In long-form, if something
goes awry early on, everything has
to build up and incorporate with
each other,” he said. “With this,
if one scene goes poorly, it doesn’t
matter. Everything is an individual
scene.”
Kinderprov also relies heavily
on interacting with the audience,
which, according to sophomore
Steve Sachs, makes the performance much more interesting.
“This is one of the few shows
that the audience gets to participate in,” he said. “With Sweet
Charity, you sit, you watch, you
leave. This is a show, where, if
you’re coming, be prepared to talk,
to laugh and have a good time.”
Rehearsals were challenging at
first, especially for the newcomers
in the cast.
“We have a lot of new members to this troupe and you think
it would present a difficulty, but
we really work together and talk
everything through,” Sachs said. “I
feel 10,000 times more confident
than I did at auditions.”
Nosuchinsky encourages students to come out to see the show,
because with the combination of
audience participation and on-thespot comedy, “there’s nothing else
like it,” she said.
There’s one last perk of acting in Kinderprov, according to
Nosuchinsky.
“I don’t have to memorize
lines,” she said.
Alpha Psi Omega’s Kinderprov
will be performed tonight and tomorrow night at 8 and 10:30 p.m. in
the Spitz Studio Theater. Tickets for
the event are $5 and will be sold at
the door.
CD Review
Future Tour Dates:
By Jordan Blum
In a rehearsal for Kinderprov, sophomore Michael Ferrara, left, and senior Joe Sabatino duke it out during the improv game “Sports Announcers.” The show will take place this weekend in the Spitz.
The term “science fiction” is usually not associated with music. There have
been countless films, books and even video games that explore the genre, but not
nearly as many albums. However, a few
years ago, the band Coheed and Cambria
formed with an ambitious mission to
change that. Not only has Coheed and Cambria
attempted the concept album format, but
it has stretched the story over five CDs.
Only four albums have been released, and
the last one will be released as a prequel.
No World For Tomorrow is the concluding
chapter and a fitting finale to a very complex and tragic story.
Formed in 2001, the New York group
consists of Claudio Sanchez, Travis Stever,
Michael Todd and, on this album, Taylor
Hawkins of Foo Fighters fame. The band’s
name is related to the story. Sanchez has
created an epic tale with these albums
and the companion graphic novels, The
Armory Wars.
The concept is basically a
Shakespearean tragedy involving the
couple Coheed and Cambria, their sons
and various villains. It is a story of war,
destruction, betrayal, love and murder.
Even if the concept isn’t fully understood
(which is almost certain), the music itself
is worth hearing.
Beginning with a short acoustic opening and narrative by Sanchez, the title
track quickly comes on, and it represents
everything the band is about. With several
time signature changes and rapid guitar
riffs, the melodies and musicianship are
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Coheed and Cambria released No
World For Tomorrow, the final album
in a five-part concept, on Oct. 31.
captivating and top-notch. The track signifies the beginning of the end as the final
battle approaches. Sanchez sings, “There’s
a world’s worth of work and a need for
you/There’s no world for tomorrow if we
wait for today.”
“Gravemakers & Gunslingers” is a
very aggressive and ominous song. It
is most likely the villain of Sanchez’s
world threatening the hero, with lines like
“Cause God knows I am not stopping ’til
you breathe blood.” The listener gets the
image of a Tarantino-ish shootout as he
sings, “You’ve got the gun, I’ve got the
bullets/Don’t wanna live no more.”
As always, the band ends the album
with a suite. “The End Complete Parts
I-V” feels like the closing chapter of a harrowing tale. It begins with another acoustic arpeggio while the drums crash and a
choir (one of the group’s unique features)
sings “No, no, no.”
It feels like the preceding eight tracks
were part one of the album and this is
part two. Lyrically, it is very tragic, as the
world has ended and people have died. “I
believed in the world, once in front of me,
well, now that’s gone,” and “because the
man you love don’t live anymore” are just
two of the revealing lines.
The album must be thought of as a
whole and critiqued as such. The middle
songs are a little too commercial and not
as experimental as in the band’s previous
works, but they’re still very fitting.
The disc doesn’t end with a reprise
of the melody, something that had begun
the previous two discs. It was definitely
a key aspect that brought continuity to
the albums, and logically it should have
been the last thing heard on No World For
Tomorrow. Regardless, this album fits in
with the rest as another great entry.
The band members are talented musicians who write fantastic melodies. Their
work is ambitious and so dense and energetic that it completely encases the listener
in its world. Whether or not the story is
cohesive is irrelevant.
Based on the music alone, No World
For Tomorrow is a phenomenal accomplishment and a remarkable introduction
of progressive rock into the mainstream
canon.
Keeping the Iraq war in ‘sight’
Eclectic band makes music one sentence at a time
By Jess Decina
By Jessica Lopez
So how does a music lover-turned-curator wind up
producing the award-winning Iraq documentary No End
in Sight?
“It was totally by accident,” said Audrey Marrs,
who will be screening the film at the University next
Monday.
A few years ago, Marrs could describe herself as a
typical 20-something. She spent a good portion of
her 20s “playing in an indie rock band,” but when she
reached age 30, she realized something.
“[I was] sort of like, ‘Wow, that was great, but we
haven’t developed a career,’” she said.
So Marrs attended grad school and studied curatorial practice. She began work as an assistant to Charles
Ferguson, as a freelance curator, who wrote, produced
and directed No End in Sight. Suddenly, Marrs, who had
studied film as an undergraduate, was acting as a liaison
between Ferguson and the cast and crew.
