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Students Pack Advisement Center as Deadlines Near

As the deadline for late registration approaches, more and more SUNY Rockland students can be found clustering in the Academic Advisement Center, located on the second floor of the Technology Building Full story

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Intoducing the eTextbook

From Pages to Screen: A Modern Way of Studying

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Students Pack Advisement Center as Deadlines Near

As the deadline for late registration approaches, more and more SUNY Rockland students can be found clustering in the Academic Advisement Center, located on the second floor of the Technology Building

Smoking Ban: One Year Later

Has the Ban Truly Been Enforced?

The smoking ban introduced on the SUNY Rockland campus just over a year ago is well underway, prohibiting smoking on all school grounds. Signs posted all over campus act as reminders that smoking is not permissible—but are students and faculty abiding by the new school policy? Several students admitted to having witnessed others smoking on campus, lighting up a cigarette or two with little care of the new rule.

Angel Online System Now Available to All Courses

Online learning has become a part of the SUNY experience. It can come in the form of full online curriculums, or web enhanced courses in the conventional classroom. Starting this fall, any course can have an ANGEL component, which means that any course can have an online component.

Features

10 Tips To Survive Freshman Year

With summer ending, many of the incoming SUNY Rockland students are excited to start the year. But along with a new academic year, comes new challenges for these students to face. Here are the top ten worries of incoming students and tips to help alleviate the stress.

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Textbook Options: Rentals, E-Texts, Just the Chapter

There are noticeably sharp differences in the prices of textbooks this fall. Students now have more options than ever before, including textbook renting and e-Textbooks, that will cut the costs of course materials. Over the summer, Federal Higher Education Opportunity Act went in effect to protect students from the skyrocketing textbook prices.

Science & Health

Is Gulf Seafood Safe?

Fisherman In The Gulf Claim That Marine Life Is Heavily Affected By Oil

After three and a half months of oil spilling into the Gulf and toxic dispersants being poured into the water, one has to wonder if that could possibly have an effect on the seafood derived from those waters. The federal government and British Petroleum have both attempted to convince the American public that seafood from the Gulf is safe to consume.

Summer Rays Call for Dry Hair Days

STRENGTHEN YOUR HAIR One of the best ways to start repairing your hair is by taking vitamins. Vitamin C and Vitamin B2, or Riboflavin, can help in hair growth.These supplements can be found in in your local Walgreens or CVS. CUT YOUR HAIR Split ends can cause damage by moving toward the root of the hair and eventually breaking off.

Movie Reviews

Despicable Me

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Meet Gru. He’s an aging, balding man with a neglected childhood. He also happens to be one of the world’s top villains, stealing some very renowned objects with the help of his tiny-but-numerous minions. This is the protagonist in Universal’s animated film “Despicable Me.

Predators

Movie Review

“Predators” is a new and possibly “definitive” sequel to the late 80’s, early 90’s series. A mercenary, three soldiers, a Cartel enforcer, an FBI’s most wanted, and a doctor, are dropped into a mysterious jungle.

Inception

Movie Review

Leonardo DiCaprio plays an “extractor” named Cobb in this summer’s hit movie, “Inception.” Along with his assistant, or “point-man” Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), he steals ideas through people’s dreams.

Opinion

California is Not Ready for Gay Marriage

The efforts to bring civil unions to the esteemed level of marriage have been springing up across the country. To many it was a surprise when in 2008, California amended its state constitution with Proposition 8, which recognized marriage as between a man and a woman. 7 comments

The Right to Marry

Should marriage be a constitutional right? When answering this question we need to ensure that moral objections do not color our thinking. Although we traditionally swear in our government officials on the Bible, as a nation we have a strict divide between church and state. 1 comment

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FML @ RCC

Today, I forgot to do my global history homework. Since it was an online class, I told my teacher that my Internet wasn’t working. The only problem was that I told her through an e-mail. FML Today, I misspelled the word “failure” on my group PowerPoint presentation.

Wavves: A Personal Experience

  When I heard that Wavves would be playing a show at The Bowery in Manhattan on August 4, I knew I had to be there. I was never really a fan of Wavves until I saw the album art for their most recent album, King of the Beach, which depicts a cat smoking a joint surrounded by palm trees and a colorful, pyramid-pattern backdrop.