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President Abby Loftus (left) and Vice President Annaliz Gonzalez start a cheer club together.

Dozens show interest in cheerleading club

Waleska Cruz, Features Editor October 31, 2024

A new cheerleading club has attracted 60 potential members, an unusually high number for a student organization on campus. Cheerleading Club Pres-ident Abby Loftus said she hopes the squad eventually...

The Legal Studies Bridge program and the Criminal Justice Institute’s Aspiring Leaders Academy offer
students workshops and mentoring.

‘Bridge’ project helps students gain skills

Ayla Cole, Reporter October 31, 2024

Homeland security and paralegal students have extra access to faculty mentors and workshops designed to help them succeed in their fields. The Legal Studies Institute created the Bridge program in...

AACC offers courses for licensed practical nurses at the University of Maryland Baltimore Washington
Medical Center.

AACC has classes at Glen Burnie hospital

Lily Peaper, Daily Editor October 31, 2024

Approximately 20 medical professionals at a Glen Burnie hospital are working as licensed practical nurses after finishing a 41-credit program taught by AACC professors at their workplace. The University...

Students like Jonathan Gallegos, a third-year mechatronics student, helped professor Tim Callinan build
a robot inspired by “Star Wars.”

‘Star Wars’ AI robot open to conversation

Divine Mesumbe, Associate Editor October 31, 2024

Students collaborated with an AACC professor to make a robot that looks exactly like one in the film, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” Mechatronics professor Tim Callinan has collaborated with more...

AACC receives $600,000 from the National Science Foundation for undergraduate research. Shown, professor Seth Miller, who worked on getting the grant.

STEM researchers win NSF grant of $600K

Morgan Brown, Reporter October 31, 2024

The National Science Foundation in August awarded AACC $600,000 for undergraduate research in science, technology, engineering and math. The college will use some of the funds to pay students and faculty...

Students will perform a musical adaptation of “Goodnight Moon” at Carnegie Hall in New York.

Students to perform at NY’s Carnegie Hall

Tomi Brunton, Reporter October 24, 2024

Thirty-five music students will travel to New York City in November for a four-day residency with a Grammy award-winning composer, culminating in a performance at Carnegie Hall. Select members of AACC’s...

An informal poll on campus shows students plan to vote for a constitutional amendment ensuring abortion will remain legal in Maryland.

Students say they will vote for constitutional amendment

Ayla Cole, Reporter October 18, 2024

AACC students said in October they will vote for a constitutional amendment on Nov. 5 that will give Maryland residents the “fundamental right” to an abortion.  In an informal poll of 50 students...

A student won a protective order against her former accounting professor, Reb Beatty, shown in 2021.

Professor suspended over student’s claims

Tomi Brunton, Reporter October 5, 2024

A business professor was suspended from his job over the summer after agreeing to comply with a protective order filed against him by one of his 18-year-old former students. Reb Beatty, 43, said he agreed...

LaToya Nkongolo, an AACC adjunct, is running for Anne Arundel County Board of Education.

Students object to adjunct’s remarks

Jose Gonzalez, Editor-in-Chief October 5, 2024

An AACC adjunct professor running for a seat on the Anne Arundel County Board of Education made negative remarks about the LGBTQ community at a June fundraiser. LaToya Nkongolo, a mental health therapist...

Student Government Association President Jayeim Blake, center, plays goalkeeper for men's soccer

SGA president plays goalkeeper for team

Jose Gonzalez, Editor-in-Chief October 2, 2024

The new president of the Student Government Association doubles as a goalkeeper for the Riverhawks soccer team. Jayeim Blake, a second-year kinesiology student, said he likes to stay busy. “The good...

A new computer lab and study space is open on the fourth floor of the Florestano building.

New lab opens on Florestano 4th floor

Julissa Mendoza Robles, Reporter October 2, 2024

A large new computer lab and study space on the fourth floor of the Florestano building on West Campus is attracting students who visit it to collaborate, take classes and do homework. Called the IDEA...

AACC professors who support unionization might join the Maryland State Education Association.

Full-time professors consider unionizing

Jose Gonzalez, Editor-in-Chief October 2, 2024

AACC’s full-time faculty members are deciding this month whether they will unionize. Professors who support joining the Maryland State Education Association have said the union will advocate, on behalf...

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