“Within 24 hours I lost all interest in contemporary
art,” she said. “I like the way that film and what we were
covering at the time was so much more immediate.”
No End in Sight debuted Jan. 22 at the Sundance Film
Festival to critical acclaim. It tells the story of the insurgency that arose in Iraq in mid-2003, when President
George W. Bush declared the United States’ involvement
a success. Unlike most exposés of this genre, however, No
End in Sight tells the story using straightforward facts and
doesn’t aim to sell the audience with added rhetoric.
“The best thing that it does is offer a really, truly
objective analysis,” Marrs said. “No one has challenged
that thus far. [It’s about] how we got to where we are right
now, exactly how the insurgency was created, who made
the decisions [and] what was said.”
The film’s main “stars” tell the story; it features interviews with those directly connected to the Iraq conflict,
ranging from New York Times journalist George Packer
to Lt. Seth Moulton, an officer who served in Iraq.
There’s even an interview with former Iraq Analyst Marc
Garlasco, who tells the audience right from the get-go
that there was no connection between Al-Qaeda and
Iraq, despite the government’s best efforts to find one.
“Through the process, we were constantly amazed at
who agreed to be interviewed,” Marrs said.
Marrs calls those who were willing to go on the
record the film’s true heroes.
“There really are some amazing people who spoke up
when it was risky for them to do so,” she said.
Marrs, who has a very liberal background, found
herself putting aside her personal politics for the sake of
making an objective documentary, which she said “is a
way of accessing a much larger audience.”
No End in Sight gets its point across with juxtapositions. In one segment, the film combines footage of former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld insisting that
the insurgency in Iraq is far from chaotic with images of
museums, libraries and other places in Baghdad, which
are in utter shambles.
“We never talked about feelings,” Marrs said. “We
only talked about what happened. That’s why when
people say, ‘this film was devastating,’ I’m glad to hear
it; it’s not like we tried to manipulate the audience with
emotion.”
Marrs, who will screen and discuss the film next
Monday for a class in documentary film, as well as the
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In a scene from No End in Sight, Paul Bremer faces
an onslaught of media attention for his role in reconstructing Iraq after the insurgency was created.
general public, admitted that she usually doesn’t “jump
at these opportunities.”
“In this situation, I really wanted to because it was
with college kids,” she said. “I feel that’s who would be
really fun to share this with because I’m really interested
in what their impressions of the film will be.”
No End in Sight will be shown in the BLC Theater
on Monday, Dec. 3, at 6:45 p.m. The event is sponsored
by CampusProgress.org, the English Department and the
Department of Communication and Journalism.
“Just don’t call it indie or dance rock,”
Danny Lane said. “I don’t like to call it
what it is.”
Lane, a Rider alum, is talking about
Paragraph, an up-and-coming band out of
Staten Island, N.Y. Since 2005, Paragraph
has toured coast-to-coast, boasting performances at venues such as The Knitting
Factory, CBGB’s and Crash Mansion. Its
next stop is Rider.
“This Paragraph consists of four sentences. Mad adjectives,” the band’s Web
site states. “We love to play to love you.”
The four “sentences” are Lane
(vocals/guitar), Joe Imburgio (bass), Mike
Gagliardi (guitar) and Casey Jost (drums),
also a Rider alum.
Paragraph’s first album, Right Together,
Left Together, Wrong Together, was recorded
in 2005 in a friend’s basement. Songs
included “You Don’t Know” and “Please
Peach.” The album had huge local success
and was featured in The Village Voice as
well as many other local newspapers.
Paragraph recently won a Battle of
the Bands competition held in the Rider
Pub during Parent’s Weekend. Four other
bands performed and a panel of judges
decided the winner. The prize was a $700
contract to play at the new Starbucks on
campus. The show will not be a usual one
Photo by Danielle Marie Ward
Paragraph jams at a Nov. 24 concert at Martini Red.The band will be performing in
the SRC lobby on Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. CDs and merchandise will be available.
for Paragraph, as the band is being asked
to play an acoustic set.
“We’ve never had to strip ourselves
down before,” Imburgio said. “We’re
excited and nervous because it’s going to
be a challenge.”
According to Lane, Paragraph’s
unique and innovative sound is a product
of friendship, experimentation and their
wide range of influences. Not to mention their individual quirks: Lane cuts the
band’s hair; Imburgio refers to himself
as a “bassist at heart with the mind of a
guitarist;” Gagliardi is an avid saxophone
player and Jost likes to find more unconventional ways to express himself.
The band members agree that they
are influenced by many musical genres,
including disco, hip-hop, house, jazz and
rock ’n’ roll. Each of them comes from a
different musical background, and they
find fun and creativity in this diversity.
“When we play music it’s like we’re
kids; we like to joke around a lot,”
Imburgio said.
Fans agree that their favorite way to
experience Paragraph is at live shows.
“It’s hard to decide who to watch at
a Paragraph show,” said fan Marc Maffei.
“Each band member is doing something
deeply thought out and interesting.”
While fans look at the band, the band
is looking at the audience.
“We get to watch a crowd of people
dancing and having fun, knowing that
we’re the catalysts,” Lane said.
Paragraph recorded its latest album
in Philadelphia with the producer of rock
band Dr. Dog. Recently, Paragraph began
working on some new material in anticipation of hitting the studio again in early
January. The band expects its new album
to be released sometime in spring 2008.
Coming to Rider is conjuring up all
sorts of feelings for the band. Members
are excited to see old friends and meet new
ones.
