Award-winning journalist and ARC professor launches local media outlet
September 11, 2017
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 holds back the line of sweaty, hungry men waiting to enter. This is the last place they want to be, but for a lot of these men, they are out of opt...
Somalian refugee becomes esteemed ARC staff member
March 15, 2016
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 asylum before becoming a student and then a staff member at American River College. After fleeing a war zone 18 years ago, Faryal Said won an award for staff ex...
ARC volleyball player moves from Alaska to California for the love of the game
October 30, 2015
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 and American River College volleyball player Nora Troppmann enjoyed through her early childhood and high school years. Troppmann...
Former ARC professor paints a different scene of Del Paso
September 1, 2015
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 as a way to decorate his walls cheaply. “I just have fun,” Simpson said. “I started painting because I couldn’t afford to buy art that I really...
Homeless couple returns to ARC to take classes and collect recyclables
John Ferrannini and John Ferrannini
May 12, 2015
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 like, I was your neighbor,” said Bill. “People steal our shit. You are treated so differently without a house.” Bill and his wife, Denise, have been...
Rail riders: Inside the invisible culture of train hopping
Barbara Harvey and Barbara Harvey
May 4, 2015
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 Roseville, California issued arrest warrants for three fellow train hoppers, who had beaten Alpert to death and dumped his body in the nearby...
My parents are murderers: Killers’ daughter confronts stigma to speak out
Barbara Harvey and Barbara Harvey
May 4, 2015
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 up the courage to Google her parents’ names, something she had dreaded for most of her life. While she had been suspicious of what she would find, it didn’t detract...
Surviving suicide
Barbara Harvey and Joseph Daniels
May 4, 2015
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 hospital staff that she had attempted to take her own life by overdosing on sleep medication. Ghost, an American River College student, was molested by her foster...
The Art of the Pickup: A look into the culture of Sacramento’s pickup artists
Emily K. Rabasto and Emily K. Rabasto
May 4, 2015
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 pile of sugar? ’Cause you have a pretty sweet… “Pickup lines are bullshit. It’s not you, it’s just a line.” Matthew Burks bristles when he hears men approach women this way. The 25-year-old...
Mustafa Shaheen: Portrait of an artist
Kameron Schmid and Kameron Schmid
May 4, 2015
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 show, “Friends and Sometimes Friends.” On a small table by the entrance was a pencil-drawn image of celebrity chef Guy Fieri, screaming. The picture...
Granddaughter and grandmother graduate together
Kameron Schmid and Kameron Schmid
May 4, 2015
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 where the two, grandmother and granddaughter, spent every day at school together. For Childers, who first began taking classes at American River College in 2011,...
ARC student fashion blogger wrote for The New York Times and The Huffington Post
John Ferrannini and John Ferrannini
April 28, 2015
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 writer for The Huffington Post. This year, Justina Sharp has added another item to her long resume: American River College student. Sharp says her long journey...
Career & Pathways hosts virtual business recruiting events
September 27, 2020
Five tips for staying in shape during quarantine
September 24, 2020
ARC allows excused withdrawals for spring 2020 students amid COVID-19
September 24, 2020
“Don’t try to understand it”: Tenet movie review
September 24, 2020
Athletic instructors redesign yoga classes for virtual learning
September 23, 2020
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