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Campus Current

Students are finding new hobbies to manage stress.

Hobbies help students cope

Carter DeSilva, Reporter September 5, 2024

Some AACC students manage the stress of school by finding creative outlets through artistic hobbies. Still, some students who tap their creative sides outside of school said they don’t have enough...

OSE and Health and wellness Center hosted their first Wellness Wednesday of the semester.

Students get fresh produce and cookbooks at an event

Waleska Cruz, Features Editor September 4, 2024

Students grabbed free fresh fruits and vegetables from tables at an event outside of the Health and Life Sciences Building on Wednesday. The Office of Student Engagement partnered with the Health and...

Students ate free donuts and learned about the SGA at event hosted by OSE.

Students eat free donuts at back-to-school event

Jose Gonzalez, Editor-in-Chief August 29, 2024

Students learned about the Student Government Association and enjoyed donuts at a back-to-school event on the Quad on Thursday. “Donuts with Student Engagement” was the fourth and final event hosted...

Students made stuffed toys and ate ice cream at back-to-school event.

Students create stuffed animals, eat free food at Back-to-School event

Julissa Mendoza Robles, Reporter August 28, 2024

Students gathered on Aug. 27 in the SUN building to donate socks, make stuffed animals and enjoy ice cream at the “Sock It” event organized by the Office of Student Engagement. In an effort to build...

May graduate Allison Terry says doodling helps her concentrate in chemistry class.

Students say doodles help with schoolwork

Waleska Cruz, Features Editor August 28, 2024

The best way for May 2024 graduate Allison Terry to concentrate in chemistry class, she said, was to draw pictures of stars and plants in her notebook. Her chemistry professor, it turns out, did not agree. “A...

Second-year English student David Moss dropped out of AACC to join the Army National Guard and plans to come back to school in a year.

Student joins U.S. military

Waleska Cruz, Features Editor August 28, 2024

Second-year English student David Moss dropped out of AACC at the end of the spring semester, but he’ll be back in a year. At that time, the Army National Guard will pay his tuition. Moss, 19, started...

Second-year communications student Waleska Cruz got her license at age 20 after her family and friends pressured her to take the test

Some students don’t have driver’s licenses

Ross Birckhead-Morton, Reporter August 28, 2024

Some AACC students at 18, 19 and 20 years old don’t have their driver’s licenses yet, either because they’re not interested in driving or they haven’t taken the time to learn. “I’ve just been...

Some students prefer to collect physical music like CDs and vinyl rather than streaming music online.

Gen Z takes interest in CDs, vinyl albums

Ross Birckhead-Morton, Reporter August 28, 2024

College-age students are buying more music in the form of CDs and vinyl. Members of Gen Z, including some AACC students, collect physical copies of their music to make sure they’ll own it forever, unlike...

Briana Zeck is the professor of the histotechnician program.

New histotech classes begin

Divine Mesumbe, Associate Editor August 26, 2024

Students who want to learn how to analyze human tissue samples in a laboratory can enroll in a new program at AACC. The college, which introduced a histotechnician program in summer 2023 but hasn’t...

English professor Jennifer Dix is offering a new course this semester featuring the works of Latinx writers.

Professor offers new class about Latinx authors

Waleska Cruz, Features Editor August 26, 2024

An English professor is offering a course called Latinx Literature this semester that will examine Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Dominican American, Cuban American and U.S. Central American authors. Jennifer...

High school student Chryscis Gindhart made a self-portrait involving wrestling for a summer AACC class for dual-enrolled bilingual students.

Bilingual high school students display art

Waleska Cruz, Features Editor August 26, 2024

Students from five Anne Arundel County high schools created self-portraits and accordion books as part of an AACC summer course for bilingual students, who displayed their artwork at a showcase on campus...

Room 105 in the Health and Life Sciences Building houses a 16-year-old corn snake named March.

AACC houses orange snake

Divine Mesumbe, Associate Editor August 26, 2024

The Health and Life Sciences Building is home to a snake named March. In Room 105, students can find March, a 16-year-old corn snake. March serves as a live example in some zoology classes, according...

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