“Rider has always been a second home
to me,” Imburgio said. “Through Danny
and Casey, I have met so many wonderful
people [here].”
The band encourages students to
come out, not just for the chance to support the alumni members.
“Paragraph is a real taste of Staten
Island/New York City,” Jost said. “Come
see what you shouldn’t be missing. Broaden
your horizons.”
Editorial:
Turmoil eclipses
ZBT’s long history
A
nd then there were three. Last spring there were five fraternities on the Lawrenceville campus. Then, Phi Kappa
Tau was disbanded in the aftermath of Gary DeVercelly’s
death and evidence of underage drinking was found in the
investigation of the incident. Now, the University has rightfully
rendered its decision to dissolve the Beta Mu chapter of Zeta
Beta Tau (ZBT), Rider’s oldest Greek organization.
Although the brothers of ZBT may feel the administration
had an ax to grind and unfairly decided their fate, it’s a decision
that came about after a long train of abuses. The unfortunate
saga began nine months ago when the fraternity violated its
probationary status and was issued standards of conduct to fulfill. Yet, things only spiraled downward as a number of Code of
Conduct violations were documented and damages to the house
exceeded $500 this semester.
Even though it was not a deciding factor for the administration, who will forget the infamous fight or head-butting incident that occurred in late September that left a visitor injured
and bleeding and a fraternity brother arrested, facing charges
of assault and possession of marijuana? It once again left Rider
splashed across the front pages of newspapers and used as a tool
by some to show that nothing had changed since DeVercelly’s
death.
Sadly enough, ZBT missed many opportunities to correct
its mistakes and forge a future that resembles its 50-year history,
rich with tradition and fostering generations of brotherhood.
Gone are the days when ZBT was remembered for its charitable
activities with the March of Dimes, the Cancer Society and the
Heart Fund in 1964. Fondly, ZBT alumni from the time may
recall the hand they played in leading the fraternity to first place
in the intramural football competition for two straight years in
the early 1960s.
ZBT is a fraternity that planted its roots off campus early
on and later developed into an institution raising its profile with
accolades when it received the National Trustees Award. It’s been
a part of Rider since the college was located in Trenton. It had a
stone house at 407 Greenwood Avenue that from the outside is
distinguished for its design. Now more than ever, it is perhaps a
symbol of a time when ZBT was soaring to new heights in the
early 1990s and building a promising legacy now being recalled
by brothers.
“ZBT was the oldest Greek house on Rider’s campus with a
life spanning over 50 years,” said Lenny Calis, a brother of the
ZBT fraternity. “After half a century of existence, we have created a lot of history in our house.”
In the midst of the news, one has to consider: Will the
history of ZBT be forever tarnished by its recent incidents or
will it rebuild its image when it becomes eligible to apply for recolonization in 2011? To make matters even worse, the lasting
mark ZBT may have left was the inappropriate graffiti found in
the house by Public Safety last week.
On the heels of ZBT’s disbandment, many sorority sisters
and fraternity brothers will see this decision as the University’s
first step in getting rid of Greek Life on campus. While messages
written by ZBT brothers and others on the Facebook group,
“Heres [sic] to our Fraternity ... Preserve the Legacy of Zeta Beta
Tau at Rider” with 224 members as of yesterday, may provoke
feelings of empathy for current and former brothers, a sense of
rationality has to prevail. Even the chapter’s alumni board supports the administration’s decision to rescind recognition of the
fraternity.
This was not the University’s attempt to target ZBT unfairly. It’s time for all the sororities and fraternities to assess themselves and ensure that they are living up to the par set forth by
their national chapters. Being part of a sorority or fraternity is
an opportunity to develop character and integrity and cultivate
a sense of camaraderie that will carry the brothers and sisters
through their most important years and live on long after commencement from Rider.
This weekly editorial expresses the majority opinion of The Rider
News editorial board and is written by the Opinion Editor.
Cartoon by Samuel Cicero and Andrew Kaspereen
Letter to the Editor:
Sports foster pride on, off the court
Only 10 days removed from the tragic events
of 9/11, former Mets catcher Mike Piazza revived
a city in mourning by hitting an unforgettable
home run to cap off a comeback win against the
rival Atlanta Braves.
Hours after he learned of his father’s sudden
death the day before, Brett Favre decided to suit
up for the game and make his dad proud on a
special December night in 2003. In front of a
Monday Night Football national audience, the
Green Bay Packer legend had the game of his life
— he threw for over 400 yards and four first-half
touchdowns in a 41-7 trouncing of the Raiders.
At times, it can seem that sports are “just a
game” and are simply not important. Moments
like these make you think otherwise.
The famous sports columnist Rick Reilly
once wrote about how teachers and professors
continually criticized him for writing about
sports and that he should put effort into more
“important things” like foreign and domestic
affairs. But, as we know, foreign affairs usually
mean war, and domestic affairs turn into the
dirty world of politics. These are topics that tear
us apart. Team rivalries may tend to fuel discrepancies among friends and family, but in the end,
they truly bring us together.
As I sat down and watched last week’s Rider
men’s basketball games on my good ol’ VHS (it’s
tough to convince extended family to watch live
college basketball during Thanksgiving festivities), I couldn’t help but smile at the fact that our
‘Team rivalries may tend to fuel
discrepancies ... but in the end,
they truly bring us together.’
- Mike Caputo
University was getting such great publicity —
win or lose. Then I realized the role our teams,
clubs and organizations can play in building
Rider’s school pride and reshaping its image to
the rest of the nation.
