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Campus Current

The award-winning newspaper of Anne Arundel Community College.

Campus Current

Professors are determining which snow-day policy works best for their classes.

Profs decide on rules for snow-day classes

Payton Thompson, Contributor January 20, 2024

AACC professors will decide on a class-by-class basis how snow days will affect class time this winter. When inclement weather causes campus to close, professors will let their students know how they...

Paramedic students Jermaine Mills, left, and Jordan Hopkins, center, pretend to treat actor Steve Hopp.

Actors paid to play patients

Divine Mesumbe, Co-Editor January 20, 2024

Students in some physical therapy, paramedic, nursing, EMS and EMT classes get hands-on medical experience with actors who are paid to pretend to be patients. Called “standardized patients” by college...

Ceramics-Keramos Society President Holly Mitchell’s tile depicts a turkey vulture, native to Maryland. It will become part of a collective artwork at the end of the semester.

Club designs ceramic tiles

Dulcie Metro, Contributor January 20, 2024

Members of the student Ceramics-Keramos Society are making colorful, 6-by-6 inch tiles featuring images of Maryland culture and nature to display on campus.  The students, including some who take ceramics...

Clubs must pay for the license to a movie before they can show it on campus, or the college can get fined.

Clubs must buy rights for movies on campus

Mischa Green, Co-Editor January 20, 2024

Student clubs could have to pay hundreds of dollars for a license if they opt to show a movie on campus. The Office of Student Engagement announced a new rule in December that requires clubs to pay...

Students celebrate the holidays at the “It’s Giving… Winter” social hosted by SGA.

SGA hosts winter-themed social for students during finals

Divine Mesumbe, Reporter December 14, 2023

The Student Government Association hosted a winter-themed social for students of all religious backgrounds on Wednesday.  This is the third year SGA hosted an event that celebrates all winter holidays,...

The winning team of the Bioethics Bowl Tournament receive awards.

Anthropology, philosophy students participate in bioethics competition

Jack Sarnese, Reporter December 14, 2023

Students from AACC’s Biological Anthropology course and Introduction to Philosophy course participated in a Bioethics Bowl Tournament for their final on Thursday. Assistant anthropology professor...

The cast and crew of "Hurricane Diane" prepares for their January performance at their first rehearsal.

Theatre preps for January “Hurricane Diane” staged reading

Tomi Brunton, Editor-in-Chief December 12, 2023

Theatre AACC will perform a staged reading of the comedy “Hurricane Diane” in January. The performance, which will run Jan. 19 and 20 at 7 p.m., is a dark comedic take on climate change by playwright...

The testing center at AACC's Glen Burnie Town Center campus has been closed since August and will reopen next semester

GBTC testing center remains closed for finals week

Jack Sarnese, Reporter December 7, 2023

Students taking classes at Glen Burnie Town Center will have to travel to AACC’s Arundel Mills or Arnold campus if they want to take final exams in a testing center this semester. GBTC’s testing...

Rise Up Coffee Roasters was scheduled to open in CALT in November, but a delay with county Health Department approvals has postponed its campus debut.

Rise Up Coffee opening postponed indefinitely

Tomi Brunton, Editor-in-Chief December 7, 2023

Rise Up Coffee Roasters did not open on the Arnold campus in November as scheduled because of a delay in obtaining approval from the Anne Arundel County Health Department. Rise Up will repaint the spot...

Cameron Hanley, one of the many students at AACC who runs a small business, sells handmade jewelry at a student business fair.

Students on campus run small businesses

Michael Dang, Reporter December 7, 2023

AACC students are running businesses on the side, offering everything from tours of Costa Rica to handmade jewelry and sports attire. The students are part of AACC’s entrepreneurial program, which trains...

An AACC entrepreneurial studies graduate installed half a dozen fish tanks in the Health and Life Sciences Building. Shown, lab mascot Puffy the pufferfish.

Grad installs tanks in HLSB

Divine Mesumbe, Reporter December 7, 2023

A 2015 graduate of AACC’s entrepreneurial studies program is back on campus installing fish tanks in the Health and Life Sciences Building. Dalton Leonard, owner of FantaSEA Aquariums, has installed...

Second-year production design student Gabby Bly, left, and first-year student Joseph Beard both use longboards to get around campus.

Students skate on campus

Éva Parry, Reporter December 7, 2023

Students are riding skateboards, bicycles and longboards to get around campus while the footbridge is closed. Even when the bridge—which is closed this semester for repairs—is open, students are...

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