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Volume 78, Issue XII - Friday, February 1, 2008
IBroncs
t’s Game Time
win 8 straight
Photo by Matt MacFarlane
Fans pump their fists, wave their pom poms and scream their lungs out at the last televised men’s basketball home game this season on January 21. On
Wednesday, the Broncs extended their win streak to eight and took sole possession of first place in the MAAC. See story on page 16.
DeVercellys sue University
and fraternity for millions
By Paul Szaniawski
The family of Gary DeVercelly Jr., who died
last spring of alcohol poisoning, has filed a civil
suit against the University claiming that negligence by officials, employees and Phi Kappa Tau
(PKT) brothers caused the freshman’s death after
an alleged fraternity hazing incident last March.
Filed in Mercer County Superior Court on
Dec. 28, the wrongful death suit cites what it
Photo by Matt Freedman
calls the University’s reckless mismanagement
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, a professor at Georgetown University,
and willful disregard of its fraternities, along with
emphasizes the importance of building strong bonds between the PKT members’ failure to help DeVercelly
different backgrounds and classes in a speech last night.
after he drank two-thirds of a bottle of Absolut
Vodka.
“Had Gary received proper care before emergency personnel were summoned, during the
extended period of time during which he was
slowly succumbing to alcohol poisoning, he
By Jess Hoogendoorn today, is devoted to give people would have survived unharmed,” the lawsuit
the chance to think critically claims.
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson and sharply about the issues of The civil suit was announced shortly after
bridged age and racial gaps as diversity and social policy.
settlement talks broke down at a meeting between
he rapped, quoted and con- “African-American his- the two sides in mid-December.
veyed his message, “Race Rules: tory is American history, black “Despite the University’s willingness to conNavigating the Color Line” history is American history,” tinue the dialogue, the family chose today to
yesterday, at 7 p.m., in the said Dyson. “The telling of file a civil action against Rider and certain indiBart Luedeke Center (BLC) American history must include viduals,” President Mordechai Rozanski said in a
Theater. everybody. We can never under- statement to the Rider community. “We disagree
Dyson, a professor at stand American history without with the allegations in that filing and will contest
Georgetown University, gave understanding black history.”
them vigorously.”
students and community mem- Dyson also elaborated on The University’s position has not changed
bers the opportunity to reflect the importance of learning. since the Dec. 28 response.
on African-American histo- He explained that people of Director of University Communications Dan
ry. He explained that Black
See Dyson, p. 3 Higgins said the school is still open to continue
History Month, which starts
Merit more important
than race, says Dyson
dialogue.
Both parties signed a confidentiality agreement not to reveal what was discussed at the
settlement meeting. Although both sides also
declined to comment on specific demands in the
lawsuit, the attorney representing the DeVercelly
family said they believe the University has not
handled the tragedy’s aftermath as it should
have.
“We filed a lawsuit obviously because of our
belief that Rider hasn’t met our terms,” attorney
Douglas Fierberg said in a phone interview from
his Washington, D.C. office. “It’s fair to say if
Rider did do everything correctly we wouldn’t be
currently in litigation with them. There is a number of things we believe Rider still has to do.”
Thus far, the family is not satisfied with
Rider’s attempt to ensure a similar incident
would never happen again.
“Since Gary’s death, we have given Rider
every opportunity to do right by our family and
make the changes necessary to protect other students,” Gary DeVercelly Sr. said in a statement
when the lawsuit was announced.
However, University officials feel Rider did
make the proper changes by updating its alcohol
education efforts and policy, which Rozanski
highlighted in his statement to the community, satisfying a pledge made to the DeVercellys,
according to Higgins.
“The president made a commitment to
the family, to honor Gary’s memory, to further
education on binge drinking and hazing,” he
See Civil Suit, p. 4
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2 Friday, February 1, 2008
Security Briefs
Stolen
An emergency exit sign
in Conover Hall was taken Monday, Jan. 28. It was
reported by Public Safety
after making a round in the
building around 5:30 a.m.
The cost to replace the sign is
$150. Anyone with information should contact Public
Safety at x. 5029.
Thirst-quenching
Horsing around in the
hallway with plastic water
bottles led to a charge of
disorderly conduct for a
male student. The incident
occurred in the A2nd floor
in Hill Hall on Saturday, Jan.
26, at 3:07 a.m., when Public
Safety was making its routine
patrol of the building. No
damage was reported.
Outstanding
A vandalized car in the
Sorority Lot led to several
arrests for outstanding warrants. It was reported to
Public Safety on Thursday,
Jan. 24, at 2:34 a.m. Four
male visitors were pulled over
on campus by Public Safety
after a chase.
Lawrence
Township
Police arrived on the scene
and determined that three of
the four were wanted men.
The vandalized car in the
Sorority Lot had white abrasions on the rear bumper.
There is no word yet on the
cost of repair.
Runaway
An intoxicated underaged male was discovered on
the floor of the bathroom
on the ground level of the
Bart Luedeke Center. He
was found on Tuesday, Jan.
22, at 4:13 a.m., by Public
Safety officers during routine
patrol. An ambulance was
called but the male refused
medical attention and fled to
his vehicle.
Public Safety attempted
to stop him but was unable
to after the driver fled south
onto Route 206. He has been
cited for reckless endangerment, disorderly conduct and
public intoxication.
Ambulance
Chest pains led a male
staff member to be transported to the hospital. The incident occurred on Friday, Jan.
26, at 1:07 p.m., in Sweigart
Hall. He was brought to
Capitol Health System at
Mercer for evaluation.
- Compiled by Jeff Frankel
Information provided by the
captain of Rider’s Department of
Public Safety Tom Tucker.
Death of staffer leaves ‘void’ at WCC
By Steph Mostaccio
The Westminster Choir
traveled to four cities between
Jan. 12 and Jan. 18 for its Texas
tour, but one city, Austin, held
special meaning for the group.
That is where the choir
dedicated its performance to
Jake Foster, former production
coordinator at Westminster
Choir College (WCC), who
passed away on Jan. 2 after
a 10-year battle with cancer.
The 30-year-old died among
his family in Stillwater, Okla.
Foster came to WCC in the
summer of 2005 and left last
May to work for Conspirare,
a choir based out of Austin.
Although he was only at WCC
for a short time, his death still
created a feeling of emptiness
among his co-workers and
friends at the college.
“It left a void for all of us,”
James Moore, director of WCC
Performance Management,
said. “I think we’re all just sort
of coming now to accept it.”
Moore knew that Foster
had a serious illness because
according to him, Foster was
always upfront with everyone
about his situation. Yet, his
death still came as a shock.
“Even though we knew
Jake was sick and getting sicker,
because we had seen him fighting the cancer so valiantly while
he was here, I think we all
assumed to a certain extent that
he would continue fighting it
and that [he] would be OK,”
Moore said.
Foster never allowed his illness to affect his work performance, according to Moore.
Even during the times when
him at various performances on
and off campus. But now when
she returns to those places, she
will not see his face in the audience. This experience has given
her a new outlook on life.
“It’s kind of an odd feeling
for me just how fragile life can
be,” Sussman said. “One day
you’re here and the next you’re
not. It made me think about
that a lot.”
Archer experienced a deep
sadness when he first heard
about Foster’s death because
although he only knew Foster
Photo courtesy of Jessica Franko for a year and a half, the two
Former WCC coordinator Jake Foster (left), who died on Jan. 2, had become good friends. As
Archer put it, Foster was “a
poses with Jessica Franko and instructor Nick McBride.
jewel of a friend.”
he was receiving chemothera- he kept up his stamina because Even though Sussman was
py treatments, he maintained he had come out of the hospital not very close with Foster, she
his spirited demeanor and was and on the bus with everybody still feels the emptiness left by
ready to work.
else,” Archer said. “He partici- his death.
“He had a perspective on pated as though there was noth- “This is such a small comthings because of what he was ing wrong.”
munity, Westminster, and we
going through personally and If Foster had not looked all have this one common bond
took what he was given with sick, no one would have known that ties us together,” she said.
a grain of salt and a sense of that he was battling cancer “It’s like when you lose somebecause he was always doing his body in the community it’s very
humor,” Moore said.
According to senior Adrian work the best he could and in a heavy for all of us because you
Archer, who worked in the office “very professional and cheerful know very much what that perof Performance Management manner,” according to Archer.
son is like because everybody
while Foster was out sick, noth- Yet, although Foster looked has the same passion. So it is a
ing could keep him from his sick, senior Perri Sussman did big loss.”
not know that his illness was To help Foster’s friends and
duties at WCC.
“Even when he was in the so advanced since he did not the WCC community cope
hospital, I remember him call- act like he was in poor health. with his death and to honor
ing me and asking to check Sussman simply thought that his memory, Archer created the
on this or check on that even he was taking time off to Facebook group “Remembering
though he could barely speak,” recover.
Jake Foster — RIP.”
“I thought he had gotten “We didn’t know what
Archer said.
Archer also remembers better, and I didn’t know he was to do when he passed away,”
Foster being at every perfor- as sick for as long as he was,” Archer said. “So now Facebook
mance and staying to the end she said. “I was also very sad has allowed us to be together in
of every trip even though he that somebody so young lost his that sort of way.”
was sick and sometimes looked life so early.”
Foster’s death felt surreal to
tired.
“I was really amazed at how Sussman. She remembers seeing
Coming
Up ...
Friday, Feb. 1
Study Abroad Information
Session, 12:30 p.m., Mem 303
BSU Chill Night, 9 p.m., BLC
Fireside Lounge
Saturday, Feb. 2
Wrestling vs Rutgers, 6 p.m.,
Alumni Gym
“Soul Bowl” - Bowling Trip to
Hamilton Lanes, 10 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 3
Women’s Basketball vs
Manhattan, 2 p.m., Alumni
Gym
Alpha Phi Omega Meeting, 7
p.m., BLC Fireside Lounge
Tuesday, Feb. 5
Greek Life Rush Meeting,
11:30 a.m., BLC Multicultural
Conference Room
SGA Senate Meeting, 11:30
a.m., Sweigart Auditorium
Wednesday, Feb. 6
Ash Wednesday Services, 11:30
a.m.-1 p.m., Gill Chapel
Summer Camps &
Conferences Info Session, 10
p.m., SRC Shapiro Room
Thursday, Feb. 7
Equestrian Team Meeting,
11:30 a.m., Sweigart 118
Monday, Feb. 4
ACS Meeting, 4:30 p.m., BLC
Multicultural Conference Room
SEC Movie Night: American
Gangster, 7:30 p.m., BLC
Theater
PCM Service with Rev. Toby
Sanders & Soul Food Dinner,
5 p.m., Gill Chapel
Compiled by Julia Ernst
To list your event, e-mail
[email protected].
Friday, February 1, 2008 3
Prof. credited with saving lives of neighbors
By Paul Mulin
Shawn Kildea doesn’t consider himself a hero.
In fact, he said that if he weren’t
“such a fat slob,” he would not have
been in the right place at the right time
to save his neighbors from a house fire in
mid-December.
Kildea, a Rider instructor who
teaches primarily in the field of television production, was writing his dissertation at midnight on Dec. 15, 2007,
when he went outside to his garage and
saw what looked like smoke coming
from his neighbor, ’91 Rider graduate
Brad LeBlanc’s, chimney.
“It looked like there was a ton of
smoke coming out, and there was a sort
of orange glow behind it, but from where
I was I couldn’t see flames,” Kildea said.
Kildea said he ran back into the
house to grab his cell phone and get a
better view of the house from his front
yard. When he did, he could see that the
peak of the roof was in flames.
The Rider instructor and alumnus
then ran into the LeBlanc’s home, “yelling and screaming,” and trying to wake
the sleeping family of four.