Rather than write my annual column in
an attempt to convince students to support the
basketball teams this winter, I leave it up to
the readers. But I will say that there are only a
handful of college students who have an NBA
prospect in their midst (Jason Thompson), or a
team attempting to make a historical turnaround
from the cellar to the top (the women’s basketball
team).
So, as I sit home in New York, watching our
boys hang with some of the best teams in the
nation (while sporting those cool new uniforms),
I can’t help but think of how much of a healing
presence that something as seemingly “unimportant” as basketball can provide to not only an
individual, but to an entire community.
— Mike Caputo
Former Executive Editor of The Rider News
Class of 2007
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Think About It:
Taking ‘stock’ of life could yield big return on investment
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After last week’s explosive investing discussion
(“Saving a little today will create cushy nest egg for
tomorrow,” The Rider News, 11/16/07) our intrepid
hero promptly called his dad’s broker and said, “Put all
my money in an IRA and double it by next year!” Said
hero now waits in your dorm’s trash room for discarded
pizza boxes.
I’ve a tendency to exaggerate. Needless to say, it’s
not a good idea to get your money involved in something you don’t understand well. If you’re interested in
wagering your money on a few educated guesses, risking a total loss and hoping for a healthy return, read
on.
There are two typical methods for the small investor (e.g., you) to put money down on a company:
stocks and bonds. I’m sure you’ve heard both terms,
and neither are as complicated as they seem. We’ll start
with bonds.
If a company needs money, it can choose to issue
bonds, which essentially means that they’re asking for
loans from investors, as opposed to banks. If you buy
a bond from a company, you’re getting a promise that
the company will pay you your money back at the end
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of a specified time period, and that they’ll pay you
interest on your investment every so often. A 10-year
$1,000 bond paying 5 percent annual interest will get
you payments of $50 per year for 10 years, followed by
a return of your $1,000 at the end of that time.
Of course, the company has to survive long
enough to pay you back. If you lent that grand to a
company that goes bankrupt tomorrow, your odds of
collecting your principal are, shall we say … slim. How
do you know your risk of losing everything on a bond?
Fortunately, organizations like Moody’s and Standard
& Poor’s actually give grades to the bonds of different
companies, all the way from AAA (nearly risk-free) to
D (significant risk). Now, a company with a D rating
will have to pay a much higher interest rate than one
with, say, a BB rating, in order to entice you to take
such a huge risk on it.
Stocks are a different ball game. A company can
make the decision to “go public,” meaning that it
sells shares on an open market, like the New York
Stock Exchange. What are shares? A share is a fractional ownership of a company. To illustrate, at the
end of 2006, Johnson & Johnson had around 243 mil-
lion shares outstanding. If you
owned one of those shares, you’d
own 1/243,000,0000th of J&J.
Unfortunately, owning a share
of its stock doesn’t entitle you to
free baby wipes. What you are
entitled to is a small percentage
of the company’s future earn- JP
ings.
Krahel
To put it simply, a company’s stock price is determined
by how well the company is expected to do in the
future.
As happens all too often, it seems I’m out of space
before I’m out of things to say. Many people have made
a lot of money on these kinds of investments; many
more have, to put it plainly, not done so well. The best
defense is education.
If you’d seriously like to supplement your income
with what essentially amounts to legalized gambling,
sign up for a basic accounting or finance course. Few
things are as empowering or rewarding as wise investments and understanding, believe me.
tion
2008
2008 Presidential Corner:
Richardson, Thompson aim to raise profile in field
Bill Richardson, governor of New said Richardson.
Mexico and one of the Democratic Although Rider
candidates for president, has many pro- is not a public
posals for change. His main focuses are school, it still
providing quality health care and mak- leaves many stuing education more affordable. He also dents stuck in
has a detailed, yet, simple, plan not only debt for attaining
to address, but to end, the war in Iraq.
an education that Nadine
If Richardson has his way, he intends is a virtual neces- Tester
to give every citizen choices for health sity in today’s job
care. “When some do not have access market. As a way
to affordable care, all Americans end up to counteract this fiscal impact on stupaying the price,” said Richardson on dents, Richardson has proposed plans
his Web site for president. To fix this, to make colleges more affordable in
he plans to offer a refundable tax credit general. He wants to eliminate the Free
and to work with lenders like
Application for Federal
banks and credit card compaStudent Aid and give
nies to lower interest rates for
more types of students
medical care debt. Although
access to financial aid.
he doesn’t expand much on
Also, Richardson would
his platform for health care,
like to work with colleges
Richardson also wants to work
and universities to create
toward reducing the cost of
financial incentives that
prescription drugs.
would keep costs down
Richardson in addition
for their students.
wants to work on education
Initially, Richardson’s
Photo courtesy of campaign
plans for making educaand make it less cost-protion and health care more
hibitive from start to finish.
Bill Richardson
affordable may seem to
He plans on getting rid of
be lengthy and detailed,
George Bush’s No Child Left
Behind act, so that schools continue to but this is not his approach with every
get sufficient funding, but don’t have to issue. His plan for the war in Iraq is
adhere to “one-size-fits-all programs.” simple — end it. If elected, he wants to
Richardson also plans on increasing the remove all the troops from Iraq, withnational teaching average, while retain- draw as quickly as possible and then
go back in, not with troops, but with
ing competent certified teachers.
If elected, Richardson desires to diplomats. Richardson feels that Iraq is
help students through college as well. a political crisis that cannot be solved
He feels that community service should militarily.
be the focus of elementary and high Although Richardson is not a wellschools, and wants to create incentives known candidate among the crowded
for students to participate. “The federal field of presidential contenders, his ideas
government will forgive two years of about programs, especially those conthe cost of tuition and fees at a public cerning education, are solid, and could
university for each year of service,” work out in the long run.
