Opinion: “White spaces” are everywhere – including ARC
Imagine being alone in a place where there was no one who looked like you or understood your experiences. Imagine having a conversation with…
Articles by Shiavon Chatman
Opinion: sexual harassment at ARC affects students
“I can’t even walk to class without some guy being super inappropriate toward me. It makes me uncomfortable at times,” said American River College student…
Grant High School’s drumline performed at the Hillary Clinton Rally in Sacramento
Grant High School’s drumline performed at a campaign rally for presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Sacramento, California today. James Van Buren, the director of the…
Praying at American River College
Small trickles of sweat appear on the preacher’s brow, intensity in his eyes and his voice becoming sharp as he preaches. As he speaks in…
High school band performs at Bernie Sanders Rally
A previous version of this story falsely labeled Sitsa Latour as the band’s drummer and Eloise Turner as lead guitarist. Sitsa Latour is the band’s bass…
Art combined with activism comes to ARC
Artivism, a combination of art and activism to spread awareness of social injustices primarily toward people of color, came to American River College on Wednesday….
ARC painter shares her inspiration for new portfolio and opinion on feminist issues
An American River College student and artist, Rachel Marthaler started painting at the age of four when her father let her “be a wild child…
WEAVE explains consent at college hour
Women Escaping A Violent Environment (WEAVE) hosted this week’s college hour at American River College on Tuesday. Consent was the main topic the two WEAVE…
ARC professor directs the Tempest
Tracy Martin Shearer has been teaching in the theater department at American River College for 20 years. Shearer attended ARC as an undergraduate student and…
Brave space tackles representation and racism in the media
American River College hosted a brave space meeting Thursday, organized by the members of UNITE. The event primarily focused on the importance of representation for…
Opinion: With race, there’s no such thing as color blind
When one claims that they are “color blind” when it comes to race, they believe they’re doing a great service to people of color, but…
A fourteen year old actor stars in several ARC productions
GUMBO, Music Man and the Tempest are among some of the American River College productions that 14 year old actor and dancer Alexandria Wilson has…