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Rider Junior Interviews Bill Clinton
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| Nicholas Ballasy, a junior journalism major,
managed to pull off the near impossible by interviewing former
President Bill Clinton at a recent rally in Bristol, PA, for
Patrick Murphy, a candidate for the 8th District Congressional
seat in Pennsylvania. This despite major TV news networks
in attendance and Ballasy representing the Rider University
Network with a cameraman in tow. According to Mercedes
Diaz, assistant professor of communication, Nick
got the sound bite despite being warned by other reporters
that he wouldn't be able to do so. "Nick intrepidly followed
a CBS reporter who got close enough to the former president
to ask a question," Diaz said. "When the reporter
was done, Nick stepped in with his own question and captured
Clinton's response on video. |
| Emerging Leaders Coordinate Midnight
MAACness |
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Members of the Emerging Leaders groups from the Lawrenceville
and Westminster campuses worked diligently for several weeks
planning Midnight MAACness 'Fright Night' on Friday night,
October 13, which marked the official start of the 2006-07
men's and women's basketball seasons at Rider University.
The Emerging Leaders, a group made up entirely of freshmen
students, worked with the office of campus life, the department
of athletics, SGA and SEC to coordinate the event and because
of the time, effort and dedication they put into it, the night
was a complete success.
"It was a total team effort," said Karin
Torchia, associate director of athletics, in
reference to the number of different groups that collaborated
on the project. "Most of the credit, however, should
go to the Emerging Leaders on both campuses as they worked
tirelessly over the last several weeks to brainstorm,
plan and execute their ideas and make Midnight MAACness
2006 such an overwhelming success." |
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