What Kind of Stories Does The Rider News Cover?

The Rider News covers Rider University campus life, local and regional politics, Rider athletics, and arts and opinion content. Based on its homepage, its coverage splits into five main areas: campus news, politics, sports, features and opinion, and multimedia. If you are looking for student-reported news about Rider University and the surrounding Lawrenceville and New Jersey area, this is the type of coverage you will find.

Campus News at Rider University

The site's news section reports on facilities, academic departments, and student life at Rider. Recent examples from the homepage include:

• New campus spaces — "Rider opens new Sensory Garden for rest and relaxation," covering a garden opened on Sept. 29 for students, faculty, and staff.
• Department changes — "Performing Arts departments restructure amid faculty departures," about the department entering the 2026-27 academic year in a period of reconstruction.
• Student events — "Reinventing the Rider experience with Cranchella," on the return of a campus open-house event, and "Dîner en Cran," about a student life event organized through Instagram invitations and RSVPs.

This section is the closest thing to a campus news desk: it tracks what is opening, changing, or happening on and around campus.

Local and Regional Politics

The Rider News also covers politics in the surrounding New Jersey area, often through the lens of Rider community involvement. One homepage example is "Rahway debate hosts two congressional candidates," which reports on Rider community members traveling to Rahway, New Jersey, on Sept. 27 to attend a debate between two congressional candidates.

Coverage here tends to be event-based — debates, appearances, and local political activity — rather than national political analysis.

Sports Coverage

Sports reporting focuses on Rider's teams and athletes, including conference play and individual profiles. Examples from the homepage:

• Team results — "Broncs undefeated in NEC play, drop one against the Hoyas," covering Rider field hockey's opening Northeast Conference games.
• Athlete features — "On the 1,000-Mile Rohde from one family to another," a feature on a future collegiate volleyball star who moved nearly 1,000 miles from her new home in Lawrenceville.

Expect game recaps, conference standings context, and human-interest stories about Rider athletes.

Features, Opinion, and Entertainment

Beyond hard news, the site runs feature stories, opinion columns, and reviews:

• Entertainment reviews — "Primetime: How to catch a poor review," a review of a biopic about the television program "To Catch a Predator."
• Opinion and commentary — "The cost of artificial intelligence: environmental catastrophe," an opinion piece on data centers and their environmental impact, and "Ed Sheeran creates a 'divide' with his fans," commentary on a concert and a politically charged opening speech.

These pieces are clearly labeled by section, so you can tell reporting from commentary before you read.

Multimedia and Other Sections

The homepage navigation lists Multimedia, Rider News Roundup, Swag, and Digital Editions alongside the main news, sports, features, and opinion sections. The site also maintains standing pages for About/Contact, Meet the Staff, Letter to the Editor, Policies, Place an Ad, Print Archives, and a Sitemap.

Is It Worth Following?

The site publishes frequently — several homepage stories are dated within a day or a week — so it works as a running record of Rider University and its surrounding community rather than a general news source.