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The award-winning newspaper of Anne Arundel Community College.

Campus Current

A panel with a Maryland chief judge and a state delegate talked about recent legislation including cannabis and abortion policy.

Judge, Delegate talk recent Md. legislation

Zack Buster, Editor-in-Chief February 8, 2023

A District Court judge and a Maryland delegate told an audience of approximately 40 students and faculty on Wednesday that legalizing recreational cannabis is among the most important laws the state Legislature...

Students chose albums like “The Forever Story” by rap artist JID and “American Heartbreak” by country artist Zach Bryan as the best releases of 2022.

Students weigh in on best albums of 2022

Cole Popov, Reporter February 8, 2023

AACC students in January chose the rap album “The Forever Story” by JID as their favorite musical release of 2022.  In an informal Campus Current survey of 50 students on the Arnold campus, more...

Students can earn degrees or a certificate in game development or design while building a digital portfolio.

Students learn development, design in video game classes

Zack Buster, Editor-in-Chief February 7, 2023

Approximately 125 students are enrolled in a program at AACC that teaches them how to develop, design or code video games.  Students can earn a transfer degree in game art and design, or a career degree...

Second-year astronomy student Zoe Brunton uses a telescope at a comet viewing party on Saturday.

Community gathers to view rare comet

Alex Sorto, Reporter February 6, 2023

Students, staff and local community members gathered to see a once-in-a-lifetime comet pass through the solar system at the college on Saturday. The Super Science Club hosted the event at the AACC Observatory...

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Students, faculty set goals at new years workshop

Micah Smith, Reporter February 2, 2023

Students and faculty created short and long-term goals for their year at a workshop on the Arnold campus on Tuesday.  Participants at the event, hosted by First-Year Experience, created specific, measurable,...

Doug Byerly and Emily Sergo perform in Opera AACC's production of Sweeney Todd.

AACC holds longest running comm. college opera program

Andrea Bridgett and Tomi Brunton February 1, 2023

AACC’s 22-year-old opera company has been continuously running longer than the programs at any other community college in the country. Founded in 2001 by music professor and artistic director Doug...

Students and faculty connected labels with each identity or group they belong to at an event on the Arnold campus on Thursday.

Students share their identities at Welcome Week event

Sam Gauntt, Managing Editor January 31, 2023

Students and faculty chose labels to describe their identities and turned them into a short-term art installation in the Student Union building on Thursday.  The “Share a Pizz-a Your Identity”...

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AACC eats fresh; Subway to reopen

Sam Gauntt, Managing Editor January 30, 2023

Thirty-four months after it closed, the Subway in Careers reopened on Monday.  The sandwich restaurant, located on the bottom floor of Careers, will serve food from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through...

The Theatre at AACC is holding auditions for the spring play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. Shown: a University of Utah performance of the play.

Auditions begin for spring theater

Tomi Brunton, Associate Editor January 27, 2023

The Theatre at AACC is holding auditions Jan. 27 for the absurdist tragicomedy “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.” Auditions are in the Kauffman Theater at 6 p.m. today. Students also can audition...

The winter season can cause loss of sleep and motivation, along with other symptoms of depression.

Low sunlight causes seasonal depression

Olivia Sheridan, Reporter January 27, 2023

If you’re feeling a little blue as the winter drags on, it’s possible you suffer from seasonal depression. AACC psychology professor Maria Winters, a licensed counselor, said unlike winter blues,...

Students say they wish campus parking lots had more spaces.

Students talk parking problems

Olivia Sheridan, Reporter January 27, 2023

“Oh boy, they’re assholes,” second-year transfer studies student Tristan Comba said about student drivers in the AACC parking lots. “It’s like they have road rage. They’re impatient. They don’t...

From right to left, AACC Police Chief Sean Kapfhammer, Anne Arundel County Police Detective Kayla Jennings, and AACC Compliance Officer Melanie Monts De Oca, a stalking survivor, share advice in an awareness panel at the Arnold Campus on Thursday. Victims of stalking can file a report with AACC police by calling 410-777-1818.

Cops, survivors, give advice in stalking panel

Zack Buster, Editor-in-Chief January 26, 2023

This story contains mentions of violence and stalking. A stalking survivor who works at AACC advised students and faculty to “be observant of your surroundings of yourself and others” on Thursday. Melanie...

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