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Fred Thompson, former senator of governments are
Tennessee, is one of the eight Republican best
equipped
candidates vying for his party’s nomina- to handle the
tion and ultimately, the presidency. demands
and
Thompson has dedicated his life to a needs of the surwide range of pursuits, including poli- rounding areas.
tics, family and more notably, acting. Believing
that
Many know him for his former role as the federal gov- Katelyn
District Attorney Arthur Branch on the ernment’s role in Friel
prime time hit Law & Order.
the education sys Thompson was the first person in tem is too intruhis family to attend college. A gradu- sive and hinders rather than helps the
ate of Memphis State University and achievement of excellence, he strives to
Vanderbilt University, where he received give “parents more choices in education
his law degree, Thompson’s career has and schools less bureaucracy.”
By returning federal
ranged from assistant U.S.
funding back to the states’
attorney to chairman of
budget and urging students
the State Department’s
to pursue careers in science,
International Security
math and engineering, etc.,
Advisory Board.
His presidential camThompson is committed to
paign is focused on three
the idea that these “fields
main areas: “lowering
are crucial to our security,
our taxes, strengthening
competitiveness, and prosnational security, and to
perity.”
A strong education
change the federal governPhoto courtesy of MSNBC
system will provide America
ment,” according to his
with prosperity, according
official Web site.
Fred Thompson
Without revealing
to Thompson. This idea of
definitive positions on
prosperity and security is
some of the various issues that other reflected in his stance on immigracandidates are scrambling to address, tion. Not disputing the feeling that
Thompson’s strategy is to listen, see immigration has infused the nation
and discuss what his voters are look- with character, Thompson does draw a
ing for. Based on these discussions and clear distinction between legal and illesuggestions, Thompson plans to create gal immigration. He strongly supports
a more detailed account of his poli- demands to strengthen border security
cies. However, his Web site does illus- and crack down on illegal immigration.
trate that opinion and experience have For him, “amnesty is not an option.”
already begun to formulate some of the So, as the days go by before the
tentative, basic ideas that Thompson primary election determines who the
Republican presidential candidate will
desires to implement if elected.
On the issue of education, a be, now is the chance to familiarize
major area affecting college students, oneself with Thompson and the other
Thompson feels that state and local candidates and their positions.
E-mail us at:
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Rutgers
BRONCS’ BITS
Continued from p. 11
Scores/Records (* denotes conference games)
Men’s Basketball
(4-3 overall, 0-0 MAAC)
11/17
Rider 76, Delaware 71
11/19
Rider 85, Fairleigh Dickinson 70
11/22
NC State 72, Rider 63
11/23
Rider 82, Penn State 73
11/25
Kansas State 82, Rider 69
11/28
Rider 84, NJIT 58
12/1
vs. Binghamton, 3 p.m.
12/6
at Niagara, 7 p.m.*
Men’s Swimming & Diving
11/17
Rider 136, La Salle 107
Delaware 127, Rider 116
11/30
at Princeton “Big Al”
Invitational, 11 a.m.
Wrestling
(0-2 overall, 0-0 CAA)
11/16
Iowa State 35, Rider 0
11/18
Keystone Invitational,
4th of 10
12/1
at Cliff Kean Las Vegas
Invitational
Women’s Basketball
11/18
Navy 65, Rider 58
11/23
Rider 76, UCF 74
11/28
UPenn 66, Rider 58
12/2
vs. Towson, 2 p.m.
Women’s Swimming &
Diving (4-5, 1-0 MAAC)
11/17
Rider 128, La Salle 114
Delaware 137.5, Rider 105.5
11/30
Princeton’s “Big Al”
Invitational
More Sports...
Women’s basketball Head
Coach
Lynn
Milligan
announced three studentathletes have signed national
letters of intent to further
their careers at Rider next fall.
Alyssa Parsons, a 5’5” point
guard from Philadelphia,
Pa., is currently a senior at
Archbishop Wood and is a
two-time Second Team AllCatholic League honoree.
Lauren Gregg, a 5’8” senior
guard from Collingswood
High in South Jersey, is a twotime All-Group II and twotime Colonial Conference
honoree while leading the
team in scoring her sophomore
and junior seasons. Gregg
also lettered in soccer. Sarah
Homan, a 6’3” center from
Upper Darby, Pa., is a senior at
Delco Christian, earning First
Team All-League and Third
Team All-Delaware County
honors while averaging 15
points, 10 rebounds and five
blocks per game as a junior.
is in great need of a big-time
college football program and,
if you disagree, you don’t know
what you’re missing.
While they haven’t met
the lofty expectations placed
on them this season, the program is going in the right direction under Head Coach Greg
Schiano. It wouldn’t be surprising if they’re competing for the
national championship in the
next few years.
They have been overrated
by the media and expected to
make too big of a jump too
soon. What needs to be remembered is that this is only the
second year Rutgers has been in
the public eye, and it takes time
to build a football power.
Prospects who have committed to Rutgers or are still in
the process are all in love with
the program and how Schiano
treats them. No longer are the
four- and five-star recruits heading down south; they’re now
considering staying in-state to
play. One of the things they
talk about is the atmosphere
at the stadium and the support
the team garners. The greater
the buzz going into games, the
more of a draw the school will
be to prospective football players and they will consider it like
they consider other elite places.
