Rider University - Shadow Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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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

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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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Joanne Dyjack She talks to you, she listens to you, she guides you. She's a friend to you. Her name is Joanne Dyjack and she's the Resident Su- pervisor of Lincoln B dormitory. Joanne's duties basically consist of counseling the girls in the dorm and she frowns upon disciplinary action as part of herjob. I enjoy my job, Joanne commented. I do not have much contact with many students, but I have a good relationship with the girls in the dorm. We can sit down and be friends. We talk about problems and go out to- gether. It's a casual reIationship. Joanne had experience like this while she attended American University in Washington, D.C., I was super- visor on my floor for three years. Joanne is in the process of going full time for her mas- ter's degree in guidance and counseling. She'Il receive it this June. After that, she has no definite plans but would like to counsel, preferably on the college level. Among Joanne's hobbies, travel and politics are two other favorites. She's traveled throughout the United States, Europe and South America. I want to do it again when I get the chance, she states. Her interest in politics comes from two sources-her father and American University. Her father has been interested in government for years and has even run on the Republican ticket. During this time Joanne was at American, I love Washington. I spend a lot of time there. I want to live there eventually. She worked on Hubert Humphrey's bid for the Presi- dency in '68. I spent almost a year working on Hum- phrey's campaign, Joanne says, IVIy father was run- ning at the same time on the Republican ticket. A very active student at American, Joanne was co-edi- tor of the yearbook, served on class councils and was Vice-President of the A.W.S. She also spent most of her time doing research. My professors were political fig- ures. I was involved in campaign work for congressmen and senators. I still do research for some congressmen, Joanne said proudly. While this was happening, Joanne grew interested in Latin American issues. While an undergraduate, she served on a committee to help Latin America. Maybe some day l'II put Latin America and counseling together. I don't know. Although the future is doubtful for her, Joanne is sure the present is right at Rider, her second school. Rider has always been my second school. It was no big change to come here. Both my parents graduated from Rider. My father was president ofthe Alumni Association here. Joanne has definitely grown up with Rider, because of her father. When she was offered the job, she knew she wanted it. I remember going through the mud with Goodner Gill to see the Alumni Gym, then in the process of being built, right after Rider purchased the land. Joanne has come a long way since then. So has Rider. af? 139