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Campus Current

First-year psychology student Dylan Shriner catches up on episodes of the reality TV show “The Traitors” between classes.

Students cannot get enough of reality TV

Lily Peaper, Associate Editor March 4, 2025

AACC students love to  watch reality television. Among their favorite shows are “Love Island,” “Too Hot to Handle” and “Jersey Shore.” “It makes you remember that you’re not the weirdest...

Some students collect various Sonny Angels series, including the Birthday Gift Bear series.

Gen Z collects Sonny Angels

Waleska Cruz, Features Editor March 4, 2025

The latest must-have collectables for trend-setting college students is a tiny figurine with angel wings on its back—the Sonny Angel. Students are collecting the miniature vinyl dolls, which are sold...

The campus bookstore sells Snoopy T-shirts for children.

Bookstore sells Snoopy tees

Julissa Mendoza Robles, Reporter March 4, 2025

Snoopy, the charming beagle Peanuts character debuted by cartoonist Charles Schulz in 1950, is beloved among students because it is iconic and reminds them of their childhood. Last year, the AACC Bookstore...

Felicia Tiumalu, a first-year transfer studies student, answers a call made to AACC’s legal self-help clinic.

Students, law profs offer legal referrals

Waleska Cruz, Features Editor March 4, 2025

Paralegal students are working in a free legal clinic on campus that helps students, faculty and community members sort out their legal problems. Up to a dozen students volunteer at AACC’s Legal Self-Help...

Dead Man Walking author Sister Helen Prejean and composer Jack Heggie spoke at an event on Tuesday.

Dead Man author speaks at Opera AACC event

Lauren Sheesley, Daily Editor February 19, 2025

The nun who inspired the movie “Dead Man Walking” told AACC students on Feb. 18 that the film and opera versions of her story are bringing awareness about the death penalty to the public. In a meeting...

Students, staff and community members can get help with their tax returns through a federal program on campus.

Accounting students do taxes for free

Jose Gonzalez, Editor-in-Chief February 14, 2025

Volunteers are available on campus to file taxes for Maryland residents who make less than $67,000 a year.   Twenty-six students and other volunteers participate in the federal Volunteer Income Tax...

Some students say they didn’t have success while using dating apps such as Tinder.

Online dating: ‘It was so bad’

Lily Peaper, Associate Editor January 29, 2025

AACC students said they have trouble meeting romantic partners on dating apps. Online dating sites like Tinder, Bumble and Hinge sit at the top of Apple’s must-have apps list. These apps allow singles...

Students took interest at different clubs in Welcome Week's Club Crashers event.

Clubs meet in the Student Union for Club Crashers

Waleska Cruz, Features Editor January 28, 2025

34 clubs gathered for a Club Crashers involvement fair for students to look at different clubs from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday in the Student Union. Each club set up their own table to help...

Students find that chess helps them retain valuable information.

Chess teaches useful academic, life skills

Divine Mesumbe, Reporter January 28, 2025

AACC students and faculty who play chess say the game can help with critical thinking skills and planning ahead. Kenneth Gilliard, AACC’s student success and retention adviser, said students who play...

Third-year student Zoë Sharp says joining a campus club can help first-year students feel at home.

Students offer advice to AACC newcomes

Morgan Brown, Reporter January 28, 2025

Students returning to campus this semester say they wish they had known a few things before they started their first classes at AACC. Specifically, they said their first few weeks might have gone better...

Some students say they fear the changes the president will make, while others look forward to them.

Some worry potential change may do harm

Lily Peaper, Associate Editor January 28, 2025

Students and faculty said in January they are expecting big changes now that President Donald Trump has returned to office. Trump has announced numerous efforts, including tariffs—a high tax on imported...

Campus Current editors know what's in and out in 2025. Shown, rapper Doechii.

What’s In? What’s Out?

Waleska Cruz and Lily Peaper January 28, 2025

What’s in and what’s out this new year?   IN: Kylie Kelce Kylie’s new podcast, “Not Gonna Lie,” debuted on Dec. 5 and quickly topped the podcast charts. Every Thursday, she shares...

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