One knock against the
Knights has been their weak
non-conference schedule. Part
of the reason for this is because
the games are scheduled well
ahead of time. As Rutgers continues to rise and gain more
publicity, it will be able to
schedule better opponents from
BCS conferences and have them
come to Jersey.
Now it’s a process, so it will
take a few years before Rutgers
becomes a legitimate contender. However, strides are being
made and if support continues
to grow, so will the accomplishments on the field.
The Knights will play in
the International Bowl on Jan.
5. While it isn’t the most luxurious bowl game, especially for
one played in early January, it
will be the team’s third straight
bowl appearance. The team is
young right now and will only
get better in years to come.
The students here can help
shape “the state of Rutgers” in
football. Heck, one Rider student is in the band.
Recreation Programs
welcome you to the good life
Upcoming Rec Events
1st Annual Kutztown Lacrosse Classic
@ Health Quest in Flemington, NJ
Winners of the Intramural Games:
Outdoor Soccer Champs
* APW *
Flag Football Champs
* 7bricks *
Intramural Tennis
Men Champ * Ryan Willinger*
Women Champ * Carly Totten *
Double Champs * Matt Ferrara/ Martin Burgees *
Games are as follows:
Friday Nov. 30th
6:00pm Rutgers vs. Rider
Saturday Dec. 1st
9:00am Rider vs. Bloomsburg
2:00pm Kutztown vs. Rider
If you are interested in signing up as a free agent, creating your own team, or being in an intramural
club sport stop by the Rec ofﬁce, located in the SRC 2nd ﬂoor.
You can contact us at x7714 or x7704, or email www.recprograms@rider.edu.
Broncs given tough time by top ranked
WRESTLING
By Eric Malave
It has been tough for the
Rider wrestling team to pick
up a win this season, as it has
struggled against some of the
nation’s best.
Right after facing off against
Missouri, the Broncs took on
No. 2-ranked Iowa State, which
defeated the Broncs 35-0, winning all 10 scheduled bouts.
“Iowa State is just one of
the best teams in the U.S.,”
said Head Coach Gary Taylor.
“Iowa is ranked second in the
nation for a reason.”
Seven wrestlers from Iowa
State are nationally ranked in the
top 15 of their weight classes.
“Our kids had the chance
to wrestle better kids,” Taylor
said. “I am not disappointed in
the effort.”
The Broncs placed a few
new faces in the lineup for the
match against Iowa.
“It was great to see what
some of the younger guys were
able to do tonight,” Taylor
said.
Freshman Mitch Fenton
wrestled in the 125-pound
weight class for Rider (0-2). He
lost 3-2 in the final round to
redshirt freshman Mark Kist.
Junior Zac Cunliffe wrestled
in the 133-pound weight class,
losing 12-4 to No. 8 sophomore Nick Fanthorpe in a
major decision.
“Cunliffe is coming back
from a year off from an injury,”
Taylor said. “He needs to get
his timing back.”
Sophomore Fred Rodgers
M. Basketball
Continued from p. 12
paced the Nittany Lions with
an impressive 23 points and 12
rebounds while Jamelle Cornley
added 17 points.
The Broncs closed out their
time in Florida with a 82-69
loss to No. 25-ranked Kansas
State.
The Thompson brothers
once again rose to the occasion,
as Ryan picked up a doubledouble with 21 points and 13
Junior Doug
Umbehauer
‘It will take a whole
wrestled the 184year for this team to
pound weight class
get good. But by the
against the top
ranked wrestler in
end of the year this
the weight class,
team will get there.’
sophomore Jake
- Head Coach Gary Taylor
Varner. The style
Umbehauer used
against Varner was
aggressive, but he
put up a good effort against No.
14 sophomore Nick Gallick in could not take his opponent
the 141-pound weight class. down for the win. He lost 6-3.
Senior T.J. Morrison wresHowever, he lost 5-0 in the
tled in the 197-pound weight
final round.
Senior Don Fisch also class for Rider. He scored a take
showed great effort. He’s cur- down in the corner of the mat
rently ranked fourth in the right before the third period
nation as he bumped up eight ended. However, he still lost
pounds to wrestle in the 149- 5-4 to senior David Bertolino.
In the final match of the
pound weight class. He faced
off against No. 14 sophomore night, junior heavyweight Peter
Mitch Mueller and lost a close Reid lost 19-8 in the third
round to No. 8 sophomore
one 3-2.
Sophomore Rob Morrison David Zabriskie in a tech fall.
“It will take a whole year
fought hard in a match against
No. 11 sophomore Cyler for this team to get good,”
Sanderson in the 157-pound Taylor said. “But by the end
weight class. Sanderson is of the year this team will get
the younger brother of wres- there.”
On Nov. 17, the Broncs
tling legend and Iowa State
Head Coach Cael Sanderson. were then off to the Keystone
Morrison showed a lot of aggres- Classic hosted by Pennsylvania.
sion against Sanderson and was They placed fourth out of 10
able to put up a battle, but teams.
The Broncs were able
came up short, losing 10-5.
At 165-pounds, sopho- to find more success at the
more Mike Darling lost by a Keystone Classic. Even without
tech fall to his opponent, No. their full lineup, they were able
9 redshirt freshman Jon Reader. to place ahead of strong teams
He fought off his back during like Arizona State.
Fisch wrestled in the 149the match and refused to get
pinned. Freshman Joe Ferber pound weight class at the
wrestled in the 174-pound Keystone Classic. He was seedweight class, and lost 6-3 in the ed second in the tournament
and was able to win four of his
final round.
five bouts. In the finals, he lost
to top-seeded Scott Ervin of
Appalachian State by tech fall.
