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College students help weatherize homes
- The Citizen-Times (new window)
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2010-05-24 |
| Twenty college student Energy Service Corps volunteers from the New Jersey area came to Asheville to help weatherize four mostly low-income multi-unit homes. Daniel Brookshire, a Brevard native, organized and led the group of students. | |
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Senator praises passage of new SAFRA law
- The Daily Targum (new window)
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2010-04-07 |
| Sen. Robert Menendez celebrates the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act yesterday in front of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus. | |
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Menendez, Pallone Join Students in Celebrating Passage of Financial Aid Bill
- Rutgers Today (new window)
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2010-04-06 |
| Members of RUSA and NJPIRG stage a press conference and recognition award ceremony for U.S. Senator Bob Menendez at Brower Commons. | |
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Revamping of Student Loans Approved by Senate
- The New York Times (new window)
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2010-03-25 |
| Ending one of the fiercest lobbying fights in Washington, the Senate voted Thursday to force private commercial banks out of the federal student loan market, cutting off billions of dollars in profits in a sweeping restructuring of financial-aid programs and redirecting most of the money to new education initiatives. | |
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Local groups stream toward a cleaner Bank
- The Daily Targum (new window)
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2010-03-25 |
| The Banks of the Raritan River may have become dirtier over the years, but one University organization is working hard to buck the trend. New Jersey Public Interest Research Group Student Chapters’ Water Watch Campaign is continuing its work to save the Raritan River and cleanse the waterway of its enormous amounts of toxins. | |
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NJPIRG snaps image of student debt
- The Daily Targum (new window)
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2010-03-21 |
| In support of the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, New Jersey Interest Research Group Student chapters will present a photo-petition toward the end of the month to state senators. The petition differs from usual petitions because rather than signing, students were photographed with a sign displaying how much debt they will be in when they graduate, said Sarah Clader, an NJPIRG employee and University alumna. | |
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Activists enlighten U. on solar panels
- The Daily Targum (new window)
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2010-02-14 |
| As part of its Global Warming Solutions campaign, New Jersey Peer Interest Research Group interns set up a table in Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus Tuesday to educate the student body on a new solar panel on Livingston campus. | |
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NJPIRG commencement welcomes new members
- The Daily Targum (new window)
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2010-02-05 |
| The University’s chapter of the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group launched its first event of the semester Wednesday with nearly 150 people in attendance. Interns from each of NJPIRG’s initiatives disseminated information about projects planned for this semester. Speakers represented a variety of issues, including global warming solutions, Energy Service Corps, water watch, higher education and health care. | |
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L.B. students learn to conserve energy
- Atlanticville News (new window)
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2010-01-21 |
| Local students learned about energy conservation last week through games and interactive activities led by a corps of college student volunteers. | |
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Energetic approach
- The Times of Trenton (new window)
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2010-01-20 |
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Students stand up for U.S. health care reform
- The Daily Targum (new window)
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2009-11-19 |
| The New Jersey Public Interest Research Group held a presentation yesterday targeting students who face the uncertainty of health care coverage upon graduation. Equipped with statistics, visuals and an endorsement from Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-6, the group urged support for health care reform. The student chapter set up shop in front of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus despite the chilly, overcast weather conditions. | |
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NJPIRG announces new energy program
- The Daily Targum (new window)
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2009-11-15 |
| New Jersey Public Interest Research Groups Student Chapters representatives are making their rounds around campus to explain the organizations’ plans for the semester. At the SEBS/Cook Council meeting Monday, Campus Organizer Sarah Clader, School of Arts and Sciences senior Kate Hubschmitt and Cook College junior Nicole McCann introduced themselves to members and explained NJPIRG Student Chapters’ new organizational structure. | |
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Volunteers dress as Santa, push global warming solutions
- The Daily Targum (new window)
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2009-09-24 |
| Santa Claus came to town — but not for Christmas. New Jersey Public Interest Research Group student volunteers dressed up as Santa Claus to ask students to call New Jersey Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg’s office and urge a stronger clean energy bill to raise awareness of global warming solutions. | |
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Accomplishments show benefits of volunteering
- The Daily Targum (new window)
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2009-04-22 |
| I want to thank everyone on campus who has supported New Jersey Public Interest Research Group Student Chapters this year and let you know a quick summary of what your support has accomplished. | |
