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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

Four male students sit at long desk in an English 102 class

AACC to end ENG 112 after spring ‘23

Zack Buster, Associate Editor April 28, 2022

Students who took English 111 before the college discontinued it in 2019 have until spring 2023 to take English 112, the required composition and literature class that followed it. The college replaced...

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364 test positive for COVID since July ’21

Zack Buster, Associate Editor April 27, 2022

364 AACC students, faculty and staff have reported that they tested positive for COVID-19 since July 2021. Vice President for Learning Resources Management Melissa Beardmore said the number is “relatively...

Student assistant supervisor Corey Allender unboxes loaner laptops.

AACC uses pandemic aid on student, college needs

Vance Wild, Reporter April 20, 2022

Since the start of COVID, AACC received upward of $31 million in federal aid to help the college and its students through the pandemic. Associate Vice President for Learning Resources Management Andrew...

COVID-19 is not a top concern of residents for the first time since the pandemic. AACC political science professor Dan Nataf conducts a twice-a-year survey of Anne Arundel County residents about their top concerns.

County residents choose crime as top concern

Dan Elson, Editor-in-Chief April 19, 2022

For the first time since the pandemic started, COVID-19 is not a top concern of Anne Arundel County residents, according to an AACC survey that came out in April. In the 514-person survey, county residents...

Campus police released this photo of man they suspect is taking photos in campus mens rooms.

Police seek suspect taking photos in men’s rooms

Zack Buster, Associate Editor April 14, 2022

Campus police said Monday they are looking for a suspect who reportedly photographed men using urinals in the Student Union and Truxal Library. According to a police report, one victim reported the...

First-year secondary Spanish education student Conor Curran will begin his tenure as the student member of the Board of Trustees on July 1.

Board of Trustees appoints new student member

Zack Buster, Associate Editor April 14, 2022

A first-year secondary Spanish education student will be the next student member of AACC’s Board of Trustees. Director of Student Engagement Amberdawn Cheatham, who leads the committee that accepts...

Second-year business student Michael Davis and first-year zoology student Chloe Yates study without masks on campus.

Students feel safer with drop in COVID cases

Dan Elson, Editor-in-Chief April 14, 2022

AACC students said in early March they feel safer on campus and in public as COVID-19 restrictions are easing up. In an informal poll of 20 students, 14 said they feel safer now that COVID-19 cases...

For fall, students must use the Student Planning,
Scheduling and Registration System on MyAACC.

Registration moves to self-service platform

Maggie Brown, Reporter April 12, 2022

Students registering online for fall classes will have to use the self-service Planning, Scheduling and Registration tool on MyAACC because the college has discontinued the old Web Developer. Director...

AACC Police Chief Sean Kapfhammer says he advises drivers to familiarize themselves with traffic patterns and signs.

Drivers ignore one-way signs on Arnold campus

Maggie Brown, Reporter April 11, 2022

Some students drive the wrong way on Ring Road, which partially surrounds the Arnold campus. Ring Road is a one-way street except for a section between the Health and Life Sciences building and the...

SGA President Ben Nussbaumer will step down at the end of his term in May. Two candidates are running to take his place.

Elections for SGA officers coming up in April

Zack Buster, Associate Editor April 8, 2022

Two candidates will face off for the position of Student Government Association president this month. AACC students will vote for the new president in an online election in April. SGA President Ben...

Students who take online SYNC courses are less likely to pass them than those who enroll in totally online classes.

SYNC courses less effective

Dan Elson, Editor-in-Chief April 6, 2022

Students who take online SYNC courses are less likely to pass those classes than students who take fully online sections, according to AACC. Overall, online SYNC showed a success rate of 70.3%, while...

Police are investigating the smash-and-grab theft of a purse from a car parked in Lot M last week.

Campus police investigate car break-in

Zack Buster, Associate Editor April 4, 2022

An AACC faculty member reported her purse was stolen from her car in Lot M on Wednesday.  The thief broke into her car by smashing the back window, according to a report from the Department of Public...

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