Morrison was seeded second in the 157-pound weight
class. He won three of his four
matches. Morrison and Taylor
were surprised by the seeding,
but at the end of the day, he
proved that he had earned the
high ranking.
Umbehauer and Cunliffe
both placed third in the 184and 133-pound weight classes. Umbehauer was able to
win four of his five matches.
Cunliffe, making his way back
into things, won five of his
six matches. Rodgers placed
sixth in the 141-pound weight
class and won three of his six
matches.
Also wrestling for Rider
were Darling, who won one of
two matches, and Fenton, who
won one of three matches.
Overall, the Broncs finished
fourth in the tournament, with
two runner-ups, two thirdplace finishers and a sixth-place
finisher.
This is the type of competition the Rider wrestlers need to
get back on track. The Broncs
need to shake off the last two
team losses and continue to
wrestle hard in order to have a
better season.
“This is what we have so
far,” Taylor said. “It’s a work in
progress, but I’m sure by the
end of the year we will be a
strong team.”
The Broncs wrestle in the
Las Vegas Invitational on Nov.
30.
rebounds and Jason had 24
points along with seven boards.
Combined, they shot 17-28
from the field.
Forward Andre Gilburt led
the Wildcats (5-1 overall) in
points with 22 and also picked
up 11 rebounds. Guard Jacob
Pullen had 19 points.
Rider was able to contain
freshman forward Michael
Beasley, who still managed to
have a solid game, picking up
a double-double with 13 points
and 10 boards, but he wasn’t
able to match his success from
earlier in the season, who had
we just need to focus on what
we need to get better. We’re
starting to learn a lot about
ourselves and hopefully we will
continue to improve.”
Rider finished the tourney
in fifth place.
It looked like they did have
a bounce in their step as the
Broncs ran over NJIT 84-58 on
Wednesday.
Jason Thompson posted yet
another double-double with 17
points and 17 rebounds. Ryan
Thompson led the Broncs in
points with 20. Harris Mansell
chipped in with 15 points of
his own when he shot 4-7 from
the field and 2-3 from behind
the arc.
Senior Kamron Warner hit
both of his three-point attempts
for six points in nine minutes.
After shooting 34.5 percent
in the first half, the Broncs lit
up the NJIT defense in the second half shooting over 65 percent and also went 6-10 from
downtown.
The next will be at home
on Saturday at 3 p.m. against
Binghamton.
two games of 20 points and 20
rebounds.
Throughout this tournament, the Broncs were able to
keep the opponent’s big men in
check and Dempsey credits the
team’s off-season preparation.
“As a staff, we thought that
if we were to be good this year
that would we would have to be
a good defensive and rebounding team,” he said. “It paid off
against the better teams as we
were able to out-rebound them.
If you can defend and rebound,
you can play against anyone.”
Jason Thompson was able
to shine when the ESPN spotlight was on him and he was
named a member of the alltournament team. He was also
selected as the MAAC Player of
the Week for the week of Nov.
19-25 and as Mid-Majority.
com’s “Baller of the Week.”
If being able to play with
these big schools has boosted
the team’s confidence, Dempsey
said only time will tell.
“I hope so,” he said. “We
learned a lot about ourselves in
this tournament. Every game
presents a new challenge and
Charles Guthrie
Support
Rutgers
A lot of students on campus have wondered why Rider
doesn’t have a football team
and if it will ever get one.
If you’re waiting for it to
happen, don’t get your hopes
up. However, if you’re looking for a place to get your
college football fix, look no
farther than Piscataway, N.J.,
home of the Rutgers Scarlet
Knights.
Why should you root for
them? Wouldn’t that make
you a front-runner?
No, it wouldn’t make
you a front-runner, because
Rutgers isn’t ranked right now
and if you’re a fan of football
especially the college version
it makes a lot of sense to pull
for the Knights.
In December 2005
Rutgers put itself somewhat
on the map of college football
when it was able to go blowfor-blow against pass-happy
Arizona State, losing 45-40
in the Insight Bowl. That was
the Scarlet Knights’ first winning season since 1992. The
next year, they exploded onto
the scene nearly winning the
Big East title with the biggest win in school history,
coming against No. 3-ranked
Louisville behind an electric
crowd and lost a nail-biter to
end the season against nationally ranked West Virginia in
three overtimes.
The crowd against
Louisville on national television was amazing, giving
the game a playoff-like feel,
which the area never experienced from a college football game. That’s what makes
college football amazing and
separates it from the pros. Any
college football game with
some sort of rivalry features
that type of atmosphere.
Rutgers became such
a spectacle that New York
and Philadelphia wanted
to embrace their success
through the media. This is
why people in the area need
to get involved, including the
students here. The northeast,
primarily the tri-state area,
See Rutgers, p. 10
Taking the Next Step
Men hang tough with ranked schools
at Old Spice Classic at Disney tourney
MEN’S BASKETBALL
By Charles Guthrie
They almost had it. The
Broncs had a lead for most of
the game, and an upset over
North Carolina State on national television looked promising
until guard Farnold DeGand
hit a three-pointer about seven
minutes into the second half to
give the Wolf Pack its first lead
since 13:11 in the first.
From there, N.C. State,
the No. 24-ranked team in
the country according to the
Associated Press, never looked
back and beat Rider 72-63
in Rider’s opener at the Old
Spice Classic that took place at
Disney’s Wide World of Sports
Complex in Lake Buena Vista,
Fla.
