The School of Education will host a screening of The Cartel, an award-winning documentary that takes a critical look at New Jersey public schools. Bob Bowdon, the film's director, will join a panel discussion and Q & A after the screening

Rocketboom Tech’s Ellie Rountree interviews Mike Barger from AT&T with a first look inside the technology that powered SXSW 2010. This exclusive interview also reveals AT&T’s plans to make available small, personalized signal boosters for the home later this year. Assets: Backhaul Testing Graphic, Box Truck, telstra mobile phone tower, cell phone tower, downtown austin, [...]

The College of New Jersey has been named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement.

Rocketboom’s Humanwire correspondent Tim Brown reports on Bee Beard from Portland, Oregon.

Yesterday, March 16, 2010, Governor Chris Christie proposed a state budget for Fiscal Year 2011, which will begin on July 1, 2010. His plan calls for dramatic reductions in state spending on municipal aid, school aid, and higher education aid, among other measures designed to reconcile a staggering budget shortfall. Though higher education was not a topic of discussion during the governor’s televised address, his proposal will have significant ramifications for the present and future of higher education in New Jersey.

Rocketboom’s Humanwire correspondent Ruud Elmendorp reports on self defense classes for the elderly women in Korogocho, Nairobi, Kenya.

Molly takes a trip down the rabbit hole. Today’s Casual Friday was produced, directed, and edited by Ben Conley.

He spent more than 10 years in prison for a crime he never committed. Hear the story of finding truth, redemption and friendship on March 15 at 7PM. 

Molly discusses the pyramids. Assets: Koh Ker Temple Pyramid, Tikal Taken Temple Pyramid, Rupert Sheldrake, Woman Staring at Small Crystal Ball, Guy With Hands, John Noble Wilford NYTimes Page, Thomas F. Strasser, Ph. D., Robert Schoch, Boston University, Voyages of the Pyramid Builders Book Cover, Step Pyramid, Cairo, Pyramid of Kuklcan, Ancient Boat, Temple of [...]

Rocketboom’s Ella Morton interviews Andrew Beccone, master librarian and founder of the Reanimation Library in Brooklyn, NY. Assets: Raul Hausman Dada poster (1923-1924), Raul Hausman “The Art Critic” dada image, Dada art: Max Ernst, brooklyn map. Music by Podington Bear.

TCNJ’s School of Business placed #65 out of 111 schools that qualified for inclusion on the 2010 BusinessWeek Survey of Best Undergraduate Business Schools.

Molly shares her thoughts on sound, laziness, Alice in Wonderland and more. Assets: Édouard-Léon Scott, Phonautograph, first audio recording, theweakshop.com, ashamed puppy, damien hirst, the clinic, Hirst - “The Impossibility…”, Singapores Medical Restaurant, Singapore Swing, nitro-sangria, edison pwned, phonautographe 2, clinic image, clinic photo 5, clinic photos 6, Edison. Music: Podington Bear.

Molly discusses star wars, classical music, portal, and more. Assets: Tbilisi Rock Festvial, “Aquarium at Tbilisi”, Regan, Regan with Flags, Reagan at Empire Speech, Vader Imperial March Music, Regan’s Star Wars, Regan Star Wars Stamp, Star Wars Trailer, No Loitering, LoudSpeaker, Man with Loudspeakers, Loudspeakers, Classical Music Kid, Waiting, Bored at school, UK map, siren [...]

The College of New Jersey men’s club lacrosse team is ranked 10th amongst Division II schools in a pre-season poll published by Inside Lacrosse magazine.

Molly predicts this year’s Oscar winners. Join her for the Oscar Prediction Game by submitting your predictions in the comments below, or making a video response on our YouTube channel! Assets: Up In The Air Trailer, Inglourious Basterds Trailer, District 9 Trailer, An Education Trailer, The Hurt Locker Trailer, Avatar Trailer, A Serious Man Trailer, [...]

