Rider University - Shadow Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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Who's that pretty petite girl sitting behind the desk in the Public Relations Office in the basement of the li- brary? That smiling face belongs to Kathy Burd, a former graduate of Rider College and now an employee of the school. Kathy has been married a little over a year to Nolan Burd, who is an architectural designer. All l have is my husband and cat to take care of, Kathy said cheerfully. l'm an ordinary housewife. l do cooking and cleaning. Her duties at Rider are quite different. After graduating in '66, Kathy went to work for a dentist for six weeks. She didn't like it so she came to the placement center here. Soon afterwards she started working at the College. It's diversified. I enjoy it. Guess that's why l'm still here. Kathy types all news releases and information on daily sports events and guest speakers. Anything a student does to merit publicity comes out of this office, she added. Acting as Gal Friday, Kathy also does typical office work, such as filing. ln the case of big events, she has to contact the newspaper, television and radio stations in the area. Scholarship winners, tournaments, Dean's List candi- dates and the appointments of new faculty members also come from Kathy's office. The faculty members can get publicity, too, for a publication of a new book or speeches they may be making elsewhere. Kathy has never had any problems with the kids. They're always friendly, she says, I get a kick out of the guys with the long hair. How can they stand it? Kathy went on to say that some of the student gripes are legitimate. There are, however, more facilities and fewer restrictions since Kathy first attended Rider. We never heard of wearing slacks. ln the cold weather we used to freeze walking from the parking lot. There are also more places to meet since the opening of the Student Center. lt's great for the kids. lt depends on the individual student what they want to make of it. lf Kathy had it all to do over again, the 24-year-old said, I don't know what it would be like. l'm part of the estab- lishment since l'm out of school. My fun days are over. SQ

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l l l ' l Fu, as I., l . ,a :sw ti 4 'ii iv 1' Jack Knuckles Jack Knuckles. The man with the big white hat. Some know he's there, and the rest just forget he's there. Jack sometimes manages to escape from his duties as cook long enough to come out and see some of the dishes he has prepared with his staff being guzzled by some Rider student. lt is one of the best food programs around, Jack smiled. He started as a second cook for Rider in 1959 under Mr. Peter Daly. Shortly afterwards he left and worked elsewhere in the area, only to return once again-this time as chief cook for Saga foods, which had taken over after Jack left. In 1969, Saga financed Jack's schooling while he at- tended the Culinary Institute at Yale. The hours were from 7 to 5 and consisted of regular cooking. You need several years experience before you can even go, Jack added proudly. Cooking southern style is one of Jack's specialties, 136 since he was raised in South Carolina. Two of his three sons now attend school down there. His third son works for him in the cafeteria. One of the reasons why the students complain about the food so much, Jack says, is that they're tired. Espe- cially when they have to stand in long lines, sometimes for nearly half an hour. . . Since cooking is the only thing Jack has ever done, he's particularly proud of the way it comes to me. Jack insists that you have to be proud to be a chef. And to be proud one has to do more than just cook good. We have no glass in the kitchen, so it can't get into the food. We also spray the cafeteria. Everything is clean. Jack has a right to be proud. We're proud of him. He's proud of us. Next time you're in the cafeteria, look for him. He's cir- culating throughout the place. l spend S17 a month on shoes, he commented seriously. SQ

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Long hair got you down? You're not the only one. Alex Persichilli, Rider's barber, has had his problems with it, too. Alex was with Rider when it was located in Trenton. In those days he cut everybody's hair, including former president Franklin F. Moore's, and his father's and grand- father's. But lately business has slowed down. Although Alex feels that Rider is the most beautiful college that he has seen on the east coast, he also feels that it has undergone a change in the last 10 years, and even more so in the past four. I did a good business over here until 1967, Alex said. Now he only averages six or seven customers a day. I wish I could get more customers, Alex said. Quite a few students don't even know I have a barber shop. Alex doesn't get mad, as some students might think, at the students who wear their hair long. Alex's reasoning is that he can't do anything about it. Some students are surprised that Alex knows them by name when they come to get a haircut. They shouldn't, since most of them are the only steady customers he has. Alex Perischilli f I . 4 jf A I -- --,uri v . fav 138 I don't see any new faces any more, especially in the freshman class. I only get one or two ofthem, he noted. Alex, born on Jan. 11, 1905, in Rome, Italy, came to America when he was 16. He's been a barber since he graduated from a barber school in Chicago when he was 19. Even though Alex has been a barber for over 50 years, he still has another side to him, which not too many stu- dents know about. Aside from cutting hair all day, Alex likes to work around his Trenton home, where he lives with his wife and oldest daughter. He also has two other children and six grandchildren, which keep him mighty busy. Would Alex ever consider moving back to Italy? He doesn't think so. I wouldn't like to livethere any more if I had to go back. America is the most beautiful, richest, greatest country in the world. Not only won't Alex leave America, but he won't leave Rider. I like to be with the young crowd, so I can keep myselfyoungf' SQ