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A large percentage of people go home on weekends because most of them live within 90 minutes of the school. The freshman aren't able to handle their alcohol, and the students love to vandalize the dorms. The SGA is a joke, because the students are only doing it to have something that looks good on their resume. The SGA prez, I hear, gets free tution. The big accomplishment was putting a Starbucks in the SRC. It's not even a real Starbucks, because its owned by Aramark. The Rider pub is the biggest night attraction on campus and is always crowded, because its soo tiny and now 18 yr olds are allowed in. There are only 2 bartenders working and it takes LITERALLY 20 minutes to get a drink when the place fills up.

We have traditions such a Cranberry Fest and University Day, which are like campus carnivals with games and prizes. We also have a Bronc Buffet or Bronc Bingo every Friday night and movies that were just in theaters every weekend. People are very friendly all over campus. Basketball is a big sport at Rider with Midnight MAACness! starting the season off. Games always have a great turn out and are a lot of fun.

Most popular organzations on cmapus are social and business Greeks, SGA, RLO, RHA etc. There are a plethora of clubs and orgs. I can pretty much say, if you're interested in it, you could find it on campus. I'm involved with RLO-residence life organization. I was an RA for a year. Depending on the dorm you live in, a lot of residences leave their dorrs open. Especially in the freshmen experience dorm which is Conover. Athletics are a big part of Rider especially men's basketball. There is a lot of Theatre on both campuses yet im not sure about their attendance. 2am on a tuesday? I'm watchinga movie with friends, studying or doing homework and probably coming back from the Bronc Diner.

Since Rider has over 100 different clubs and orgs, there is something for everyone. I am a part of the student entertainment council, and I love it! This group puts on a majority of the events on campus, from comedians, concerts, late night Bronc Buffets, and so much more both on the weekends and during the week. No one should ever be bored. The students are friendly and ready to get involved. Students tend to leave their doors open, especially freshmen when they are all meeting each other for the first time. Infact, I met my closest friends from everyone keeping their doors open on the floor. It wasn't unusual to just have someone walk into your room and sit down and hang out. Late at night during the week, it is relatively quiet. If people are hanging out, then they are at the Bronc Diner, or just hanging out in the residence halls. The biggest party nights are Thursday and Friday. Every now and then you can find a party on a Wednesday, but it is not as common. For a great time and tons of school pride, the students go to the basketball games. They are a blast!! Free prizes and tons of fun. Infact, basketball is such a big deal at Rider, that every year the Emerging Leaders group on campus puts on Midnight MAACness. At midnight, the basketball team, which is part of the MAAC conference, can start their season and have their first practice. It is a HUGE event that everyone comes out to to get free food, free t-shirts, and have a great time. It's kind of like a huge pep-rally. For those who are interested, Rider is about 15{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} greek, with the greek life on campus.

Bball is the biggest sport on campus (even though baseball won MAACs, but I'd bet that only 5{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the Rider population actually knows that). The whole dorm life is completely different throughout every dorm. There are a lot of thespians so the theater shows tend to be popular. Awake at 2am on a Tuesday, I'd be just leaving the diner or driving to Wawa. People party often and there isn't much to do on a Saturday night that doesn't involve drinking. At Rider you have to make your own fun...I made my own fun and thought Rider was a great experience.

Basketball season is the most amazing time of the year. It brings students to life more than anything else. It's really the only time the entire student body gets together and feels like a team. Also, the comedians, somehow the school always seems to pick the best ones. The only problem is, not all these things happen on weekends.

