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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

Lester Brooks teaching.

Long-term professors retire

Dan Elson, Sports Editor August 29, 2022

After 38 years of teaching, one of AACC’s first black professors retired on July 1. President Dawn Lindsay said history professor Lester Brooks was a leader in diversity. “He certainly helped...

Tina Smith

College gets interim associate VP

Dan Elson, Sports Editor August 29, 2022

AACC named an interim associate vice president for learning and academic affairs on July 1. Tina Smith, the former academic chair of the psychology department, will temporarily replace Alycia Marshall,...

graph of budget

AACC budget up from last year

Zack Buster, Editor-in-Chief August 29, 2022

The Anne Arundel County Council in June approved a $124.6 million operating budget for AACC for the 2023 school year, $4.4 million more than last year. The college contributed 28% to this year’s budget...

Campus Police identify and charge a former AACC student with shooting video of men using urinals in the Library and Student Union bathrooms.

Police charge former student with taking bathroom photos

Zack Buster, Associate Editor May 20, 2022

Police said Thursday they have charged a former student with videotaping or photographing men using college restrooms. The suspect is charged with three misdemeanors and police are taking steps to ban...

AACC changed the photo on the sign-in portal screen to a shot of the college's
mascot so the page does not look like the one hackers used for a scam email.

Hackers send spam emails

Lilly Roser, Reporter May 16, 2022

A hacker sent more than 10,000 spam emails to AACC email accounts in March, the college reported.  The emails went to a random mixture of students, faculty, and staff and contained a link to a fraudulent...

First-year transfer studies students Arnold Beck and
Kestrel Watson mask up on the Quad.

AACC to discontinue mandate on May 19

Zack Buster, Associate Editor May 15, 2022

AACC will continue to require students and employees to wear masks inside of campus buildings until May 19. However, the college on March 9 ended its requirement for those who come to campus to show...

AACC released its fall catalog in April, featuring more
in-person classes than the spring 2022 catalog.

College to hold more fall classes in person

Lilly Roser, Reporter May 12, 2022

AACC will hold 41.5% of its classes on campus in the fall, according to college vice presidents. “The push has been to bring back more face-to-face offerings so we get that community feel again,”...

Second-year psychology student Hamza Iqbal at
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tends a Zoom meeting for his online SYNC class.

SYNC class meetings to mirror face-to-face

Zack Buster and Dan Elson May 11, 2022

Students who take online SYNC courses this summer and fall could be meeting more often over Zoom or Microsoft Teams with their professors and classmates. Online SYNC courses that have included a single...

U.S. Supreme Court

AACC students speak out against possible abortion ban

Zack Buster, Associate Editor May 11, 2022

AACC students said this week they would oppose any decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, the case that established abortion as a constitutional right. In an informal poll of 50...

The second COVID-10 booster is available on campus to those who are older than 50, are immunocompromised or whose first two shots were from Johnson & Johnson.

AACC offers 2nd COVID-19 booster shot on campus

Zack Buster, Associate Editor May 9, 2022

Anyone who is 50 or older or is immunocompromised can get the second COVID-19 booster shot on the Arnold campus. The Anne Arundel County Department of Public Health is offering the shots in Annex A...

The Amaranth Journal for the Arts publishes creative writing and art pieces created by AACC students.

Student literary journal releases 47th edition

Zack Buster, Associate Editor May 5, 2022

The editors of AACC’s student literary journal published the 47th annual edition of Amaranth on May 4. Faculty adviser Simon Ward said seeing the culmination of a semester’s worth of work is a unique...

students pet dogs at stress relief event

Students get massages, pet service animals at stress-relief event

Zack Buster, Associate Editor May 4, 2022

AACC’s Health and Wellness Center partnered with the Student Government Association to hold its first stress-relief event in two years. Health and Wellness Center nurse Stephanie Jenkins said...

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