Lone candidate for SGA president remains
Christian Richey, Editor-in-Chief
March 16, 2020
A first-year environmental science student is likely to be the next Student Government Association president. Ryan Kim, the SGA’s vice president of events and initiative, is the only student running for the position. Competitor Jacob Dear, a first-year intelligence analytics student, withdrew from the race on Friday. Traditionally, when a single candidate runs for SGA president, the col...
All in-person club activities and meetings on campus canceled through April
Jim Brady, Reporter
March 13, 2020
The Office of Student Engagement announced on Friday the cancelation of all in-person club events and activities, including budget hearings until April 30. Dean of Student Engagement Tiffany Boykin, also said in an email that the office suspended all purchase requests; canceled room reservations and...
Campus Current goes digital through end of semester
Erica Short, Reporter
March 12, 2020
Campus Current, AACC’s student newspaper, will suspend the publication of its monthly print edition starting April 1 and instead will publish online only through the end of the semester. Student journalists will update the online edition of Campus Current—TheCampusCurrent.com—every day. The...
Art Association welcomes new members
Christian Richey, Editor-in-Chief
March 10, 2020
Members of the Art Association said the club welcomes new members during a meeting Tuesday in Cade 312. Club president Madison Likens said the club meets once a week and has students of numerous art styles working on projects. “it's a very open community for anyone that's interested in art whether...
Faculty and staff celebrated at SGA event
Christian Richey, Editor-in-Chief
March 7, 2020
The Student Government Association honored AACC employees at the Faculty and Staff Celebration event in Cade 219 on Friday. According to Ryan Kim, the SGA’s Vice President of events and initiatives, the celebration was made to honor the work staff and faculty members do for students. “The teachers...
SGA presidential candidates announced
Christian Richey, Editor-in-Chief
March 5, 2020
The Student Government Association announced nominees for its upcoming presidential election Monday. Current SGA President Mitchell Santos said first-year computer and environmental science student Ryan Kim and first-year intelligence analytics student Jacob Dear will run for his position. “The...
Amaranth hosts 2nd open mic of semester
Mason Hood, Ad Manager
March 5, 2020
AACC’s award-winning literary magazine hosted its second open mic coffee house of this semester Wednesday night. The coffee house featured varied performances from reading stories and poetry, to music and dance. Editor-in-Chief Mitchell Santos said he enjoyed the open mic. “Little bit of a...
SGA approve new club and events
Timmy Fitzmaurice, Reporter
February 24, 2020
The Student Government Association approved the Games Club, the Involvement Fair and a faculty and staff celebration on Monday. SGA President Mitchell Santos, who approved the Games Club, said it had approximately twice as many students interested as needed. Santos, a second-year English and psychology...
AACC alum gives speech on forgiveness at weekly bible study
Carlton Galligan, Reporter
February 19, 2020
An AACC alumnus gave a speech based on forgiveness and healing at the Experience Apostolic Campus Ministries group on Wednesday. Mike McGurk spoke to the club about a four-step process of forgiveness and why it’s important in people’s lives. “Forgiveness is not an event it is a process,”...
American Institute of Architecture Students holds first meeting of the semester
Ally Haslbeck, Reporter
February 17, 2020
AACC’s chapter of the American Institute of Architecture Students welcomed new members to become organization leaders in an interest meeting on Monday. AIAS chapter president Armando Martinez said he will graduate in May and would like to see interest in filling his spot. “We are ... introducing...
Campus Activites Board hosts raffle
Joshua Kirk, Reporter
February 10, 2020
The Campus Activities Board gave away Netflix, Amazon and Hulu gift cards to students on Monday during a giveaway they called Paffle. During the gathering students ate popcorn and learned about the Campus Activities Board, which puts together social events like concerts, outdoor movies and comedy...
Computer Science Club invite all students to join
Mason Hood, Reporter
February 7, 2020
The president of the Computer Science Club invited new members to join on Friday. Club members detailed their latest project, an Arduino Breadboard. “So mostly we are focusing on Arduino right now, building some Arduino projects,” club president Martin Veloso, a third-year computer s...
