The American River Current

Student Senate President David Hylton II speaks at a Club and Events board meeting with Director of Finance Jeremy Diefenbacher at his side.  The two have shown poor leadership skills during their time with the ARC Associated Student Body. (Photo by Kyle Elsasser)

Editorial: ARC student leaders lack leadership

April 11, 2016

When will our student leaders start acting like actual leaders? As long as Student Senate President David Hylton and Director of Finance Jeremy Diefenbacher remain in office, American River College may...

(Photo illustration by Barbara Harvey)

Editorial: ASB ignores Holocaust survivor after defending Holocaust denier

December 4, 2015

It is highly disappointing that after multiple members of the American River College student government claimed to not be certain of all of the facts of the Holocaust, they did not take  the opportunity...

Comments trivializing the deaths of minority groups are not new to American River Colleges student government (Graphic by Barbara Harvey).

Editorial: The leaders we deserve

September 29, 2015

How many derogatory things must our student government representatives say before we can say that they’re part of a hate group? In light of Los Rios Student Trustee Cameron Weaver’s comments speculating...

A Sacramento City College students phone shows a time-stamped message from the districts emergency message system, run by WARN Command, coming 40 minutes after the fatal shooting that occurred on campus began on Sept. 3. The district is considering new options for which company to use for the ALERT system. (Photo by Barbara Harvey)

Editorial: Los Rios needs to change emergency procedures

September 11, 2015

When an emergency alert system takes 45 minutes to alert you of an emergency, there is no point in having one. The Los Rios ALERT text message system did not send out an alert until about 45 minutes...

Consequences of rape culture

Current Editorial Board April 24, 2014

April is national Sexual Assault Awareness Month and unfortunately our community has become even more aware of sexual assault with the string of rapes occurring around campus in the past few months. But...

Editorial: Developing trend toward free education to be watched

Current Staff February 24, 2014

During a recent State of the State address, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam urged the adoption of his “Drive to 55” plan, a part of which, dubbed the “Tennessee Promise,” is to make the first two years...

Current Editorial: ARC devoid of school spirit

Current Staff October 30, 2013

When ARC’s undefeated football team took to the field Oct. 19, they did so before a reprehensibly small crowd. Of approximately 350 spectators in attendance, more than 70 were there to see the opposing...

Current Editorial: How the campus crumbles

Current Staff October 1, 2013

Funded district still neglects campus maintenance These are the times at American River College that students take notice of the minor things in need of fixing. At the beginning of this semester, it...

Current Editorial: Can the ASB and its acting president get their act together?

Current Staff September 18, 2013

In politics, rookies get eaten alive. It doesn't help when the tumultuous waters in which the Associated Student Body Student Senate swim are full of obstacles that lie just below the surface. The fact...

Current Editorial: ARC should learn from its Prop 8 mistakes

Current Editorial April 24, 2013

American River College has a history with Proposition 8. That history includes everything from vocal protests in Rose Marks Quad during a moment of silence, to the Associated Student Body at the Supreme...

Current Editorial: ARC students fail to step up

Current Staff April 3, 2013

ASB elections approach fast while student voter turnout remains low It doesn't take much observation on campus to notice that American River College students have many opinions. It also seems they have...

Current Editorial: VAWA deserves to be law of the land

Current Staff February 27, 2013

US without VAWA would be a more dangerous place for women It is unfortunate that nearly all of us know someone who has been affected by a violent crime. In 1994, the Violence Against Women Act was...

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