“By the time I got down the [main]
hallway he and his wife were up and
Dyson
Continued from p. 1
all races should make educated
decisions and not come to any
conclusion simply based on
race. He referred to his own
belief that politics should be
based on merit, not pigment.
Dyson made it clear that he
judges politicians and others
based upon their character and
not their political skin.
The professor also explained
that diversity is a “key value
because it allows us to understand the perspective of multiple groups.”
He added that although
confused and scared,” Kildea said.
Kildea, LeBlanc and his wife,
Annette, and their two daughters, ages 6
and 4, ran out of the house while Kildea
dialed 911 on his cell phone.
Kildea said that within 90 seconds
he heard the sirens, and a few minutes
later the fire department arrived.
According to Kildea, the situation
appeared to be under control in about
10 minutes, but crews continued to
work on the house for another hour,
cutting holes in the roof with chainsaws
to expose the entirety of the fire.
Kildea said he was nervous during
the ordeal, but felt in control of the
situation.
“I wouldn’t say I was panicked
because I think I knew what should
be done, but I was definitely scared,”
he said. “I remember trying to dial the
phone was tough, but running in, opening the door, screaming and yelling and
rousing everyone and bringing them out
was OK.”
Kildea said that the reason he went
outside in the first place was to get some
soda, because “as people who work on
their dissertations often do, at midnight
I decided to start eating.”
“I consider Brad very lucky,” Kildea
said. “I’m sure anyone walking by and
diversity often carries a negative connotation, it actually is
positive. He said minorities
have had to work harder to be
accepted into the mainstream.
“That’s what we were told,
we were told you better come
in twice as good and working
hard,” said Dyson.
He
urged
AfricanAmericans to stop the ongoing generation and class wars.
Dyson specifically cited the
issues Barack Obama is facing as his “blackness” is being
questioned. He explained that
there needs to be less division
between groups because “sometimes the most effective white
supremacists have black skin.”
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Professor Shawn Kildea stands in front of his neighbors’ home that was damaged in a fire in December.That night he awoke the family, saving their lives.
seeing the house on fire would have paid
him the courtesy of running in and waking them up.”
The LeBlancs will be displaced
Dyson was chosen to speak
because he “bridges the gap”
between the hip-hop generation
and the older generations of
black power, the Jimi Hendrix
and Bob Marley movements,
according to Joy Clayton, president of the Black Student Union
(BSU) Dyson addresses diversity on a level beyond “black
[and] white,” Clayton said. He
was named by Ebony magazine
as one of the 100 most influential black Americans.
“[Dyson] is an intellectual
who can articulate himself in
a way that may take people a
while to understand, but at the
end of the day it’s going to challenge the Rider community to
think beyond what they learn in
the classroom,” Clayton said.
BSU is sponsoring many
other events throughout the
month of February to celebrate
Black History Month. The
theme of this February is “Red,
Black, and Green. What Does
it Mean?” The colors represent
the official Pan-African flag that
was established in 1920, said
from their home for about six months,
but are staying at another location in
Lawrenceville until that time.
Photo by Matt Freedman
Dyson makes a point during his speech in the BLC Theater.
Clayton. The flag unites all
African-Americans no matter
what country they hail from.
The colors have a lot of historical meaning behind them, but
most people are not aware of
their significance, said Clayton.
“College is a chance to
experience other cultures, experience different things,” Clayton
said.
Other events occurring in
February include BSU Chill
Night, Soul Bowl, a Protestant
Campus Ministries service led by
Rev. Toby Sanders and a Student/
Faculty Mixer. There will also
be the Celebration of Black Love,
the Second Annual Black Male
Conference, a poetry night entitled
Introducing On Fire, Midnight
Run, an “African Champions”
themed Bronc Buffet, BSU Color
of Music and Gospel Fest 2008.
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4 Friday, February 1, 2008
Torney may face judge; two still in legal limbo
By Jeff Frankel
Three University students
are facing criminal charges from
separate incidents that occurred
last year, and one of the accused
will discuss plea offers with a
judge at the end of the month,
according to a Mercer County
Prosecutor spokesperson.
Casey DeBlasio said former
president of the now disbanded Phi Kappa Tau fraternity,
former student Michael Torney,
of Randolph, N.J., will have
a status conference with his
attorney, Michael Rogers, and a
judge on Feb. 25 at the Criminal
Court House in Trenton to
check his case’s standing.
“A status conference is just
what it sounds like,” she said.
“It’s a conference to discuss the
status of the case.”
Torney, along with two
other fraternity brothers,
seniors Adriano DiDonato and
Dominic Olsen, were charged
in connection with the death
of freshman Gary DeVercelly
Jr., of Long Beach, Calif.,
after DeVercelly drank a lethal
amount of alcohol.
DiDonato and Olsen were
granted Pre-Trial Intervention
(PTI) to avoid trial and a possible prison term. Torney chose
to skip PTI and opted to find
more evidence. It is unsure if he
will accept a plea deal or not.
“We’re working as hard as
we can on the discovery and
we’re not sure how it’s going
to end up,” Rogers said. “It’s a
little premature to say at this
time.”
He added: “As of right now,
it appears the case is going to go
to trial. We feel that the charges
are baseless and we expect to
prevail.”
Another Rider student
on the Princeton campus,
sophomore Kieran Hunt, of
Piscataway, N.J., was charged
with strict liability, a first-degree
offense, for allegedly injecting
Justin Warfield, of Columbia,
Md., with heroin. The freshman later died at University
Medical Center at Princeton.
The case is still active but
has yet to have a court date,
DeBlasio said. Hunt is also facing 11 other charges, police
said, and could face a maximum of 20 years in prison.
“We are looking through all
the police reports,” said Hunt’s
lawyer, John Hartmann. “There
are a lot of issues to be resolved.
There’s a lot of evidence to go
through.”
‘A status coference is just what it
sounds like. It’s a conference to
discuss the status of the case.’
- Casey DeBlasio, Prosecutor’s Office
Spokesperson
Junior Nicholas Landrum,
of Mullica Hill, N.J.; freshman
Bryan Smith, of Freehold, N.J.;
and freshman Robert Kelly, of
Danby, Vt., were charged with
harassment of Warfield.
The third student involved
in a legal situation, junior John
Goodleaf, also has an active
case with the Mercer County
Prosecutor’s Office but does not
have a court date, DeBlasio also
said.
Goodleaf was allegedly
involved in a fight at the former Zeta Beta Tau fraternity
house on Sept. 29, resulting in
multiple charges and an injury
for visitor Andrew Endicott,
Lawrence Township Police said.
Both were also charged with
underage drinking.
Goodleaf ’s lawyer’s name
was not available to DeBlasio as
of press time.
Female student, 25, alleges sexual assault by state troopers
By Olivia Tattory
A 25-year-old woman who told
police she was sexually assaulted at a
Ewing home on Dec. 7 by one or more
off-duty New Jersey state troopers has
been described by news outlets, without
attribution, as a Rider student.
While the university has not
officially confirmed or denied the
woman’s student status, University
spokesperson Dan Higgins said, “If
you’ve seen other [newspapers], they
have reported that she’s a Rider student.
I would say that you could feel pretty
comfortable reporting that she is.”
Seven state troopers have been suspended with pay as authorities continue
to investigate the accusation, said Charles
Sciarra, an attorney representing one of
the troopers. He described the evening’s
events as “consensual adult activities,”
the Associated Press reported.
According to published reports,
the woman met the troopers at the
KatManDu nightclub in Trenton, after
which she and a friend agreed to return
to the home of one of the troopers. No
criminal charges have been filed yet.
The case was made public in a
brief news release by Mercer County
Prosecutor’s Office on Dec. 10. Since
then, Mercer County Prosecutor Joseph
Bocchini Jr. has withdrawn from the case
after calling it “a nightmare.” The case
has been transferred to the Middlesex
County Prosecutor’s Office.
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5 Friday, February 1, 2008
Underage students charged with assaulting cop
By Paul Szaniawski
After allegedly throwing beer cans
at a Lawrence Township Police officer at
an off-campus party, three students were
charged with aggravated assault, according to police.
More than 20 other people received
summonses for violating the township’s
underage drinking ordinance at the party.
Police were called to the house at 1001
Lawrence Road near Meadowbrook
Court at around 12:30 a.m., on Sunday
after neighbors complained about noise
and cars parked in the area, said Lt.
Charles Edgar, a spokesperson for the
Lawrence Township Police Department.
Partygoers then greeted an arriving
police officer by allegedly hurling beer
at him from above.
“Somebody dumped a beer on
Civil Suit
Continued from p. 3
said. “We’re confident through
the implementation of the
Presidential Task Force’s recommendations that the University
is a safer and healthier environment.”
The family is suing for $50
million in compensatory damages and $25 million in punitive damages “or no less than the
maximum amount allowable by
law and proven at trial,” as
well as other damages, according to a copy of the lawsuit The
Rider News obtained from the
Superior Court of New Jersey
in Mercer County.
After being praised by
numerous media outlets for
its openness and helpful public relations immediately after
the alcohol poisoning death,
the University has been less
forthcoming since the case went
into litigation. In an e-mail,
faculty members were asked
not to speak with reporters
or parents but to instead refer
any questions to University
Communications or academic
deans’ offices.
The University spokesperson also declined to comment
on the case. “It’s a matter of litigation,” Higgins said. “Given
that the matter may proceed at
a trial, as a matter of fairness to
all the parties, the appropriate
time and place for a response is
in that forum.”
Defendants named
The 11-count lawsuit
names Rider; PKT members
senior Adriano DiDonato,
house manager; Mike Torney,
former fraternity president;
junior Vincent Calogero, the
“big brother”; senior Dominic
Olsen, pledge master; and the
PKT national fraternity and
local chapter.
Among other claims, the
suit says the University scrutinized and supervised managers
of Greek Houses less than direc-
Officer Sean Kerins but it missed him,”
Edgar said. “Then he was hit in the
head and neck area with a beer that was
thrown from a second-story window.”
The officer said he was hit with an
almost full can of Keystone Light after
he dodged other cans.
Rider freshmen Laura Tighe,
of Brooklyn, N.Y.; Caitlin Long, of
Bayonne, N.J.; and Jessica Panzarella
of Bellmore, N.Y., were identified and
suspected of throwing the beer, police
said. The students were charged with
aggravated assault on a police officer.
Officers found an unidentified
17-year-old Rider student who they felt
needed medical attention and took him
to Capital Health System, at Fuld, in
Trenton. The student was not seriously
injured, according to local reports. A
resident advisor went to the hospital,
tors of other residence halls.
“By its actions and omissions, Rider University provided substantial assistance that
enabled its fraternities to violate
the law and University safety
regulations,” the suit said.
It alleges that DiDonato, a
University employee as house
manager, acted irresponsibly by
allowing or condoning “illegal
and dangerous activities” at the
chapter’s home on March 28.
Another claim made in the
lawsuit is that Rider did not
punish those responsible for
the death, underage drinking
or alleged hazing in a timely
fashion.
But the Lawrence Township
Police asked Rider to wait with
its investigation, not to interfere with police detectives.
In April of 2007, Dean of
Students Anthony Campbell,
told The Rider News that the
University was waiting to see
the results of the Mercer County
Prosecutor’s Office findings,
and for the investigation to take
its course, before any punishments were issued by Rider.
In November, the University
began its judicial process and it
is still ongoing. The investigation is aimed at all current
students who received citations
stemming from the night of
March 29. The PKT chapter on
Rider’s campus was disbanded
last summer.
Gary’s death detailed
The civil suit also illustrates, step by step, the events
of March 29 and March 30,
2007, the night when Gary
DeVercelly Jr. attended a “Big/
Little” event for new members to drink with their “Big
Brothers.” The graphic one-sided account is based on beliefs of
the DeVercelly family and legal
counsel, as well as information witnesses told police and
the Mercer County Prosecutor’s
Office. It is not considered
absolute truth in any court of
law.