March 14, 2010

High school students who are nominated by their school music teachers will spend a day participating in ensembles directed by TCNJ faculty. The Honors Music Day will feature three ensembles: band, choir, and orchestra. The students who are accepted into an ensemble will spend a full day rehearsing at the College of New Jersey and will perform a concert at 7:00 pm that evening.

Location: Music Building
Sponsor: Department of Music
Email: balog@tcnj.edu

Competition for a seat in the class of 2014 at The College of New Jersey is going to be stiff, as TCNJ has seen the highest number of first year admissions applications in its history this year.

Rocketboom Internet Research Scientist, Jamie W., explains Phonetic Translations. Story links: Scuse Me while I kiss This Guy - Jimi Hendrix, Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bad Moon Rising, misheard, Even Flow: Misheard Lyrics, Misheard Lyrics: Sean Paul - Temperature, Britney Spears: Toxic Misheard Lyrics, Mondegreen, Homograph Homophone Venn Diagram, Homograph Homophone Venn Diagram, Rock the Casbah: [...]

TCNJ is one of the 50 best undergraduate institutions in the U.S. and Canada to study game design, according to The Princeton Review.

Students in this class are learning how to construct and manage a well-diversified financial portfolio. But unlike the stock market games many of us played as grade-school children, the money these students are working with is real, and the decisions they make can mean the difference between making, or losing, thousands of dollars.

The Crime Analytics Program gives students the chance to sift through actual police data to help a local police department improve its crime-fighting abilities.  

One chemistry professor's research could lead to an environmentally safer method of controlling moths -- pests that can cause major agricultural damage and deforestation.

 R. Barbara Gitenstein, President of The College of New Jersey.

Rocketboom’s Ella Morton visits the Morbid Anatomy Library. Assets: Victorian Romance, Suitor, Man on Bended Knee, Fashion Plates, Thrillers Club, Woman Laying Nude,Victorian Fashion, Panmosaic, Mercury, Weight in Gold, Pompeii Wall Painting, Pompeii Brothel, Roemer 2, Roemer 1, Aphrodite Anadyomene Pompeii, Erotic Pair, Three Graces, Victorian Romance. Music by Podington Bear.

Molly tells the tale of Dr. Seuss in honor of his birthday. Assets: Dr. Seuss with wife, Dr. Seuss with pipe, suess with doll, jacko magazine, oxford, beer bottle, judge and life, animation - private snafu, gasmask training, to think that i saw it on mulberry st, butter battle, illustration, from green eggs and ham, [...]

Molly reports on Justin Bieber’s birthday, Conan on Twitter, nuclear waste on asteroids, Hummer going out of business, and more. Assets: gm sign, green hummer, convertible hummer, yellow hummer, guy on hummer, woman hummer, chinese city, hummer to be eaten, dragon, buried nuclear waste, stored waste, nuclear plant, stored red barrels, recycling nuclear waste, buried [...]

The International Technology Education Association (ITEA) honored the Technology Education program at William Annin MS with its Middle School Program Excellence Award, and Nicholas Beykirch '00 and '07, the Teacher of the Year Award.

An emergency weather report from Molly, Molly, and Molly. Assets: Japanese Smiling Dog. Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates! Join us on Facebook for behind the scenes pics and videos!

Molly interviews Mortified creator and founder Dave Nadelberg. Assets: Home Video, Diary. Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates! Join us on Facebook for behind the scenes pics and videos!

Rocketboom’s Ella Morton interviews Natalie Tran also known as Community Channel on YouTube. Music by Podington Bear.

From tattoo parlor aficionado to world lecturer and Worldwide Award Nominee, The Scary Guy has brought his inspirational message to millions on both sides of the Atlantic.

 

Rocketboom Tech’s Ellie Rountree gives some advice on being a tech collector. Story Links: History of the Internet, e-waste, where old computers go to die, old tech on ebay, Old Nintendo system sells for $13,105, Rarity Guide, Brick Phone, Extra Thick Brick Phone, Collectible Mobile Phones, Derek Morris, The Most Collectible PCs of all timeAssets: [...]

