Sacramento community joins up to collect donations to help with the fight for change
Heather Amberson, Staff Writer
June 16, 2020
On a hot afternoon in early June, in a parking lot near the Sacramento LGBT Community Center in downtown Sacramento, individuals set up a donation tent, with two tables underneath it, each one stocked with multiple cases of water, boxes of snacks and medical supplies. People gathered around the tent...
ARC fashion department designs masks to help the community combat COVID-19.
Dylan Lillie, Staff writer
May 18, 2020
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, protective face masks have become an important resource for people. However, due to shortages across the world, they haven’t been the easiest thing to find. This has opened up opportunities for students in the American River College fashion department to get c...
COVID-19 pushes DMV to extend license expiration dates
Dylan Lillie, Staff Writer
May 18, 2020
Since the mass outbreak of the COVID-19 in March and resulting lockdowns around the country, government offices everywhere have been closed. Due to these closures, people are not currently able to do renewals in person at the Department of Motor Vehicles. As a result, the California DMV has allowed ...
Beaver Food Pantry continues its work remotely
Thomas Cathey, Managing & Feature Editor
May 18, 2020
Although the American River College’s campus is currently closed, the college’s Beaver Food Pantry is still doing its part in serving those who rely on its resources. Currently unable to provide their regular services at ARC, the organization has been using its Instagram account and weekly ...
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to reopen the state
Dylan Lillie, Staff Writer
May 18, 2020
California's Gov. Gavin Newsom has laid out a three-stage plan to open the state back up in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States. This three-stage plan, developed in late April, is a gradual way for the state to open up in attempts to keep the COVID-19 outbreak under control acc...
Professors forced to transition online tell all about what it’s really like
Josh Ghiorso, Arts & Culture Editor
May 18, 2020
With COVID-19 closing campuses all over California, students are finishing classes online. American River College has been no exception; in March the college moved its classes to an online platform for safety and social distancing. This has put a lot of stress on students who now must deal with the challenges...
ARC offers students a safer way to buy textbooks
Brandon Zamora, Sports Editor
May 18, 2020
With American River College announcing that its classes will be online for the upcoming summer and fall semesters, the Beaver Bookstore will be making the full transition to online-only as well for the remainder of 2020. According to an email from Mario Rodriguez, ARC’s vice-chancellor of finance a...
Distracted and bored: ARC students share why working from home is such a challenge
Oden Taylor, News Editor
May 17, 2020
The transition to online classes and the “stay-at-home order” enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has come with its challenges for the students at American River College. With the virus still spreading and no vaccine yet available, the Los Rios Community College District has announced c...
ARC’s funeral services program provides assistance in New York
Heather Amberson, Staff Writer
May 16, 2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic, New York has been the state hit the hardest by the virus, leading the nation in both cases and deaths. Now, American River College’s funeral services program has stepped up and offered to assist the state in dealing with the process that happens after someone has died....
Consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have hit international students the hardest
Emily Mello, Photo Editor
May 14, 2020
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, international students are also dealing with challenges during this time in quarantine, including the new travel restrictions that prevent them from visiting their families and also keeping up with their immigration statuses. Kevin Joon Tai Kim, a student and a peer men...
Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ is a refreshing take on personal growth in the midst of struggle
Alex Muegge, Staff Writer
May 14, 2020
At the 2016 Democratic National Convention, in response to the future harsh criticism and bullying she and her family would receive in the White House as the first African-Americans to live there, then-First Lady Michelle Obama said her motto is “when they go low, we go high.” If someone wil...
Los Rios and Sierra College break the news that fall semester will be fully online
Ariel Caspar, Alex Muegge, and Emily Mello
May 14, 2020
In wake of the coronavirus-induced campus shutdown in March, the Los Rios Community College District has asked students to prepare to go online for the fall semester. On May 12, Los Rios Community College District Chancellor Brian King sent out an email on behalf of all Los Rios Community College pre...
ARC fashion department designs masks to help the community combat COVID-19.
May 18, 2020
COVID-19 pushes DMV to extend license expiration dates
May 18, 2020
CCC Chancellor’s Office files lawsuit against Department of Education
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Beaver Food Pantry continues its work remotely
May 18, 2020
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to reopen the state
May 18, 2020
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