The student voice of American River College since 1955

The American River Current
The student voice of American River College since 1955

The American River Current
The student voice of American River College since 1955

The American River Current
Mark Lewis

Mark Lewis, Web Editor

Mark Lewis is the web editor for The Current online, which is the companion website to The Current. Last semester, Lewis held the position of news editor and is currently continuing his internship at KCRA-3 TV.

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Viar set to remain president of ARC

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
May 3, 2012
American River College president David Viar is one of four finalists for the president position at Santa Barbara City College. The announcement will be made on April 26. (File photo)

Viar up for top position in Southern California

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
April 18, 2012

Religion’s future lies in hands of spiritual youth

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
April 18, 2012
Thompson Square in the midst of their March 29 performance. Square's Keifer Thompson (right) speaks exclusively to ARCurrent.com's Mark Lewis.

Thompson Square’s Keifer Thompson opens up about touring, trophies and diggin’ ditches

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
April 16, 2012
Husband-and-wife country duo Thompson Square are inseperable during a March 29 concert at Sacramento's Power Balance Pavilion.

Country’s most buzzed about new band Thompson Square excites Sacramento crowd out-performing headliners Lady Antebellum

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
April 16, 2012
Serenade's John Vesely plays Sacramento's Ace of Spades sans band on March 19.

Secondhand Serenade rivets Sacramento audience who can’t help but fall for them

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
April 15, 2012
John Vesely, better known as Secondhand Serenade, sits down with ARCurrent.com's Mark Lewis.

Secondhand Serenade’s John Vesely dishes about his fans, touring with Boyce Avenue and his upcoming album

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
April 11, 2012
American River College president Dr. David Viar (ARC archive photo).

ARC president Dr. David Viar in running to become next president of Santa Barbara City College

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
April 11, 2012
The Current's Mark Lewis introduces ARC to iTunes' "New and Noteworthy" artist Alyssa Graham at the Hotel Utah in San Francisco on March 17.

Recording artist Alyssa Graham talks jazz, Jersey and Whitney Houston

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
April 8, 2012
Alyssa Graham and her band perform in front of a packed Hotel Utah on March 17.

Alyssa Graham: Precisely what you’re missing

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
April 8, 2012

“The Voice’s” Dia Frampton speaks exclusively to ARCurrent.com

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
March 26, 2012
American River College meets "The Voice's" Dia Frampton

American River College meets “The Voice’s” Dia Frampton

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
March 26, 2012
Paimana Khanjar and brother Jason on Feb. 22.

Family mourns loss of their ‘angel’

Sarah Vorn and Mark Lewis
March 21, 2012
311 lead singer Nick Hexum reaches out to a sold-out crowd on March 7 but fails to connect.

311 dials in an indecent performance

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
March 15, 2012
Preparing for ARC's Associated Student Body elections

Preparing for ARC’s Associated Student Body elections

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
March 14, 2012
ARC art history professor Ken Magri explains how special the March 13 Andy Warhol exhibit is to a packed room.

Andy Warhol exhibit opens to packed crowd at ARC’s James Kaneko Gallery

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
March 13, 2012
Former ARC student stabbed to death in India

Former ARC student stabbed to death in India

Sarah Vorn, Mark Lewis, and Trevor Horn
March 10, 2012
An AeroShot canister, which is the size of a lipstick holder, displayed on Feb. 29. AeroShot is a caffeine inhalant that hit stands last month on the east coast. (Photo Illustration by Daniel Romandia)

AeroShot inhalant new caffeine mix

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
March 7, 2012
The four members of Big Time Rush performing in Sacramento on Feb. 20.

Big Time Rush excites and entertains a sold-out Sacramento audience

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
February 24, 2012

The Fray tells their ‘Stories’

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
February 22, 2012
The late pop princess Whitney Houston.

Whitney Houston missed at Grammy ceremony

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
February 22, 2012
A vigil is set in place near the scene of the Jan. 28 light-rail accident that resulted in the death of two students. (Photo by Bryce Fraser)

Crash claims lives of two ARC students

Mark Lewis and Trevor Horn
February 9, 2012
Wilco lead singer Jeff Tweedy performs on Feb. 1

Wilco sonically mesmerizes local audience

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
February 9, 2012
Los Rios Community College District Chancellor Brice Harris

Los Rios chancellor set to retire

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
February 8, 2012
Coming soon: Sacramento's Whiskey Dawn turns California country

Coming soon: Sacramento’s Whiskey Dawn turns California country

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
February 4, 2012
The Fray talks to arcurrent.com in advance of Feb. 20 tour stop

The Fray talks to arcurrent.com in advance of Feb. 20 tour stop

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
February 4, 2012
Trapt's rock not enough to set you free

Trapt’s rock not enough to set you free

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
January 30, 2012
A southbound Meadowview line train travels behind a memorial placed near the crash site of an SUV driven by Louis Williams on Jan. 28. (Photo by Bryce Fraser)

Light-rail collision claims lives of two ARC students

Mark Lewis and Trevor Horn
January 30, 2012
Rockstar and Corporate Sponsorship Overshadow All Expect M. Shadows

Rockstar and Corporate Sponsorship Overshadow All Expect M. Shadows

Mark Lewis and Phillip Frields
December 4, 2011

Pro Vs. Con: Guns on Campus

Mark Lewis, Chuck Livingston, Mark Lewis, and Chuck Livingston
November 30, 2011

We Bought a Zoo

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
November 30, 2011

Cosby’s memoir falls flat

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
November 14, 2011
New policies create new obstacles for ESL students

New policies create new obstacles for ESL students

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
November 9, 2011
Bill Cosby hasn’t lost his infamous charm

Bill Cosby hasn’t lost his infamous charm

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
November 9, 2011
Matt Nathanson uses charm and wit to please Sacramento audience

Matt Nathanson uses charm and wit to please Sacramento audience

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
November 3, 2011
Sugarland show leaves a lot to be desired

Sugarland show leaves a lot to be desired

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
October 29, 2011
Sacramento kick-starts Panic! at the Disco’s US Fall Tour 2011

Sacramento kick-starts Panic! at the Disco’s US Fall Tour 2011

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
October 21, 2011
Patrick Stump Current Q and A

Patrick Stump Current Q and A

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
October 21, 2011
The pros and the cons of online classes

The pros and the cons of online classes

Mark Lewis and Derek Evans
October 12, 2011
Incubus delivers great show at Raley Field

Incubus delivers great show at Raley Field

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
October 11, 2011
Students evacuate Davies Hall after a bomb threat was called in on Feb. 10, 2011. Photo by Andrew Vasquez

Student admits to bomb threats

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
September 29, 2011
Taylor Swift entertaining her fans on her "Speak Now" tour at the Power Balance Pavilion in Sacramento on Sept. 3, 2011. (Photo by Bryce Fraser)

Taylor Swift impresses Sacramento audiences

Mark Lewis and Mark Lewis
September 14, 2011
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