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Senior Send-Off: Editor shaped by diverse groups On the outside, college seems like a vital time to develop friendships, to broaden your understanding of the world and most importantly, to get a degree followed by a career. Once you get past the application process, through your last months at home and actually become a college student, it’s about much more than that. It’s more important how and with whom you take the journey to get your degree. After all, college is a learning institution; it just doesn’t fit into a purely academic mold. For me, and many others, it was my involvement in organizations that formed my four years in the most influential way. I learned quite a lot in class too, but that didn’t shape my character. The two groups I chose were both important pieces of who I was: a writer and a Christian. So, I chose to further my writing skills through The Rider News and to grow spiritually with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Both increased my understanding of the world I live in. The Rider News has been a staple of my collegiate experience since day one — well, actually, Monday one. A group of friends and I consistently attended meetings each Monday and that became a gateway to finding my niche in writing. Features and Entertainment was where you’d find most of my articles, not that I haven’t written a news or opinion piece, but that’s what intrigued me. So, check one — developing a writing style. Check two — learning how to interview strangers. It’s actually not as easy, or hard, as a potential writer would think. But preparedness and improvising all come with the trade. Getting back to the “who” that journeys with you to that glorious, yet terrifying day of graduation. The Rider News family has been integral to molding me as a writer. From working for different editors and seeing the paper change, I learned which readers want changes. Adapting to different stories and different environments has been a task I’ve learned how to work through. I’ve spent Wednesday and Thursday nights in Ridge House for two years with some of the same people, like my roommate, who walked through the door of the newsroom with me way back when, and others who started last week. I can’t count the laughs or the headaches I’ve dealt with, but they were worth it. To the Rider News family — Thank you. As I developed my career skills and gained friendships, I was taking an alternative journey for my personal growth. My other family that can be found at Rider is InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Understanding who I am and why my beliefs are essential in my life has opened my eyes to many things. It’s my suggestion that you find the group that helps you grow and trains you for what you want to do and who you are within that, but also find somewhere that allows you to build the foundation for the person you are and will be. For me, it was in the fellowship of Christians, and I am so grateful that The River could be an integral part of my walk. Leadership and character were two of the most significant things that organization taught me. When you’re in college, take hold of whatever defines you. If you aren’t sure what that is, find a group willing to develop with you. Concentrate on your career; concentrate on what you do and with whom. Honestly, think about that day when you’ll look back on college, and make yourself proud. I sincerely hope that your college journey will be as meaningful as mine. -Cathleen Leitch Outgoing copy editor
