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Raley’s employee Cody Drury stocks merchandise while on a shift as a courtesy clerk. Drury is a student at Sacramento State University and has been with the grocery store business for almost three years and he plans to stay with the company even after he receives his degree.

Opinion: Students need to expand their career horizons

Cheyenne Drury and Cheyenne Drury May 4, 2015

If a college student takes fifteen units each semester, they are sitting through about fifteen hours of class lectures and labs a week. With this logic, after four years in college a student will spend...

ARC students weigh-in on Mayweather and Pacquiao fight

ARC students weigh-in on Mayweather and Pacquiao fight

Mychael Jones and Mychael Jones May 1, 2015

This Saturday’s fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather has drawn the interest of many people around the nation for years, including those from American River College. Heading into the fight,...

Legislation is currently under review in the Senate Judiciary Committee that would prohibit children from attending a public or private institution without mandatory vaccinations in the state of California. The debate on mandatory vaccinations has rested as of late on individual rights vs. the publics health and safety.

Head to Head: Should American River College adopt a mandatory vaccination policy?

Brandon Nelson and Cameron Weaver April 30, 2015

Brandon Nelson: YES Considering that the CDC reported the United States as a whole eradicated measles in 2000, the outbreak of measles that was sourced to Disneyland in California in mid-December of...

Editorial: Put away your wallet

Editorial: Put away your wallet

Current Editorial Board April 24, 2015

At almost every level of higher education, students complain that tuition costs are too high, class materials cost too much and it is otherwise too costly to live while putting in the work to get that...

The quadratic formula, pictured, is essential in solving quadratic equations.  It is a prominent focus of study for students enrolled in Math 120.

Opinion: Statway can help students struggling in math

Mary-Ann Myers and Mary Ann Myers April 23, 2015

In my past couple years at American River College, I can’t count how many students I’ve met that tell me how how hard the Math 120 class is on campus. A better way for students who have trouble...

In their rush to get to their job or class on time, students and faculty frequently ignore parking space boundaries, making safe parking difficult for fellow pupils and colleagues. Since the start of the semester, there have been numerous vehicular incidents, including five hit and runs – four with no injuries and one with an injury – and two reckless driving occurrences.

Opinion: Reversing the driver courtesy nosedive

Lena DoBynes and Lena DoBynes April 20, 2015

With roughly 30,000 enrolled students at American River College, which houses five parking lots and a parking structure on campus, navigating the lots for parking spaces and getting to class on time can...

Designated smoking areas are an ideal way to allow the use of tobacco and e-cigarette devices without non-smokers  facing the health effects of second-hand smoke.

Editorial: Lift the Smokescreen

Current Editorial Board April 18, 2015

The United States is a very different place today than it was just 50 years ago. Smoking cigarettes in the office or while dining with significant others was not just considered normal, it was a show of...

Following a lifestyle of abstaining from drugs and alcohol, like adherents of the straight edge movement, ensures a college student maximum success in their academic pursuits.

Opinion: Use your brain, not alcohol or drugs

Mychael Jones and Mychael Jones April 17, 2015

American River College students are adults who can make the conscious choice to attend classes on campus, but making the choice to abstain from drinking alcohol or using illicit drugs to supposedly de-stress...

Opinion: What we can all do to increase voter turnout

Opinion: What we can all do to increase voter turnout

Alex Panasenko and Alex Panasenko April 15, 2015

In 2014, the Black Friday shopping numbers shamed the number of people who voted in the midterm elections. The sale on a TV is more important than the finances of the county? More important than the...

Letter to the editor: Apathy is a failure to recognize the need of consequences

Letter to the editor April 14, 2015

Editor, the Current: RE: “Generation of Apathy” editorial in the March 25th issue:  I found your editorial on the proposals for free community college education contrasted with your analysis of...

How do students feel about smoking on campus?

Noor Abasi April 7, 2015

  Video Credit: Noor Abasi Listen to what the students have to say about smoking on their campus.

Letter to the editor: Mean world syndrome has got to go

March 26, 2015

It's often said that a great struggle builds character, but I've often found that with insufficient self-awareness, struggles can also build bitterness and resent for the future. The March 25th editorial...

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