“Gary was carried or assist-
according to the police report, to take
custody of the underage student.
The parents of the three young
women charged with assault were notified by the University, said Dean of
Students Anthony Campbell. The parents of the students who received summonses will also be notified when the
University obtains their identities.
“We don't have all the information
yet,” Higgins said. “We're gathering
the information and working with the
police.”
The parental notification now comes
into play whenever any student violates
University policy or any ordinance offcampus about underage drinking, as
a part of the current alcohol policy,
according to Campbell.
The party was held at a rental
property owned by Paulette Guthrie, of
Hamilton, who bought the home last
year, according to property records.
Police and University officials didn’t
reveal the identity of the renters, but
police believed they were from Rider.
The University will also look into
the allegations.
“The charges against the three women are serious charges,” Campbell said.
“We’ll follow up with our investigation
and deal with them as we always do.”
Despite the incident occurring off
campus, Campbell said it was fair game
for Rider’s judicial process, pointing to
Code Violation 1.6 under University policies in The Source Student Handbook.
“We have a long-standing policy in
the code of conduct that we can adjudicate violations of law if someone is
convicted off campus,” he said.
‘It’s fair to say if Rider did do
everything correctly we wouldn’t be
currently in litigation with them. There
is a number of things we believe Rider
still has to do.’
- Douglas Fierberg, the DeVercelly’s lawyer
ed to the second floor of the
PKT Chapter House and placed
on a sofa with a towel and
bucket under his mouth... After
Gary was carried or assisted to
the second floor of the PKT
Chapter House, the Hump
Night activities continued without interruption. Gary stated to
others that he had no gag reflex
and, thus, could not — without
assistance — vomit out some of
the alcohol that was rendering
him incapacitated.
“Gary was held upside
down with his head in a trashcan while at least one person
shoved his fingers into Gary’s
mouth to induce vomiting…
One of Gary’s fellow PKT
pledges requested that emergency assistance be summoned,
but no help was summoned
until Gary began to turn blue
and foam at his mouth…
“After EMS arrived,
Gary briefly opened his eyes
in response to EMS personnel, indicating that he was
conscious of his circumstances
and consciously suffering. Gary
then went into cardiac arrest
on the PKT fraternity house
floor. Gary was taken to Capital
Health System, Fuld Campus,
where he was revived and put
on a respirator, in a coma. Gary’s
blood alcohol level was .426.
“In addition to cardiac
arrest, acute alcohol poisoning
and massive bilateral cerebral
edema, Gary’s medical findings
included a possible occipital
skull fracture. PKT fraternity
members told hospital personnel that Gary had fallen off a
futon and struck his head, and
that his head was struck again
when it was shoved into a trash
can to try to induce vomiting.
“Gary’s family arrived in
New Jersey on the afternoon
of Thursday, March 29. Gary
was treated with fluids to stabilize his blood pressure, but the
treatment exacerbated his cerebral edema. Gary’s parents were
advised that their son could
not be saved, but that he could
remain ‘alive’ for hours on
the respirator. At about 10:30
a.m. on Friday, March 30, at
the family’s request, Gary was
extubated and he died a few
minutes later.”
Gary DeVercelly Jr. would
have been 19 years old on Sept.
4, 2007.
The University disputes
these and other claims in the
lawsuit. “It’s important to
remember that these are only
allegations that have not been
established as fact,” Higgins
said.
New policies introduced
Following the freshman’s
drinking-related death, Rider
instituted sweeping changes to
its alcohol policy and the way it
manages Greek houses.
Campbell said some of the
changes included stricter rules
and sanctions; a new Good
Samaritan policy that encourages students to find help for
peers in a dangerous medical
state because of alcohol and
that shields them from campus
repercussions, if they were also
drinking; and violations with
different levels of punishment.
The policy update also
requires mandatory parental
notification of underage drinking violations, unlike the old
policy, under which notifying
parents was just an option,
according to Campbell.
“I think the alcohol policy
changed the way we do things
on campus,” Campbell said.
“[Fraternities] certainly aren’t
having the parties [they] had.”
The University now prohibits alcohol from being served
at unsupervised social events,
like fraternity parties. In addition, six full-time professionals
now serve as residence directors
in Greek houses to improve
management of fraternities
and sororities. Also hired were
five additional full-time Public
Safety officers and a full-time
substance abuse specialist.
Months after beefing up
staff, making policy changes,
disbanding PKT and renovating the former fraternity’s house
into a residence hall — which
seemingly painted over every
clue to the building’s past —
the pain of losing a friend has
still not subsided for many students.
“So it’s snowing... and it
reminded me of my first snow
ball fight with you which lead to
more trouble of decorating the
doors and what not… wish you
were here. Love you always,”
a student wrote in a message
on the facebook wall of Gary
DeVercelly Jr. in December.
The wounds of losing a
son have also not yet begun
to heal for Gary Sr. and Julie
DeVercelly.
Reached earlier this week,
the parents said they were struggling to deal with the tragedy.
"We’re trying to cope with
losing Gary,” his mother said.
“He would have been going
back to school just now.”
Although at first receptive to the idea of speaking to
Rider’s student community on
their loss earlier this week, the
parents later declined.
“In the future we would
like to address the student body
of Rider, but just not now,”
Julie DeVercelly said.
- Additional reporting by Olivia Tattory
6 Friday, February 1, 2008
Here’s to You, Mr. Robinson
WCC alum and ‘American Idol’ finalist Anwar Robinson joins the cast of RENT
By Amanda Thorogood
Who can say that they know a finalist from one of the highest-rated reality
television shows of the past decade and
a cast member of a critically acclaimed
production being seen by thousands of
people around the country?
A proud number of students and
faculty on both Rider campuses, that’s
who.
Anwar Robinson, a 2001 graduate
of Westminster Choir College (WCC),
was a finalist on season four of American
Idol and now portrays Tom Collins in a
multi-city tour of the Broadway musical
RENT. “All musicians have to be reminded
that if you know what you want, you
have to keep looking up to achieve that
goal and Anwar is a perfect example of
that,” said senior Edward Whittle, SGA
vice president on the Princeton campus.
Whittle and many of his friends were
ecstatic when Robinson first appeared
on American Idol and they continued
to show their support for Robinson
by attending a recent performance of
RENT at the State Theater in New
Brunswick on Jan. 16.
“When he was a finalist on American
Idol, we would all gather in Seabrook
Lounge and order pizza, and when the
show was over we would call in to vote
for him until our fingers got tired,”
Whittle said. “We would even call the
Westminster Symphonic Choir to tell
them what number to vote for so they
could vote after their performance in
New York.”
Also present for the RENT performance at the State Theater was
Evelyn Thomas, WCC’s director of
Academic Support and coordinator of
the Educational Opportunity Program
(EOP), to which Robinson belonged
during his years at WCC.
‘RENT’ Tour Dates:
Feb. 8: Wilmington, Del.
Feb. 12: Chicago
Feb. 18: Fort Wayne, Ind.
Feb. 19: Saginaw, Mich.
Feb. 20: Athens, Ohio
Feb. 22: Scranton, Pa.
March 4: Grand Rapids, Minn.
March 7: Baltimore
Photo copyright FOX Network
Robinson, who graduated WCC in 2001, was the seventh-place finalist on the
fourth season of American Idol. The performer now portrays Tom Collins in the
multi-city tour of RENT, which runs until June 1.
Thomas remembers Robinson as a
student who possessed “a lot of wisdom
and insight that other students don’t
gain until later in life.”
As if the outpouring of votes while
he was on American Idol was not enough,
Thomas even flew to California to watch
Robinson during a taping of the show.
“I felt honored to be able to go and
support him during that time so [that]
he had some familiar faces in the audience,” she said.
According to Thomas, there is a
brotherhood shared between Anwar and
the Princeton campus. He has visited
the University several times since he
graduated, including an appearance during the 2005 commencement ceremony
where he sang for those in attendance.
While enrolled at WCC, Robinson
earned recognition across the campus as
a resident advisor and a peer counselor
for EOP. He was also actively involved
in various choirs and was a founding
member of the Jubilee Choir.
The director of the Jubilee Choir, J.
Donald Dumpson, said Robinson is like
a son to him and that he still collaborates with the singer in his professional
life today.
“I am very proud of him, not only as
a performer, but as a very compassionate
human being,” Dumpson said.
Dumpson also referred to Robinson
as an extraordinary talent who was exceptional when he attended WCC and who
continues to be exceptional today.
“His continued growth toward excellence is something that makes all of us
at Westminster very proud,” Dumpson
said.
Anne Sears, director of External
Affairs at WCC, agrees.
“I am not surprised he has gone so
far,” she said. “Besides talent he has great
charisma.”
In an exit interview with American
Idol, Robinson admitted his own shock
at how far he had gone as a contestant
on the show and said his advice to others
was “to believe that you can get this far
instead of just taking a chance.”
Mars Volta brings energy to ‘Bedlam’
CD Review
By Jordan Blum
The Mars Volta, the most well
known act in this generation’s rebirth
of progressive rock, certainly is prolific.
In fewer than three years, the band has
released three studio albums, as well
as embarked on lengthy and intense
touring schedules.
Fans proclaimed the first two albums
works of frenzied genius, while 2006’s
Amputechture met with universal disappointment, showing a lack of ambition. The fourth record, The Bedlam in
Goliath, is a surprising breath of fresh air,
showing a return to the form that made
the band so great in the first place.
The most significant change in the
band’s lineup is the replacement of
drummer Jon Theodore by Thomas
Pridgen, who plays like he was born
with the sticks attached to his hands.
Once again we have Red Hot Chili
Pepper’s guitarist John Frusciante adding compliments to Omar RodriguezLopez’s rapid licks. Sadly, his band mate
Flea has not returned to add his skillful
bass and trumpet playing. The rest of the
crew continues to show that, regardless
of personal taste, denying this group’s
jaw-dropping level of musicianship and
energy is impossible.
Bedlam’s history is worth noting.
On a trip to Jerusalem, mastermind
Rodriguez-Lopez bought singer Cedric
Bixler-Zavala a Ouija board, which they
named “The Soothsayer.” It quickly
became a post-show ritual. Oddly, the
group began to discover the board was
giving them bad luck. Rodriguez-Lopez
eventually buried it and prohibited any
mention of it during the rest of the
recording process.
Thankfully, this brought one of
the needed regressions for the band: a
central theme and recurring characters
(which Amputechture had been missing).
The character of Goliath is mentioned
several times throughout, and the band
has stated that the lyrics, confounding as
ever, do reveal a jumbled story.
As for the LP itself, it begins with a
bang and launches the listener back into
The Mars Volta’s world. “Metatron,” like
the concluding portion of “Cassandra
Gemini” from Frances, has a melody so
engaging that it demands head-banging.
The ballad, “Tourniquet Man,” is quiet
and slightly depressing, like “Televators”
from De-loused.
To be more direct, Bedlam brings
back some welcome things absent on
the last release. The melodies are back
to being in-your-face, as is the music,
and while the wasteful periods of space
from Frances are still gone, the tracks
are back to abrupt changes midway into
brand new songs. It is not easy to know
when a new song begins unless you are
looking at the CD player’s display. Also,
Photo copyright Universal Motown Records
The Bedlam in Goliath, released Jan.
29, is a return to the sound that made
The Mars Volta loved by fans.
the absurdity of the vocal manipulation
from the first two releases has returned,
if only rarely.
