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The addition and remodeling of Student Services will provide greater space for financial aid and assessment services offices and labs. (Rendering courtesy of HMC Architects)

Construction at ARC temporarily displaces student services, vets, others

Brooke Purves and Brooke Purves February 19, 2014

Students can expect some big changes in counseling, assessment and other student services this spring with the start of a 14-month remodeling and “bump out” project on the west side of the Student...

Serial rapist attacks women near campus

Brooke Purves and Brooke Purves February 13, 2014

Three increasingly violent incidents of rape along the I-80 corridor in the past five months have caused the American River College community to take pause and assess the safety of its members. According...

BOG fee waiver changes approved and taking effect soon

Brooke Purves and Brooke Purves February 12, 2014

Starting in the fall of, 2016 students will need to meet minimum GPA requirements and credit-bearing status in order to retain eligibility for their BOG Fee Waivers. On Jan. 13, the California Community...

Advance directives important tool for students

Advance directives important tool for students

Brooke Purves and Brooke Purves February 5, 2014

The recent cases concerning the treatment of a brain-dead pregnant Texas woman and a brain-dead California teen have again brought to light the need for everyone to have a clear expression of end-of-life...

ARC adjunct professor presents: “Sexy Feminism”

Brooke Purves and Brooke Purves February 4, 2014

When feminist philosopher Marilyn Frye published her essay “Oppression,” in her collection, “The Politics of Reality” in the early ‘80s during the second wave of feminism, she eloquently equated...

Fort Worth hospital acted in best interest of pregnant brain-dead woman and her fetus

Fort Worth hospital acted in best interest of pregnant brain-dead woman and her fetus

Brooke Purves and Brooke Purves January 28, 2014

A Texas district court judge ordered a brain-dead, pregnant Fort Worth woman to be removed from life support Friday after eight weeks of organ-sustaining treatment given in accordance with a Texas law...

A very loud pat on the back

By Brooke Purves and Shedric Allen After Richard Sherman made a fantastic game-saving pass deflection that turned into an interception to seal the NFC Championship for the Seattle Seahawks, America...

Suspect sketches for the three sexual assault incidents have been posted around campus. Officials are looking for any information on the case. (Photo by Korbl Klimecki)

Protect yourself against sexual assault: Sgt. Olson provides tips for safety around campus

Brooke Purves and Brooke Purves January 16, 2014

The recent string of violent rapes in the unincorporated Sacramento County seems to have some American River College students concerned for their safety. Sergeant Mike Olson of the Los Rios Police Department...

Suspect sketches for the three sexual assault incidents have been posted around campus. Officials are looking for any information on the case. (Photo by Korbl Klimecki)

Series of rapes continues near campus

Brooke Purves and Brooke Purves January 11, 2014

A third rape in a string of increasingly violent incidents of sexual assault along the area of I-80 near the Watt Avenue and Madison Avenue on-ramps started a mile from the American River College Campus...

Ballers, Britches, and Buttondowns: From Cotton to Cool

Brooke Purves, Ed Gebing, Ed Gebing, and Brooke Purves December 17, 2013

By Brooke Purves and Ed Gebing “I used to wear a uniform just like that,” said American River College basketball coach Mark Giorgi when showed a 1980 picture of former ARC basketball players wearing...

A broken pressurized sprinkler spills water on the pavement behind the Liberal Arts building this morning when temperatures were below freezing, creating a potential ice slick on campus.

Dropping temps, bursting pipes and freezing students

Brooke Purves and Brooke Purves December 11, 2013

“Everyone’s frozen over here,” said Cheryl Watt, clerk of the nursing office in the American River College Health & Education building. A series of water system malfunctions on campus created...

The Tasty Kung Pao Vegeken, a vegetarian version of Chinese restaurant staple Kung Pao Chicken, is served with mixed cubed vegetables, peanuts and wheat-based meat replacement in a spicy sauce.

Hot vegan couture

Brooke Purves and Brooke Purves December 11, 2013

Located a mere half mile from the center of the American River College campus, Noble Vegetarian is easy to miss at the intersection of Auburn Blvd. and College Oak Dr., nestled in the corner of a strip...

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