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The struggles of an ESL student

Olesya Sytnyk and Olesya Sytnyk May 8, 2013

College’s travails are worse when you struggle with English There is a belief that the best chances to be fluent in a foreign language is when you’re introduced to it at a very young age. I came...

James Kaneko Art Gallery Expo

James Kaneko Art Gallery Expo

Olesya Sytnyk and Olesya Sytnyk May 7, 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLzkw6QD-Vs

ARC upgrades Wi-Fi network on campus

Olesya Sytnyk and Olesya Sytnyk April 24, 2013

Since the Internet firmly entered students’ life, Wi-Fi spots have been crucial on all campuses, and American River College is making sure it isn’t left behind. Back in 2007, the first Wi-Fi spots...

Art Institute visits ARC

Art Institute visits ARC

Olesya Sytnyk and Olesya Sytnyk March 15, 2013

On Thursday, March 14, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Art Institute of California (AIC) visited American River College.  AIC's information table was located at the Library Quad on the campus. The purpose...

Professor Geoffrey Stockdale listens to a student present their first speech assigned for the purpose of getting to know other classmates. (Photo by Emily K. Rabasto)

Take this class: Speech 301

Olesya Sytnyk and Olesya Sytnyk February 27, 2013

If a student’s purpose is communicating with people, it is necessary to be able to express his or her thoughts clearly and logically. Those who need to overcome their fear of speaking to an audience...

Finals are a stressful time for students, coming up at ARC from Dec. 17 to Dec. 20. (Photo by Daniel Romandia)

The Final Countdown

Olesya Sytnyk and Olesya Sytnyk December 5, 2012

How to take care of your brain and body during end-of-semester exams The good news: the semester is approaching its end. The bad news: it brings final exams on top of all the other exhausting and stressful...

RateMyProfessors not a fair deal for educators

Olesya Sytnyk and Olesya Sytnyk December 3, 2012

RateMyProfessors.com (RMP) is a review site, founded in May 1999 by John Swapceinski, a software engineer from Menlo Park, California, which allows college and university students to assign ratings to...

International Students’ Day raises awareness for foreign students at ARC

Olesya Sytnyk and Olesya Sytnyk November 25, 2012

There are numerous of internationally born students here at American River College. About twenty-five of them are in the International Student Association Club (ISAC), who celebrated International Students’...

College tech through the ages

Olesya Sytnyk and Olesya Sytnyk November 18, 2012

Today’s students can’t imagine functioning in college without computers, laptops, smartphones and other such devices. Hand writing out, or worse, typing out long papers on a typewriter, has became...

ARC campus celebrates Constitution Day with quiz to inform students

Olesya Sytnyk and Olesya Sytnyk October 10, 2012

On Monday, Sept. 17, American River College organized an event dedicated to Constitution Day. A small tent decorated with balloons in the Rose Marks Pavilion drawled students in. Once inside, students...

Take this class: Horticulture 305

Olesya Sytnyk and Olesya Sytnyk October 10, 2012

HORT 305 helps students become familiar with the often-strange science in the botanical world. The students of this class learn about growth habits, culturally sustainable methods and uses of ornamental...

Campus police warn drivers of dangers of texting while behind the wheel, issue citations to offenders. (Photo Illustration by Daniel Romandia)

Don’t drive distracted

Olesya Sytnyk and Olesya Sytnyk May 3, 2012

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has identified April as the nation’s first Distracted Driver Awareness Month. The Los Rios Police Department worked with the California Highway...

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