Students fight for a food pantry on campus

Jordan Schauberger and Robert Hansen

November 22, 2016

Getting good grades, transferring to the right university and landing a steady job: these are among the worries of the average ARC student, but for a portion of the population there is one more - hunger. With food insecurity amongst college students rising throughout the state, the creation of a food p...

Opinion: Girl power – the women of ARC earned their positions

Hannah Darden

November 3, 2016

In various quiet spots around campus over the course of two days, I sat with four women and talked about intersectionality, the seeming impossibility of student involvement at ARC and the daunting nature of power. These conversations all had one thing in common - we were all women in high-ranking studen...

CAEB to compete in writing contest

Mychael Jones

November 2, 2016

At their Tuesday meeting CAEB discussed “National Novel Writing Month” (NaNoWriMo) which it has has competed for the last four years. CAEB also talked about the upcoming Club Day for Nov. 17th. The NaNoWriMo is an annual internet-based creative writing project that requires a person to write 50 thousand ...

Senate allocates $1,000 to the American River Review

John Ennis

October 17, 2016

The ARC student senate added new board members and passed a bill to fund the American River Review at their meeting on Thursday. Senator Yasmeen Baxter was sworn in early in the meeting then President Valencia Scott introduced their newest appointment, Fatemeh Mehraban, who told the board about h...

Senate appoints new senator, receives request for Vocal Jazz Ensemble funding

John Ennis

October 3, 2016

American River College (ARC) Student Senate President Valencia Scott introduced their newest Senator, Lloyd Guzman, during the Senate’s last agenda meeting for the month of September. Guzman, first semester student at ARC, briefly introduced himself to the board and explained why he wanted to to be a...

CAEB plans for Welcome Day, film festival

Robert Hansen

September 15, 2016

The American River College Associated Student Body Clubs and Events Board (CAEB) continued their planning of the Sept. 22 Welcome Day and the first ASB film festival at their meeting Tuesday. President Justin Nicholson said the board is still working on games with ideas such as a haggis toss and t...

Senate discusses possible renovations to lactation room

John Ennis and John Ennis

September 6, 2016

A previous version of this article stated that the ASB was considering creating a lactation room. The lactation room already exists, the ASB was considering renovations to it. The previous version also stated that a bill was passed to contract Lorenzo Cuesta as parliamentarian, but his name was removed bef...

Finals giveaway set, resolutions are passed at Senate meeting

Robert Hansen

April 29, 2016

The schedule for the finals giveaway was decided by the American River College Student Senate at Thursday’s meeting after 15 minutes of discussion. One of the ways Senate helps students is by giving away supplies for finals. Members of Senate will hand out scantrons and bluebooks for finals fro...

Editorial: How the incoming ASB can be more effective

April 28, 2016

[email protected] American River College’s most recent memories of student government are nothing but misrepresentation, disappointment and failure. However, the Associated Student Body is on the cusp of a new generation of student leadership and has the opportunity to restructure itsel...

Unofficial results show 176 students vote in ASB elections

Robert Hansen

April 19, 2016

The $15,000 spent on Rock the Vote yielded 176 votes from nearly 30,000 students in the American River College Associated Student Body elections, according to the Center for Leadership and Development (CL&D) unofficial results. That voter turnout comes to an average cost of around $85 per vote...

ASB Notebook: ASB Candidates speak at forum

Robert Hansen

April 11, 2016

The forums for Associated Student Body (ASB) candidates, of which all eight ran unopposed, were held on April 5 and 6 in the Student Center. Each of the candidates shared with students how they would serve ARC students as members of ASB. Valencia Scott, who is running for Senate President, share...

Candidates, all running unopposed, speak at forum as campaign period begins

Robert Hansen

April 8, 2016

By Robert Hansen and Mack Ervin III Eight candidates are all running unopposed for positions in the American River College Associated Student Body Student Senate and Clubs and Events Board (CAEB), and the forums for candidates were held Tuesday and Wednesday. The forum gave the candidates a chance to ...