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The award-winning newspaper of Anne Arundel Community College.

Campus Current

Deranged dentist Orin Scrivello, played by local actor Andrew Agner-Nichols, upper right, attacks Seymour Krelborn, played by local actor Ethan Keller, lower right, in Theatre AACCs production of Little Shop of Horrors.

Theatre AACC puts on ‘delightful’ and ‘disturbing’ comedic horror musical

Tomi Brunton, Editor-in-Chief April 13, 2024

Singing, dancing, murder and carnivorous plants marked Theatre AACC’s first musical since the pandemic in its delightful rendition of “Little Shop of Horrors” on Friday night. The show was the...

English professor Steve Canaday speaks about banned books in an open forum on Wednesday.

Students, faculty discuss banned books at open forum

Tomi Brunton, Editor-in-Chief April 11, 2024

A panel of professors hosted an open forum on Wednesday for more than 100 students and faculty to debate book banning in schools. At Meeting of the Minds, the audience of students and faculty discussed...

AACC students watch the solar eclipse on Monday using special glasses to protect their eyes.

Students gather to watch eclipse in campus observatory

Tomi Brunton, Editor-in-Chief April 8, 2024

Students, faculty and community members gathered to watch the solar eclipse in the AACC observatory on Monday. At around 3:20 p.m., the group used eclipse glasses, handed out by the Super Science Club,...

Film professor Joe Tropea has directed three documentaries and produced seven films.

Prof releases original films

Izzy Chase and Jason Kalshoven April 5, 2024

It took a film professor seven years to release his first documentary, “Hit and Stay.” Joe Tropea, an adjunct professor at AACC and Towson University,  released the 97-minute documentary in 2013....

Peer Learning Partnerships, an organization for part-time students, mostly in retirement, celebrates its 20-year anniversary.

Part-time student org celebrates 20 years

Dulcie Metro, Reporter April 5, 2024

A 300-plus-member org- anization of part-time AACC students—mostly older than 60—is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. To celebrate the anniversary, the Peer Learning Partnership’s Educational...

Heena Cook, a second-year graphic web design student, listens to music while studying.

Classical music top choice for studying

Waleska Cruz, Reporter April 5, 2024

AACC students say they prefer to listen to classical music while they’re studying. In an informal survey of 50 students on campus, 17 said they like to listen to classical music while they do assignments....

The campus bookstore sells attire from the casual wear line Carhartt. Shown, second-year homeland security student Philip Michaels in a Carhartt-brand hat.

AACC bookstore now offers Carhartt brand

Waleska Cruz, Reporter April 5, 2024

Sales of clothing at the AACC bookstore have more than doubled, thanks to the addition of the popular casual wear line Carhartt in November. Manager Christopher Walsh said the bookstore sold $20,579 worth...

Second-year engineering student Jonathan Simmons made a replica of the inner workings of the campus greenhouse.
Second-year engineering student Jonathan Simmons made a replica of the inner workings of the campus greenhouse.
Photos by Jonathan Simmons (left) and Divine Mesumbe (right).

Honors project yields greenhouse lookalike

Divine Mesumbe, Daily Editor April 5, 2024

An engineering student built a miniature replica of AACC’s greenhouse last fall for his physics honors project. Jonathan Simmons, a second-year engineering student, created a small model of the greenhouse,...

Shana Cosgrove, CEO of Nyla Technology Solutions, talks to AACC students about the company that she founded.

CEO of software company talks to AACC students about pursuing passions

Izzy Chase, Associate Editor April 4, 2024

A CEO with a computer science background visited AACC on Thursday to discuss career aspirations and navigating the world of STEM. Shana Cosgrove, the CEO of Nyla Technology Solutions, leads a company...

The new Game Development Club created an original video game in February in less than a week.

Campus Club creates original video game

Divine Mesumbe, Daily Editor April 4, 2024

Three AACC students developed an escape room video game in less than a week in February to promote their campus club. The AACC Game Development Club displayed the two-dimensional point-and-click escape...

Many students on campus carry Stanley Cup water tumblers.

Students use trendy Stanley Cup tumblers

Waleska Cruz, Reporter March 28, 2024

Trendy water bottles called Stanley Cups, with their variety of sizes, colors and styles, are popular around campus and around the world. AACC students said they like the oversize water bottles because...

University of Maryland, College Park student Micah Smith transferred there from AACC as a junior.

Professors update courses to transfer to 4-year universities

Tomi Brunton, Editor-in-Chief March 28, 2024

Some AACC professors are updating their course learning objectives so their classes will transfer to four-year universities. The Maryland Commission on Higher Education requires Maryland public universities...

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