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Subway

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...

Fourth-year photography student Graig Bracey says wearing a mask helps with his allergies.

Some in community still prefer masking

Tristan Comba, Reporter January 26, 2023

AACC students who still wear masks on campus said their reasons go beyond preventing illness. Third-year theater student Aidan Henderson said masks can serve as a sense of comfort. “I think it has...

Photo of Frank Fitzgeralde Libom

International students say college is ‘welcoming’

Ava Herring, Diversity Editor January 26, 2023

International students said in October the campus atmosphere is friendly and welcoming. Being an international college student in the U.S. poses challenges like learning a new language at an academic...

Most of AACC’s student services will keep the same in-person and online hours as last semester.

Services to maintain same hours in spring

Tomi Brunton, Associate Editor January 25, 2023

Academic advising and admissions, as well as most other student services, will be open in person Monday through Thursday and virtually Monday through Saturday in the spring semester. Most services, including...

Sophia Hendricks, a dual-enrolled junior at Chesapeake Science Point Charter School (left), says earning two degrees at once is hard but rewarding.

Charter students earn college degrees early

Zack Buster, Editor-in-Chief January 25, 2023

Students at Chesapeake Science Point Charter School in Hanover can receive their high school diplomas and their transfer studies degrees from AACC at the same time. Sophia Hendricks, a dual-enrolled junior...

Former AACC biology student Amethyst Conwoy records data about a horseshoe crab at Cove Point in 2015.

Students collect data on local horseshoe crabs

Zack Buster, Editor-in-Chief January 24, 2023

Student volunteers are helping AACC’s Environmental Center collect data on local horseshoe crab populations. A few students each semester assist biology professor Paul Bushmann in gathering information...

Black History Month

College to host Black History Month events

Dan Elson, Sports Editor January 23, 2023

The college will host approximately a dozen in-person and virtual events in February in honor of Black History Month. To start off on Feb. 2, students will have the chance to paint and interact with Annapolis...

The Rev. Craig Coates was the keynote speaker at the 42nd annual MLK Jr. breakfast, sponsored in part by AACC.

Local pastor speaks at MLK Jr. breakfast

Tomi Brunton, Associate Editor January 23, 2023

The keynote speaker for the 42nd annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast on Jan. 16 said younger generations “haven’t been taught to find their voice.” The event’s theme...

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