There are a billion different clubs so I won't even name any of them. At the start of the school year every club sets up a table and people can sign up for stuff then. All the athletic events are pretty popular, the main ones being the basketball, ice hockey, and baseball/softball games. You have to drive to the hockey games though, except when they have big games and get buses to drive over to the rink, which is only a 3minute drive right over route 95. The greek life used to be fun to hangout at, until Rider gave them a ton of strict rules to follow so they have really died down. The party scene is always gonna be there though. More kids have houses off campus and there used to be small ''get togethers'' in the pods, but Rider being the anti-party school ruined those for next year. There will always be the Rider PUB to go to on monday and thursdays though. Monday is for the 21+ crowd and have 5$ pitches and Thursday is 18 to enter 21 to drink with 1$ beers. Thursday night is pretty much like a club and is my favorite night of the week. If you don't drink, Rider always has really fun and cool events that they sponsor. They are usually free, and consist of going to minor league sports games, paintball, and other pretty cool stuff.

You're not allowed to consume alcohol with the doors open. Solo cups are not allowed in the hallway (regardless of its contents). If you're 21 and there's an underage person in the room with you while you're drinking, you're only allowed an X amount of open/visible beer cans. There is nothing you can do on a Saturday night- that is mildly amusing- unless you're drinking. If you're content with eating a bag of chips in front of the TV, watching a soap or the game; playing board games i.e. monopoly, risk or scrabble; video games and what not... then you'll survive. It's impossible to get off campus at night- if you did try to go off campus, you'd have nowhere to go anyways. With boredom, the vandalism starts. And no one gets caught for it- the fees for damages just gets split among the residents of that particular building/floor. For the innocent residents that had nothing to do with the damages or even knew that it happened, get charged 20-200 at the end of the term. You can always find a good party- but if you're too loud, you get 'shushed'. If you leave your door unlocked, open or unattended to- most likely you're gonna come back to find some of your stuff missing. No hazing? Not a real frat/sorority. And.. if I'm up late at night or should I say, early in the morning- it's either because I'm rushing work, watching a game, cramming for a test or... looking for my room but can't seem to find it.

My friends and I at Rider do basically everything together. My roommates and I have developed friendships that mean the world to me. Whether we help each other with homework, personal problems, or even simple problems, my friends at Rider are the ones who truly helped me to get through my freshman year. My friends and I almost always leave our doors open and talk to each other from across the hall. We end up meeting new people who pass by and it's our way of telling our neighbors that we want to get to know them.

The most popular activity is Greek Life. There are 3 fraternity houses and 4 sorority houses on campus. If you are not apart of Greek Life, it's ok, because most of the time you know someone who is, and that gets you to know the brothers/sisters. There are other activities to do around campus, everything from Ultimate Frisbee to WRRC 107.7 Rider's Radio station. I am heavily involved with 107.7 WRRC. As a freshman I was able to have my own 2 hour slot, and it does not matter what major you are, WRRC is open to one and all, even some members of the surrounding community have been known to have a show. The biggest sport at Rider is basketball, our home games most of the time have a huge turn out in the "Bronc Zoo." The Student Entertainment Council plans the events that happen on campus, they tend to bring a lot of comedians, and attendance of the events vary. If I am awake at 2 am on a Tuesday, which most of the time I am, I am normally talking to friends or doing work, and sometimes both. There really is not a lot going on at Rider on a Saturday night. The Student Entertainment Council does offer free movies on campus every weekend, but like I mentioned, since many people tend to go home on the weekend, you really have to find stuff to do off campus, in either New York City, Philly, or Princeton. It is also very helpful that we are located right next to Route 1. I've noticed many students are doing errands on weekends.

I am highly involved with the Science Learning Community, I think its really important to have a support system of science majors. They are some of the hardest majors on campus and its fun to interact with students who are drowning in labs too. Leaving your dorm door open is a great way to met people and recognize faces. My freshman floor was the party central and there were parties 4 or 5 nights a week, ranging in size. Greek life is present on campus and are housed on one side of campus, and they are pretty active. There still is a social setting outside of the greek life.

The concert was whack this year with Gym Class hero's but it was alright. Myt sorority is the best thing that has happened to me so far at school. We always have something to do and you get to know a tono of people. the frat guys are awesome. Theres always a good party to go to for the most part. Oh, and we also had a comedian come in, and he was hilarious! The boys are alright. I spend a lot of my time at the hockey games. i'm going to be manager next year for them. the dorms really arent that bad. i had fun, and I'm actually going to miss them next year once I move into my on campus sorority house. I usually stay on campus, so we dont need to drive. there always something to do; drinking or non-drinking which is cool.

