Serving in the military requires both a great deal of sacrifice and discipline. Those same levels of sacrifice and discipline are then put to use again as former military members make their way back into...
The American River College music department will hold its annual spring concert in the student center dining hall on April 27. The show, “A Tribute to the War Years,” will honor the school’s veterans.
Directed...
As has become the norm at Donald Trump rallies, protesters made their presence felt outside of the rally in Sacramento.
Signs of “deport Trump” and “Trump is racist, sexist and bigoted” were...
By Jordan Schauberger and Robert Hansen
With the blazing sun in the eyes of the crowd, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump stepped off his plane Wednesday to give a speech to a...
By Jordan Schauberger and Robert Hansen
Thousands of Donald Trump supporters waited in the heat to hear the presumptive Republican presidential nominee speak at his rally in Sacramento on Wednesday.
The...
U.S. Army veteran and award-winning poet Brian Turner read from his book “My Life as a Foreign Country” on Thursday in the Student Center at American River College.
In 2003, the Fresno State and...
With Veterans Day approaching, it’s time for students, staff and faculty to be reminded that American River College’s large veteran community exists, and has made a home at our college due to the many...
The original version of this story spelled Hamed Hafezy's first name with an i in stead of with an e.
Within the next few years, those beginning in college or joining the military will have little...
Unlike some of his peers at the VRC, retired Army Sgt. Michael Monk, 27, never wanted to leave the service.
Monk had wanted to be a soldier for as long as he can remember.
“Some people want to...
Before enlisting, Colin Lewis had desperately wanted to get out of Mississippi.
“There’s not really much to do there,” Lewis said of his home state.
Lewis needed a job to do that, and the men...
Just one month after his discharge from the Marine Corps, 30-year-old Daniel Avegalio began his college career by enrolling at American River College in the fall of 2009.
Avegalio, who was deployed...
Sacramento has become a large gathering spot for people fleeing from war during the last 20 years.
Nearly 30,000 refugees have resettled in Sacramento County from 1995 through 2014, according to the...
