Baltimore slam poet performs at Amaranth Coffeehouse
Jacob Dear, Reporter
December 5, 2019
The second-place winner of the 2019 Individual World Poetry Slam read poetry about death and racism to the audience of the last Amaranth Coffeehouse on Thursday. Baltimore slam poet Mecca Verdell, also known as Meccamorphosis, read poems about the death of a friend, racism in modern society and...
Students celebrate holidays at Winter Wonderland
Jacob Dear, Reporter
December 4, 2019
Students commemorated the winter holidays during AACC’s first Winter Wonderland this Wednesday in the SUN Dining Hall. The Campus Activities Board and the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society hosted the event to help establish a sense of holiday cheer before the semester ended. “It’s basically like...
AACC Jazz Ensemble performs at Fall Concert
Jacob Dear, Reporter
November 22, 2019
Student musicians performed a variety of traditional jazz pieces on Friday night at the Kauffman Theater, then mixed it up with funk and swing. The AACC Jazz Ensemble and students from the Community Jazz course played together on Nov. 22 at the Jazz Big Band Fall Concert with Professor Mercedes Beckman...
Novelist gives advice to AACC students following reading
Jacob Dear, Reporter
November 7, 2019
A novelist came to AACC Thursday to read from her recent books and give advice to students. Jessica Anya Blau said AACC students were smart, attentive, and she appreciated the questions they asked after the reading. She said she hoped students would “enjoy the experience of having someone read...
Theatre Club scares students with Haunted Theater tour
Jacob Dear, Reporter
October 24, 2019
The Theatre at AACC club hosted a haunted house on Thursday where acting students chased and scared attendees in a haunted tour. During the Haunted Theatre Fundraiser, organized at the Pascal Center for Performing Arts, attendees entered the Kauffman Theater as if going to a play. The actors dressed...
Haitian band performs for students at AACC
David Stemmle, Daily Editor
October 3, 2019
A Haitian band came to AACC to perform music for students and faculty in the amphitheater on west campus Thursday. RAM is a mizik rasin band based out of Port-au-Prince Haiti. They were founded by song-writer and lead vocalist, Richard A. Morse, in 1990. Their music combines traditional Haitian and...
Newsprint Exhibition Reception showcases comics from 1893 to present
Tom Ostrye, Web Designer
September 11, 2019
AACC hosted a Newsprint Exhibition Reception at Cade Art Gallery on Wednesday. The reception featured comics ranging from 1893 to our current day. Associate Professor Erik Dunham said that late last year he asked curator Warren Bernard to put together an art show about items from his comic collection. Bernard's...
Associate professor’s band releases album
Christian Richey , Associate Editor
September 1, 2019
An associate music professor’s band released an album created over his sabbatical on March 15. Ian Wardenski’s album, called Collective Thoughts, is made up of nine compositions recorded with his band, the Ian Wardenski Quintet. Wardenski, chair of the performing arts department, said the album...
Drone club uses mind control feature
Alexandra Radovic, Editor-in-Chief
May 16, 2019
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
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
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
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...