The Bedlam in Goliath is simply
a fantastic way to start off another
See Bedlam, p. 7
Friday, February 1, 2008 7
‘Real Life’ comedy hits BLC
SEC Film Review
By Jess Royko
Awkward moments, a meddling family and a nonexistent
love life could easily define anyone’s existence. Such is the case
in Dan in Real Life. Recently
widowed Dan Burns (Steve
Carell) doesn’t have time for
love these days and is simply
trying to survive while raising
his three daughters, Jane (Alison
Pill), Cara (Brittany Robertson)
and Lilly (Marlene Lawston).
It isn’t long before Dan
meets Marie (Juliette Binoche)
while attending a family gettogether. The only problem is
that Dan’s new love interest
is actually his brother, Mitch’s
(Dane Cook), girlfriend. It soon
becomes a competition between
Dan and Mitch as they vie for
Marie’s attention, only for Dan
to lose sight of his family in the
process.
Throughout the movie,
Dan is struggling to fit the
roles that are expected of him
while still trying to have a life
of his own. His many desperate attempts to create his own
life are unsuccessful as permits,
boyfriends and family take the
front seat. It is no surprise Dan
is easily distracted when he
meets Marie.
Dan is a wonderfully written character who is very loveable and sincere. It isn’t hard
for viewers to be sympathetic
toward Dan as a single father
who loses control while trying to maintain the balance
between his personal life, family
life and his duties as a father.
His journey not only brings
many life lessons but also many
Photo copyright Touchstone Pictures
Dan (Carell) and Marie (Binoche) share some laughs and some chemistry while Dan juggles his feelings for her and his family.
Carell shows off his ability to play a serious role when Dan in Real Life plays in the BLC this weekend.
laughs along the way.
The portrayal of the big
family is what really makes this
movie enticing. While some
movies portray the large family
as overbearing and gossipy, Dan
in Real Life shows the amazing
benefits of a big family, even if
they do seem rather insane at
times.
The family is wildly entertaining and often too involved
in each other’s lives, but they
are still very easy to love. Even
though Dan’s lack of love life is
often the topic of his family’s
jokes, it is clear they all really
care about each other.
Chemistry plays a huge factor in Dan in Real Life, whether
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year of progressive rock releases. The
Mars Volta was never a band to simply
emulate those who came before them
(though comparisons to King Crimson
and The Mahavishnu Orchestra are
valid). Instead they bring a unique
Hispanic flair and energy to the complex
field that guarantees them to be a
major influence to the next decade’s
newcomers.
This fourth release doesn’t have the
sheer originality of De-loused or the
genius continuity of Frances, but it is
much more interesting and engaging
than Amputechture. It is definitely a
must-own for fans and all lovers of complex, frantic music.
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Cook (Mr. Brooks) also
does a fair job in portraying the
carefree brother who is more
compassionate than his family
thinks. Although Cook’s role
is more of a humorous one, he
still manages to add a hint of
sensitivity to it.
Carell and Cook are both
great comedians and are even
better when on screen together.
Both actors seem to play off one
another well and not only make
the movie humorous but also a
very realistic portrayal as brothers.
Dan in Real Life is a very
sweet comedy that will leave
viewers satisfied. The storyline is easy to follow and is
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nicely executed by the actors.
The relationships and chemistry between all the actors help
make this movie very realistic and entertaining. That “big
family back home” theme that
runs throughout the movie is
not only enjoyable but really
helps this movie shine, allowing
viewers to feel as if they are a
part of the family too.
While there are the occasional slow points in the movie,
it is still nicely done overall and
it is a great flick to see if you’re
in the mood for some cute light
comedy.
Spring 2008 SEC Movies
Feb. 7-11
American Gangster
March 27-30
P.S. I Love You
Feb. 14-18
Enchanted
April 3, 5-6
Kite Runner
Feb. 20-23
The Mist
April 10-13
National Treasure: Book of
Secrets
Feb. 28, March 1-2
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it’s between Dan and Marie or
Dan and his family; the chemistry is what adds to the realistic quality of this movie. The
relationships between all of the
characters are really convincing and help the viewers take
home the genuine message of
the movie which is the importance of family.
Carell (The Office) successfully pulls off a dramatic
role while still showing off his
humorous side. He is really
able to appeal and connect with
his viewers by bringing such
emotion and depth to his role.
Dan in Real Life gives Carell
a chance to show viewers his
versatility and talent.
March 6-9
I’m Not There
March 20-23
I Am Legend
April 17-20
Sweeney Todd: the Demon
Barber of Fleet Street
April 25-27
Cloverfield
8 Bronc Meets World
A little taste of New Hope
Eclectic styles and local shops keep New Hope alive and well
By Jess Decina
Photos by Caitlyn Berardi
There’s something about New
Hope, Pa., that compels visitors to
wander through its winding streets all
day long. It might be the feeling that
there’s a surprise on every corner; it
might be the distinct beatnik air that
surrounds the town. Whatever it may
be, New Hope is noticeably more
eclectic than the average town.
For starters, getting to New Hope
is an adventure in itself. It’s a good
idea to park in Lambertville, N.J. (an
equally beautiful place to mean-
der about), and walk across the
Lambertville-New Hope Bridge. It
takes roughly 10 minutes to get from
Point A to Point B and the view of the
Delaware River is well worth it.
Just ask sophomore Teresa
Mistretta of Hillsborough, who has
been visiting the town since her freshman year of high school. To her, New
Hope is “eclectic and intimate.”
One of the first sights seen crossing into New Hope is none other
than the Bucks County Playhouse.
The theater is a terrific, albeit slightly
expensive venue for entertainment;
past shows have included Godspell,
Hair and Into the Woods, plus the
famed performance of The Rocky
Horror Picture Show every year.
Aside from that, New Hope
also boasts an array of independently owned stores, which, paired with
its scenic streets, is easily the town’s
greatest aspect, Mistretta said.
“What I like is just walking
around because there’s a lot to see,”
she said. “We usually go shopping
and stop in the little shops. There’s
an organic coffee shop I love. Suzie
Hot Sauce [is] a store entirely of hot
sauce.”
Love Saves the Day is a must-see
store, according to Mistretta. The
blast-from-the-past shop has just
about everything you can imagine,
from Elvis records to original Barbie
dolls to tons of vintage clothes. It’s
one of Mistretta’s favorite stores.
“They have a random collection
of crazy stuff that appeals to college
humor,” she said. “I remember going
there one time and seeing Edgar Allen
Poe action figures — things you don’t
find in a mall.”
There’s also the Four Seasons
Mall to consider, but don’t be fooled
by any pre-conceived notions of what
a “mall” entails. The Four Seasons
only has 10 stores, but each of them
is worth a closer look.
“The stores are very small and
intimate and you can find really
unique things there,” Mistretta said.
But there is a small catch. Unless
you enjoy gallivanting in winter
weather, New Hope’s not entirely
designed for the months of December
through March. Still, the town tries
its best and still manages to pull off
a few cold-weather-friendly events,
such as the Winter Festival held just
last week.
“When it’s nice out, it’s good to
go to New Hope,” Mistretta said. “On
a nice day, it gets really crowded. If
you have off from classes on a nice day
during the week, then it’s definitely
worth it. You’ll beat the traffic and the
crowds.”
Like Mistretta, sophomore
Brianna McIntyre is eagerly awaiting
warm weather.
“When the weather’s bad, it’s not
even worth it,” she said. “If it’s a nice
day, you get to walk around the whole
day and it’s really friendly.”
Boasting shops, a playhouse and
a deliciously off-beat sense of sophistication, a trip to New Hope needs
to be on every college student’s list of
places to go this spring — just as soon
as 30 degrees stops being the average
high temperature.
Interns bust ‘gofer’ myth
By Allie Ward
“Where’s my coffee? What are you
waiting for? Get it NOW!”
Contrary to the popular stereotype of
interns as “gofers” (someone who goes-for
this and goes-for that), internships are
now giving college students a chance to
really demonstrate their knowledge.
Internships have been growing in
popularity and increasing in demand
for college students. By contacting an
Internship Coordinator for their area of
study, students have the chance to get
practical work experience, learn their field
and understand how to apply what they
learn in the classroom.
“Students should be required to have
an internship,” Brenda Andrzejewski, a
2003 Rider graduate, said. “Nowadays,
it’s the only thing that separates you from
everyone else.”
During her time at Rider, Andrzejewski
was involved in three different internships
and is now the vice president of event
planning at Merrill Lynch. According to
Andrzejewski, the experience she obtained
from internships helped her grow as a
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professional.
“Because I grew faster, I’ve been promoted faster,” she said.
Besides separating a candidate from
the hundreds of other applicants, internships are a guaranteed way to get real
work experience before graduating college. Some positions are paid and most
can be transferred to college credits.
Jenn Kamm, an education major
graduating in December 2008, said that
one of the benefits of her student teaching internship was the opportunity to
network.
“Give it your all because you never
know who will want to hire you or pass
your name on to somebody else,” she
said.
More times than not, a successful
internship can lead to a job offer or, at
least, an excellent recommendation. In
fact, when a teacher at a local school district went on maternity leave, Kamm was
called in as her replacement.
Another benefit of landing an internship is the level of maturity that comes
with the job. To be a student thrown into
a professional setting is overwhelming to
say the least. Andrzejewski’s advice? Ask
questions.
“I didn’t know how to use a copy
machine; I felt so stupid,” she said. “It
took me forever to learn because I was
so scared to ask for help. If you ask for
help and get a curt response, ask someone
else.”
The advantage of internships at Rider
is the University’s location. According to
the school’s Web site, it “gives students
access to a wide variety of state agencies,
non-profit organizations, and businesses.”
This wide variety accommodates students majoring in any area of study from
journalism to political science to fine
arts.
“An internship provides a foothold in the professional marketplace,”
Andrzejewski said.
Although internships through
Rider are usually encouraged to juniors
and seniors, this shouldn’t discourage
underclassmen from looking. Two of
Andrzejewski’s internships, both at the
amusement park Sesame Place, were ones
she found on her own.
Even an internship secured through
By Laura Mortkowitz
The bar inside apparently isn’t enough
for the restaurant Havana. There’s also
one outside, as well as tables with individual heaters for those chilly nights. The
ceiling of the overhang is decorated with
different colored globes of light hanging
down. Once inside, there’s a stage off to
the left for bands to play, the second bar
straight ahead and the dining area off to
the right.
The best room to eat in is in the
front, which has large windows overlooking the front deck, the outside bar area
and the street. The pictures on the wall
are brightly colored and depict party
scenes.
At lunch the restaurant is pretty
empty, but that’s the best time to go and
eat before the prices are jacked up for dinner.
My recommendation is to skip the
appetizers. The meal has plenty of food
at a high enough price that ordering more
would just be a waste of money. The portions on the plates are enough to rival
that of The Cheesecake Factory.
The Open Face Hot Turkey Breast
Sandwich is really just pieces of turkey
covered in light gravy with two pieces of
bread on the side. It’s delicious, tastes a
little like Thanksgiving at home and on
it’s own is enough. However, it also comes
with mashed potatoes — which were soft
even with the skin mashed in — and
stuffing — which could have been good
but didn’t quite make it. For the Rider
student, cranberry sauce was an added
bonus. However, it’s basically whole cranberries placed in actual cranberry sauce.
The burgers are complete with red
onions, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles and a
side of crispy French fries. Not enough?
You can choose two toppings from five
different cheeses, bacon, jalapeños, grilled
onions and Italian peppers. Also, the beef
is nothing to laugh about: It’s a 10-ounce
patty.
If the prices are a little high, just go
on Tuesdays when all food and beverages
are half price all day during the months
of January, February and March. That
$12.50 burger dropped to just $6.25, a
much more reasonable price for college
students. Tuesdays are also Open Mic
Night, Mondays are Karaoke Night, and
Friday and Saturday nights have live
music.
So if the prices are a little high for a
college student’s budget, Tuesday is the
day to go and experience both the Key
West atmosphere of Havana and the
town of New Hope.
