Rider University - Shadow Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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Before The Beginning Yearbooks have changed dramatically over the last several years. For example, take The Shadow Cplease do, this essay -though at the beginning of the book- was actually the last thing written and marks the culmi- nation of at least 2,000 hours of work by a most unusual conglameration of individuals, eccentrics and just plain old-fashioned masochistsj. At any rate, The Shadow in 1968 had a nice cover. lt was a nice book, and all the pictures were nice also. Not overly creative, in fact, not very much so at all. But nice. The Shadow in 1969 wasn't as nice. Many people, to be perfectly honest, thought it rather poor. Its purpose had been to satirize the Rider community. Unfortuna- tely, too many of that same community looked at the book as a personal attack directed at themselves. And then there was 1970's version of The Shadow. The cover was black, the shape was square and the re- action to it? Well, let's just say that it was not overly enthusiastic. Which brings us to The 1971 Shadow. In the pages and years to come, you will be able to judge it for your- selves-yet before you do, please consider these points: 13 While there was no specific theme, our intention was to capture the essence of the many divergent 2 groups and thoughts on campus. No specific club andfor individual has been played-up out of proportion, if one appears to be, it is just your imagination. 27 Seriously, now . . . the reason why not every frater- nity, or sport, or organization for that matter, was not covered was because space constraints made doing so an impossibility. Those fraternities, sports, organiza- tions, etc. included-hopefully-represent all the others. This fact also explains the virtual absence of captions, as to have included them would have resulted in un- fairly singling-out certain aspects of the College community. 35 In keeping with this changing trend mentioned ear- lier, The 1971 Shadow has attempted to mix exciting copy with vivid photographs in a clean, contemporary layout designed to please for at least placatej the most discerning of readers. And critics? 45 Basically, a magazine format has been followed. That explains the glossy paper, as well as the use of feature articles. Four major subdivisions have been des- ignated: The Academic Environment, The Social Ges- talt, The Political Arena and Potpourri. These, despite being somewhat overlapping and arbitrarily defined, are nevertheless felt to be a useful device as they should serve to crystalize attention onto the major areas of stu- dent concern. All printed matter reflects the opinions of the respec- tive authors, and most definitely is not always indicative of the Rider administration or even our staff. The quotes in the senior section have been taken from the Rider News of the past four years, four years, to editorialize just a bit, that have been absolutely great. At least that is my feeling about this institution of higher learning. How you look at it, both today and in the future, will determine to a large extent the reaction to this yearbook. Thank you for the honor and opportunity to put The 1971 Shadow together. lt has been an enlightening, harrowing, rewarding pleasure. Blaine S. Greenfield Editor-in-Chief 4