note bene winners receive accolades at annual awards ceremony

This issue of the Record completes our two-part coverage of Raritan Valley’s nota bene program, which recognizes the students whose scholarly and artistic work show distinction. Click here to read more.

ONE takes steps to aid women in Darfur

For $15 RVCC students can help a woman in Darfur boil water to make it safe for her family to drink.

RVCC’s ONE chapter, which encourages college students to take action against poverty, is raising money to send solar-based cookers to Darfur in the Sudan in Africa. The Darfur region has been devastated by drought and poverty and has some of the highest infant mortality rates in the country. Click here to read more.

RVCC planetarium to celebrate 20 earth-year anniversary

Get a close up view of the sun and of the planet Saturn at the RVCC planetarium’s 20th anniversary celebration on Saturday, May 15, 2-9 p.m.  Exhibits and special programs, including the telescope viewings, are free and open to the public. Click here to read more.

Hoops for the Needy a big success

The Hoops for the Needy fundraiser scored a big win for Manville and Bound Brook flood victims and earthquake survivors in Chile and Haiti. According to Lisa Hartpence of the Hoops for the Needy Committee, the event raised $645 from team fees and other donations.

First Place honors went to the team of Sharif Muhammad, Will Williams, Jon Flete, Mike Barbetta, Nick Theresa and Lisa Hartpence.  Click here to read more.

Library imposing stricter noise rules

Along with final exams next week, the end of the semester has brought strict rules regarding noise to the RVCC library.

A large notice at the entrance advises, “One week until finals. Quiet study only. Whisper and respect fellow students.” Click here to read more.

Movie Review - 44 Inch Chest

Colin Diamond  (Ray Winstone) is a big man with an even bigger problem — one that has brought him to his knees — literally and figuratively. His beloved wife of twenty years, Liz (Joanne Whalley), has been unfaithful to him and wants out of their marriage.
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Campus Wheels service ends today

Students, faculty and staff who depend on Wheels Suburban Transportation Route 884 to get to campus by bus are scrambling to find alternatives. NJ Transit will shut down the route as of tomorrow.

A local nonprofit transportation advocacy group estimates that the move will affect hundreds of local workers and RVCC community members. 
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Organic garden takes root on campus

RVCC has a green thumb. A large organic garden is taking root behind the baseball field.

REAL club advisor and biology professor Jay Kelly, club members and volunteers have spent two years preparing the garden, which is about the size of 10 West Building classrooms. Planting began earlier this month and already there are signs of lettuces, strawberries, beets and spinach that will be ready to eat later this spring.
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Company offers $5,000 scholarships to Black, Asian, Hispanic students

RVCC multicultural students have until May 30 to apply for a $5,000 college scholarship from Emerald Financial Resources, part of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.
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In the RVCC Gallery: Student Art, part II

The second half of the two-part student art exhibit is in the RVCC Gallery.

This show, which features work by students in the 3d Design and Sculpture, Graphic Design, Painting, Video and Multi Media, Photography and Printmaking classes, follows an earlier exhibit of students in 2d Design, Drawing, Illustration, Ceramics, Color Theory and Book Arts.
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Six-game win streak boosts RVCC softball season, 4 players honored

RVCC women pushed their winning streak to six games by defeating Salem CC 6-5 and 8-0 in an April 22 double header. 

In the first game, the Lady Lions scored five runs in the first inning highlighted by back-to-back RBI singles by Renee Wright, Aubrey Legreide and Kaylee Fry. Tina Sempervive led off the seventh inning with a single, stole second then scored on a Wright infield hit and a Salem error.  Click here to read more.

Fall soccer: coaches seek more players as practices start

Men’s and women’s soccer teams are holding spring practice on the campus soccer fields, getting ready for the upcoming fall season. 

Women practice at 4 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays. Coach James Watson said the sessions “give women the chance to work on their skills in small-sided pick-up games.”
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