The Broncs were able to
hang tough with a Wolf Pack
team that made it to the ACC
finals last year, knocking off
Duke, Virginia and Virginia
Tech in the process.
“The first thing you have to
do is play with confidence,” said
Head Coach Tommy Dempsey.
“If you don’t think you can
win and don’t believe in yourself then you have no chance.
Throughout the game our confidence continued to grow and
we were starting to believe that
we could beat them.”
Junior guard Courtney
Fells led the N.C. State attack
with 18 points and was selected
as one of eight players for the
all-tournament team. Freshman
phenom forward/center J.J.
Hickson had 13 points and
four blocks in only 21 minutes
coming off the bench, including one crazy put-back that he
put up in mid-air and picked
up the foul.
For Rider, senior forward
Jason Thompson’s name was
heard constantly from ESPN
broadcaster Len Elmore
throughout the game as he had
a double-double, posting 24
points and 15 rebounds against
the N.C. State big men.
Thompson also made it
onto Sports Center’s “Top 10
Plays” the next day for his block
on junior Brandon Costner early in the first half.
“It was a good sign to see
him play better competition
and be able to shine,” Dempsey
said.
Thompson’s
younger
brother, sophomore guard Ryan
Thompson, had seven points,
10 rebounds and five assists.
Freshman guard Justin Robinson
contributed 13 points.
N.C. State shot nearly 58
percent from the field, including going five of six from threepoint range, while Rider’s field
goal percentage was 36.1 in the
second half, going only two of
nine from behind the arc.
Rider got right back up
and picked up a big 82-73 win
over Penn State of the Big 10. It
was a game where both pairs of
brothers on the team made key
contributions.
Jason Thompson once again
led the charge for the Broncs
with another double-double,
picking up 21 points and 10
rebounds. Ryan Thompson finished second on the team in
scoring with 19 points. He also
grabbed six rebounds.
Junior guard Harris Mansell
had 17 points for Rider, shooting three for seven from threepoint territory and six for 13
inside the arc. Redshirt freshman Patrick Mansell proved to
be valuable off of the bench,
scoring 13 points in just 12
minutes of play.
Freshman Mike Ringgold
led the Broncs with nine
boards.
Forward Geary Claxton
Photo by Hugh Tsung
Freshman Mike Ringgold, shown in the Broncs victory over FDU,
See M. Basketball, p. 11 had nine rebounds in a win against the Nittany Lions.
Women’s team remains undefeated at home
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
By Kristie Kahl
Photo by Hugh Tsung
Undefeated at home, the women’s basketball
team overtook UCF with sophomore Amanda
Sepulveda leading the team with 23 points.
The Rider women’s basketball
team suffered a 66-58 road loss to
the University of Pennsylvania after
defeating the University of Central
Florida (UCF) last week, 76-74.
On Wednesday night, the Broncs
(3-3) led 56-53 before Penn went on
a 13-2 run to clinch a Quaker win.
After 15 lead changes, Penn claimed
the final change 57-56 with four
minutes left in the game.
In an attempt to come back,
Rider closed the gap to 61-58 with a
layup by sophomore Tammy Meyers
before Penn put the game away.
“It was a game of runs and we
didn’t get that one big stop that
we needed to regain the momentum at the end of the game,” said
Head Coach Lynn Milligan to Rider
Sports Information. “We didn’t rise
to the occasion on the defensive end
and Penn was a little more physical
on the offensive end and we didn’t
respond very well.”
Before the half, Rider fell 20-18
before going on an 8-2 run to open
up a four-point lead, 26-22. The
teams were later tied at 29.
Junior Shaunice Parker led the
Broncs with 16 points and nine
rebounds, while senior Janele
Henderson followed closely behind
with 15 points and two steals.
Sophomore Amanda Sepulveda added 11 points, four rebounds and two
assists in the Rider loss, while Meyers
finished with seven points.
“We have a lot to work on,”
Milligan said. “We’ve been consistent with defense and rebounding.
That being the foundation of our
programming, the foundation of our
success, we’ll continue to try to get
better defensively and rebounding.”
Still undefeated at home, Rider
picked up another win in front of
the Broncs’ Zoo crowd over the
break. Rider maintained a 71-65
lead before UCF (2-3) went on an
8-2 run to tie the game at 73.
The Broncs claimed victory
with a layup by freshman Shannon
Ferguson to secure a win in the last
27 seconds of play.
“It was a great play,” said Milligan.
“It was all set up by Amanda, who
had a great second half and had been
scoring off penetration quite a bit.
So, they sent two defenders at her,
and when they did she made a great
decision and found Shannon wide
open and Shannon did what she had
to do: catch the ball and put it in the
basket.”
The Knights had a chance to
answer with 1.6 seconds left until
Parker stole an inbound pass on the
final play of the game.
The Broncs opened the game
with a 10-2 run, four points claimed
by Meyers. UCF later tied the game
at 21 before going on a 12-3 run
with 3:49 left in the first half. Rider
trailed the Knights by seven going
into the half.
Sepulveda led Rider with a
career-high 23 points along with
four assists and two steals, while
Meyers finished with 14 points and
three steals. Ferguson added eight
points, going perfect from the field
and the line, while adding seven
rebounds.
“I think we’ve learned how to
compete on a more consistent basis,”
Milligan said. “We’ve played some
really quality teams and we have
been able to be competitive in every
single game. We’ve been out there
and we’ve fought. We’ve done what
we needed to do in order to put ourselves in the situation to win every
game.”
Rider plays at home against
Towson on Sunday at 2 p.m.

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