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Campus Current

The award-winning newspaper of Anne Arundel Community College.

Campus Current

The award-winning newspaper of Anne Arundel Community College.

Campus Current

The Student Government Association added 10 senators to its board this week.

SGA adds 10 student senators to board

Dominic Salacki, Editor-in-Chief November 11, 2021

The Student Government Association seated 10 new student senators this week who will serve for the remainder of the academic year. SGA President Ben Nussbaumer said 10 candidates signed up for 10...

Students and employees who served in the military say they want classmates to treat them like everyone else. Veterans Day is Nov. 11.

Student veterans find network on campus

Dan Elson, Reporter November 11, 2021

Students who served in the military said last week their classmates might misunderstand the veterans who sit next to them on campus. “You know, we're just like everyday people that just so happened...

Students in professor Steve Canadays English 102 classes last semester published their comments about William Faulkners As I Lay Dying in a new edition.

English classes publish new edition of Faulkner classic

Lilly Roser, Reporter November 10, 2021

Students in two sections of English 102 last spring collaborated to publish an edition of William Faulkner’s iconic novel, "As I Lay Dying," with their insights on the characters in the story. Called...

Members and faculty advisers of Active Minds pose at a barn at Kinder Farm Park during a student club event.

Active Minds club meets at park to walk for suicide prevention

Sydney Klabnik, Reporter November 3, 2021

AACC’s mental health advocacy club hosted a suicide prevention awareness walk at Kinder Farm Park in late October. Six members and the faculty co-advisers of the Active Minds at AACC club gathered...

The Student Government Association hosts weekly events for students, like an online bingo game in October.

SGA to host weekly events for students

Ava Moore, Reporter November 1, 2021

The Student Government Association kicked off a series of weekly events with a virtual bingo game for students in October. President Ben Nussbaumer, a third-year general education student, said he hopes...

Student Government Association officers wore Halloween costumes to campus for Costume Day on Wednesday. From left to right: Michael Amwoga, vice president of finance; Abigail Billovits-Hayes, vice president of public relations; Ben Nussbaumer, president.

Campus celebrates Halloween with costumes, events

Dominic Salacki, Editor-in-Chief October 28, 2021

Halloween is on Sunday but the campus will keep celebrating it for another week. Students, faculty and staff celebrated Halloween, virtually and on campus, over the past couple of weeks at AACC-hosted...

College and community officials gather at the new Health and Life Sciences building for a grand opening ceremony.

Grand opening ceremony showcases Health and Life Sciences Building

Dominic Salacki, Editor-in-Chief October 27, 2021

Students, faculty, staff and community members gathered in the Health and Life Sciences Building on Tuesday to celebrate its grand opening with college and local officials. AACC President Dawn Lindsay...

Members of the student club Active Minds make an in-person visit to Kinder Farm Park.

Student clubs meet mostly online

D'Angelo Williams, Reporter October 27, 2021

Roughly 20 student clubs are active this fall, but most are meeting via Zoom, according to the Student Government Association president. Some clubs, like the Adventure Society and Active Minds, have...

Professor Lisa Starkey led the “Creating a Growth Mindset”  session at a Riverhawks Rise leadership conference for students this week.

Student conference teaches leadership skills

Dominic Salacki, Editor-in-Chief October 21, 2021

More than 46 AACC students attended a college-sponsored leadership conference on Tuesday and Wednesday to learn how to hold a position of authority. Lea Brisbane, the leadership conference committee...

First-year transfer studies students Arnold Beck and Kestrel Watson mask up before meeting on the Quad.

Students agree with campus mask mandate

Ava Moore, Reporter October 21, 2021

AACC students agreed Tuesday the college should require everyone to wear masks on campus. In an informal poll of 50 students on the Arnold campus, 39 said they support the mask mandate, mostly because...

Actors from campus and the community meet twice a week to practice their improvisational skills.

Theater students prep for improv show

Jacob Flores, Reporter October 21, 2021

AACC theater students and actors have been rehearsing their improvisational skills for about a month to prepare for an upcoming show Nov. 12 and 13 at the Chesapeake Arts Center in Brooklyn Park. The...

The Gay-Straight Alliance, a student club, hosted an online panel about resources for LGBTQ students this week.

Panelists offer resources to LGBTQ students

Dominic Salacki, Editor-in-Chief October 15, 2021

LGBTQ students whose families reject them or who feel marginalized after coming out can tap into campus and community resources for help, panelists said at an online event on Thursday. “We know that...

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