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Campus Current

The award-winning newspaper of Anne Arundel Community College.

Campus Current

Athletics Director Duane Herr and Men's Soccer head coach Nick Cosentino welcome new signee Austin Nolan(goalie).

Letters of intent for 2017 total highest recorded

Roxanne Ready, Editor-in-Chief August 25, 2017

The number of incoming athletes who have signed contracts with AACC this year is the highest on record, according to the athletics director. Across the 11 teams playing at AACC throughout this school...

Canvas use now mandatory for all AACC professors

Roxanne Ready and Catherine O’Reilly August 25, 2017

All AACC professors this Fall must use Canvas, the virtual campus, to share their course syllabi and post grades, even for in-person classes. Professors can also use the system to make announcements and...

All faculty and staff were required to attend the Fall 2017 Convocation, titled "Engagement Matters: Pathways to Completion."

Convocation Fall 2017: Engagement Matters

Roxanne Ready, Editor-in-Chief August 25, 2017

AACC president Dawn Lindsay said at a meeting Tuesday the administration has updated the college’s strategic plan after considering more than 200 recommendations. The recommendations were gathered...

Slideshow: Solar Eclipse 2017

August 21, 2017

  AACC's astronomy department hosted a solar eclipse viewing party for the local community at the campus observatory on August 21. Click the photo to view a slideshow of seven images.

Police get government technology

Police get government technology

Brad Dress, Associate Editor May 4, 2017

The government’s Department of Defense gave AACC’s Department of Public Safety & Police weapons and technology for free. Police Chief Sean Kapfhammer said under the 1033 program, the department...

Campus police to place number on AACC app

Campus police to place number on AACC app

Brad Dress, Associate Editor May 4, 2017

AACC’s Department of Public Safety & Police will get its phone number placed on the college’s app within a few weeks, according to Police Chief Sean Kapfhammer. The number will place on the home...

New dining services wants input

New dining services wants input

Elizabeth Spearman, Campus Life Editor May 2, 2017

AACC will have a taste testing for the new dining services on May 4 in SUN 102. On Thursday, May 4 the dining services will give students, faculty and staff an opportunity to sample the new company,...

Students use various ways to cheat, such as writing on skin, copying tests and storing answers on Apple watches.

Want to get away with cheating? Here’s how

Elizabeth Spearman, Campus Life Editor May 1, 2017

From scribbling test answers on a water bottle label to buying term papers online, AACC students said they have plenty of ways to get away with cheating. Jake Edwards, a second-year transfer student,...

AACC’s codes and procedures allow more leeway for professors to handle cases of academic dishonesty.

Academic procedures help teacher decisions

Tre Mooring, Campus Life Editor May 1, 2017

AACC professors have leeway on how to handle cases of academic dishonesty at the college. Dr. Brian Riley, the co-chair of the college’s Academic Integrity Review Committee, explained faculty members...

Students can suffer long-term effects after cheating on an assignment, such as anxiety or losing trust.

Dishonesty at college can cause loss of trust

Brad Dress, Associate Editor May 1, 2017

Students who cheat on school assignments can suffer from long-term consequences down the road, such as loss of trust, anxiety or an urge to continue the behavior, according to an AACC psychology professor. Dr....

Faculty reports students have potential to cheat and get away

Jesse Johnson, Editor-in-Chief May 1, 2017

A greater percentage of faculty members than students said it is easy to get away with cheating at AACC. In a Campus Current survey of 428 students and 38 faculty members in March and April, 81.6 percent...

Not studying leads to academic dishonesty

James Whitley, Sports Editor May 1, 2017

Nearly all AACC students who admitted in a Campus Current survey that they have cheated on a school assignment said they did it because they couldn’t remember the answer to a question. In the survey...

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