Molly reports on Epic Beard Man and more. Assets: Buy a Tech Firm, Get a Ping Pong Table, Equation, Epic Beard Man, Cleveland Skyline, Texas, Texas 2, Cleveland City Hall, Cleveland House, Bob’s Pickle Pops, Cow Madness, Cleveland Most Miserable City

Molly talks Leah into trying to get arrested by breaking some wacky laws around New York City. Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates! Join us on Facebook for behind the scenes pics and videos!

Molly visits Toy Fair 2010 in NYC to get a look at some of this year’s greatest toys.

Rocketboom’s Humanwire correspondent Harvey Stein reports from Jerusalem, Israel about the celebration of Elvis’ birthday at the Elvis American Inn.

Rocketboom’s Humanwire correspondent Harvey Stein reports from Jerusalem, Israel about the celebration of Elvis’ birthday at the Elvis American Inn.

Molly recites her A, B, C’s… Story links: Tribute to Steve Ballmer, California Coastline, California Coastline 2, Large Hadron Collider Delay, Shortest Street on Earth, Surprising Animal Facts, iBap Jeans for the iPad, Jelly Fish Challanger, Karaoke Rage, Super Mario 64, Canadian NATO Spy Station Up for Sale, Oranges Charge an iPhone, I’m Just a [...]

Molly talks about land opportunities, the Olympics, and more. Story links: Nodar Kumaritashvili [pic 1], Nodar Kumaritashvili [pic 2], Nodar Kumaritashvili [pic 3], Nodar Kumaritashvili [pic 4], Nodar Kumaritashvili [pic 5], Crow-Bot, Ogori Cafe, Ogori Chart, Luxury Float, Map of Bir Tawil, Map of Marie Byrd, Animals Migrating, world map, elephant, tucan, panda, kangaroo, buffalo, [...]

Featuring Ruotao Mao (violin), John Laughton (clarinet), and Tomoko Kanumaru (piano). The program will include the Suite for Clarinet, Violin and Piano by Darius Milhaud, Contrasts by Bela Bartok, and Variations by John Harbison.

In order to expedite and enhance public accounting education in New Jersey, TCNJ School of Business and Rutgers Business School have entered into an agreement to ease undergraduates’ transition to master’s training.

Molly makes Valentine’s cards and spreads the love around Central Park in New York City. Leave your best Valentine’s Day story as a video response or in the comments below and you could win the last of Molly’s Valentine’s cards! Music by Gepel. For the latest updates, follow us on Twitter! For behind the scenes [...]

The College of New Jersey is pleased to announce that it will host LUNAFEST®, a national fundraising film festival that showcases short films by, for and about women. LUNAFEST at TCNJ will take place on Friday, March 19, 2010. The festival will begin at 7 P.M. in the Mildred and Ernest E. Mayo Concert Hall in the Music Building.

An art student partnership three years in the making begins this month as German art students from Goethe-Universität Frankfurt and art students of the College finally meet face-to-face.

Rocketboom Tech’s Ellie Rountree explains 3D viewing technology. Story links: View Finder, 1954 DIAL M FOR MURDER, 3-D Film, Anaglyphic plastic 3D glasses, Polarization, Alternate frame sequencing, Autostereoscopic, 3D Film and Animation Getting it Right, Digital Light Processing, DLP Background, 3D Systems Installs Dual-Vat iPro(TM) 9000 SLA(R) System at American Precision Prototyping, Sky bringing 3D [...]

Two anonymous donors have committed more than half a million dollars to show their support of the Chemistry and Biology programs at the College. 

 

Molly explains “power couples” and how Brangelina came to be. Story links: E! News, Meet the Smiths, Google search for Brand and Angelina Split, Brangelina US Weekly, Brangelina OK magazine, Brangelina Split Rumors, The Brangelina Fever, Robert Thompson Assets: Gone With the Wind, JFK and Jackie O., JFK and Jackie in Dallas, Casa Blanca, Marcheline [...]

On today’s Humanwire episode, watch TWU Local 525 members discuss their worries about the future of their jobs, their industry and their communities, which rely on the current model of space exploration for their survival. Mary C. Matthews reports from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Story links: Union Voice, NASA, TWU - Transport Workers Union. Follow us [...]

TCNJ has again had a wonderfully productive fall semester, with promising indications regarding next year.

Molly explores the website http://Chatroulette.com and chats with people from around the world. Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates! Join us on Facebook for behind the scenes pictures and videos!

On March 1, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Chris Hedges will discuss how our culture is impacted as the public increasingly disregards serious media in favor of falsity and spectacle.

Molly reports on defense bots and more. Story links: Hydro Electric Power Plant Explosion, The Frozen Explosion Power Plant, Ice House Detroit, Coudal, full moon, Ice House Detroit Blog, Boston Dynamics Big Dog, DARPA asks Boston Dynamics for Bigger Big Dog, No joke: South Carolina now requires ’subversives’ to register, Yarisal Kublitz, Free VenezuelaAssets: [...]

Molly goes to her first Super Bowl party. This week’s Casual Friday was written, directed, and edited by Ryan Hunter. Starring: MemeMolly, Jenn Lyon, Taige Jensen, Neal Bledsoe, Brett Haley, and Andrea Vascellari.

 

Rocketboom Tech’s Ellie Rountree reviews 6 new applications for you to try on your Mac and/or PC! Applications: Things, Team Viewer, Self Control, Last Pass, Songbird, Party Booth.

Molly celebrates Create a Vacuum Day by conducting the “egg in a bottle” experiment. Assets: Safety First, Crash Test Dummies, Fireman.

Rocketboom’s Ella Morton interviews Dom Villella and discovers the paranormal side of New York City. Assets: asleep in bed, ghosts, clocks. Music by Podington Bear.

Shakespeare ’70, Mercer County’s only classical repertory company, will perform Oscar Wilde’s perfect comedy of manners The Importance of Being Earnest at the Don Evans Black Box Theater in Kendall Hall.

Molly reports on Apple’s iPad. Assets: ipad, mac desktop, photoshop interface, fcp interface, vhs camcorder, rotary phone, hard drive, ipad present, leaning forward at desk, looking at iphone, reclining, reclining 2, reclining 3, layin on grass, handing it over, Adobe Flash, Missing Flash, Missing Flash 2, Missing Flash 3, Flash Icon, HTML code, HTML code [...]

Molly reports on an island in a lake on an island and more. Story links: Philippine island qualifies its way to a “World’s Largest” title, What to get the man who has everything? An underwater plane of course, Try air to stay dry, NASA, Valentine’s Delieverd from Space, A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter, Deceive [...]

Student organizations at The College of New Jersey are inviting all members of the community to join together for the first in a series of events responding to the crisis in Haiti.

Rocketboom’s Internet Research Scientist, Jamie W., explains Advice Dog. Assets: post of year, 76M GET, acid trip, adult swim, original advice dog, drink motor oil, Browse 4chan, Regret Life, Buy Lingerie, For Your Mom, Kill Hookers, No One Will Mind, That You’re Naked In Public, Pirate Movies, Steal Music, Advice Dog Burning, When in Doubt, [...]

Molly recounts the life of Edgar Allan Poe. Assets: Edgar Allen Poe’s Birth Home, Poe, Old Photo of Poe, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, Elizabeth “Eliza” Arnold Poe, Portrait of John Allen, Cover: First Edition of Tamerlane, Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, Edgar Allan Poe’s Pit and the pendulum, Poe, fantastic front, New-York Mirror Edition [...]

Rocketboom’s Ella Morton visits Yelo Spa in New York City to learn about the benefits of power napping.

“Inherited Traits” will feature six diverse installations crafted by award-winning artists Nina Katchadourian and Heidi Kumao.

“Price of Life,” an award-nominated film produced by Villanova University students and faculty, tells the story of Robert Childs, who grew up into a life of street violence and lost himself on a “debilitating journey of crime.”

“Inherited Traits” will feature six diverse installations crafted by award-winning artists Nina Katchadourian and Heidi Kumao.

For a third year, TCNJ's aspiring lawyers cut their teeth at the national collegiate moot court competition, held Jan. 15-16 at Florida International School of Law in Miami.

The vice provost of The College of New Jersey has announced the official opening of a center to support the development of educators at the College: The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. 

Molly reports on exploding animals. Assets: ant battle, paintball exploding, cat 1, cat 2, dog 1, dog 2, suspended animation, squirrel, humans in suspended animation, beached whale, whale on crane, whale on truck, clean up after whale, darwin w/ pokeball, raining fish, toad, dead toad, grass, pig in jar, preserved animal kingdom, suspended animatipon star [...]

Rocketboom Tech’s Ellie Rountree interviews Boxee founders Avner Ronin and Idan Cohen. Boxee is a featured app in the Intel Atom Developer Program for MIDs. This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!

Faculty recital featuring Mark Moliterno, bass-baritone; Laura Ward, piano; and guest artist Maggie Moliterno, soprano. Featuring music of Mozart, Brahms, Verdi and Finzi. Admission: FREE.

Molly discusses the Conan Leno battle over late night. Assets: new york night shots, leno on carson, letterman first nbc, first jay leno tonight show, tea party footage, tea party 2, Conan supporters protest, Trendistic - graph of Conan/Leno, twitter - team coco hashtag, I’m with Coco, frankenstein mob, conan, jay, FB team coco fan [...]

Sunday, February 7 at 2 PM
Mildred and Ernest E. Mayo Concert Hall, Music Building
Admission Free

Molly reports on NASA, China, and the ISS. Check out our Save the Space Station wiki page. Story links: Apollo, Russia Offers a Hand With Toilet Clog in Space , NASA Slashes Price for Used Space Shuttles, China Space Lab, NASA Multi-Program Integratd Milestones, NASA. Assets: NASA Florida, Stars in the Sky, toilet, china station [...]

Rocketboom’s Ella Morton visits PBS Kids’ The Electric Company as they get ready to kick off their 2nd season on January 25th. Assets: The Electric Company Ch Words, starring bill cosby, Rita Moreno singing a song “Hey You Guys!”, Hey you guys original sketch, Bill Cosby Rita Moreno, Rita Moreno and Morgan Freeman, Psychadelic opening [...]

TCNJ's Alternative Break Club recently returned from a service trip to New Orleans, which took place January 3-9, 2010. Forty students went on the trip to assist in the rebuilding and recovery efforts in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

Giving Green, a documentary by senior communication studies majors Nick Donnoli and Robert Liedtka, premiered at the Princeton Environmental Film Festival on January 15.

Rocketboom’s Humanwire correspondent Ruud Elmendorp reports on refugees in Berbera, Somalia.

John C. Pollock, professor of communication studies, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture and conduct research at the University of Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina, during the spring, 2010, academic semester.

In honor of A. A. Milne’s birthday Molly reports on the story behind the stories of Winnie the Pooh. Assets: Harry Colebourne and Winnie, Winnie Colebourn, Inspiration, Original Winnie the Pooh Toys, swan, a.a. milnes’ home, ashdown farm, milne and son and pooh, Christopher Robin and pooh, map, original pooh 1, original pooh 2, original [...]

Molly visits the Lomography store in NYC and snaps a few shots around the city. Music by Podington Bear.

Rocketboom’s Ella Morton learns about ConEdison’s sponsored construction of the Harlem River Tunnel that will bring more electricity into Manhattan.

Molly reports on the recent earthquake in Haiti and what you can do to do help. Story links: Haiti, Haitian Creole, Port-au-Prince, About Haiti, Maps of earthquake, Geo search for tweets, Videos on YouTube of Haiti Earthquake, Twitpic Images of Haiti, Archipelago, Haitian Map. How you can help: Unicef Donate, American Red Cross

The College of New Jersey is one of the nation's 50 "Best Value" public colleges and universities according to The Princeton Review, which said, "Students at The College of New Jersey get the best of both worlds."

To celebrate the life and message of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., The College of New Jersey has organized a day of service on Wednesday, January 20, 2010, at the Hedgepeth-Williams School in Trenton. TCNJ students, alumni, faculty and staff will help with the painting of a mural in honor of the school’s historic founding.

Molly reports on cryogenics, sea lions, and alternative energy. Story links: DMSO molecule, World’s Largest Solar Building, World’s Largest Solar Park, cell phone powered by soda, German solar cells, German solar cells II, Snowman Illustration, Frosty The Snowman Illustration 1, Frost The Snowman Illustration Close Up, Preserved Brain, James Hiram Bedford Being Transferred to new [...]

Molly reports on the day’s palindromes. Assets: reviver, nin, a-ha, abba, otto, montana, bob, ana, revilo p. oliver, mike kim, dirt wall, desserts, Miley Cyrus

The program will incorporate a cross-section of academic disciplines in its examination of Shriver’s work and contemporary issues related to the furtherance of opportunity, education, and equality for people with disabilities.

The program, scheduled for Jan. 27, will incorporate a cross-section of academic disciplines in its examination of Shriver’s work and contemporary issues related to the furtherance of opportunity, education, and equality for people with disabilities.

Molly and Ellie meet up with Strala Yoga instructor Tara Stiles to learn a few key moves that relieve the stress and tension of a long day at the office.

Molly explains why yoga is worth trying in 2010. Assets: Yoga Energy Drawing, Woman Doing Yoga On Beach, Yoga Silhoette, Yoga Poses, Yoga Poses Number Two, Yoga Cat , Shiva Painting, Yoga Sillo Illustration, Hatha Yoga Poses, Screaming Cat Video, Time Yoga Article, Laughing And Dancing Video, http://Yogadownload.com, http://Yogaglo.com, Vinyassa Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Bikram Yoga, [...]

For a fourth year, 30 students from TCNJ’s Bonner Center for Civic and Community Engagement are heading to New Orleans to help rebuild homes and give hope to those struggling to get their lives together once more.

The College of New Jersey announced the appointment of Gregory Pogue to the position of vice president for human resources, effective February, 2010.

Ella Morton interviews Main Squeeze Accordion Shop owner Walter Kuhr. Music from The Last of the International Playboys.

A record number of TCNJ Technological Studies undergraduate and graduate students, along with the department’s faculty, attended the Technology Education Collegiate Association’s East Regional Conference in November.

wtfrthesealions, Cookie Monster Slayer, Search for Mars Polar Lander Still On, The Journal Geophysical Research Letters, Russia to Attack Astroid in 26 Years, Tuper Tario Tros game, Box Turns Itself Off When You Turn It On

The College of New Jersey is ranked at #23 of 100 public colleges in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine. The ranking, which appears in the February issue of the magazine, is part of Kiplinger’s annual report on the Best Public College Values.

Apples and oranges (idiom), BMJ: Comparing apples and oranges: a randomised prospective study, Siamese twins (English language), CES 2010, Everything You Wanted to Know About the Google Nexus One, Major New Apple Product on January 27th?, The Future of Transportation Is Here: Electric Vehicles Go Mainstream, Burj Dubai (Burj Khalifa) - 2.3 Gigapixel photo, Marc [...]

The Suffersons, Episode 11 (final episode): Dana tells Josh her decision about whether she’s going to publish her memoir. Created by Blair Singer. Starring Michael Chernus and Susan Pourfar. For more information, see: The Rocketboom Blog. Mememolly and the Rocketboom Daily News will return on Monday, January 4th.