New Hope is made more colorful with its different restaurants and shops. Cafe
Lulu’s (left) offers great vegetarian options alongside meat and uses exotic spices
for a unique flavor; Havana fosters a great nightlife with two bars and live music;
and the barn-styled Bucks County Playhouse (above) performances are famous.
Q&A: What are your Super Bowl plans,
and who are you rooting for to win?
By Oliver Joszt
Photos by Karly Hamburg
Photo by Bryan Wentz
Senior Matthew Gleit dresses his best
as he prepares to be interviewed for a
promising finance internship.
another source, if comparable, can be used
in exchange for credit.
“People in the workplace are going
to ask you if you have experience,”
Andrzejewski said. “If you learn all this
stuff in college and never apply it, then it’s
useless.”
“I hate the Patriots and want to
see them lose. I’m going to hang
out at the University House [for
the game].”
“I might go watch the Super Bowl
at Arizona live. My parents might
be getting some tickets.”
“[The] Giants because they are
the team I have been rooting for
for years. [I’m] watching it in the
Ziegler lounge.”
“I have loved the Giants since the
’80s. I might watch it by myself just
in case I have to throw or destroy
something.”
Brandon Copeland
Junior
Gabby Chaviano
Freshman
Steve Moody
Freshman
Jamiyl Mosely
Area Director of Residence Life
10 This weekly editorial expresses the majority opinion of The Rider News
editorial board and is written by the Opinion Editor.
Somewhat
Unlikely
Unlikely
21%
Very
18%
Somewhat
Likely
35%
Likely
26%
150
Republicans
McCain
Giuliani
Huckabee
Paul
Romney
Totals*
20
19
5
5
3
Democrats
Obama
Clinton
Edwards
Kucinich
48
44
8
2
*These numbers represent
the number of votes each
candidate received.
Factors Influencing Students’
Choice
120
60
30
These are the results of an
unsystematic sample of 185
students from the Lawrenceville
and Princeton campuses conducted from Thursday, Jan. 24,
to Wednesday, Jan. 30. During
this time, presidential candidates
Rudy Giuliani, John Edwards and
Dennis Kucinich dropped out of
the race. Only students from the
following Super Tuesday states
were polled: New York, New
Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut and
Massachusetts.
E
0
Candidate’s
Experience
90
Candidate’s
Personality
e would have been 19. That’s how old Gary DeVercelly
would be if he were alive today. Far too young to have
a life filled with endless possibilities cut heartbreakingly short.
The death of Gary last March rocked this University and the
community to its very foundation, leaving us to face a tough
reality and unanswered questions.
Still, the civil suit filed by the DeVercellys leads you to
believe that the University and Phi Kappa Tau (PKT) bear complete responsibility for the tragedy and that the family deserves
compensation. From the outset, it’s important to understand
that the mission in writing this editorial is not to minimize the
pain of the DeVercellys, who continue to endure such a loss.
Nor is it to cast doubt on the merit of the lawsuit. That task
is something that will be decided upon by the judicial system.
Today, it’s important to remember a hallmark of life — there are
almost always two or more sides to a story.
On the one hand, the University and PKT are accused of
wrongdoing and gross negligence that make them liable for
Gary’s death. This perspective goes so far as to assert that if
medical attention had been sought sooner, the effects of the
alcohol poisoning on Gary might have been reversed. The other
side, the University, contends that the allegations have not been
established as fact.
Let’s be honest. How many times have we all gone out with
friends for a night on the town and returned after having one
too many? Perhaps, it got to the point where a friend passed out
and we simply put him or her to bed without a second thought.
Most likely, the friend awoke the next morning with a headache
and a few stories to share. Although we do not condone their
behavior, Gary’s peers may have thought he could sleep off the
alcohol and thus did not appreciate the gravity of the situation.
Hindsight is 20-20 and it’s a luxury you don’t have in a crisis.
The DeVercellys challenged the University to enact changes
to ensure no student meets the same fate as their son. In the
aftermath, the University moved swiftly to convene a task force
to consider the alcohol policy and make new recommendations
to be implemented at the start of the 2007 fall semester. The
end result was a policy that sets standards that go beyond those
at most institutions of higher learning. It takes aim at reducing
high-risk drinking through education and outreach programs.
Rightfully, it bans alcohol at parties in the residence halls and
Greek houses and requires Public Safety to do routine walkthroughs. A Good Samaritan policy encourages any student to
seek help for a peer in need of medical treatment without fear of
receiving any University punishment. Hopefully, these policies
will deter the dangerous behavior that young people seem to be
engaging in.
To this day, we all empathize with the DeVercellys after
their loss. No parent should ever have to undergo the loss of
a child. On March 31, students, faculty and administrators
mourned the loss of one of our own at a memorial service that
was standing room only. Many of us were tearful as Gary was
remembered as a role model for his younger siblings and friends.
Later, we marched in solidarity for the CaliPledge, which raised
$10,000 for a scholarship named after Gary that recognizes his
compassion, concern for others and pursuit of academic excellence. Now, coming off the heels of the holidays, we are mindful
of the difficult times the DeVercelly family continues to face.
What is left to be said may be a bitter pill to swallow. Gary
has to bear some responsibility for the events that transpired on
that fateful night. At the time, he was an 18-year-old who made
the decision to travel from Long Beach, Calif., to attend Rider.
If any student was encouraging him to do something that put
his life in jeopardy, Gary should have exercised the same independent judgment he used to move across the country.
Making the University out to be a scapegoat in all of this is
easy. But the fairness of doing so is definitely debatable. While
Rider has already paid a heavy price, it has also demonstrated
a willingness and commitment to ensure such a tragedy does
not occur again. Rest assured, this will not be an incident that
defines Rider’s 140-year history.
Very
Media
Million-dollar
blame game starts
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Will students cast their vote on
Super Tuesday, February 5?
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Think About It:
Steps and costs of insuring health
You want to know how I plan my doctor
visits? Every so often, my mom calls me and says,
“You’re seeing the doctor two Saturdays from
now.” Unfortunately, she sometimes calls me
around 9 a.m., which means she’s lucky if she
gets a noncommittal grunt in return. Now, since
I’m going to be leaving Rider soon, I figure it’s
high time I learned something about taking care
of my own health, and that means a long and
winding road around the subject matter of health
insurance.
According to a study from the National
Insurance Commissioners,
more than one-third of
people ages 18-25 are
uninsured. It is certainly
a frightening prospect
to imagine the amount
of paperwork involved in
insuring oneself, and my
goal, this week and next
week, is to define some
terms and procedures of
JP
Krahel
See Insuring, p. 12
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Letter to the editor:
Should universities act as Big Brother in students’ lives?
Perhaps one of the changes facing colleges and
universities today is that parents have grown to expect
institutions of higher learning to watch over their
children. With the high cost of tuition and a move
toward the provision of accommodations and modifications that are legally substantiated, a major shift in
the expectations of educational institutions for many
students, not just in K-12 settings but beyond, has
created a sense of entitlement that was not present a
couple of decades ago. Has the role of the university
changed from one of educator to one of custodian?
Previously, the responsibility of going to class and
completing coursework to the professor’s expectations
fell squarely on the student. Increasingly, I hear parents calling professors at the end of term, requesting
phone conversations and meetings to discuss grades
and sometimes to get a report on their child’s participation. That is often when most of us begin our explanation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Act (FERPA) and walk down a very uncomfortable
path as we try to redirect the conversation back to
the student. Parents coming to college to advocate for
their children was a practice unheard of a generation
ago.
Additionally, many faculty members receive calls
from Student Affairs about attendance issues, illness
on the part of a student or a close family member, and
other family emergencies. Those of us who primarily
teach freshmen are contacted about filling out progress
reports and, while all of this is very supportive of the
student and provides information so the university can
address issues of retention, it also works to provide a
kind of extended adolescence. And maybe that is not a
bad thing. Institutions of higher learning should treat
their students well. Faculty should be understanding
and, when appropriate, accommodating to special
needs. Everyone gets sick or overwhelmed at times,
and there is nothing wrong with looking out for our
students.
Yet, parents appear to have a role in the higher
education process today that goes beyond paying
tuition and providing transportation to and from
campus. Some of these same parents have spent many
years attempting to manage their children who present diagnoses like Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder or Bi-polar Disorder. It is understandable
Resident Perspective:
Letter to the Editor:
Columnist goes too far
Eco-friendly tour
of the Galapagos
For many, winter break is a time to go home
and be with family. Lots of us meet up with old
friends who have been away at school and visit
with family we haven’t seen for a while. However,
this year I had the opportunity of a lifetime. I
traveled to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands
with a group of Rider students who are enrolled
in an ecotourism class this semester. We are all
part of the Nature’s Business course that travels
to popular vacation sites with unique environmental statuses. Previously, students have visited
Costa Rica and Iceland.
The goal of the trip was to determine
whether the tour we took of Ecuador and the
islands was “environmentally friendly.” As we
considered how “friendly” our tour was, we
also observed others and their interactions with
the land. Because the Galapagos Islands are an
increasingly popular place to visit, the need to
protect these fragile and historical islands is
essential. In an effort to reduce human impact
on the islands, eco-friendly tours have been
introduced.
The trip began and ended in Quito, the
capital of Ecuador. Our time in Quito was
spent visiting companies, including Pinto, an
Ecuadorian clothing corporation, and visiting
the Cotopaxi National Park, where the Cotopaxi
Volcano, one of the highest active volcanoes in
the world, lies. This was definitely an incredible
sight to see, especially since there was snow on
the mountainside and I was standing just south
of the equator. And that was only the first phase
of the trip.
We flew to the Galapagos Islands, which
are about 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador.
These islands, as we learned from pre-departure
lectures, are about 3 million to 5 million years
old and were formed from a combination of
hot spots and continental plate boundaries. All
of the islands are volcanic structures and thus
everywhere we went, we saw lava flows. It felt
like they covered just about everything and went
on forever. But as desolate as the area may have
that the parents would initially be hesitant to let their
children make it on their own in college.
Do parents have the right to expect the University
they send their children to to protect them and deliver
them at the end of four years safely and with a diploma? I wonder if the faculty’s current expectations of
the college experience jive with those of our students
and parents. Where does the responsibility rest for
students observing the rules of the university as well as
the rules of the community? What is a parent’s role in
the higher education process?
Is it merely an illusion that college students seem
to need more support than in previous years? Perhaps
we seem to have a more fragile student body than we
acknowledge. And ultimately, do we function as a
kinder, gentler college community, or do we function
as accomplices? I am not sure that I have the answers,
but these questions have presented themselves to me
in various forms over the past few years. It might be
good to have a conversation about them.
— Michele D’Angelo
Composition Coordinator
Adjunct Assistant Professor of English
Photo by Steve Lang
Senior marine science majors, Carey Sliko (left)
and Alyssa Tomlinson pose in front of the Prickly
Pear cactus on Rabida Island.
seemed, I learned that many little organisms
call the area around the lava flows home. Not
only were the lava flows impressive but landing
on beaches of different colors was very cool. We
went to shores that had red sand, white sand,
black sand and even sand completely composed
of small shells.
But for those of you who are not geology
enthusiasts, there was a lot of wildlife that we
encountered on the islands too. Among the
animals we saw were the famous Darwin finches, sea turtles, marine iguanas, land iguanas,
Galapagos sea lions, and of course the enormous
tortoises. The tortoises were huge and very docile. It was even possible to go right up next to
a sea lion (not a bull male though) and simply
enjoy nature at its finest.
Looking back on the entire trip, one of the
best experiences I had was being able to snorkel
with some playful young sea lions. They would
come right up to your face and then turn away
just before they would crash into you, making it
one of the most wonderful memories I will have
of my years at Rider. My friends and others will
ask, “Did you have a good time?” And I can
honestly say, “Yes, and I would do it again in a
heartbeat.”
