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The award-winning newspaper of Anne Arundel Community College.

Campus Current

Campus Current digital editor Daniel Salomon interviews student trustee Nyia Curtis for the new podcast, “Riverhawk Report.”
Photo by Sarah Noble

Student reporter starts campus news podcast

Sarah Noble, Social Media Manager February 1, 2018

Campus Current will air its first podcast, the “Riverhawk Report,” on Feb. 8. Daniel Salomon, a first-year transfer studies student and host of the new “Riverhawk Report,” said the monthly podcast...

Student tuition item in budget

Roxanne Ready, Editor-in-Chief February 1, 2018

The college’s budget for the 2019 fiscal year may include a tuition increase. The operating budget—which includes funding plans unrelated to buildings and facilities—will go before the Board of...

Rape Aggression Defense instructor Officer Duane Gottschalk poses with Melissa Beardmore, AACC’s vice president of learning resources management.
Photo courtesy of Officer Kerpelman

College offers course to teach rape defense

Michael Garvey, Newsroom Manager February 1, 2018

AACC canceled a spring women’s self-defense class because of low enrollment, even after the college lowered the price from more than $60 to $10. The campus Department of Public Safety and Police trained...

Speaker of annual MLK Jr. breakfast calls for racial healing

Mary Kane, Graphic Designer January 23, 2018

Unity, respect and racial healing were common themes in the keynote speech at AACC’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast. On Jan. 15, keynote speaker Dr. Gail C. Christopher said America is heading...

Health experts recommend better education on drugs

Vincent Moreland, Sports Editor January 22, 2018

A panel of health experts told AACC health and science professors schools are not doing enough to educate students about the negative effects of hard drug use. Clay Stamp, the executive director of...

SGA President signs letter to federal official

SGA President signs letter to federal official

Raquel Hamner, Photo Editor January 18, 2018

Student Government President Johnathan O’Dea has signed a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Education objecting to her proposed revision to Title IX guidelines. More than 200 student presidents from...

Violating campus rules could get you banned

Violating campus rules could get you banned

Michael Garvey, Co-Editor January 17, 2018

Violating AACC’s code of student conduct could result in a suspension from the college campus. Sanctions can range from reprimands to interim suspensions. Occasionally, students must make restitution...

Marjorie Rawhouser, the new assistant dean of liberal arts, oversees the fields of interest program.

Liberal arts adds administrator

Sarah Noble, Co-Editor January 17, 2018

AACC has a new assistant dean of liberal arts, who will oversee the college’s new fields of interest program. Dr. Marjorie Rawhouser, the assistant dean of liberal arts, also will oversee the transfer...

Business, science and visual arts are among the fields of interest in a new AACC program.

‘Fields of interest’ give students more options

Alexandra Radovic, Co-Editor January 17, 2018

Students who are unsure of which subject they want to major in will get some help figuring that out, starting in the fall. Those who might have chosen transfer studies as their major will instead have...

STEM program welcomes kids

Alexandra Radovic, Co-Editor January 17, 2018

College students are sharing their love of science, technology, engineering and math with kids of all ages through AACC’s STEM Ambassador program. In the fall semester, 13 students served as STEM...

AACC approves first bachelor's degree

AACC approves first bachelor’s degree

Daniel Salomon, Co-Editor January 17, 2018

The Board of Trustees approved AACC’s first applied bachelor’s degree at its monthly meeting on Jan. 9. This degree will be the first bachelor’s in interior design in Maryland. In addition, it will...

Government funds tree planting at AACC, trails

Alexandra Radovic, Co-Editor January 17, 2018

Anne Arundel County is planting 387 trees and 503 shrubs on AACC’s Arnold campus. The Chesapeake Bay Trust, the Department of Public Works and AACC organized the project. College Parkway will get an...

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