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The Dance Company will perform in the Symphony Orchestra’s spring concert on Mother’s Day.

Dance Co. performs in orchestra concert

Tomi Brunton, Editor-in-Chief May 2, 2024

For the first time in 10 years, the Dance Company will perform to live music in the AACC Symphony Orchestra’s spring concert. The orchestra’s concert is titled “A Mother’s Day Tribute,” as...

Many students park in faculty-only permit spots. Some say they do not get tickets for it.

Students park in permit-only spots

Izzy Chase, Associate Editor May 2, 2024

Have you parked in a reserved spot on campus without a permit because you thought you could get away with it? You might be right. Police Chief Sean Kapfhammer said the Department of Public Safety...

The Student Veterans Association gave out free food on the Quad to celebrate Military Appreciation Day on Thursday.

Veterans association gives out free food to celebrate military

Divine Mesumbe, Daily Editor April 23, 2024

Students ate free food, played games and showed their support for veterans at an event on Thursday. The Students Veteran Association hosted the Military Appreciation Day event to celebrate military...

Deranged dentist Orin Scrivello, played by local actor Andrew Agner-Nichols, upper right, attacks Seymour Krelborn, played by local actor Ethan Keller, lower right, in Theatre AACC's production of "Little Shop of Horrors."

Theatre AACC puts on ‘delightful’ and ‘disturbing’ comedic horror musical

Tomi Brunton, Editor-in-Chief April 13, 2024

Singing, dancing, murder and carnivorous plants marked Theatre AACC’s first musical since the pandemic in its delightful rendition of “Little Shop of Horrors” on Friday night. The show was the...

English professor Steve Canaday speaks about banned books in an open forum on Wednesday.

Students, faculty discuss banned books at open forum

Tomi Brunton, Editor-in-Chief April 11, 2024

A panel of professors hosted an open forum on Wednesday for more than 100 students and faculty to debate book banning in schools. At Meeting of the Minds, the audience of students and faculty discussed...

AACC students watch the solar eclipse on Monday using special glasses to protect their eyes.

Students gather to watch eclipse in campus observatory

Tomi Brunton, Editor-in-Chief April 8, 2024

Students, faculty and community members gathered to watch the solar eclipse in the AACC observatory on Monday. At around 3:20 p.m., the group used eclipse glasses, handed out by the Super Science Club,...

Film professor Joe Tropea has directed three documentaries and produced seven films.

Prof releases original films

Izzy Chase and Jason Kalshoven April 5, 2024

It took a film professor seven years to release his first documentary, “Hit and Stay.” Joe Tropea, an adjunct professor at AACC and Towson University,  released the 97-minute documentary in 2013....

Peer Learning Partnerships, an organization for part-time students, mostly in retirement, celebrates its 20-year anniversary.

Part-time student org celebrates 20 years

Dulcie Metro, Reporter April 5, 2024

A 300-plus-member org- anization of part-time AACC students—mostly older than 60—is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. To celebrate the anniversary, the Peer Learning Partnership’s Educational...

Heena Cook, a second-year graphic web design student, listens to music while studying.

Classical music top choice for studying

Waleska Cruz, Reporter April 5, 2024

AACC students say they prefer to listen to classical music while they’re studying. In an informal survey of 50 students on campus, 17 said they like to listen to classical music while they do assignments....

The campus bookstore sells attire from the casual wear line Carhartt. Shown, second-year homeland security student Philip Michaels in a Carhartt-brand hat.

AACC bookstore now offers Carhartt brand

Waleska Cruz, Reporter April 5, 2024

Sales of clothing at the AACC bookstore have more than doubled, thanks to the addition of the popular casual wear line Carhartt in November. Manager Christopher Walsh said the bookstore sold $20,579 worth...

Second-year engineering student Jonathan Simmons made a replica of the inner workings of the campus greenhouse.
Second-year engineering student Jonathan Simmons made a replica of the inner workings of the campus greenhouse.
Photos by Jonathan Simmons (left) and Divine Mesumbe (right).

Honors project yields greenhouse lookalike

Divine Mesumbe, Daily Editor April 5, 2024

An engineering student built a miniature replica of AACC’s greenhouse last fall for his physics honors project. Jonathan Simmons, a second-year engineering student, created a small model of the greenhouse,...

Shana Cosgrove, CEO of Nyla Technology Solutions, talks to AACC students about the company that she founded.

CEO of software company talks to AACC students about pursuing passions

Izzy Chase, Associate Editor April 4, 2024

A CEO with a computer science background visited AACC on Thursday to discuss career aspirations and navigating the world of STEM. Shana Cosgrove, the CEO of Nyla Technology Solutions, leads a company...

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