Despite numerous fiscal challenges, Sen. Bob Menendez says now is not the time to forsake people in need, and that the choices this government makes will define it, for better or worse, to the world.

World-renowned scholar, author and civil-rights activist Cornel West inspired a Black History Month audience on February 28 with a message of unity, self-determination, responsibility, purpose, creativity and faith – the principles of Kwanzaa.

Rider University played host to the collegiate wrestling nation last week when it hosted the 2011 NCAA Championship Tournament in Philadelphia. The event drew a three-day attendance record of 104,260 fans to the Wells Fargo Center.

Long a staple on college campuses, Ultimate Frisbee is thriving at Rider, where the club team is entering the home stretch of its seventh season of play.

Performing works by Weelkes, Praulins and one movement from Drei Quartette, Brahms and Whitbourn.

Employers and job-seeking Rider students and alumni will have the chance to connect at the Spring Career Fair on March 31 in the Cavalla Room.