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The murkiness of the water that comes from fountains at American River College have caused concern among some students regarding its safety. Despite this, ARCs administration insists that this is caused by air bubbles in the water. (Photo by Kevin Sheridan)

School says water appearance due to air bubbles

Kevin Sheridan December 9, 2015

An earlier version of this story unethically included a quote from an off-the-record conversation between a reporter and a groundskeeper. After that conversation and before the publication of this story,...

Petes coffee and Tea is new to American River College campus this semester. The coffee shops have become such a habit in society today that they are popping up around every corner. (Photo by Kevin Sheridan)

ARC students share coffee preferences

Johnnie Heard December 9, 2015

The coffee shop business has turned into a multi-billion dollar industry. People have been drinking coffee for centuries, but in recent years consumers have taken drinking coffee to whole new levels. It’s...

Representive of the National Alliance of Mental Illness, Nicole Williams, hosted this presentation about the different warning signs of a peaking illness amongst our friends and family on Friday. (Photo by Karen Reay)

NAMI sheds light on mental illness

Michael Pacheco December 9, 2015

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) held a presentation about mental illnesses and the misconceptions about them on Friday in the DSPS conference room. The presenter from NAMI, Nicole Williams,...

From left, Alex Fulton, Rene Flores-Jowell, Rene Bisnett, Michele Gobern talked about their hidden challenges to other students at Hidden Challenges College Hour Dec. 3. (Photo by Ashley Nanfria)

Challenges for DSPS students discussed at College Hour

Emily Thompson December 7, 2015

American River College hosted a College Hour on Thursday featuring a panel of students from Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS) to talk to other students about the struggles they have faced...

Various trinkets on display for a winter sale at American River College. The sale takes place  Dec. 1 through Dec. 3. (Photo by Michael Pacheco)

Winter Sale at ARC offers gift ideas for Christmas

Mychael Jones December 2, 2015

Jewelry and other hand-carved designs are among several items being sold at the Winter Gift Market at the American River College Student Center until 7 p.m. on Thursday. Vendors invited by the Center...

American River College student Burak Kocal holds a sign encouraging people to hug him. Kocal, a practicing Muslim, was protesting against the negative images widely associated with people of his faith. (Photo by Mychael Jones)

Muslim student responds to anti-Islamic activists

Mychael Jones December 1, 2015

By Mychael Jones and John Ferrannini An American River College student held a silent protest outside the Student Center on Nov. 24 in response to an anti-Muslim protest that took place one week earlier...

American River College student Burak Kocal holds a sign encouraging people to hug him. Kocal, a practicing Muslim, was protesting against the negative images widely associated with people of his faith. (Photo by Mychael Jones)

Muslim student protests against anti-Islamic activists

Mychael Jones November 28, 2015

An American River College student held a silent protest outside the Student Center on Tuesday in response to an anti-Muslim protest that took place Nov. 17. Burak Kocal, the student who was protesting,...

Art new media student Charles Kinter places his piece of metal into the forge in order to make the metal easier to shape in his class, ART 376: Functional Sculpture on Tuesday, November 24, 2015. The course focuses on working metal and using tools found in the blacksmithing market to make art that serves a purpose. Kinter said that working with the material has helped him in his art new media classes. (Photo by Lena DoBynes)

Take this class: ART 376

Lena DoBynes November 24, 2015

The loud clang of metal on metal, the almost overwhelming heat against one’s face as they open the forge doors, and the look of the bright hot metal as it is pulled out of the fire are some of the various...

A close up of of one of several arrangements that were offered in a sale hosted by American River Colleges horticulture department on Thursday. The floral sale was Thanksgiving and fall themed. (Photo by Michael Pacheco)

ARC horticulture has Thanksgiving-themed floral sale

Michael Pacheco November 23, 2015

Thanksgiving and fall were the theme at the American River College Horticulture department’s latest floral sale, with the arrangements on sale based on the holiday and the season. “(They’re) usually...

Kylie Marx (left), Zahra Kruk, and Shon Sutton, are speaking about their personal experiences in a Trans* Talk College Hour panel on Nov. 19.
(Photo by Michael Pacheco)

College hour focuses on transgender community

Jordan Schauberger November 20, 2015

In the midst of Transgender Awareness Week, American River College students piled into a packed lecture hall on Thursday to listen to a college hour presentation geared towards creating a greater understanding...

Clubs and Events Board President Justin Nicholson, left is seen falling down after his team the red team was defeated by the white team during a live chess game on Club Day. The game consisted of live human chess pieces played out on a created chess board outside the student center. (Photo by Mychael Jones)

Under Wonderland-themed Club Day features human chess game

Mychael Jones November 20, 2015

A Under Wonderland-themed Club Day event showcased a live game of human chess, in which various clubs played the roles of chess pieces on Thursday outside the Student Center. The Associated Student...

A bird sits on the west end of the bottom floor of the American River College library atrium on Nov. 17, 2015. Birds have been entering the atrium through holes in the netting, according to librarian David McCusker. (Photo by John Ferrannini)

Pigeon poop finds home in ARC library

John Ferrannini November 19, 2015

The American River College library is battling a wicked, winged foe this semester — pigeons who have made a home in the atrium, flying in through a hole in the netting designed to keep them out. According...

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