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Editorial: Online forum on Current website allows students to buy, trade, and sell books

Current Editorial Board February 12, 2015

Students need a place outside of the Beaver Bookstore to buy, sell, and trade textbooks with each other. The Beaver Bookstore, American River College’s student supply center, currently has a textbook...

Opinion: Community colleges teach what universities can’t

John Ferrannini and John Ferrannini February 10, 2015

“So, you’re telling me you’re not going to college?” Telling my parents I was going to community college because I didn’t have the grades to go to a university straight out of high school...

Opinion: Teach-your initiative – professors and faculty should put more required class materials on reserve in the library

Kevin Sheridan and Kevin Sheridan February 8, 2015

American River College has a program in which professors can put their required textbooks on reserve in the library for students to use if they have not already purchased the book. This program, which...

Potting on: Quidditch should be featured at ARC campus

Kameron Schmid and Kameron Schmid February 6, 2015

There’s an abundance of activities for both American River College students and citizens of Sacramento to do on any given day. But there’s one egregious omission, and it involves holding a broom between...

It’s time to bring the “community” back to community college

Matthew Peirson and Matthew Peirson February 5, 2015

Since the start of the school year, semester, various crimes have occurred on and near the American River College campus, including dozens of petty thefts, the arrest of two students with intention to...

Under the weather: students must exercise caution in preventing the spread of disease on campus

Brandon Nelson and Brandon Nelson February 5, 2015

With classes starting again after winter break, we are rapidly approaching allergy season and its contemporary counterpart – the flu. It is imperative that students avoid over-exerting themselves...

Food for thought: Cafeteria discounts should be extended to committed ARC students

Food for thought: Cafeteria discounts should be extended to committed ARC students

Mychael Jones and Mychael Jones January 30, 2015

With the already numerous expenses students incur during their tenure at American River College, the stagnant cost of food only serves to exasperate the financial struggles they face. To counter this,...

Free college for all

Free college for all

Cameron Weaver and Cameron Weaver January 27, 2015

A report by The Economist in June 2014 revealed that U.S. student loan debt exceeded $1.2 trillion dollars. Education is the backbone of modern society, and putting students in crippling financial debt...

Law must be respected, not undermined

Law must be respected, not undermined

John Ferrannini and John Ferrannini December 11, 2014

Our society has a love-hate relationship with one of the founding principles of our country: the rule of law. We expect the police to protect us from harm, but we have adopted a mentality that the only...

Gaming is evolving and simultaneously losing its best feature

Gaming is evolving and simultaneously losing its best feature

Brandon Nelson and Brandon Nelson December 5, 2014

As technology improves, so do our lives — yet we sometimes lose the interpersonal interactions. And gaming is no exception. For years gamers have enjoyed cooperative play, commonly referred to as...

Editorial: CAEB president has got to go

Editorial: CAEB president has got to go

Current editorial board December 2, 2014

Within one month, Clubs and Events Board President Jeremy Diefenbacher has demonstrated such a lack of accountability and overwhelming disrespect for both the office he was elected to and the students...

More students should attend extracurricular activities

More students should attend extracurricular activities

Jose Garcia and Jose Garcia November 21, 2014

Extracurricular activities in college are great opportunities for students to gain and improve upon skills, and while American River College has numerous activities occurring daily, it seems most students...

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