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  • At Soapbox Sisters, one of the events for this year's Women's History Month, students will perform speeches and poems by women.
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Students told Campus Current age impacted Biden's presidency campaign before withdrawing from the president race.
Students say Biden’s age affected his presidency

President Joe Biden’s age has affected his performance during his presidency, some AACC students, regardless of political affiliation, said.  Some students said they noticed flaws and lack of structure in his speech over time, especially during the president’s debate against...

Conway Johnson, the Esports head coach, says students aren’t aware the team exists.
Esports team needs to find more players

The Riverhawks Esports team is recruiting students to compete on teams that play Overwatch 2 and League of Legends in tournaments. The team has too few Overwatch 2 players and is looking to recruit more players, according to head coach Conway Johnson. Johnson reported having...

Twins Miles (right) and Avery Evans are team captains for the Riverhawks men’s basketball team.
Twins play as guards for men’s basketball

Identical twin brothers—both guards—are playing for the Riverhawks men’s basketball team this season. Avery Evans, a second-year business administration student, and Miles Evans, a second-year philosophy student, are the team captains. Second-year transfer studies student...

The college is replacing the bleachers on the basketball court at Jenkins Gymnasium.
Gym update includes 600-seat bleachers

AACC’s Facilities Department closed the basketball court in Jenkins Gymnasium for renovations on Nov. 4. The gym’s floors will be sanded down, new lines on the court will be painted with the Riverhawks logo, and the bleachers will be replaced, according to Athletic Director...

Student club Overcast Improv will host shows on Dec. 6 and 7. Each show is based on movie sequels.
Movie sequels inspire improv performances

The AACC improv club will host its first shows of the school year on Dec. 6 and 7. Overcast Improv will host two shows based on the theme of movie sequels, according to co-captains Jason Kalshoven and Éva Parry. The shows are titled, “Improvinator 2: Judgment Day,” and...

The International Student Association returns this semester after being inactive for three years.
Student association focuses on inclusion

Another student club that shut down during the pandemic has returned to campus. The goal of the International Student Assocation, which was inactive between 2020 and 2023, is to foster inclusion and cross-cultural exposure through campus events, Emma Thompson, the club’s adviser,...

During the holidays, you should give yourself permission to overeat a bit.
Kinesiology prof says to enjoy holiday food

If you’re already guilt- tripping over how many holiday goodies you will inevitably sample over the holidays, how about giving yourself permission to overindulge a bit? The holidays come only once a year, so perhaps enjoying a couple of big meals and your favorite cookies is...

AACC Game Development Club President Mattie Peri draws “Fleepy Sheep,” the main character of a new indie video game.
Game club develops ‘Flappy Bird’ copycat

The AACC Game Development Club created a side-scroller game based on the popular mobile game “Flappy Bird.” The club developed the game “Fleepy Sheep” as a starter project to help teach new members about game development and to “build a foundation” for future projects,...

Some students say they would prefer to receive money as a gift for Christmas this year.
Most students prefer money for Christmas

All AACC students want for the holidays this year is money. In second place, students told Campus Current in November, are gift cards. “People always give me junk,” Ian Maller, a first-year transfer studies student, said. “It’s like, why can’t they just give me money...

Students play with toys, like Legos, visit playgrounds and play video games to embrace their inner child.
Students enjoy their childhood activities

Some AACC students are embracing their inner child by spending time with old toys, visiting playgrounds and playing the video games they liked when they were younger. Students told Campus Current they feel they lost part of their childhoods to COVID-19 because they spent so much...

Some students are wearing ’90s-style clothes, like cargo pants, around campus.
’90s fashion returns to community college

Students are walking around campus wearing platform shoes, checkered flannel and cargo pants, keeping up with a national fashion trend that harkens back to the 1990s. When the weather was warmer, women students wore throwbacks like slip dresses, tennis skirts and crop tops to class....

Second-year communications student Darian Moya Perez says she enjoys studying in a nook in CALT 238.
AACC contains many hidden study spaces

A handful of little-known study spots around campus could be the best places to do homework. For example, third-year business administration student MacKenzie Williams said, the best hidden study spots students may not know about are empty classrooms. “I love classrooms,”...

Online gaming platform Roblox, a global hit with children, continues to be popular with players into their college years.
Some games never get old

Once considered an app for kids, the online gaming platform Roblox has surged in popularity among college students. Roblox, created in 2006 by David Baszucki and Erik Cassel, allows users to build their own games and share them with others. “I play it once every few days,”...

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