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Factuality teaches students about diversity, inequality

Lindey Gapsis, Daily Reporter March 7, 2019

AACC students learned about diversity in modern society through a monopoly-like game today in the Cade building. “Factuality” is an interactive game used to portray how diversity affects real life. The...

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Japanese Language and Culture club plans their Cherry Blossom festival DC trip

Sammi Gibson, Daily Reporter March 5, 2019

The Japanese Language and Culture club held presentations during their meeting last Thursday and a field trip planned for this semester to Washington, DC. In the first presentation, students learned...

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AACC holds 9th annual Black Male Initiative Summit

Philip Van Slooten, Daily Reporter March 2, 2019

AACC students, faculty and community members gathered at the CALT building for the 9th annual Black Male Initiative Summit. Leon Thomas III, the director of student engagement, organized the event. The...

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Notecard walls prompt discussion about race

Alexandra Radovic, Editor-in-Chief March 1, 2019

“Empathize with what you don’t understand. We may all bleed red, but we don’t bleed the same amount or from the same wound.” An AACC student who signed the name “Cassidy Jane” wrote that...

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Darker skin tones lead to more racial division

Car’lyle Lee and Philip Van Slooten March 1, 2019

Dark-skinned black people face greater discrimination than those with lighter skin, speakers told a campus audience in February. As part of the school’s Black History Month program, Professor Nicole...

College runs activities for Black History Month

Chance Iheoma, Photography Editor March 1, 2019

AACC celebrated Black History Month in February with a number of events focusing on race relations, skin color and black art. The month-long events kicked off on Feb. 1 on the Arnold campus with a visit...

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Prisoners take classes while still serving time

Alexandra Radovic, Editor-in-Chief March 1, 2019

Sporting a Riverhawk- blue cap and gown, retired U.S. Marine Robert Lee Moore marched to the front of the room alongside his fellow AACC graduates in 2016 and proudly accepted a diploma for completing...

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GSA club to focus on history of LGBTQ+, involve more faculty

Mackenzie Airey, Graphic Designer March 1, 2019

Gay-Straight Alliance officers said at a February meeting of the student club that they will focus on LGBTQ+ history and collaborate with faculty and other student organizations this semester. “We...

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Therapist helps by styling hair

March 1, 2019

African-American women should “view [their] hair as a form of stress management,” a Washington, D.C., clinical psychologist told an AACC audience on Feb. 13. During a presentation titled, “Psychohairapy,”...

AACC students post their race cards on three walls around campus.

BHM committee discusses impact of campus Race Card Project

Emma Jeter, Daily Reporter February 26, 2019

Students and faculty explored the meaning of race in their lives at the “Race Card Project” discussion today at 12:30 on the Arnold campus. AACC’s Black History Month Committee hosted this event...

Dr. Lester Brooks, an AACC history professor, discusses the influential black boxer Jack Johnson on Monday's "The Big Smoke" event.

Literature class discusses “The Big Smoke” for BHM

Philip Van Slooten, Daily Reporter February 22, 2019

An english professor facilitated a discussion this morning with students and faculty on a poetry collection focused on a famous black boxer.   AACC professor, Dr. Suzanne Spoor, read passages from...

Black History Month Committee hosts hand dancing event, documentary screening

Emma Jeter, Reporter February 21, 2019

Students attended a hand dancing event at AACC on Thursday in support of Black History Month. The National Hand Dance Association showcased a documentary on the impact of Martin Luther King Jr.’s...

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