Award-winning journalist and ARC professor launches local media outlet
The neon red cross that reads “Jesus saves,” hangs over The Union Gospel Mission’s front door. The red glow illuminates the barbed wire fence that…
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Somalian refugee becomes esteemed ARC staff member
A Somalian refugee immigrated to the United States in 1998 after eight years of civil war, leaving her children behind so she could apply for…
ARC volleyball player moves from Alaska to California for the love of the game
Riding snow machines, smoking salmon and hiking the wilderness of America’s most naturally preserved state were just some of the activities that Fairbanks, Alaska native…
Former ARC professor paints a different scene of Del Paso
Despite his recent success, painter Gerry Otis Simpson, better known by his art-world moniker, GOS”, only ever picked up a paintbrush for the first time…
Homeless couple returns to ARC to take classes and collect recyclables
As he carries around a white, plastic Hefty bag in the hot afternoon, Bill Cheely said people don’t look at him the same anymore. “It’s…
Rail riders: Inside the invisible culture of train hopping
Sometime after sending his last text message on March 10, 2013, 19-year-old first-time train hopper John Paul Alpert was murdered. One year later, detectives in…
My parents are murderers: Killers’ daughter confronts stigma to speak out
Karen Reay sat quietly in the back of her high school class, staring in disbelief at a page of search results. She had finally worked…
Surviving suicide
Pauline Ghost woke up at Mercy San Juan Hospital, confused and alone after a day of binge drinking. Shortly after waking, she was told by…
The Art of the Pickup: A look into the culture of Sacramento’s pickup artists
Did it hurt when you fell from heaven? I seem to have lost my phone number. Can I have yours? Did you sit in a…
Mustafa Shaheen: Portrait of an artist
Mustafa Shaheen looked like a million bucks as he walked hurriedly around Witt Gallery, making final preparations for the opening of his first solo art…
Granddaughter and grandmother graduate together
When Pat Brown and Kayla Childers walk together at graduation at the end of this semester, it will mark the ending of a three-year period…
ARC student fashion blogger wrote for The New York Times and The Huffington Post
At 17-years-old, she has already appeared on the “Today” show, been published in The New York Times, been featured in Teen Vogue and is a…