District advertising campaign encourages students to sign up for classes

John Ferrannini

December 9, 2015

The Los Rios Community College District has been engaging in an advertising campaign to encourage students to sign up for spring classes. Posters saying “Save Your Spot” have been posted on doors, walls and sidewalks across the district. The campaign also involves targeted online ads. Mitchel...

ARC, community bands join for holiday concert

John Ferrannini

December 8, 2015

Two American River College bands joined together with the Capitol City Community Band (CCCB) at the Holiday Solstice concert in ARC’s main theater late Monday. Ron Wainwright is the conductor of the CCCB, which was invited by Susan Hamre, the conductor of the two ARC bands that performed. The...

Five students tested positive for tuberculosis exposure

John Ferrannini

December 8, 2015

Five American River College students have tested positive for exposure to tuberculosis, following the announcement last month that a student was in isolation after having been diagnosed with active tuberculosis, according to a press release from the Sacramento County Division of Public Health sent out Monday. ...

Health Center conducts tuberculosis tests

John Ferrannini

December 1, 2015

By Matthew Peirson and John Ferrannini In an original version of this story, the word tuberculosis was misspelled in the last sentence. An unidentified American River College student is in isolation after having been diagnosed with active tuberculosis, according to a statement made by the Sacramento ...

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 in the same location. Burak Kocal, the student who was protesting, said that the anti-Muslim activ...

Los Rios to consider new companies for ALERT system

John Ferrannini

November 25, 2015

The Los Rios Community College District is considering a different system to alert people of campus emergencies, according to district spokesperson Mitchel Benson. This comes on the heels of several efforts that American River College has taken to improve the school’s ability to respond to safet...

ARC professor pleads guilty to defrauding American Indian tribe

John Ferrannini

November 19, 2015

By John Ferrannini and Barbara Harvey An American River College professor has been placed on leave after he pled guilty to his role in defrauding over $17 million from an American Indian tribe in federal court on Nov. 5. Business professor Greg Baker, 48, was the tribal administrator for the Un...

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 to ARC librarian David McCusker, one student even said that the library is a “great place t...

Students debate with anti-Muslim activists on campus

John Ferrannini

November 17, 2015

Anti-Muslim activists sparred with students Tuesday after they erected a booth and sign that said “Why Islam Kills” outside of the American River College Student Center. Coming on the heels of the Islamic State’s attack in Paris that left 129 people dead and hundreds injured Friday, the activists —...

Sacramento State student in Paris: ‘City is not the same’

John Ferrannini

November 14, 2015

Update, Nov. 18 at 10:53 a.m.: The district has clarified that while there are Los Rios students studying in Europe this semester, none of them were in Paris on Friday. Update, Nov. 16 at 10:50 a.m.: This story has been updated to reflect that "close to 20" Los Rios students are studying abroad this ...

Smoking to still be allowed in cars, on sidewalk

John Ferrannini

November 9, 2015

Implementing American River College President Thomas Greene’s decision to ban tobacco on campus beginning Jan. 1 is up to a committee of administration, faculty, staff and students that meets on the second Thursday of each month in the administration building. “The decision has been made,” said...

Faces of war

November 3, 2015

The original version of this story spelled Hamed Hafezy's first name with an i in stead of with an e. Within the next few years, those beginning in college or joining the military will have little to no memories of an America that wasn’t involved in conflict in Afghanistan—though for many America...