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Campus Current

The award-winning newspaper of Anne Arundel Community College.

Campus Current

Graduating psychology and creative writing student Zoë Sharp will take a gap year to work in retail. Sharp is the editor-in-chief of Amaranth, AACC’s journal of the arts.

Why I’m taking a gap year(s)

Zoë Sharp, Contributor May 5, 2025

Growing up, I believed that the only path to happiness was paved with earning perfect grades in high school, and then immediately enrolling in a four-year university. As the end of my senior year approached...

Graduation is a huge accomplishment, but it’s not your only one. Celebrate small wins every day. Shown, AACC President Dawn Lindsay hands a diploma to a graduate.

Celebrate smallest wins, too

Editorial Board May 5, 2025

Graduation is almost here and it is a big accomplishment, maybe the biggest one of your life so far. Whether you’re getting your diploma this month or not, though, you have a lot to celebrate. It’s...

Students on campus say they still enjoy the work of celebrities like RuPaul, who was involved in a controversy in 2020.

Controversial artists still have lots of fans

Lily Peaper, Associate Editor April 1, 2025

Some students say they are able to separate artists from their art when their behavior is controversial. Second-year business management student Michael Dang, for instance, still listens to alternative...

Waleska Cruz, a second-year transfer studies student and Campus Current’s features editor, got her license in July 2024.

Don’t drive yet? Give it time

Waleska Cruz, Features Editor March 31, 2025

I have my driver’s license now, but the journey to getting it was a long ride. When I was 15 or 16, my friends always talked about getting their licenses and driving around. I was never interested...

Students support their peers by buying from their occasional pop-up shops on the Quad.

Invest in student businesses

Editorial Board March 31, 2025

Every so often, a group of students hoping to make it as business owners set up table-sized stores on the Quad and sell the things they’ve made by hand: jewelry, cookies, stickers, crocheted keychains...

Campus Current Features Editor Waleska Cruz met her boyfriend, first-year social work student Harry Ledford, when she interviewed him for a story.

From self-doubt to romance

Waleska Cruz, Features Editor March 3, 2025

I’ve always felt love from family and friends, but I never imagined in a million years I’d experience romantic love. I used to think I was too ugly or that my personality was too weird for anyone...

Students can voice their opinions through protests, boycotts and social media posts. Shown, far left, Campus Current Associate Editor Lily Peaper at a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020.

Let’s make our voices heard

Editorial Board March 3, 2025

Throughout this country’s history, college students have been behind some of the most impactful protests. The May 4, 1970, protest at Kent State University, which left four dead, is the most memorable...

Women, like former Vice President Kamala Harris, should be respected.

Stand up for women’s rights

Editorial Board January 27, 2025

It feels like no matter how hard they work to prove themselves, it seems women will never be taken as seriously as men, solely because of their gender. After President Donald Trump won the election...

Sixth-year mechatronics student Ellie Jasen found community through the Genders and Sexualities Alliance student club.

Adversity strengthens bonds

Ellie Jasen, Contributor January 27, 2025

When I think of the next four years, I find myself terrified. To think the United States re-elected a felon, and by proxy an administration, who hates people like me. This new administration has promised...

Second-year transfer studies student Waleska Cruz, Campus Current's features editor, started accepting her name after listening to the artist Laufey.

Embracing my unique name

Waleska Cruz, Features Editor December 2, 2024

I’ve never really liked my name, Waleska. I’ve experienced bullying because of it, especially in elementary and middle school. I felt anxiety on the first days of school every year, especially when...

As the semester comes to a close, students should feel a sense of accomplishment. Shown, second-year biology student Gabe Aquino.

Feel proud of your progress

Editorial Board December 2, 2024

The semester is almost history. What a relief. Yet so many students around campus seem more stressed out and anxious than ever, as if the hard part is still to come. Really, it’s not. Sure, we’ve...

First-year EMT student Finch Cobb, Campus Current’s photography editor, is voting for the first time
this year.

I’ll vote and you should, too

Finch Cobb, Photography Editor November 1, 2024

Being a new voter is the most intimidating part about turning 18. Getting a driver’s license and graduating high school were also a big deal. But when it comes to the social pressure to vote, those...

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