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...
Essential workers should not be chastised; they’re doing their best
Alex Muegge, Staff Writer
May 11, 2020
Customers and consumers that take extra measures to protect themselves against the coronavirus when they go out in public settings, should do so in a way that does not inconvenience the employees that are already implementing a company safeguard. If they truly feel employees at a certain business aren’t doin...
ARC virtual live talent show to be postponed
Alex Muegge, Staff Writer
May 11, 2020
American River College’s talent event “ARC’s Got Talent” was postponed due to lack of student and faculty participation. On May 13, Mario Rodriguez, a student personnel assistant in the Student Services department, sent out an email announcing the event will be moved to either next semeste...
Transitioning interactive arts classes online has come with challenges
Alex Muegge, Staff Writer
May 5, 2020
Both professors and students in the music, art and theater arts departments continue to struggle with transitioning their interactive classes online after the coronavirus-induced shut-down of American River College on March 13. The most challenging classes prove to be the ones where the students used ...
Marketing club persists to bring revolutionary glasses tech to stores to help the visually impaired navigate public spaces
Alex Muegge, Staff Writer
April 29, 2020
The American Marketing Association club at American River College was in the early research development stages of a marketing campaign for Artificial Intelligence Remote Access (AIRA) glasses before the coronavirus shutdown. AIRA is a company focused on assisting people who are visually impaired. ...
ARC Child Development Center is closed, but other options are available
Alex Muegge, Staff Writer
April 27, 2020
While some community child care centers have stayed open, American River College’s Child Development Center closed March 13, when all other campus operations were suspended, to prioritize alleviating the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Cheryl Watt, interim Child Development Center supervisor at ARC,...
Los Rios plans to go to remote through summer
Alex Muegge, Staff Writer
April 16, 2020
With the spread of the coronavirus, the Los Rios Community College District plans to remain online for summer courses, according to the LRCCD chancellor Brian King. King sent out a faculty email on March 18, the day all classes officially resumed online, explaining summer instruction will be onlin...
Enrollment system allows students to enroll into advanced psychology classes, only to drop when they find prerequisites are actually required
Alex Muegge, Staff Writer
April 15, 2020
American River College psychology students can enroll in any psychology classes next semester without having taken the prerequisites, but they won’t last very long. According to the 2019-2020 American River College Catalog, students can enroll in courses other than math and English that require a prere...
Former ARC student hikes the globe
Alex Muegge, Staff Writer
April 15, 2020
Former American River College student Brian Asher is on a quest to travel to every country in the world–and he’s close. In his travels, Asher has seen a total of 195 countries already, with only North Korea and Taiwan left. While hiking the globe, Asher films with both his iPhone X and a DJI drone and ofte...
Musicians on campus heckle student body to give them a listen
March 4, 2020
If you thought the California Family Fitness representatives and several different religious booths heckling you to join their organizations around campus were bad, you have yet to run into American River College’s finest freelance artists trying to make a name for themselves. There have been an abundance of these salesp...
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
May 18, 2020
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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