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— Carey Sliko
Senior, Marine Sciences
Rule number 1 in journalism: Get the
story. Rule number 2 in journalism: Be
accurate. Although I’m not sure what rule
number 3 is (probably something about
spelling people’s names correctly), it definitely doesn’t advise journalists to forget
about ethics just to satisfy rule number 1.
But that’s exactly what happened in Paul
December when a story broke about an Szaniawski
alleged sexual assault of a 25-year-old woman by several New Jersey state troopers.
One journalist went too far to get the story and forgot about
the basics of this industry — ethics, integrity and credibility.
Paul Mickle, city editor of The Trentonian, played with the
notion that the woman, described as a 25-year-old Rider student, isn’t speaking to the media because she lied about her entire
claim.
“Hey, Miss, if you really were raped by a group of New Jersey
troopers that night, you better start screaming about it in public
now because that’s the only way anyone in authority will look into
your allegations,” Mickle said in a December opinion column.
His doubt questions the validity of the claim alleged by the
rape victim. It is a ploy to entice the victim to come forward to
identify herself. He adds fuel to the fire by taking aim at investigators. Mickle says they will only do their jobs when, and only when,
she raises a fuss about what transpired. And according to Mickle,
where better, than in the pages of The Trentonian?
“And the longer you wait to go public, the more everyone is
going to believe the already floated story that you willingly took on
all the guys that night — and that your real agenda is the big bucks
of a civil lawsuit against the state,” Mickle said.
The editor seems to forget that perhaps the young woman in
question may not want to go public because she doesn’t want to
suffer embarrassment, or relive what may have happened to her.
So he implies that since she hasn’t spoken yet, she must be lying
about the entire ordeal as a tactic to gain a windfall from a lawsuit
or settlement.
What makes this worse, is that Mickle has the authority to
decide what is published. It’s a job that needs to be done responsibly. Instead, he used his power to run the opinion column on page
3, essentially the prime real estate of newspapers with a tabloid
style layout, where they run their most important article of the day.
It was his call as editor to place the column there that challenges
the victim to step into the media’s eye.
Mr. Mickle,keep sitting by your phone. Keep hoping that
phone call comes some day soon and you get your exclusive. Just
don’t hold your breath.
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A Different Angle:
Students paint a ray of hope for children half a world away
When people asked about my decision to leave the
country to volunteer my time and effort, they almost
seemed disappointed. “We have enough people here
in the U.S. to help,” they’d say. “What about all the
hungry and underprivileged children in Trenton and
Camden?” my aunt ranted. And at the time, I didn’t
really have much of an answer other than I saw flyers
around campus for a service trip to Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic.
However, once the trip concluded, the number of
answers I had for all those skeptics was countless. But
I’ll get to those later.
In the weeks leading up to our departure, I found
myself thinking about the trip more and more often.
I only knew one other student who was going on the
trip and was excited to meet everyone else and get my
hands dirty.
As the 10 of us gathered at Emmaus House in the
early morning hours (and by early I mean 3:30 a.m.)
of Jan. 7 and awaited our shuttle to Newark Liberty
International Airport, I knew the trip would prove
to be, at the very least, very interesting. Although we
didn’t know it at the time, the 10 of us represented
nearly every single student organization at Rider:
the Latin American Student Organization, Greek
Life, Black Student Union, Athletics, Residence Life,
Association of Commuting Students and of course,
The Rider News, just to name a few.
The relationships and degree of teamwork that
developed, from our first meeting to the plane ride
home, is something I can say I’m sure most students
have not had the opportunity to take part in. Sure,
we’re all members of some organization, but few have
spent nearly 24 hours a day for 10 consecutive days
working together one way or another.
During our time at the Hogar Escuela Armando
Rosenberg, a home and school for orphaned, abandoned children or children from severe poverty, we
were responsible for the maintenance of various tasks
on the premises. Primarily, we painted basketball and
volleyball courts and stacked the yearly shipment of
canned food supplies.
Now I know what you’re thinking — painting a court doesn’t seem all that intense or difficult,
especially when you have 10 people. But you need to
remember, we had limited supplies and funds to get
the job done. Once we were finally finished sweeping the courts, which alone was one day’s work, we
were able to begin painting. With rollers, brushes and
brooms in hand, the 10 of us worked diligently to
continue sweeping and painting over the court that
had faded from the previous year.
I cannot tell you the degree of satisfaction I felt
when we completed the basketball court. And I can
say with absolute certainty that the other nine students
felt the same way.
The Insider:
Paying lip service to value
As a community we might recognize “that
the integrity of word and deed forms the
foundation of all relationships,” but we hardly
practice it. “What is integrity?” one might ask.
In fact, “What does that have to do with my
friends or professors?” While it may be true in
an ideal world that integrity of word and deed
forms a strong foundation in a relationship,
often people do not recognize their actions
directly improving or destroying a relationship.
When a friend pledges a dinner date and
then doesn’t show up, you may or may not
hold their act against him or her. But you rarely
think, “His/her integrity is useless.” If we define
integrity as simply being true to one’s word,
then most of us do not live up to that standard
100 percent of the time.
The Rider community as a whole may recognize this principle as an abstract truth or law
that governs human behavior, but certainly not
as a practical “community value.” If merely recognizing this principle is sufficient, is it seen as
a tactic for personal gain or profit? Or is it a way
of life? At this point in time, our university is
concerned about the perceptions that those outside of our community hold. We know that our
integrity is being scrutinized and watched closely. However, I argue that we have overlooked our
respon-
sibility and sincerity
toward our current students.
The appeal that
Jetty
Rider held of being a
small, private and stu- Hartsky
dent-centered university
was ultimately the factor that influenced my
decision to enroll two years ago. I have found
that numerous professors and departments are
intently interested in helping each of their
students succeed. However, expansion of the
University by way of enrollment is no way
to support this ideal of student-centeredness.
Admitting more students does not ensure a
better education. The University runs the risk
of losing its intent to focus on students as individuals.
Progressive change is good when it builds
upon positive qualities that have previously
existed, not when it uproots them. Not only
does this contradict the aspects of Rider that I
treasure, it also shows little sincerity to the currently enrolled student body. Although we have
more people who are a part of the community,
it is becoming harder and harder to motivate
people to act with integrity.
Every student learns from a teacher. What
happens when that teacher (the University
itself via decisions and practices) inspires the
student to become focused on quantity, not
quality? What happens if that teacher overlooks
his or her lack of integrity to former promises? Motivational author and speaker William
Arthur Ward proclaims, “The mediocre
teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The
superior teacher demonstrates. The great
teacher inspires.” As a community, we are
not inspired to embrace “that integrity of
word and deed forms the foundation of all
relationships.”
Photo illustration by Karly Hamburg
Shown to the left is the third principle of
the Statement of Community Values. It
emphasizes the importance of integrity
and deed.
Our teamwork was put to
an even greater test when we
formed an assembly line from
one room to another and passed
restaurant-supply-sized cans of
food to each other. Something
that seems so simple to us, can
actually mean so much more to Olivia
others.
Tattory
Once we finished our work
for the day, we had the opportunity to interact with the children at the orphanage.
The first day we met them was slightly awkward — I
don’t think any of us really knew what to do really. But
once we got back to the hotel and discussed our day’s
work, nearly every person said they wanted more time
with the kids.
We played monkey in the middle, hand games
and, of course, took tons of pictures. Each child had
a favorite student and in the end, it was really hard to
leave them. Pulling away from the school the last day
filled us with so many different emotions: happiness,
thankfulness for the opportunity and, sadness because
we were leaving.
Looking back at the experience, I can’t think of
one thing I didn’t absolutely love about my time in
Santo Domingo. I just wish I could go back every year
and lend a helping hand. Insuring, From p. 10
which I was near-completely
ignorant only a few weeks ago,
and to help you get started on
avoiding a catastrophe.
First, let’s get the jargon
out of the way. Health insurance is a system in which you
pay a certain amount of money (called a premium) every so
often (usually monthly), to a
provider. This is called a policy. If you fall ill, are injured, or
require medical care for some
other reason, and the type of
illness you’re experiencing is
covered under your policy,
your provider will pay some or
all of your medical bill.
If that sounds vague, it’s
because there is such a tremendous variety of options within
any given insurance framework. For example, your plan
may include a co-pay, which
means that every time you buy
a service or product, you have
to pay a certain amount. You
may have a $10 co-pay on prescriptions, meaning that every
time you go to pick up your
$80 per bottle medicine, you
pay $10 and your insurance
pays the other $70.
There’s also a deductible,
which means that you shoulder the first X number of dollars of medical expenses for
the year. For example: you
break your arm after tripping
on a sidewalk, and you’ve got a
$1,000 deductible. The X-rays,
re-setting, cast and doctor’s
visits cost a total of $2,500.
You send the bills to the insurance company, and they’ll cut
you a check for $1,500, the
difference between the total
bill and the deductible, or the
‘If, for whatever
reason, you need
$5 million worth
of surgery, and
you’ve got a $4 million limit, you’re in
about a million dollars’ worth of hot
water.’
- JP Krahel
amount you agreed to pay.
Any other medical expenses,
for anything from a routine
checkup to open-heart surgery,
will be covered by the provider in full, minus the co-pay.
There are, of course, exclusions, which are expenses not
covered. For instance, you may
have a regular health insurance
plan that doesn’t cover vision,
in which case you’d have to pay
for contact lenses and vision
tests, unless you got separate
insurance to cover your vision
expenses.
There may also be a coverage limit, which is a ceiling on
how much the insurer will pay
out. If, for whatever reason,
you need $5 million worth of
surgery, and you’ve got a $4
million limit, you’re in about
a million dollars’ worth of
hot water. On the flip side is
an out-of-pocket maximum,
which defines the most you
have to pay in any given year.
Next week, I plan to
explore the insurance issue a
bit further, illustrate the dangers of life without coverage
and discuss the different avenues toward actually getting
yourself insured.
Friday, February 1, 2008 Men
Continued from p. 16
shot a lights-out 65 percent
from the field at Alumni Gym
to beat Manhattan 93-80.
Junior guard Lamar Johnson
had the hot hand for Rider off
the bench as he shot a near
perfect 8-9 from the field for a
career high 23 points. Johnson
also hit a career high seven
three-pointers in the game on
only eight attempts. As a team
Rider hit 14-20 three-pointers
for a whopping 70 percent.
“I think we’ve really
found answers on the bench,”
Dempsey said. “(Red shirt
sophomore guard) Pat Mansell,
(senior forward) Joel Green and
(sophomore center) Robbie
Myers have been big for us.
We’ve been able to go to the
bench a lot. (Freshman guard)
Matt Griffin has also played a
significant role. Guys are going
in with opportunities to contribute and they have in their
own ways.”
Jason Thompson had a double-double with 20 points and
10 rebounds. Ryan Thompson
went 6-7 from the field for 15
points.
For his efforts, Jason
Thompson was honored as the
MAAC Player of the Week for
the week of Jan. 21-27.
In victories over Iona,
Manhattan and St. Peter’s,
Thompson had 49 points, 28
rebounds and 12 blocks. It was
the fourth time this year that he
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won the award.
Rider has been able to shoot
the ball well, going over 50
percent the past three games,
and Dempsey credits it to how
the team has been preparing at
practice.
“We work so hard at our
shooting mechanics and footwork,” Dempsey said. “We have
better shot selection and the
right guys are shooting it at the
right time.”
The Broncs face a tough
stretch in the next three games,
as they will play second-place
Siena twice, and Niagara, which
torched them with the three
ball in their MAAC opener on
Dec. 6.
The team travels to play
Siena (13-7 overall, 8-2 MAAC)
on Saturday for a 2 p.m. tip-off
that will be broadcast on ESPN
2.
