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Campus Current

Students find that chess helps them retain valuable information.

Chess teaches useful academic, life skills

Divine Mesumbe, Reporter January 28, 2025

AACC students and faculty who play chess say the game can help with critical thinking skills and planning ahead. Kenneth Gilliard, AACC’s student success and retention adviser, said students who play...

Third-year student Zoë Sharp says joining a campus club can help first-year students feel at home.

Students offer advice to AACC newcomes

Morgan Brown, Reporter January 28, 2025

Students returning to campus this semester say they wish they had known a few things before they started their first classes at AACC. Specifically, they said their first few weeks might have gone better...

Some students say they fear the changes the president will make, while others look forward to them.

Some worry potential change may do harm

Lily Peaper, Associate Editor January 28, 2025

Students and faculty said in January they are expecting big changes now that President Donald Trump has returned to office. Trump has announced numerous efforts, including tariffs—a high tax on imported...

Campus Current editors know what's in and out in 2025. Shown, rapper Doechii.

What’s In? What’s Out?

Waleska Cruz and Lily Peaper January 28, 2025

What’s in and what’s out this new year?   IN: Kylie Kelce Kylie’s new podcast, “Not Gonna Lie,” debuted on Dec. 5 and quickly topped the podcast charts. Every Thursday, she shares...

Some students say they are unimpressed with their Spotify Wrapped results this year.

Users dislike Spotify stats

Waleska Cruz and Julissa Mendoza Robles January 23, 2025

Some students who worked to get their favorite artist to the top of their Spotify Wrapped are satisfied with the results, while others said they suspect the stats were rigged. A popular music streaming...

Students told Campus Current age impacted Biden's presidency campaign before withdrawing from the president race.

Students say Biden’s age affected his presidency

Morgan Brown, Reporter December 3, 2024

President Joe Biden’s age has affected his performance during his presidency, some AACC students, regardless of political affiliation, said.  Some students said they noticed flaws and lack of structure...

Students play with toys, like Legos, visit playgrounds and play video games to embrace their inner child.

Students enjoy their childhood activities

Ayla Cole, Reporter December 2, 2024

Some AACC students are embracing their inner child by spending time with old toys, visiting playgrounds and playing the video games they liked when they were younger. Students told Campus Current they...

Some students are wearing ’90s-style clothes, like cargo pants, around campus.

’90s fashion returns to community college

Morgan Brown, Reporter December 2, 2024

Students are walking around campus wearing platform shoes, checkered flannel and cargo pants, keeping up with a national fashion trend that harkens back to the 1990s. When the weather was warmer, women...

Second-year communications student Darian Moya Perez says she enjoys studying in a nook in CALT 238.

AACC contains many hidden study spaces

Divine Mesumbe, Associate Editor December 2, 2024

A handful of little-known study spots around campus could be the best places to do homework. For example, third-year business administration student MacKenzie Williams said, the best hidden study spots...

Online gaming platform Roblox, a global hit with children, continues to be popular with players into their college years.

Some games never get old

Lily Peaper, Daily Editor December 2, 2024

Once considered an app for kids, the online gaming platform Roblox has surged in popularity among college students. Roblox, created in 2006 by David Baszucki and Erik Cassel, allows users to build their...

First-year psychology student Fatuuma Shareef, like a growing number of college students, collects items featuring Hello Kitty.

Hello Kitty products trending on campus

Waleska Cruz, Features Editor December 2, 2024

From planners to backpacks to blankets to jewelry, Hello Kitty merch is all over campus. The little 50-year-old icon has become popular—again—with college students. “I think it was, like, embedded...

Some AACC students say they have trouble sleeping at night and staying awake during the day.

Many AACC students struggle to get sleep

Waleska Cruz, Features Editor December 2, 2024

If you struggle to stay awake during the day, the cause is pretty clear: You’re not sleeping enough at night. Ninety percent of Gen Zers say daytime sleepiness affects their everyday lives, according...

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