The American River Current

BOG waiver eligibility changes proposed

Brooke Purves and Brooke Purves November 27, 2013

After class today Brian Elston, 24, will drop off his backpack at the home he shares with his two cats, hop in his car and head to Deseret Industries to start his shift as a night security guard. Elston,...

Firebird Russian Restaurant and Gallery serves traditional Eastern and Central European fare such as (clockwise from left) cucumber and cabbage salad, mashed-potato latkes and golubtsi, cabbage rolls stuffed with beef and rice.

Diversity in dining found in local Russian restaurant

Brooke Purves and Brooke Purves November 26, 2013

Firebird Russian Restaurant and Gallery, named after a recurring character in Slavic folklore, is a lighthouse of Eastern-European dining in a sea of literally hundreds of Mexican and Asian restaurants...

Mexican Oreos are soft, cinnamon-spiced Mexican Chocolate wafers with buttercream filling, pictured here with a trail mix cookie.

May we take your order?

Brooke Purves and Brooke Purves November 18, 2013

The American River College Oak Cafe bakery, located in the award-winning culinary arts department, offers a wide range of delightful comestibles. Student-run, the bakery provides a venue by which those...

Engineering and web design major Gabriel Hernandez has a misspelled tattoo on his chest and is in the process of covering it. (Photo by Kameron Schmid)

DC proposed legislation means waiting period for tattoos

By Brooke Purves and Kameron Schmid Health Department officials plan to help you control your body art The Washington D.C. Health Department has proposed draft legislation that would require a 24-hour...

The ARC Concert Choir performed with the Chamber Singers and two local high school choirs at the Fall Choral Invitational Concert on Nov. 5 in the ARC Theatre. The Concert Choir is open to any student who can match pitch. (Photo by Brooke Purves)

Choral concert brings multiple choirs together

Brooke Purves and Brooke Purves November 15, 2013

The American River College Fall Choral Invitational Concert, held Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., in the ARC Theatre, was an opportunity for several students to reconnect with their former high school choir departments...

In Our Heads: Brooke Purves

Brooke Purves and Brooke Purves November 1, 2013

Book- “Hope: A Tragedy” by Shalom Auslander In this hysterically depressing novel, Auslander’s main character Solomon Kugel discovers a long-thought deceased icon of Jewish suffering taking refuge...

An MC White Construction worker tears down the remnants of the Rose Marks Pavilion on Oct. 21. (Photo by Jeff Gonzales)

Rose Marks Pavilion removed, to be replaced

Brooke Purves and Brooke Purves October 25, 2013

The Rose Marks Pavilion, built and named in honor of a former American River College English teacher, was removed from the Rose Marks Quad on the ARC campus Monday. Mark White, owner of MC White Construction...

Never mind the gap

Never mind the gap

Brooke Purves and Brooke Purves October 24, 2013

The quest for beauty is a rough one for us women. I’m told that while I want my breasts to squish together and pour out of my shirt, I want my thighs as far apart from each other as possible. This “thigh...

ARC English professor and author of Let the Water Hold Me Down Michael Spurgeon discusses the creative process of writing a novel for publication during College Hour in Raef Hall on Oct. 17. (Photo by Emily K. Rabasto)

ARC professor presents new novel

Brooke Purves and Brooke Purves October 20, 2013

American River College English Professor Michael Spurgeon spoke about his new novel “Let the Water Hold Me Down” at College Hour on Thursday in 160 Raef Hall. The audience of about 60 students and...

Tammy Linn, 36, is now enrolled in honors courses at American River College after learning to read only ten years ago. (Photo by Emily K. Rabasto)

ARC Mom: from illiteracy to honors

Brooke Purves and Brooke Purves September 17, 2013

If you looked up the word tenacity in the dictionary, you just might find a picture of a petite 36-year-old blonde named Tammy Lynn. Despite insurmountable obstacles, Lynn progressed from an emergent...

Photo by Brooke Purves

Judaism a withering practice in Sacramento community

Brooke Purves and Brooke Purves September 10, 2013

As a product of a mixed-religion union I celebrate every major Jewish holiday with my immediate family, my Jewish father and any goyim I can trick into eating chopped liver. Whenever I prepare a kosher...

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