The teams split the season
series last year.
It will be a matchup to see
if Siena is better at home or
Rider is better on the road.
Siena is 8-2 on their home
court and that includes a
79-67 upset of No. 20-ranked
Stanford. Rider comes in with a
7-3 road record.
“Now we have to learn
how to play with a bulls-eye
on our back,” Dempsey said.
“Everyone we play will be giving us their best shot.”
Poll
Continued from p. 16
CAA conference team, VCU
(No. 5 in the poll), knocked off
the almighty Duke Blue Devils
in the first round.
Mid-majors are the schools
that make the Big Dance so
interesting. They are the ones
that have you scratching your
head wondering who should
advance in the No. 5 vs. No. 12
or No. 6 vs. No. 11 seed game.
These are the guys that
either ruin your bracket or
make you look like genius.
Bracketologist Joe Lunardi,
who is regarded as one of the
best in terms of predicting who
will play where in the NCAA
Tournament, has 11 of the
teams listed in the poll making
the tournament in his new tournament brackets on ESPN. Out
of those 11, he has Gonzaga as a
six seed, St. Mary’s as a five seed
and Drake as a four seed.
Lunardi has Marist representing the MAAC in his
bracket that was updated earlier
in the week. The Broncs went
into the McCann Center on
Wednesday and took over the
game, giving Marist its first
home loss of the season.
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Mansell and Lamar Johnson.
Senior Kamron Warner can also
beat you with the jumper as he’s
shown the past few games.
Sophomore
Ryan
Thompson has proven that he’s
more than just Jason’s younger brother and can take over
a game if needed. Watch the
Rutgers game again if you don’t
think so.
Freshman guard Justin
Robinson is maturing into the
point guard position as the
season goes on, and freshman
Matt Griffin is also out there
making things happen on the
hardwood.
Johnson, Griffin and
Warner are just three of the guys
that make up a Rider bench
that Dempsey said makes the
team go “11 deep.” Sophomore
Robbie Myers and senior Joel
Green have come in and given
the Broncs much needed depth
at the forward and center positions.
Then there’s red shirt freshman guard Patrick Mansell,
who can come off the bench
and provide instant offense.
They have what’s needed
to show they are more than
a blip on college basketball’s
radar. The MAAC is theirs for
the taking, all they have to do
is get it.
Sports Notes...
Women’s
resigns
Rochester Institute of Technology
cial part of the schedule where
it plays second place Siena twice
and gets a rematch with Niagara
at the Zoo. If the Broncs can
come out of that stretch with at
least two wins, a regular season
championship could be in the
near future.
With the team having complete control of its own destiny,
Dempsey stresses that the players need to stay focused on
the goal at hand. He feels the
team needs to play as if being
targeted by every other team
in the conference because every
team will be giving the Broncs
their best shot.
Can they do it?
Of course they can. They
have a team that’s built to make
the run, and it’s all on them.
They have a star and powerful inside presence in senior
forward Jason Thompson who
is among the top 30 candidates
for one of the most prestigious
awards in college basketball, the
John R. Wooden Award.
You have a “protector”
in freshman forward Mike
Ringgold, who’s a tireless worker down-low in picking up
loose boards and giving Rider
second chance opportunities on
offense.
They have guys who can hit
the outside jumper and create
space inside with juniors Harris
soccer
coach
Kevin Long, who has
been the Rider women’s soccer
coach since the 2003 season,
resigned yesterday.
He finished his five-year
tenure at Rider with a 37-4812 record.
In his first season as
coach, Long led the team to
the MAAC playoffs with an
11-win season, a Rider record.
He’s the winningest coach
in team history.
Rider had a 5-11-3 record
in the 2007 season.
Four players honored by
MAAC
Rider had four players selected by the MAAC as
Players of the Week.
Senior Dylan Korn and
junior Priscilla Modrov of
the men’s/women’s swimming
and diving team, senior John
Smith of the men’s cross country team and senior forward
Jason Thompson of the men’s
basketball team were all recipients of the award this week.
Korn won the one-meter dive at Lafayette and also
qualified in the one-meter
to participate in the 2008
NCAA Division I Zone A
Prequalifying Meet for the
NCAA Championships. His
time of 3:44.80 was a new
Rider record for a six Dive
Championship Format List.
Modrov won the 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, the 400
IM and swam on the winning
200 medley team.
She set a new Lafayette
Pool record in the 400 IM with
a time of 1:50.01, breaking a
record she set two years ago.
Smith won the 3,000
meter race at the Great Dane
Classic. He finished with a
time of 8:32.21, which is the
fastest 3,000 meter time in this
MAAC season.
Thompson averaged 15.3
points, 9.3 rebounds and four
blocks.
Rider Competes in “Pack the
House Challenge”
The Department of
Athletics will be competing in
“Pack the House Challenge”
sponsored by the NCAA, on
Feb. 17 during the women’s
basketball game against Marist
College at 2 p.m.
The goal is to set a women’s
basketball attendance record
for each school participating in
the challenge.
The NCAA will choose
32 winners based on creative
marketing strategies, and the
largest percentage increase
from the previous year’s single-game record attendance.
Rider’s highest attendance
from the previous season was
812 against Iona.
This game will also mark
Rider’s celebration of National
Girls and Women in Sports
Day.
Wrestling
The Broncs went 3-6 over
the break with a 12th out of 50
team placing in the Miidlands
Champoinships.
Rider lost two out of three
at the Virginia Duels that featured a highly competitive
field.
After defeating Duquesne
45-3, the Broncs lost to No. 3
Oklahoma St. and Lehigh.
Rider continued on its
grueling schedule with a 27-18
loss to No. 12 Hofstra at the
CAA Duels. Rider split its four
matches with a 2-2 record.
The wrestling team has
a doubleheader scheduled
for this Saturday as they face
Clarion at 1 p.m. and Garden
State rival Rutgers at 6 p.m.
Track and field
At the Great Dane Classic
hosted by the University of
Albany, the men’s team finished ninth out of 18 teams
and the women finished 12th
out of 20 teams.
14 Friday, February 1, 2008
BRONCS’ BITS
Scores/Records (* denotes conference games)
Men’s Basketball
(16-6 overall, 9-2 MAAC)
12/15
Rider 76, Monmouth 55
12/21
Rider 61, Rutgers 57
12/27
Drexel 73, Rider 66
1/4
Marist 81, Rider 80*
1/6
Rider 102, Canisius 51*
1/11
Rider 72, Iona 64*
1/13
Rider 81, Loyola 67*
1/19
Rider 85, Manhattan 82*
1/21
Rider 68, Iona 63 (ot)*
1/24
Rider 93, Manhattan 80*
1/27
Rider 76, St. Peter’s 67*
1/30
Rider 79, Marist 65 *
2/2
at Siena, 3 p.m.*
(ESPN2)
Women’s Basketball
(6-14 overall, 1-8 MAAC)
12/20
Rice 66, Rider 65
12/29
Rider 45, Princeton 42
1/2
Virginia 98, Rider 51
1/6
Iona 67, Rider 58*
1/11
St. Peter’s 75, Rider 67*
1/13
Loyola 66, Rider 59*
1/18
Fairfield 59, Rider 43*
1/21
Manhattan 75, Rider 65*
1/25
Fairfield 69, Rider 59*
1/27
Rider 77, Siena 73 (ot)*
2/1
at Marist, 7 p.m.*
2/3
vs. Manhattan, 2 p.m.*
Wrestling (3-9, 2-2 CAA)
12/8
Maryland 42, Rider 6
12/29-12/30
at Midlands Championships,
12th of 50
1/4
Purdue 24, Rider 18
1/8
Bloomsberg 26, Rider 10
1/11
Rider 45, Duquesne 3
Oklahoma St. 39, Rider 9
1/12
Lehigh 21, Rider 12
1/18
George Mason 25, Rider 17
Hofstra 27, Rider 18
Rider 48, Campbell 3
1/19
Rider 28, Binghamton 13
2/2
vs. Clarion, 1 p.m.
vs. Rutgers, 6 p.m.
2/5
vs. Drexel, 7 p.m.
M/W Indoor Track & Field
1/25
at Great Dane Classic,
M: 9th of 18, W: 12th of 20
2/2
at Delaware Invitational
M/W Swim &Dive
1/12
M: Rider 170, Loyola 130*
W: Rider 179, Loyola 121
1/26
M: Rider 167, Lafayette 107
W: Rider 155, Lafayette 145
Women
Continued from p. 16
Senior Janele Henderson
added 14 points in 39 minutes of play to help the Broncs
assure another win.
“We got together and asked
each other the question of, what
else can I do individually to
help this team win?” Milligan
said. “And I think everybody
knows what they have to do
and it’s a question of putting
that into action on a daily basis,
and I think that we have started
to do that on a more consistent
basis of stepping up.”
The win over Siena broke
the Broncs’ 17-game losing
streak on the road as well as the
team’s seven-game losing streak
and 11-game conference losing
streak.
“Playing together as a team,
the Siena game was probably by
far the best game of the year as
far as our communication and
our togetherness and being on
the same page for the entire 40
minutes,” Milligan said.
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Milligan, it has surpassed its victory total from the past two seasons combined. With six wins
under the new coach’s belt, the
Broncs have high hopes for the
rest of their season as well as the
program’s future.
“Whether it was rebounding, or scoring or defense,
something got us every game,”
Milligan said. “This game was
the first game we were really
able to pull all of that together,
so hopefully that is a sign for
better things to come.”
The Broncs will continue
with their conference schedule on the road against Marist
tonight at 7.
“We get to go up and play
Marist, which is the best team in
the league right now,” Milligan
said. “The Siena win helped us.
It just proves that we’re going to
fight until the end.”
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Broncs claim final win before MAACs
M/W SWIM/DIVE
By Kristie Kahl
Rider’s swimming and diving teams overtook Lafayette
in their final dual meet of the
season before entering their first
postseason meets.
The men’s team defeated
the Leopards 167-107, while
the women won 155-145.
“Overall I think we had a
great season so far this year,”
junior swimmer Priscilla
Modrov said. “We had a lot of
tough dual meets against some
strong teams, and it has helped
to prepare us for the pressure of
the MAAC Championships in a
few weeks.”
For the women, Modrov
won the 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly and the 400 IM. Also
for the women’s team, senior
Rebecca Sanbower won both
the 500 and 1,650 free, while
sophomore Kellyanne Tomasula
won both the 100 and 200
back. Freshman Brianna Burns
won the 200 free and junior
diver Amanda Burke won the
three-meter and one-meter.
The women’s 200 medley
relay of Tomasula, freshman
Carmen Menendez, Modrov
and Burns also clinched a win
with a time of 1:50.01.
“Lafayette is consistently at the top of the Patriot
league, especially on the women’s side,” Head Coach Steve
Fletcher said to Rider Sports
Information. “For us to experience a close meet was important as we head into MAACs
next month. The meet went
back and forth and every event
mattered, like it will at championships, so it was a valuable
meet for both teams but more
so for the women’s team.”
As for the men’s team, senior
diver and tri-captain Dylan
Korn won the one-meter, while
senior tri-captain Peter Starr
won the 100 back. Junior Josh
Rosenbluth won the 200 back
and sophomore Alex Grubbs
won the 100 breast to add to
the Broncs’ win.
The freshmen for the
men’s team pulled away with
wins from Arthur Arciszewski
in the 1,650 free, Dave Farfan
in the 200 butterfly, Drew
Modrov in the 50 free, Mike
Tubb in the 200 breast and C.J.
Kohner in the 500 free.
Also for the Broncs, the
men’s 200 medley relay of Starr,
senior tri-captain Matt Bauer,
Rosenbluth and sophomore
Scott Player won with a time
of 1:37.30.
