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Four carved pumpkins.

Culinary Club hosts pumpkin contest and bake sale

Ava Herring, Diversity Editor October 31, 2022

The Culinary Club at AACC held a pumpkin carving contest and bake sale on the Arnold campus on Thursday.  All proceeds from the bake sale will go toward funding field trips. The club will decide where...

Man in welders costume at Haunt Theatre event

AACC theater club hosts Halloween event

Jack Dougherty, Reporter October 28, 2022

AACC students and local families were entertained by a Halloween-themed tour through the backstage and dressing rooms of the Kauffman Theater last Friday and Saturday. Costumed actors delivered monologues...

Diversity training shouldn’t just be for faculty. Students should get training as well.

Diversity isn’t just for faculty

Editorial Board October 27, 2022

The student journalists at Campus Current applaud our college’s administration for making diversity a priority on campus and for offering training in diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism to faculty...

A Campus Current poll reveals that 40% of students shy away from horror movies because they're either too scary or too cheesy.

‘Halloween’ tops students’ lists of best scary movies

Jordan Crymes and Chris Simpson October 27, 2022

As Halloween approaches, many AACC students said last week they do not like horror movies. In an informal poll of 50 students on the Arnold campus, 40% said they avoid watching scary films. “I...

Cade Gallery

Artist hosts solo exhibition in Cade Gallery

Sam Gauntt, Associate Editor October 26, 2022

The Cade Gallery on West Campus hosted a reception last week for a local artist displaying large prints and paper sculptures meant to raise awareness of domestic violence victims.  Marta Pérez-García,...

Maryland residents will have the chance to vote on marijuana legalization this election. According to an informal poll from Campus Currrent, almost 80% of AACC students said they support marijuana legalization.

Students to say ‘yes’ to marijuana question on ballot

Sam Gauntt, Associate Editor October 20, 2022

AACC students said in October they plan to vote for a proposed Maryland constitutional amendment this November that would legalize recreational marijuana. In an informal Campus Current poll of 56 students...

Rafael Laveaga, the chief of the Consular Section at the Mexican Embassy in Washington, speaks about relations between Mexico and the United States for a Hispanic Heritage Month event.

Mexican embassy official speaks on relations with US

Sam Gauntt, Associate Editor October 19, 2022

The relationship between the U.S. and Mexico has grown over time from distant neighbors to close economic and cultural allies, an official from the Mexican Embassy told administrators and students on Oct....

Students, faculty perform at Hispanic Heritage poetry slam

Students, faculty perform at Hispanic Heritage poetry slam

Thomas Ayers, Reporter October 17, 2022

Half a dozen Latinx students on Oct. 11 read poems–some in Spanish and some in English– about their experiences with everything from chronic illness to raising children to personal development. The...

Professors and staff learn LGBTQ support

Professors and staff learn LGBTQ support

Micah Smith, Reporter October 14, 2022

LGBTQ indviduals are three times more likley to experience mental health issues than others, the faculty adviser for the Genders and Sexualities Club told professors and staff at a Coming Out Week event...

People making a quilt

AACC community crafts quilt for Coming Out Week

Tomi Brunton, Reporter October 13, 2022

Students and faculty celebrated Coming Out Week on Tuesday by working on a community quilt while listening to a speaker who talked about the “use of quilts as a mechanism for political activism.” “Tools...

Marta Perez-Garcia working on print

Local artist makes 12-foot print with AACC students

Sam Gauntt, Associate Editor October 13, 2022

A local artist is collaborating with AACC printmaking students to create a 12-foot wide print to display in the Cade gallery during October. Marta Pérez-García, a Washington-based artist, began work...

Health and Life Sciences building

Students praise new health building after 1 year

Tomi Brunton, Reporter October 11, 2022

After one year, AACC students and faculty said they like the Health and Life Sciences building, praising its open spaces, study rooms and Science Tutoring Center. The building is the college’s second-newest...

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