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Lyrical Moment: Los Rios professor selected as Sacramento’s poet laureate

Lyrical Moment: Los Rios professor selected as Sacramento’s poet laureate

Malissa Rogers and Malissa Rogers October 10, 2012

The first time it happened, he was only five-years-old. He noticed a duck as it flew in the distance and watched its wings cup the air beneath them. Time slowed down and he became inspired by the elegance...

Employment improving by degrees

Malissa Rogers and Malissa Rogers May 3, 2012

It’s time for final exams. One last question: What’s your degree actually worth? Depends on what you’re studying. According to current employment rates, it’s not worth much if you’re majoring...

The skates of a roller derby girl at a practice on March 13. (Photo by Daniel Romandia)

Doing more than just skating

Tonisha Barnes and Malissa Rogers March 21, 2012

With a shrill blow of the whistle, all fears are left at the door. Any problems with school or family are dropped at the sides of the skate rink.  The laces on the skates are double-checked one last time...

Flashback 1986: Wisdom

Flashback 1986: ‘Wisdom’

Malissa Rogers and Malissa Rogers February 8, 2012

Flashback to the year 1986: a year of feathered hair, cassette tapes and when MTV actually played music videos. American River College looked different; there were no parking issues or high enrollment...

Alum Kim Floresca moves up in the cooking world with schooling as her base

Alum Kim Floresca moves up in the cooking world with schooling as her base

Malissa Rogers and Malissa Rogers November 30, 2011

From an early age, chef Kim Floresca has been fascinated by the shows on the Food Network. As a child she pretended to whip up a “gourmet” cake for her imaginary audience, as she narrated each step...

Terry Thompson released his exotic pets from his animal farm Oct. 18. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Justice)

Ohio incident opens the public’s eyes about laws concerning the ownership of wild animals

Malissa Rogers and Malissa Rogers November 9, 2011

Lions, tigers and bears; oh my. It’s not a story about Dorothy and the yellow brick road, but a tragic story about 48 animals shot and killed in Zanesville, Ohio. Terry Thompson, owner of Muskingum...

Wilbur Johnson, a journalism professor at American River College, also D.J.s at a local R&B and old-school radio station V101.1 with the D.J. name of Don Sainte-Johnn. (Photo by Bryce Fraser)

Professor by day, D.J. by night

Tonisha Barnes and Malissa Rogers November 9, 2011

He tapped his feet to the music and pumped his fist into the air. He pulled the microphone closer to him, moving the switches on the soundboard. The clock counted down to the exact second, the show started...

Amanda Knox trial creates controversy between countries

Malissa Rogers and Malissa Rogers October 26, 2011

Amanda Knox, the American student who studied abroad in Perugia, Italy, is free from her jail cell and back in her hometown of Seattle, Wash. In 2009, the Italian courts convicted Knox for murdering and...

California will now offer financial aid to qualifying illegal aliens

California will now offer financial aid to qualifying illegal aliens

Malissa Rogers and Malissa Rogers October 26, 2011

Gov. Jerry Brown signed the California Dream Act on Oct. 8, allowing children of undocumented workers or students on their way to obtaining citizenship access to financial aid at California universities...

Confessions of a Mean Girl

Confessions of a Mean Girl

Malissa Rogers and Malissa Rogers October 12, 2011

I was the epitome of a “Mean Girl” during my first two years of high school. Just call me Regina George because I was just that spiteful and coldhearted. I went after anyone who I felt was different...

Local Slutwalk event takes back the night

Local ‘Slutwalk’ event takes back the night

Tonisha Barnes and Malissa Rogers September 28, 2011

On Oct. 8, 2011, “Slutwalk Sacramento” is merging with “Take Back the Night” to hold an event intended to educate the community about how damaging sexual assault is on women and how prevalent it...

Jennie Nickel walks Clement, a puppy in training for a guide dog program, through the ARC campus. (Photo by Bryce Fraser)

From canine to caretaker

Mallissa Rogers and Malissa Rogers September 28, 2011

Trying to manage the life of an American River College student can be next to impossible. Juggling classes, jobs, relationships, and other daily activities can be pretty overwhelming. Some students have...

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