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Sinsearach Send-Off: Eagarthóir múnlaithe ag grúpaí éagsúla Ar an taobh amuigh, is cosúil choláiste cosúil le am ríthábhachtach chun cairdeas a fhorbairt, le do tuiscint ar an domhan a leathnú agus is tábhachtaí, go feadh méid le leanúint ag gairm a fháil. Nuair a fhaigheann tú anuas ar an bpróiseas iarratais, trí do mhí anuas sa bhaile agus ar ndóigh, a bheith ina mhac léinn an choláiste, tá sé faoi i bhfad níos mó ná sin. Tá sé níos tábhachtaí conas agus lena tú a chur ar an turas a fháil do céime. Tar éis an tsaoil, tá coláiste institiúid foghlama; sé ní hamháin oiriúnach isteach i múnla amháin acadúil. Maidir liom féin, agus go leor eile, ba é mo rannpháirtíocht in eagraíochtaí a bhí mo ceithre bliana ar an mbealach is mó tionchar. D'fhoghlaim mé go leor leor sa rang freisin, ach nach raibh cruth mo charachtar. Ba iad an dá ghrúpa roghnaigh mé an dá píosaí tábhachtacha a bhí mé: scríbhneoir agus ina Chríostaí. Mar sin, roghnaigh mé chun cur mo chuid scileanna scríbhneoireachta trí na Nuachta rothaí agus ag fás go spioradálta le idir-ollscoile Christian Fellowship. An dá méadú mo tuiscint ar an domhan mé i mo chónaí isteach Tá an Nuacht Rider ar stáplacha de mo thaithí coláisteach ó lá amháin - go maith, i ndáiríre, Dé Luain amháin. Tá grúpa cairde agus mé ag freastal go leanúnach ar chruinnithe gach Luan agus gur tháinig chun bheith ina gheata a aimsiú mo nideoige i scríbhinn. Gnéithe agus Siamsaíocht bhí áit gur mhaith leat a aimsiú ní is mó de mo earraí, nach bhfuil mé scríofa nuachta nó píosa tuairim, ach go bhfuil an méid intrigued me. Mar sin, seiceáil amháin - a fhorbairt stíl scríbhneoireachta. Check dhá - foghlaim conas a strainséirí agallamh. Níl sé i ndáiríre chomh héasca, nó deacair, mar go mbeadh scríbhneoir féideartha smaoineamh. Ach ullmhachta agus tobchumadh teacht ar fad leis an trádáil. Dul ar ais go dtí an "a" go bhfuil turais a bhfuil tú go dtí an lá glórmhar, fós terrifying de chéim. Tá an teaghlach Nuacht rothaí a bhí lárnach a mhúnlú dom mar scríbhneoir. Ó bheith ag obair le haghaidh eagarthóirí éagsúla agus féachaint ar an athrú ar pháipéar, d'fhoghlaim mé a léitheoirí hathruithe ba mhaith. In oiriúint chun scéalta éagsúla agus timpeallachtaí éagsúla Tá tasc foghlamtha agam conas a bheith ag obair trí mheán. Tá mé chaith oíche Dé Céadaoin agus Déardaoin i Ridge Teach ar feadh dhá bhliain le roinnt de na daoine céanna, cosúil le mo roommate, a shiúlfadh tríd an doras ar an seomra nuachta liom bhealach ar ais nuair a, agus daoine eile a thosaigh an tseachtain seo caite. Ní féidir liom comhaireamh na gáirí nó a chuireann mé ar déileáladh leo, ach bhí siad fiú é. Leis an teaghlach Nuacht Rider - Go raibh maith agat. Mar a d'fhorbair liom mo chuid scileanna gairme agus cairdeas a fuarthas, a bhí ag cur mé turas malartach do mo fás pearsanta. Is é mo theaghlach eile is féidir a fháil ar rothaí ollscoile Christian Fellowship. Tuiscint ar cé mé agus cén fáth a bhfuil mo chreidimh riachtanach i mo shaol, tá oscail mo shúile a lán rudaí. Tá sé mo mholadh go bhfaighidh tú an grúpa a chuidíonn leat fás agus traenacha tú cad ba mhaith leat a dhéanamh agus a bhfuil tú taobh istigh, ach freisin a fháil áit éigin gur féidir leat a thógáil ar an bunús le haghaidh an duine a bhfuil tú, agus a bheidh. Maidir liom féin, bhí sé i comhaltachta na Críostaithe, agus tá mé buíoch ionas go bhféadfaí an Abhainn a bheith mar chuid lárnach de mo siúl. Bhí Ceannaireacht agus carachtar dhá cheann de na rudaí is suntasaí a mhúineadh eagraíocht dom. Nuair a bhíonn tú i gcoláiste, a chur ar a shealbhú de cibé sainmhíniú tú. Mura bhfuil tú cinnte cad is é sin, a aimsiú ar ghrúpa sásta a fhorbairt in éineacht leat. Dírigh ar do ghairm bheatha; díriú ar cad a dhéanann tú, agus leis nó léi. Go hionraic, smaoineamh ar an lá sin nuair a rachaidh tú breathnú siar ar an gcoláiste, agus a chur ar bródúil as duit féin. Tá súil agam go mbeidh do thuras choláiste a bheith chomh fiúntach mar mianach. -Cathleen Leitch Eagarthóir cóip Amach