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Campus Current

An informal poll on campus shows students plan to vote for a constitutional amendment ensuring abortion will remain legal in Maryland.

Students say they will vote for constitutional amendment

Ayla Cole, Reporter October 18, 2024

AACC students said in October they will vote for a constitutional amendment on Nov. 5 that will give Maryland residents the “fundamental right” to an abortion.  In an informal poll of 50 students...

A student won a protective order against her former accounting professor, Reb Beatty, shown in 2021.

Professor suspended over student’s claims

Tomi Brunton, Reporter October 5, 2024

A business professor was suspended from his job over the summer after agreeing to comply with a protective order filed against him by one of his 18-year-old former students. Reb Beatty, 43, said he agreed...

LaToya Nkongolo, an AACC adjunct, is running for Anne Arundel County Board of Education.

Students object to adjunct’s remarks

Jose Gonzalez, Editor-in-Chief October 5, 2024

An AACC adjunct professor running for a seat on the Anne Arundel County Board of Education made negative remarks about the LGBTQ community at a June fundraiser. LaToya Nkongolo, a mental health therapist...

Student Government Association President Jayeim Blake, center, plays goalkeeper for men's soccer

SGA president plays goalkeeper for team

Jose Gonzalez, Editor-in-Chief October 2, 2024

The new president of the Student Government Association doubles as a goalkeeper for the Riverhawks soccer team. Jayeim Blake, a second-year kinesiology student, said he likes to stay busy. “The good...

A new computer lab and study space is open on the fourth floor of the Florestano building.

New lab opens on Florestano 4th floor

Julissa Mendoza Robles, Reporter October 2, 2024

A large new computer lab and study space on the fourth floor of the Florestano building on West Campus is attracting students who visit it to collaborate, take classes and do homework. Called the IDEA...

AACC professors who support unionization might join the Maryland State Education Association.

Full-time professors consider unionizing

Jose Gonzalez, Editor-in-Chief October 2, 2024

AACC’s full-time faculty members are deciding this month whether they will unionize. Professors who support joining the Maryland State Education Association have said the union will advocate, on behalf...

Michael Richardson, a second-year transfers studies student, says he's grateful after getting into a car crash.

AACC student speaks about recovery story

Jose Gonzalez, Editor-in-Chief September 17, 2024

Michael Richardson, a second-year transfer studies student, started using drugs like cocaine and marijuana as a freshman in high school and drank “as much as I could … until I would throw up.” He...

Among the construction on campus this summer was an update to the team benches on Siegart Field.

Renovation projects continue on campus

Jose Gonzalez, Editor-in-Chief September 4, 2024

AACC is wrapping up renovations to the gym and the Math and Physical Plant buildings and will be starting construction on the first three floors of the Florestano building this school year. The gymnasium...

Second-year cybersecurity student Devin Keller is the college's new student trustee.

Student, U.S. veteran joins Bd. of Trustees

Divine Mesumbe, Associate Editor September 4, 2024

A second-year cybersecurity student and U.S. Army veteran became a member of the AACC Board of Trustees in July. Devin Keller, 27, replaced former student trustee Rachel Gwin, a nursing student. “I...

The Anne Arundel County Council approved the college's budget

County OKs AACC’s budget

Divine Mesumbe, Associate Editor September 4, 2024

The Anne Arundel County Council approved the college’s budget and funding over the summer. The council approved an increase of $2.4 million for the college’s operating budget, which pays for the...

Sara Eger, who works with high school students taking classes here, says the students will have to choose college courses from an approved list.

High school students face new limitations

Waleska Cruz, Features Editor August 25, 2024

Public high school students who also are enrolled in classes at AACC face new restrictions on the number and kinds of courses they can take for free. Starting this semester, most 11th- and 12th-grade...

AACC students in an informal poll say they like Kamala Harris for president.

Informal survey shows campus favors VP Harris

Divine Mesumbe, Associate Editor August 25, 2024

Nearly half of students in an informal Campus Current poll said they plan to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in November. In a poll of 25 students on campus for summer classes, 11 said they will...

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