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September 28, 2004

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New Web Site Ready for Launch

In addition to the many exciting changes taking place on campus, Rider University will launch its new extranet Web site on September 30 - a site that will create a new comprehensive, energized on-line presence and reflect the University's spirit of renewal.

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Research Takes Students on Jersey Estuaries

Rider junior Harmony Liff and sophomore Amber Andyshak ventured into new terrain this summer conducting research which will help shed light on how commercial crab fishing affects the population structure and reproduction of blue crabs.

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Rider Institute, SGA Coordinate Voting Project

The Rider University Institute for New Jersey Politics and the Student Government Association are coordinating a student voter registration drive to encourage purposeful participation in the 2004 presidential and congressional elections.

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Naming of Field, Hall Induction Highlight Pittaro Dinner

Almost 300 guests filled the Cavalla Room for a testimonial dinner on September 18 to honor recently retired Rider baseball coach Sonny Pittaro for his illustrious 34-year coaching career.

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Princeton Artist Opens Art Gallery Season

Margaret Kennard Johnson has opened Rider University Art Gallery's 2004-2005 season. Johnson's exhibition - "From Stone to Mesh - Sixty Years" -- will run through Saturday, October 23.

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Noted Journalist Unity Day Speaker

George Curry, editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service and BlackPressUSA.com, will address the ramifications of Brown vs. the Board of Education to kick off Rider University's seventh annual Unity Day celebration.

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Achievers

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	Mark Your Calendar Dr. Hendrie Weisinger, an internationally known psychologist and New York Times bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence at Work, will open Rider University's 2004-2005 Lecture Series Thursday, October 14 at 7 p.m. in the Bart Luedeke Center Theater. Dr. Weisinger's visit highlights the inauguration of Rider's new Center for the Development of Leadership Skills (CDLS). For more information, call (609) 896-5103.
	Alcohol Education Task Force Created Thanks to a recent donation from Ritchie & Page Distributing Company, Rider will be convening an Alcohol Education Task Force. Students, staff and faculty are invited to join this new committee, organized by Corinne Zupko of Counseling Services and Christine Carter of the New Student Resource Center.
	Whole Blood Drive A whole-blood drive, sponsored by the Rider University Student Blood Council, will take place Tuesday, September 28 and Wednesday, September 29 from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Cavalla Room of the Bart Luedeke Center. For more information, contact Amy Brostoski, at brostoski@rider.edu or Dr. Todd Weber at tweber@rider.edu