“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...
CAB hosts first karaoke, students line up to perform
Jameson Evans, Daily Reporter
March 8, 2019
Filed under Campus Life, Entertainment
The AACC Campus Activities Board hosted its first-ever karaoke event of the semester in the SUN cafeteria on March 4. CAB officers said they will host karaoke events on the first Monday of every month this semester. The sing-a-long ran 30 minutes longer than the two hours CAB allotted, which CAB membe...
Factuality teaches students about diversity, inequality
Lindey Gapsis, Daily Reporter
March 7, 2019
Filed under Diversity, Entertainment
AACC students learned about diversity in modern society through a monopoly-like game today in the Cade building. “Factuality” is an interactive game used to portray how diversity affects real life. The game leader assigned students characters with different ethnic backgrounds, economic classes...
Dozens play in Campus Ministry dodgeball tournament at AACC
Alexandra Radovic, Editor-In-Chief
March 6, 2019
Filed under Club News, Entertainment
AACC’s Student Government Association President Jacob Smith hurled his dodge ball across the Riverhawk court to knock-out his fellow students on March 6. But Smith was one of more than 40 players who participated in the dodgeball game, which was the first of its kind at AACC. Students athletes,...
Student improv troupe rehearses for two shows in May
Chase Duvall, Daily Reporter
March 5, 2019
Filed under Arts, Campus Life, Entertainment
An improv troupe rehearsal took place on Friday night in the Florestano Building leading to a night of learning and laughter. Wyatt Unger, a local professional actor and acting coach, is the leader of the local troupe. Unger says while at its core, improv is fun, he’s also gained life skills...
Opera AACC hits all marks with ‘Sweeney Todd’
Chance Iheoma, Photography Editor
February 17, 2019
Filed under Arts, Campus Life, Entertainment, Front Page, Showcase
Opera AACC gave an astounding performance of the musical thriller “Sweeney Todd” on Feb 16. The performance, directed by faculty member Jerry Vess and conducted by Anna Binneweg of the AACC Symphony Orchestra, opened on Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Robert E. Kauffman Theater on campus. Additional...
Black History Month Committee plans lectures, performances and art exhibits to celebrate BHM
Ashley Sokolowski, Daily Reporter
February 6, 2019
Filed under Arts, Campus Life, Diversity, Entertainment, Front Page, News, Showcase
AACC’s is hosting a series of events for students to celebrate Black History Month. This February, the Black History Month Committee will be hosting discussions, performances, movie screenings and art exhibits. Dr. Nicole Williams, the chair of the department of human services, is on the Black...