“It was good for the men’s
team to have some of the swimmers compete in different
events,” Fletcher said to Rider
Sports Information. “It changes
their focus a little and gives
them a chance to try something
different while still competing
in a live event. Swimming a
single set of events for a whole
season, you can lose your focus
a little bit so changing things up
will get everyone refocused as
we head into championships.” The men and women came
out on top in both MAAC
meets against Loyola and
Marist in the regular season.
Rider will face off against both
teams yet again for the MAAC
Championships on Feb. 14-16
at Loyola.
Priscilla Modrov hopes the
team is able to carry its success
into the postseason.
“Knowing we were successful against both of our MAAC
rivals in dual meets, I think our
team should have confidence
going into MAACs,” she said.
Photo by Hugh Tsung
Junior Kristen Worwick assisted the Broncs in their last regular season win against Lafayette
before competing in the MAAC Championships on Feb. 14-16.
Athletic site branches to new technical features
By Charles Guthrie
The new and improved
Rider athletics site is finally up
and running as of Jan. 24.
GoBroncs.com has undergone a transformation and
should give all future visitors an
easier and more efficient way
to keep up with their favorite
sports teams on campus.
Some of the new features
offered include streaming video
and audio of certain events to
go along with fan polls, a photo
store and online ticket sales in
the near future.
“We have more live events,
not just men’s and women’s
basketball,” Assistant Sports
Information Director Brian
Solomon said. “Mom and dad
can see their son play even
though it’s not TV studio quality yet. We are working on that
and will have better equipment
in the future.”
The audio broadcast and
the live stats are free, but a
$6.95 fee is required to watch
the video feed. This can help
bolster recruiting, Solomon
said, because now prospective
athletes get to watch the teams
play from home.
It may not be of TV production quality yet, but the
athletics department is working
on it.
“Next year we are trying to
have the audio tied in with the
video,” he said. “Hopefully we
will have multiple video angles
that we are planning for down
the road next year. We have the
students that want to do it, the
biggest thing is getting our own
equipment. There are budgetary and logistical issues we have
to deal with.”
One of the things they were
looking for when building the
site was the ability of the users
to get what they need right off
the site so the department can
focus more on improving the
content it provides.
“The more the site is selfsupporting, and once people
can get what they need off
the site, the more time we can
spend writing,” Solomon said.
The discussion about the
site change came when the
department met with Director
of Enrollment Planning,
Reporting and Internet Projects
Jennifer Cafiero and Jamie
O’Hara, Vice President of
Enrollment Management.
“We had spoken over the
summer and the consensus of
opinion was while they were
able to meet our needs now,
they were unsure about the
future,” Solomon said. “We
thought since they were redoing
the Rider site that it would be a
good time to branch off and do
our own thing in conjunction
with theirs.”
GoBroncs.com was once a
part of Rider’s main page, as
President Mordechai Rozanski
wanted all the sites to be uniform. It wasn’t a problem until
features on the site, such as
live stats, video streaming and
audio streaming, started to
evolve, Solomon said. Staffers
weren’t sure if they would be
able to meet those needs on the
main website since they were
run through a third party. The
athletics site can also include its
own advertisements now that it
is no longer a part of the educational site.
While the athletics page was
under construction, the sports
department had to update three
sites. With the new site set
ready to go, fans get their news
quicker.
“This way we only have
to update one site,” Solomon
said. “It was once taking me a
half-hour to post stories and I
can now do them in five minutes. It saves time when fixing
mistakes. The changes happen
instantly, almost too quickly.”
The site was designed and
is run by Jump TV/Exos. In
deciding what the main design
would be, the athletic department worked tirelessly to find
the right fit. Associate Athletic
Director Karin Torchia and
Solomon perused 150 other
collegiate athletic sites to see
what they wanted.
“We narrowed it down to
15 to 20 designs we liked and
took what we liked from each
one,” Solomon said. “We would
then have Athletic Director
Don Harnum look at them and
make sure we were on the right
page. The company would then
give us a mock page to see if
we liked it. We went through
about 20 mockups before we
started.”
Solomon was a major player in the construction of the
site as he had to oversee all
of the movement of content.
Solomon hired seven student
workers who were assigned a
sport or two and worked over
the break in transferring material to the new page.
“The student workers have
been great,” he said. “They have
been posting in bulk without
going bleary-eyed.”
Since the mass movement
of material had to be done
manually, the site isn’t completely finished and there’s still
more work to be done. Solomon
said around 30,000 pages have
been done so far, but there’s still
another 20,000 to go.
“It’s still a work in progress,
but we did get a lot done,” he
said. “We are excited about it,
and in the long run the people
will be happy.”
Charles Guthrie
Rising in
rank
People are starting to take
notice of the men’s basketball
team.
The Broncs made some
noise competing in the Old
Spice Classic in November
with a win over Big 10 foe
Penn State. They then went
into the Louis Brown Athletic
Center in Piscataway, N.J.
and beat Rutgers on its own
court.
Those wins made strides
for the program in terms of
gathering respect, but they
were still considered the third
best team in the MAAC. The
Broncs are now riding an
eight-game winning streak
heading into the thick of
their conference schedule and
now the college basketball
pollsters are starting to see
something in this team.
C o l l e g e I n s i d e r. c o m
released its Top 25 Mid-Major
Poll and Rider is peeking in
there at the 25th position.
“It’s exciting for our
University,” Head Coach
Tommy Dempsey said. “We
work hard on a daily basis,
but we have to try not to get
too caught up in the media
attention and start thinking
that we are better than we
really are.”
It’s a step for a program
that is trying to put itself on
the college basketball map.
While it may not be as
big of a poll as the Associated
Press or ESPN, it does feature
some colleges that have left
their mark in March.
Gonzaga, the top team
in the poll, has been a constant in March since the 1999
tournament when they made
it to the Elite Eight, and it’s
almost to the point where
they aren’t even considered a
mid-major.
It’s hard for anyone to
forget the impact George
Mason had on the college
basketball landscape in 2006
when they did the improbable and reached the Final
Four. The next year, another
See Poll, p. 13
16 Friday, February 1, 2008
MAAC-Daddy
Broncs take half game lead in
MAAC after beating Marist
MEN’S BASKETBALL
By Charles Guthrie
The Rider men’s basketball
team is hitting its stride just
as it gets into the thick of the
MAAC schedule.
With last night’s 79-65 victory over Marist (14-8 overall,
8-3 MAAC), Rider (16-6 overall, 9-2 MAAC) has won eight
straight contests and moved a
half-game over Siena into first
place in the conference. The
Broncs’ eight-game conference
streak is the team’s longest since
the 1995-96 season.
Senior forward Jason
Thompson led Rider with a
game-high 20 points and came
one rebound short of a doubledouble with nine. He did reach
the 1,000 rebound plateau in
the game, and is third on the
Rider’s all-time scoring list with
1,782 points.
Junior
guard
Harris
Mansell scored 15 points and
shot a perfect 3-3 from threepoint range. Sophomore Ryan
Thompson had 14 points and
six rebounds, while freshman
guard Justin Robinson scored
11 points.
One of the main reasons
for the Broncs’ success during this eight game stretch has
been the key contributions they
are receiving from the bench.
Senior guard Kamron Warner
went 3-4 from beyond the arc
for nine points in only eight
minutes of action.
“He’s given us a spark,”
Head Coach Tommy Dempsey
said. “If you’re going to have
a good team then you’re going
to need depth. He’s given us
quality depth at the guard spot.
He’s a senior, a team leader, and
I think everyone is happy that
he’s doing well.”
Rider came into the game
tied with Marist for first place
in the MAAC and came out
like a team on a mission, not
falling behind at any point in
the showdown. Rider was able
to shoot a tad under 52 percent
for the game, including 8-16
from three-point territory, and
15-21 from the foul line. What
made the shooting effort even
more impressive was the fact
that Marist had held their previous three opponents to under
30 percent shooting.
Marist had their threegame winning streak snapped
and also lost their first home
game of the year against Rider
after starting off 8-0. The win
also snapped a five-game winning streak the Red Foxes had
over the Broncs.
“I like our team on the
road,” Dempsey said. “To play
on the road you need a toughness and we have a tough group
of guys that have great chemistry. That’s a good mentality to
take on the road.”
Guard Ben Farmer had 15
points and seven rebounds for
the Red Foxes and guard David
Devezen also chipped in with
13 points.
On Sunday, the Broncs
traveled to the house of Jason
Kidd, Vince Carter and Richard
Jefferson and knocked off a
struggling St. Peter’s squad at
the Prudential Center, 76-67.
Jason Thompson racked up
his 13th double-double of the
season with 18 points and 11
boards. Mansell and Robinson
combined for 25 points and
Warner chipped in with five
points in five minutes off the
bench.
The win was the Broncs’
third straight over the
Peacocks.
Last Thursday, the Broncs
See Men, p. 13
Photo by Hugh Tsung
Senior forward Jason Thompson picked up a double-double last
week against Manhattan at Alumni Gym with 20 points and
10 rebounds. His efforts helped earn him MAAC Player of the
Week honors. It was the fourth time he was honored this year.
Rider snaps out of losing streak with overtime win
W. BASKETBALL
By Kristie Kahl
Photo by Hugh Tsung
Sophomore Amanda Sepulveda put seven of Rider’s 16 points
on the board in the Broncs win in overtime to clinch their first
conference win of the season.
The women’s basketball
team defeated Siena to notch
its first conference win of the
season and snap the Broncs’
seven-game losing streak.
Rider (6-14 overall, 1-8
MAAC) clinched a 77-73 win
after sophomore Tammy Meyers
gave the Broncs a new berth to
put the game into overtime.
“We’re happy with it,”
Head Coach Lynn Milligan
said. “Obviously we’ve wanted
to win some road games earlier,
but to win on the road at Siena
was a big accomplishment for
the program. It’s a very difficult
place to play. It was a great
game, and to come through in
overtime on the road is a very
good sign for the future.”
The Broncs fell behind by
three with only 5.1 seconds
in regulation play, but junior
Danielle Costantino took an
inbounds pass up court and
passed the ball off to Meyers,
who sunk a 3-pointer to put
both teams at 61 at the buzzer.
“They did a great job,”
Milligan said. “We were able
to call a timeout and set up
a play, and everyone executed
what they had to do, and did
pretty much exactly what we
told them. Danielle is a very
smart player and we came out
of the huddle saying the second
pass would go to Tammy if we
had time to do that. That is
exactly what Danielle did and
Tammy stepped up and hit a
great shot.”
Siena (7-12 overall, 3-6
MAAC) was the first to put
two points on the board in
overtime, until Rider went on a
5-0 run to take a 66-63 lead.
The Saints responded with
a field goal before the Broncs
came out with a 4-0 run to put
themselves five points ahead.
Siena found a way to come
within two with 11 seconds
left in the game, but junior
Shaunice Parker hit a free throw
with one second remaining to
seal Rider’s second overtime
win of the season.
“It’s a good sign,” Milligan
said. “It’s that ‘never quit’ attitude that we always play to
the end and we always play to
the whistle. For that to keep
on happening for us are good
signs for not only this season
but for seasons to come where
we are in a difficult spot or a
situation where we really have
to execute and do things properly. We know we are capable of
doing that.”
After a sloppy first half with
more than 10 turnovers from
each team, Rider came back,
after trailing by seven, with a
9-0 run to claim a 26-24 lead
at the half. The Broncs gave
up only four turnovers in the
second half and overtime.
Meyers scored a career high
27 points with five rebounds,
four assists and four steals in 35
minutes of action.
Parker clinched her eighth
career ‘double-double,’ with 11
points and 14 rebounds.
Sophomore
Amanda
Sepulveda claimed seven of
Rider’s 16 points in overtime,
while scoring 21 points in regular play with a career high five
three-point field goals.
See Women, p. 14