LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ -- Rider University has its own version of "Sister Act" -- and its own sequel.

The first version saw sisters Christine Myers and Cathy Amos, both of Bensalem, PA, serve as general manager and assistant general manager of Rider's student radio station, WRRC, for 1997-98. For Sister Act II, they will serve in the same capacities for the 1998-99 academic year.

"They have done so much for the radio station already. They will do even more and better things in the coming year," said Dr. Barry Janes, professor of communications and WRRC advisor. "They have tremendous initiative and work so well together."

Christine is a senior human resource management major who is married and lives with her husband, David, on Hulmeville Road. Cathy is a junior communications major who is interested in radio and promotion work. She resides with her family on Ellington Court. Their father, James Amos, works in Rider's bursar's office, which coincidentally is located next to the radio station on the top floor of the Student Center.

Among the things Christine and Cathy, both graduates of Bensalem High School, did in their first year of managing the station were: organize the first retreat and training program; bring in radio professionals to conduct the training; coordinate disc jockey programming and air personalities; bring in promotional materials from record companies; and bring in bands and organize small concerts with the help of student government funding.

They also organized a radiothon for the station that raised about $1,000. They solicited local businesses to donate items for the fund-raiser. A pizza parlor donated 60 pizzas. Other items included New Jersey Nets tickets and an autographed baseball from the Philadelphia Phillies.

During the year, the two sisters visited other campus radio stations and some professional radio stations so that they could better plan and implement changes as necessary. They also attended two conferences to learn how to organize and run a college radio station.

"This has been a phenomenal experience for both Christine and Cathy," said Dr. Janes. "Christine is interested in business management, and she is gaining great experience as GM. Cathy has been working with record companies, and the promotions she has conducted have benefited her very much. Their work with the radio station gives them a solid foundation in their future careers."

Rider University is an independent, coeducational, nonsectarian institution with a 353-acre main campus in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and a 23-acre campus in Princeton, New Jersey. The University offers 58 undergraduate programs and 17 graduate programs in the Colleges of Business Administration; Liberal Arts, Education, and Sciences; Continuing Studies; and Westminster Choir College. Ninety-three percent of the faculty hold doctoral or other appropriate advanced degrees. U.S. News and World Report has again ranked Rider in the top tier of northern universities based on the quality of its programs.