The social life here is terrible. Ever since the student died, it feels as though we live in a prision. College is supose to be the best years of our lives, and instead..the rules are so crazy we can't even have 5 people in one dorm room after 11pm on a weekend.

Meeting people at Rider is as hard or as easy as you choose to make it. I found my friends by participating in cheerleading and Delta Sigma Pi. Organizations are a great way to meet people, especially early in your college experience. I find that people leave their doors open in dorms if they are friends with others in their wing of the dorm, but with the housing crunch on campus, getting housing with your friends will be more difficult and open doors will probably be less prevalent. Greek life used to have a larger presence on campus, mostly for the parties. Since 2 fraternities are now gone, they have less of an impact and their reputation has changed. Athletic events, mostly men's basketball games and Midnight MAACness draw a lot of students and are the most common school activity for students to attend. The university has made a lot of improvements to give students more to do on campus, trying to keep them on the weekends and reduce the drinking on campus. The games in the SRC, various pub events, and the diner give students more to do on campus that is in a controlled environment.

SEC is a huge organization on campus. I wanna say that its the second largest, minus SGA. SEC is the student entertainment council, SGA is the student government association. SEC and SGA both are student run organizations that work hard to provide the student body with things that they want. SEC is always having bands and comedians come perform at the school, and SGA works on solving issues that students are having, such as in the residence halls or parking. The first few weeks of school students keep their doors open to their rooms. After that, they're unlocked. Awake at 2 on a tuesday? What am i doing? prob doing homework or watching a movie with some friends. Most nights we don't go to bed until 2 or 3. ACTUALLY! the bronc diner is open until 2 a.m. go there get the fat bronc NO bread!!

Since our recent record of tragedies (deaths..6 in one semester, most not even campus-related), Greek life has taken a BIG hit. Parties are more cracked down upon, yet our campus is not dry. SGA is clearly the most popular club/org on campus, the competition is CRAZY. We're also a Division I school for athletics, so sports are pretty big on the agenda, but mostly basketball. We have tons of guest speakers from all over the place come every semester. Orientation here is the best, its how everyone meets their first friends. There are tons of traditions that seem kind of tacky on paper but when you experience them they are A LOT of fun.

greek life is huge. brownwater coffee houses are good. the gym is nice. the food ain't so bad. the kids are obnoxious.

There are tons of activites to do around campus. Just look them up and do it. I've been playing ice hockey my whole life so i do that, and i just learned how to play lacrosse and joined that too. There are also lots of academic clubs to join. There are always athletic events to go too. I love goin to the men or womens basketball games and gettin a little rowdy, along with the volleyball games too. And the ice hockey games are always crazy especially any game that gets advertised. Those games usually get out of hand, both on the ice and in the stands. If you're awake at 2am on a tuesday, you're probably studying or drunk. You can usually find people partying m-t-w- def thursday nights at the pub!- f-s. i dont think many people drink sunday. Last weekend of school i got really drunk and fell outta the top bunk and busted my ass. Pretty funny, but hurt like a bitch the next day. If you don't drink, there are tons of things to do also. Rider sponsors really cool ass events on the weekends. Last year we went to a trenton tritans hockey game, and paintballing, and out to Medevil Times. A lot of people also go to philly to party and sometimes to NY.

Rider has many school sponsored social activities. Buffets and bingo games take place every months along with free movies every week. Musicians and comedians come by every so often as well. Each spring there is a huge concert. Jason Mraz came last year and Gym Class Heroes came this year. The campus pub is a great scene to kick back, meet people, or order a beer without the fear of a DUI. About 10{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of studnets are Greek. Greek students are passionate about their organizations as they should be after an intensive pledging semester. They party sometimes but you really have to know someone close to them to be included. I would like to see more open parties you can just go to at Rider like Penn State has.