Rider University - Shadow Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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volved in campus activities. lt is also an attempt to change the image that we are higher up or more ex- ulted than everybody else. So the Greeks at Rider have and will continue to try to get more into the mainstream of the college commu- nity-and also to attract more members. They have for- ward ideas and are trying to get them into operation. But there must also be a willingness on the part of the independents to wipe away the stereotype of the Greeks as the elitists of the campus who have no time for the peons. It is a step in a different direction that the fraternities and sororities are trying to turn into a gallop. se l J' 1 ! l A

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others and through that experience learn about our- selves and the people around us. It will be like an educational experience outside of the classroom. She spoke of eliminating some of the negative reputa- tions that have hung over the houses and elaborated more on it. People tend to look on the sororities, and for that matter the frats also, as being very conservative and not caring too much what happens outside their four walls, We are attempting through the service program to get more people involved and show them through actual experience that we are not that way anymore and that we are trying to change our image. While service is the main objective of the frats, a good solid group to initiate that service is also essential. lf we accept someone into our organization it is be- cause we feel that they will definitely contribute some- thing to our efforts. We do not want someone who wants to be in a fraternity just for the sake of saying that he is or just to wear the Greek Ietters, Jerry commented. Relations with the independents have been strained in recent years especially in matters concerning Home- coming. Both Debbie and Jerry would like to improve that relationship. l don't think there is a need to fight, as we are all part of Rider College. We would all be better off it we could work together and have fun together. l think it ridiculous that one group be excluded from something because l think something is lost in the process. Debbie agreed saying that this interaction would point up the sororities' efforts to become more in- , .il1E'K1f5iEQT:Q jj - X 111,55 fijfjff 9575553 J A i 1 - ,ll '- JV..- VAK v1j? j1N'1fT f ' ','1'77Kp'Y'lf-'f - I , ' rj, a,n,.,m , , cr 1 1 .t , . 2.2 'It' 5759? ' .-1.--.rj--1. 'Y' --s Q f.-, ' ,-f' il is l 60 - X ,,

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'W'-n. 'if-i 2 Libraries Are For Studyingg by Paul E. Lakeman On almost every college campus there is usually a set of buildings that are set apart from the rest of the campus. These buildings are commonly known as dormitories. These buildings are set apart from the academic buildings because of a simple fact. Inside a dorm, there is usually little trace of anything academic. There is an occasional book lying around and even some that are open, but for the most part such a thing is hard to find. Now it may appear that the students have no desire to study and really don't care. But on closer exam- ination of life in the dorms, the observer will notice that it is not necessarily so. He will also notice something else. It is impossible to study in the dorms. The reasons for this are many but among the best is the plain fact that most dorms are as quiet as Penn Sta- tion at rush hour. Sort of a dull roar. The cement walls carry sound extremely well and the halls would be ex- cellent for an echo chamber. But there are other places where relative quiet can be obtained so this fact of dorm life can be overcome. But other facts can't. For instance, there is no other place to take a shower but in the dorms. And when twenty guys before you have already taken a shower and left you with water the temperature of the ocean in winter, you begin to under- stand that there are problems to living in a dorm. And there are others. For instance, Sleeping. There are vari- ous obstacles one must overcome before he can get to sleep. First is the noise and as said before, this can be overcome with a little ingenuity. But there is not much that can be done about a sick mattress. lt is kind of like laying on a sack of potatoes. A lot of lumps. You just have to find the most comfortable set of lumps and you've solved the problem. Some students have spent half of their college years trying to find those lumps. After accepting that dorms are not for studying or sleeping, a student can really get to feel at home there. And he may eventually find out that they are not too bad after all. But he will snap back to reality when he meets the food lines head on. Usually he has to walt 20 or 25 min- utes for the main fare of the day and when he finally 62 L . FQ: