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Carina Snow Assistant Editor Mardi Gras is coming to campus with a parade, mask contests, live jazz music and free southern-style food on March 4. A penny drive between student clubs and staff associations to elect king and queen of carnival, a Mardi Gras tradition, began Feb. 27 at the Student Activities Office. Only […]
Marisa Caban Photographer For those who don’t know, the Academy Awards, aka the Oscars, is the most prestigious award ceremony and most sought-after honor in the film industry; talk show personality Ellen DeGeneres will host the 2014 Oscars, which airs at 7 p.m., March 2 on local ABC affiliate KOCO Channel 5. While the Golden […]
Marisa Caban Photographer The 35th annual Metropolitan Friends of the Library Book Sale took place Feb. 21-22 at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds; people from around Okla. and the nation purchased $1 hardbacks and 50-cent paperbacks of many genres. FOL is a volunteer-run organization that supports the Metropolitan Library System through donations; most of their profits […]
Alex Roberts Assignment Editor The Lady Raiders blew their lead in the last inning of Saturday’s home game against the Cisco Wranglers and lost 6-5. The game was even, and scoreless, until RSC got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the second inning. Courtney Moore, who played third base in Saturday’s game, hit an […]
Jessica Phillips Volunteer Reporter Applications for the Frances White Hughes Scholarship, a leadership scholarship for fine arts students, are being accepted until 5 p.m. Monday, March 3. The Hughes Scholarship is awarded to up to 10 students each fall who are majoring in one of the fine arts: theater, photography, art, music, music engineering or […]
Jessica Phillips Volunteer Reporter The Baptist Collegiate Ministry club meets from noon–1p.m. Wednesdays for Noonday, a free lunch and devotional in the Student Center Raider Room. At Noonday, a pastor presents a short devotional while students enjoy a free meal provided by the club or sometimes sponsored by a local church. The weekly event is […]
By: Alex Roberts Volunteer Writer Four teams of RSC students participated in a coed dodgeball tournament on Wednesday, Feb. 19, in the Wellness Center. Each team was allowed to have six players on the court per game, but they were allowed to sub in extra players for the next game. The teams that participated were: […]
Jennifer Byrd Editor-in-Chief The Mid-Del community passed a $10 million bond election Feb. 11 to increase the school system’s safety measures, provide upgrades to instructional technology, and replace aging buses. The bond issue passed with more than three-quarters of voters approving the two-part proposition. The first section will provide facility improvements based on each school’s […]
Carina Snow Assistant Editor RSC is testing a new learning management system, called Canvas, and comparing it to the current system, Desire2Learn, to determine which might provide the best distance-learning experience; the college will choose at the end of the spring semester. Regular evaluation of a college’s LMS is not uncommon, according to a […]
