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The award-winning newspaper of Anne Arundel Community College.

Campus Current

The award-winning newspaper of Anne Arundel Community College.

Campus Current

Campus Current Associate Editor Izzy Chase learns a lesson about making mistakes.

Failing teaches you a lesson

Izzy Chase, Associate Editor August 28, 2023

I was a sophomore in high school and I had just finished a 5K race in the exact same amount of time as the year before. I was devastated. I was an anxious high school student, and nothing scared me more...

Dan Elson, left, and Frank Fitzgeralde Libom represent Campus Current on the quad.

Big news staff = more voices

Editorial Board August 28, 2023

Campus Current needs you to round out our staff. We believe the larger and more diverse our staff, the better our coverage of the community. We have seen that when we have a large staff, one including...

Lexi Grieder

Struggling? Talk to your prof

Lexi Grieder, Events Manager May 2, 2023

If you have ADHD like I do, I know how hard school is for you. You avoid your teachers and lie about having assignments done because you don’t want to be lectured on stuff you already know you should...

Don’t say “good-bye” on Graduation Day. Instead, keep in touch with friends and professors.

Graduates: Keep in contact

Editorial Board May 2, 2023

Riverhawks: As you prepare to leave AACC to start the next phase of your life, why not take a little bit of community college with you? The same classmates and professors who have helped you during the...

Theatre AACC put on "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" this weekend. Shown, AACC alumnus Eliza Geib as Rosencrantz and theater student Cameron Walker as Guildenstern.

Theatre AACC takes existential comedy to the stage

Tomi Brunton, Associate Editor April 15, 2023

“Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” is my favorite play of all time, and Theatre AACC’s Friday night production of it lived up to my high expectations. Tom Stoppard’s comedic, tragic, existential...

First-year transfer studies student Izzy Chase says being a Jew is an important part of her identity. If you experience bias on campus, you can reach out to diversity@aacc.edu.

Respect my Jewish Identity

Izzy Chase, Reporter April 7, 2023

I love being Jewish. It’s a core part of my identity. Lately, though, I can’t help but feel that my safety as a Jewish person has been compromised. I now have to be careful with what I say and who...

The student journalists at Campus Current have the same legal protections as any other journalists and therefore cannot be barred from public events or censored by a public institution.

1st Amendment protects media freedom

Editorial Board April 7, 2023

Did you know that if a student club or other organization at a public college like AACC decides to ban the media from an open event, it also must ban all students from the event? That’s because it’s...

First-year graphic design student Mary Turner says though math is intimidating, most people are more capable than they realize.

The secret to surviving math

Mary Turner, Graphic Designer January 31, 2023

I love math. I used to do my math homework for fun. Earlier today I used trigonometry to calculate something I could have simply eyeballed. I am an anomaly. For most people, mathematics is that hated...

Megan Cunningham playing softball

Athletes: 3 busy schedule tips

Megan Cunningham, Reporter January 24, 2023

Early morning gym sessions, classes, study hall and practice are things that every student-athlete is familiar with. Being a student-athlete at AACC has opened my eyes to the realities of stress, deadlines...

Newspapers have a duty to the public to report the news, regardless of how controversial the topic is. At Campus Current, you, the reader, are our public.

Opinion: Good news isn’t always good news

Zack Buster, Editor-in-Chief January 23, 2023

News, by definition, is a report of recent events, trends and topics of interest to the public. But what happens when that news sparks controversy? When a political candidate says something that offends...

Campus Current Associate Editor Sam Gauntt in the newsroom

College experience: up to you

Sam Gauntt, Associate Editor November 18, 2022

It was 6 p.m. on a late November Thursday last year and the last blotches of crimson sunlight were dancing on my wall while I took an online exam.  Sitting in my room struggling with logarithms, I...

Actors Amanda Matousek and Jackson Bondurant perform in the Moonlight Troupers' production of "Antigone," running Nov. 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20 in the Kauffman Theater.

Moonlight Troupers bring ‘Antigone’ into modern world

Tomi Brunton, Reporter November 12, 2022

Friday night’s production of “Antigone” by Theatre AACC was the first community college play I have ever seen and it couldn’t have been a better introduction. “Antigone” has been a classic...

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