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Organizations clean up Raritan River
- The Daily Targum (new window)
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2009-04-20 |
| In an effort to help restore the Raritan River, more than 150 volunteers cleaned up garbage littering the banks of the Mile Run Brook in New Brunswick. | |
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Obama’s budget proposal redirects funds to students
- The Daily Targum (new window)
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2009-03-26 |
| College students who qualify for Pell Grant federal aid will now receive even more money under President Barack Obama’s budget proposal. | |
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International Water Issues Forum
- New Brunswick Life (new window)
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2009-03-25 |
| NJ Public Interest Research Group’s (NJPIRG) Community Water Watch holds an all-day event to educate New Brunswick and Rutgers community about global and local water issues. There will be interactive discussions held by Rutgers Professors, campus groups, and local water experts. Water Watch will host a press conference to begin the event with an overview of the day. | |
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NJPIRG JOINS NATIONAL MOVEMENT
- Observer (new window)
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2009-03-24 |
| Group represents R-N at 'green' conference in DC | |
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Community, Students, Activists Join to Clean Up Streets
- New Brunswick Life (new window)
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2009-03-09 |
| New Brunswick residents, Rutgers organizations and local activists spent a few hours Saturday morning cleaning up the streets along the Mile Run Brook that cuts through town. | |
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Looking deeper into water
- The Times of Trenton (new window)
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2009-02-11 |
| For the ninth year in a row, AmeriCorps members with NJPIRG's Community Water Watch program launched their annual education week, bringing hands-on water quality lessons last month to students from Trenton, Newark, Camden and Atlantic City in a tribute to the service and civic engagement teachings of the late Martin Luther King Jr. | |
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Web sites assist with soaring textbook costs
- The Daily Targum (new window)
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2009-02-06 |
| Ralph Villecca can think of just one way to describe the price of textbooks — ridiculous. | |
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May this be the year the youth vote blossoms
- Home News Tribune (new window)
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2008-04-08 |
| What makes for a hot national election? Hot issues, for one, like the war in Iraq, a swooning economy, the debate over health care, and global warming and U.S. energy policy. Those meaty topics are all front and center in the 2008 race for the White House. Still, not much on the big national tote board is especially new. So what makes this election different from those past? | |
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No Student Credit Crunch
- My Central Jersey.com (new window)
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2008-03-30 |
| The Cook/Douglass chapter of the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group on Thursday released a report on the effect of credit cards on college students. | |
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Monmouth U's Water Watch to clean up Lake Takanassee
- Atlanticville
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2008-02-28 |
| Monmouth University's chapter of N.J. Community Water Watch is expecting over 50 university students and community members to join in the cleanup of Lake Takanassee this weekend. | |
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Senate Passes Resolution to Help Cut Textbook Costs
- The Daily Targum (new window)
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2008-02-12 |
| The U.S. House of Representatives passed the College Opportunity and Affordability Act. The resolution, passed Thursday, discourages publishing new editions without significant changes or additions. | |
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Young Voters Hit Polls for Louder Voice in Elections
- The Daily Targum (new window)
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2008-02-06 |
| In a country where most young people spend more time concentrating on which of their favorite reality TV stars to vote for, University students proved they do care about political issues yesterday by heading to the polls. | |
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Youth and Decision 2008
- The Today Show (new window)
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2008-02-04 |
| Jill Gomex, NJPIRG Student Chapters' Cook Douglass chapter, joins fellow Rutgers students on the Today Show, to talk about why young people are voting. | |
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Students gear up for Super Tuesday
- The Daily Targum (new window)
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2008-02-01 |
| With Super Tuesday less than a week away, student groups on campus mobilized campaigns to get out the vote and raise candidate awareness in anticipation of the largest-ever primary day in U.S. history. | |
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National Recycling Competion Challenges Students
- The Daily Targum (new window)
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2008-01-24 |
| Next time you finish a refreshing bottle of soda, think twice before tossing that plastic bottle into the garbage can. Beginning Jan. 27, the University will participate for a third-consecutive year in Recyclemania 2008, a 10-week national competition between more than 285 colleges and universities to see which campus has the best recycling rates. | |
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RU Students Promote Green Cars
- New Jersey Record (new window)
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2007-10-26 |
| Under cold, damp skies, a Rutgers environmental group fought global warming Thursday afternoon with a display of energy-efficient cars on the New Brunswick campus. | |
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