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The award-winning newspaper of Anne Arundel Community College.

Campus Current

AACC's rep to the Gun Violence Intervention Task Force poses next to Swoop, the college mascot.

College sends rep to AA County gun violence task force

Zack Buster, Editor-in-Chief August 29, 2022

AACC is helping Anne Arundel County’s Gun Violence Intervention Task Force raise awareness about the issue. The college’s representative on the task force, whose mission is to reduce gun-related injuries...

Nick Barton playing lacrosse

Athlete dies in boat accident

Dan Elson, Sports Editor August 29, 2022

A 21-year-old lacrosse athlete died in early June in a boating accident. Third-year student Nick Barton, who played for the Riverhawks since 2020, died after he was thrown into the West River when the...

Zack Buster

New editor takes top job this fall semester

Holden Smith, Reporter August 29, 2022

A second-year communications student became the editor-in-chief of the campus newspaper in August. Zack Buster, who served as associate editor last year, said he wants to improve the online edition of...

Hawkflex class system camera

New class system HawkFlex

Sam Gauntt, Associate Editor August 29, 2022

AACC will continue to test a new class type this fall that allows students to choose each day if they want to attend class in person or virtually. The new class type is called HawkFlex, and the college...

Lester Brooks teaching.

Long-term professors retire

Dan Elson, Sports Editor August 29, 2022

After 38 years of teaching, one of AACC’s first black professors retired on July 1. President Dawn Lindsay said history professor Lester Brooks was a leader in diversity. “He certainly helped...

Tina Smith

College gets interim associate VP

Dan Elson, Sports Editor August 29, 2022

AACC named an interim associate vice president for learning and academic affairs on July 1. Tina Smith, the former academic chair of the psychology department, will temporarily replace Alycia Marshall,...

graph of budget

AACC budget up from last year

Zack Buster, Editor-in-Chief August 29, 2022

The Anne Arundel County Council in June approved a $124.6 million operating budget for AACC for the 2023 school year, $4.4 million more than last year. The college contributed 28% to this year’s budget...

Campus Police identify and charge a former AACC student with shooting video of men using urinals in the Library and Student Union bathrooms.

Police charge former student with taking bathroom photos

Zack Buster, Associate Editor May 20, 2022

Police said Thursday they have charged a former student with videotaping or photographing men using college restrooms. The suspect is charged with three misdemeanors and police are taking steps to ban...

AACC changed the photo on the sign-in portal screen to a shot of the college's
mascot so the page does not look like the one hackers used for a scam email.

Hackers send spam emails

Lilly Roser, Reporter May 16, 2022

A hacker sent more than 10,000 spam emails to AACC email accounts in March, the college reported.  The emails went to a random mixture of students, faculty, and staff and contained a link to a fraudulent...

First-year transfer studies students Arnold Beck and
Kestrel Watson mask up on the Quad.

AACC to discontinue mandate on May 19

Zack Buster, Associate Editor May 15, 2022

AACC will continue to require students and employees to wear masks inside of campus buildings until May 19. However, the college on March 9 ended its requirement for those who come to campus to show...

AACC released its fall catalog in April, featuring more
in-person classes than the spring 2022 catalog.

College to hold more fall classes in person

Lilly Roser, Reporter May 12, 2022

AACC will hold 41.5% of its classes on campus in the fall, according to college vice presidents. “The push has been to bring back more face-to-face offerings so we get that community feel again,”...

Second-year psychology student Hamza Iqbal at
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tends a Zoom meeting for his online SYNC class.

SYNC class meetings to mirror face-to-face

Zack Buster and Dan Elson May 11, 2022

Students who take online SYNC courses this summer and fall could be meeting more often over Zoom or Microsoft Teams with their professors and classmates. Online SYNC courses that have included a single...

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