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Dunning sworn in as president at Student Senate meeting

Dunning sworn in as president at Student Senate meeting

Thomas Santos and Thomas Santos September 29, 2014

The second meeting of the ASB Student Senate this semester included the swearing in of new members and discussion of a trip to the General Assembly of California Community College Student Senates. The...

99Rise recruits ARC students

99Rise recruits ARC students

Ashlynn Johnson and Brandon Nelson September 29, 2014

By Brandon Nelson and Ashlynn Johnson The non-profit organization 99Rise, a political protest group that is trying to remove big money from politics, has made its way to American River College in an...

Center for Leadership and Development adviser leaves ARC

John Ferrannini and John Ferrannini September 29, 2014

Tanika Byrd, who was the adviser for the Center for Leadership and Development, left American River College for Cosumnes River College on September 19. She had worked at ARC since the fall 2011 semester. Byrd...

Former ASB Student Senate Director of Finance Jorge Riley speaks in the student center at the candidate forum during last springs ASB elections

Election rigged, Riley says

John Ferrannini and John Ferrannini September 16, 2014

Jorge Riley, who was elected ASB Student Senate president in last spring’s election over Tamara Dunning, but whose election was invalidated for reasons the administration and the ASB have not disclosed,...

Student Senate meeting cancelled

Student Senate meeting cancelled

Thomas Santos and Thomas Santos September 16, 2014

The planned ASB Student Senate meeting for Tuesday, Sept. 16 was cancelled due to the fact that interim President Leslie Milan Fisher had a family emergency. The next Student Senate meeting is scheduled...

Dunning elected Student Senate president

Dunning elected Student Senate president

John Ferrannini and John Ferrannini September 12, 2014

Tamara Dunning was elected as ASB Student Senate president by a margin of one vote, according to the unofficial results of last week’s special election announced by the Center for Leadership and Development...

Uneventful first meeting for ASB Student Senate

Uneventful first meeting for ASB Student Senate

By John Ferrannini and Thomas Santos There was no new business at the Associated Student Body Student Senate’s first meeting of the semester on Thursday, Sept. 11. Instead, the focus was on introducing...

Riley campaign sign defaced

Riley campaign sign defaced

John Ferrannini and John Ferrannini September 11, 2014

A campaign sign advocating for Jorge Riley’s candidacy in Tuesday’s ASB Student Senate election was defaced on the intersection of College Oak Avenue and Orange Grove Avenue. The words “homophobe”...

Tamara Dunning speaks during the Associated Student Body special election speeches as Jorge Riley looks on. Dunning won the Sept. 9 election by a margin of one vote. (Photo by Breana Herndon)

Student Senate candidate forum reveals differences

John Ferrannini and Thomas Santos September 8, 2014

By John Ferrannini and Thomas Santos Candidates in Tuesday’s election for the Associated Student Body Student Senate participated in a forum Monday in the Student Center. Jorge Riley and Tamara...

Riley, Dunning face off in special election rematch

Riley, Dunning face off in special election rematch

John Ferrannini and John Ferrannini September 5, 2014

Jorge Riley and Tamara Dunning will face off in a rematch for the position of Associated Student Body Student Senate president in the special election to be held on Tuesday, Sept. 9, following the invalidation...

Interim Student Senate President takes on 99.1 mile commute to ARC

Interim Student Senate President takes on 99.1 mile commute to ARC

John Ferrannini and John Ferrannini September 4, 2014

Many students at American River College begin their day with breakfast and some exercise. But most don’t wake up at 4:30 a.m. to drive a 99.1 mile commute to come to school. Leslie Milan Fisher, the...

Update: Victim describes alleged attack as punching hurricane

Update: Victim describes alleged attack as “punching hurricane”

Barbara Harvey and Kameron Schmid August 27, 2014

A woman accused of going on a “punching rampage” was arrested Tuesday following an alleged assault spree that began in a classroom and escalated into the hallways, and involved the battery of more...

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