Drone club uses mind control feature
Alexandra Radovic, Editor-in-Chief
May 16, 2019
Filed under Club News, Entertainment, Showcase
The drone club tested a new mind control program at a technology conference in West Virginia this spring. The I EEE Region 2 conference at West Virginia University included several other colleges, but drone club president Nick Kiraly said AACC had a noticeably small group of three in comparison to...
Students prep for upcoming drag show
Daniel Nickerson, Multimedia Editor
May 15, 2019
Filed under Campus Life, Entertainment, Feature, Showcase
In a Campus Current social media poll of 49 followers, 60 percent said they would attend a drag queen show on campus, while 40 percent disagreed. Each year, the Gay Straight Alliance sponsors an event called “Dragapalooza,” where students dress in drag and put on a runway show for...
See AACC dancers’ practice pay off in “Spring Migration”
Philip Van Slooten, Reporter
May 4, 2019
Filed under Arts, Campus Life, Entertainment, Feature, Front Page, Showcase
AACC’s Dance Company performed a collection of original works collectively titled “Spring Migration” to a packed audience on May 3. This spring marks their 30th anniversary and they are performing two shows to celebrate. “Spring Migration” is also scheduled for 4 at The Kauffman Theater at 8p.m. and the “Alum...
AACC hosts film fest, chooses winners
Philip Van Slooten, Reporter
May 1, 2019
Filed under Arts, Campus Life, Entertainment, Feature
A student film about a man seeking redemption after murder won the best drama award at AACC’s first student film festival on April 26. The filmmaker, Dylan Siebenhar, a second-year film studies student, also won the best overall prize for what the judge called “a unique voice” emerging. “‘Purgatory...
Student views photo, makeup skills as similar
Alexandra Radovic, Editor-in-Chief
May 1, 2019
Filed under Arts, Entertainment, Feature
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2K59gXU_aU&t=1s Zach Tennant tilts his model’s rounded chin so she will face the warm glow of the soft amber-colored studio light he had set up behind his tripod, with his camera steady and pointed toward her plumped lips. He zooms his lens slightly so her lips fill ...
Annual journal reveals Vol. 44
Amber Nathan, Advertising Manager
April 30, 2019
Filed under Club News, Entertainment
The 44th annual edition of AACC’s literary journal, “Amaranth,” launched on April 24. “Amaranth” features student and faculty creative writing, poetry and photography. Editor-in-Chief Mike Pierorazio and his staff hosted a release party to celebrate, during which featured writers performed...
“Romeo and Juliet”: Go for the classic story, stay for smaller characters
Philip Van Slooten, Reporter
April 13, 2019
Filed under Entertainment, Front Page, News, Showcase
“Romeo and Juliet” opened Friday night to an eager audience. The visual effects were enchanting as both music and video projections amplified the mood either by blanketing the young lovers in stars or bathing the stage in red during Mercutio’s murder. While the performances of AACC alumn...
Co-stars share true love tales
Tyreesha Bolton, Reporter
April 1, 2019
Filed under Arts, Entertainment
Like Juliet in the classic Shakespeare play, second-year theater student Katie Laubert said she has experienced forbidden love. Laubert, who is playing the doomed Juliet in Theatre at AACC’s production of “Romeo and Juliet” in April, said the parents of both of her previous boyfriends disapproved...
Influencers go viral on social
Bethany Probst, Reporter
April 1, 2019
Filed under Campus Life, Entertainment, Tech
Former AACC student Dominique Barrett stands across the desk from a group of potential employers, who ask, “Do you have any special talents?” He answers by flipping a water bottle, which lands upright on the table with such force that the interviewers fall out of their seats. He filmed that...
Art events held across campus
Alexandra Radovic, Editor-In-Chief
March 25, 2019
Filed under Arts, Entertainment
AACC students can enjoy a slew of art events across campus in April. On March 25, visual arts students set up the “Sister Settings” display in the Careers Center Room 202 to celebrate Women’s History Month. The student-painted bowls and challises shown in the room pay homage to powerful female...
Poet shares experience writing about nuclear devastation
Philip Van Slooten, Daily Reporter
March 15, 2019
Filed under Arts, Campus Life, Education, Entertainment
Tyler Mills, a guest poet, shared her work “Hawk Parable” with faculty and students yesterday at the first Writers Reading event of this spring semester. Mills stunned the audience with her vivid images relating the horrors of nuclear testing. “‘A doctor would look at them and they would...
Naptown Jazz Kids, AACC host German youth orchestra
Emma Jeter, Daily Reporter
March 11, 2019
Filed under Entertainment
Jazz players from Frankfurt, Germany performed smooth, rhythmic tunes for AACC students tonight in the Humanities building. Naptown Jazz Kids, an organization designed to preserve and promote jazz music in Annapolis, partnered with AACC to host The Phoenix Foundation Youth Band, a German youth jazz...
