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Contemporary fictional masterpieces like Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring not only broaden the imagination, but may increase empathic comprehension, according to a recent study at the New School for Social Research in New York.

Opinion: Broaden your horizons with fictional literature

Joseph Daniels and Joseph Daniels March 14, 2015

While textbooks that are required reading for students help to hone in their grasp of the course material, they risk missing out on the emotional pull a journey through Middle Earth generates, or the suspense...

Vehicle burglary in ARC parking lot Friday

Vehicle burglary in ARC parking lot Friday

Joseph Daniels and Joseph Daniels March 14, 2015

A vehicle burglary was committed in the American River College parking lot around 2 p.m. Friday, according to the Los Rios Police Department crime log. The crime log states that the suspect was brandishing...

Three Student Senate members to seek higher office

Three Student Senate members to seek higher office

Joseph Daniels and Joseph Daniels March 12, 2015

Three members of the Associated Student Body Student Senate have confirmed that they are seeking higher office ASB during next month’s elections. Garrett Kegel, Senate director of activities, will...

Senate censures two members at Thursday meeting

Senate censures two members at Thursday meeting

Joseph Daniels and Joseph Daniels March 6, 2015

Clubs and Events Board President Jeremy Diefenbacher and former Student Senate director of activities David Hylton were censured at the most recent meeting of the Associated Student Body Student Senate. The...

Nobel Prize winner Carol Greider will be speaking at ARC about her discovery of telomerase

Joseph Daniels and Nicholas Corey March 6, 2015

Story by Joseph Daniels and Nicholas Corey   Nobel Prize winner Carol Greider, who will be speaking at American River College on March 16, was awarded after she discovered telomerase. Telomerase...

Two high-ranking members of ASB student government resign

Two high-ranking members of ASB student government resign

Joseph Daniels and Joseph Daniels February 27, 2015

An earlier version of this story falsely reported that David Hylton had resigned from the ASB Student Senate. In fact, he remains on the Senate having only resigned his director of activities position. Two...

Three car crash near Davies Hall sends driver to hospital

Three car crash near Davies Hall sends driver to hospital

Joseph Daniels and Joseph Daniels February 17, 2015

Three cars were involved in a rear-ended crash that took place on College Oak Drive between Davies Hall and the administration building at around 9 a.m. The driver in the car in front was taken to the...

Opinion: “Career” college students need to move on

Opinion: “Career” college students need to move on

Joseph Daniels and Joseph Daniels February 14, 2015

Newcomers will likely find students enrolled in their classes who have been attending American River College for years and are essentially what can be called “career students.” Students who have...

Attendance is becoming a recurring problem at recent ASB meetings

Attendance is becoming a recurring problem at recent ASB meetings

Joseph Daniels and Joseph Daniels February 12, 2015

The Associated Student Body Student Senate swore in a new senator while voting another one onto the board on their meeting on Feb. 10. Richard Dean, a first semester student, was sworn in and Dan Massey...

Nobel prize winner to speak at ARC

Nobel prize winner to speak at ARC

Joseph Daniels and Joseph Daniels February 9, 2015

Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Carol Greider, will be speaking at American River College during a ceremony that will honor her mother, a former ARC professor, on March 16. The event is open...

Remembering ARC student John ‘Chance’ Wheeler

Remembering ARC student John ‘Chance’ Wheeler

Joseph Daniels and Joseph Daniels February 6, 2015

An American River College student committed suicide a day before the start of the spring semester. John 'Chance' Wheeler was taking photography classes during the Fall 2014 semester at ARC. Wheeler...

Los Rios Police Department investigating alleged sexual battery

Los Rios Police Department investigating alleged sexual battery

Joseph Daniels and Joseph Daniels January 23, 2015

The Los Rios Police Department is investigating an alleged sexual battery that occurred in the gymnasium on the American River College campus Thursday. “There was a report someone felt they were touched...

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