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The award-winning newspaper of Anne Arundel Community College.

Campus Current

Celsius is a favorite energy drink among AACC students.

Celsius energy drink popular on campus

Mischa Green, Reporter December 7, 2023

The C of the energy drink Celsius has surged on campus and at colleges around the country. Hawk’s Nest Grill & Deli, Subway and vending machines around campus sell Celsius, which contains twice as much...

Second-year culinary student Brandi Benton prepares soup to serve to at the Empty Bowls charity event.

‘Empty Bowls’ charity raises $ for HelpLink

Mischa Green, Reporter December 6, 2023

The Ceramics and Culinary Departments teamed up for a charity fundraiser in November to raise $3,340 for AACC’s HelpLink, which offers emergency financial aid to students. Students, staff and faculty...

Entrepreneurship student Patti Kuhlman (center), hugs Entrepreneurial Studies Institute Chair Stephanie Goldenberg after winning $2,500 for a “big idea.”

Students share their big ideas for awards

Izzy Chase, Associate Editor December 6, 2023

AACC’s Entrepreneurial Studies Institute in November awarded $2,500 to a student who sells jump ropes to people with mobility problems. Entrepreneurship student Patti Kuhlman won first place in ESI’s...

Students like online transfer student Josh Weiss will have to reveal the physical location where they will be located during the term when they register.

Registration requires student location info

Payton Thompson, Senior Reporter December 6, 2023

AACC this semester began requiring students to reveal during registration where they will be physically located while taking courses. The U.S. Department of Education instructed AACC’s Federal Compliance...

Anxious about finals? Try deep breathing, visualizing success, taking study breaks and staying positive about the outcome.

Counselor offers tips to fight exam anxiety

Jack Sarnese, Reporter December 6, 2023

An AACC personal counselor said students who suffer from test anxiety should prepare as much as possible for their exams to build confidence. Melissa Boling also recommended that students keep self-care...

Nursing student Rachel Gwin dropped out of high school in 10th grade. Now, she passes all of her college classes and serves as the student representative on the AACC Board of Trustees.

Give yourself a 2nd chance

Rachel Gwin, Contributor December 6, 2023

Throughout my high school years, I always got Cs and Ds in my classes. My teachers and classmates would constantly tell me that I would never amount to anything. Halfway through my 10th-grade year, I...

A handful of professors, including English professor Shelley DeBlasis, are using a grading system called “ungrading,” which they say makes learning more equitable for students.

Some profs discard conventional grading

Tomi Brunton, Editor-in-Chief December 6, 2023

Professors in a handful of classes have discarded the traditional system of grades in favor of “ungrading,” in which they don’t assign scores to individual tests and assignments. In those classes,...

Political science professor Dan Nataf is asking students who have dropped classes for their reasons why.

Students cite ‘life’ as reason to drop class

Tomi Brunton, Editor-in-Chief December 6, 2023

Lack of motivation leads more students to drop classes than any other reason, according to an October survey by the college’s Center for the Study of Local issues. In fact, the 223 AACC students who...

Former Student Government Association Vice-President Vanessa Cardozo resigns from her role on the Executive Board.

SGA VP steps down, citing mental health

Izzy Chase, Associate Editor November 20, 2023

The Student Government Association’s vice president of campus activities resigned from the position on Nov. 20. Vanessa Cardozo, a third-year nursing student, said she is dropping all of her classes...

Siegert Stadium will be closed until the end of the semester so Facilities can replace the overhead lights around the playing field.

Stadium, track close for light replacements

Jack Sarnese, Reporter November 16, 2023

AACC’s Facilities Department closed Siegert Stadium and the track around it on Nov. 14 to replace the floodlights. The field will reopen temporarily on Nov. 22 and 23 for the AACC Turkey Trot and...

AACC's adjunct professors have voted to join SEIU Local 500, a union that represents part-time faculty and others. Photo courtesy of SEIU Local 500.

Part-time faculty vote to unionize

Tomi Brunton, Editor-in-Chief November 9, 2023

AACC’s part-time faculty voted to unionize on Oct. 30, supported by the SEIU Local 500 organization. After Maryland’s Public Employee Relations Board approves the union, the adjuncts will begin...

Political science professor Dan Nataf, the director of AACC's Center for the Study of Local Issues, runs a survey every semester of students and county residents.

AACC-run survey shows top local concerns

Tomi Brunton, Editor-in-Chief November 8, 2023

An AACC survey of 586 Anne Arundel County residents in October showed crime as the top local concern. The survey, conducted by AACC’s Center for the Study of Local Issues, said county residents, including...

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