The American River Current

Current Editorial: California’s dream for education

Current Staff February 13, 2013

In a society that keeps seeing education prices skyrocket (the average cost to attend a state college in 2012 was $22,261, and $33,000 if you’re attending a private university), recent college graduates...

Current Editorial: Does Club Day serve its purpose?

Current Staff December 5, 2012

The Current reached out to the Club and Events Board President, but he did not respond. It’s certainly a fun time. Music blares in Rose Marks Pavilion, food is brought to share and there is a big sense...

Current Editorial: In defense of higher education

Current Staff November 25, 2012

Things are getting better. The unemployment rate is dropping, slowly but surely. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, we’ve had eight months of job growth and the horizon looks far less bleak...

Current Editorial: Professors must get on board with online textbooks

Current Staff November 8, 2012

Being a student is expensive enough. So why add more of a debt with textbook prices that are uncalled for? When Gov. Jerry Brown passed bills 1052 and 1053, it allowed students the access to an online...

Current Editorial: Why President Barack Obama deserves to be reelected

Current Staff October 24, 2012

Four years ago, we elected Barack Obama to be our president. He captivated the nation with his goals, character and composure. Many people felt like he had a lack of experience, but we decided that he...

Current Editorial: Proposition 30: why it will help community colleges across California

Current Staff October 10, 2012

If community college students ever wanted to find a reason to vote, then Proposition 30 would be a good one, because the proposition’s success or failure affects them directly. Proposition 30, the...

Current Editorial: Why Prop 32 must be voted down

Current Staff September 19, 2012

“Paycheck Protection Initiative” damages unions’ representation in politics You’d have to be incredibly naïve to think that money doesn’t dictate politics in California. This year, corporations...

Voter apathy must end

Current Staff May 2, 2012

Voter apathy is plaguing American River College. In April the Associated Student Body elections had the lowest voter turnout in the 67-year history of the college. How can a campus with more than...

Californias Governor Jerry Brown.

Brown budget or bust

Current Staff April 18, 2012

If you have planned on attending a California State University in 2013, your education is in jeopardy. Gov. Jerry Brown’s new Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012 will keep that...

Preventable tragedies

Current Staff March 21, 2012

The war on a soldier’s mind is getting too gruesome to ignore. As news from the March 11 killing spree of a U.S. Army sargeant on an Afghan village resulting in the deaths of 16 civilians—women...

Not so black-and-white

Not so black-and-white

Current Staff March 7, 2012

Are we really considering getting rid of affirmative action? On March 17, the John Roberts-led Supreme Court decided that they would hear a case on affirmative action. It has only been nine years since...

Protestors for and against Prop. 8 rally their supporters at ARC on Oct. 7, 2008. (Photo by Josh Clemens)

Our civil rights movement

Current Editorial February 22, 2012

The California court has spoken: marriage is no longer defined as a union between one man and one woman. Proposition 8, a much debated initiative which was voted into law in 2008, violated California’s...

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