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The student voice of American River College since 1955

The American River Current

The student voice of American River College since 1955

The American River Current

Reiko Nagumo (left) speaks about her experience living in Japanese internment camps during WWII with Lester Ouchida (right) to ARC students in Reaf 160 on Nov. 22, 2016. (Photo by Robert Hansen)

The internment of Japanese Americans retold by survivors

Robert Hansen November 23, 2016

Lester Ouchida and Reiko Nagumo were young children when they and their families were forced from their homes and relocated to remote locations of Arizona and Wyoming because America was at war with Japan. These...

ARC student Peral Calhoun (front right) helps unload canned foods at the Carmichael Seventh-day Adventist Church food pantry, ahead of the holiday season rush. (Photo by Jordan Shcauberger)

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...

President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Sacramento, California on June 1, 2016. (File Photo)

Student leaders look to console students concerned with the results of the election

Robert Hansen November 14, 2016

In California, where Hillary Clinton won more than 60 percent of the vote, students at American River College voiced concerns following the election of President-elect Donald Trump. District leaders...

Organizer Julia Stimson (second from right) and other ARC students held a protest against President-elect Donald Trump in front of the ARC Library on Nov. 10. Many students gathered around the protestors, some even argued with the protestors for Trumps side. (Photo by Jared Smith)

Students protest Trump in front of the Library

Robert Hansen November 10, 2016

A group of students with signs reading “Not my President” and “Go Frack Yourself” gathered in front of the library on Thursday to protest the election of President-elect Donald J. Trump. Many...

ARC vollyball players Erin Fogarty and Kaitlin Meyer rush for the ball during a game against San Joaquin Delta College on Nov. 9, 2016. (Photo by Lidya Grib)

Volleyball team evens the score with San Joaquin Delta

Robert Hansen November 10, 2016

The American River volleyball team got even with San Joaquin Delta (SJD) by dominating them in straight sets on Wednesday. At their last meeting, American River lost a close match in full sets, 3-2,...

Black Lives Matter protesters stand outside of the Sacramento Sheriff’s Department on Nov. 3. They were protest the failure to indict any of the officers involved in the killing of Andriene Ludd and the congress campaign of Sheriff Scott Jones. (Photo by Jordan Schuaberger)

Black Lives Matter protest in front of Sheriff’s department

Robert Hansen November 3, 2016

Dozens of Black Lives Matter demonstrators Chanting “Scott Jones, we don’t want you” were gathered in front of the Sacramento County Sheriff’s department holding signs that read “Justice for...

Dr. Wesley Frey, director of UC Davis McClellan Nuclear Research Center, speaks to ARC students on Oct. 26. Dr. Frey talked about the health effects of the radioactive plume released from the Fukushima Power Plant in March 2011. (Photo by Robert Hansen)

Nuclear scientist: Nuclear disaster shouldn’t ruin your beach vacation

Robert Hansen October 27, 2016

Wesley Frey, director of the UC Davis McClellan Nuclear Research Center, discussed the human health effects of the radioactive plume released from the Fukushima power plant that exploded in 2011, to a...

Democratic U.S. Rep. Ami Bera and his Republican challenger Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones participate in a debate for the highly competitive 7th Congressional District seat at the KVIE television studios in Natomas on Oct. 18. (Photo courtesy of the Sacramento Bee)

Bera and Jones speak against legalization of marijuana

Robert Hansen October 20, 2016

Congressman Ami Bera and Sheriff Scott Jones both said they do not support Proposition 64 during their debate on Tuesday at KVIE studio in Natomas. Proposition 64 would legalize recreational use of in...

Congressman Ami Bera (left) and Sheriff Scott Jones (right) answer questions during press conferences following their 7th Congressional District debate on Tuesday. (Photo by Jordan Schauberger)

Jones and Bera face questions regarding alleged sexual assault and campaign fraud at debate

Robert Hansen October 19, 2016

Congressman Ami Bera and Sheriff Scott Jones squared off in their only debate over the hotly contested 7th Congressional District in KVIE studios in Natomas on Tuesday, three weeks before election day. The...

A  recycle station  and a trashcan both near the Student Center on Oct. 13. A recent audit by sustainability at ARC found the campus could not meet the goal of 75 percent diversion by the year 2020. (Photo by Robert Hansen)

ARC could do more to recycle

Robert Hansen October 13, 2016

A sample of American River College’s diversion rates reveal the campus is below the mandated goals per AB 75 and AB 341 which are designed to help meet California’s recycling goal of 75 percent by...

Clubs and Events Board President Justin Nicholson (left) with vice president Mary Stedman (right) listen to the board discuss the theme for next semesters Murder Mystery Dinner at the Oct.11 meeting.  (Photo by Robert Hansen)

CAEB decides on roaring ’20s theme for murder mystery dinner

Robert Hansen October 13, 2016

The American River College Clubs and Events Board (CAEB) agreed on a roaring ’20s theme for the Murder Mystery Dinner at today’s meeting. The Murder Mystery Dinner is an interactive comedy show...

The Los Rios police department . (File photo)

Los Rios police reports sexual battery

Robert Hansen October 6, 2016

The Los Rios Police Department posted on their crime log an incident of sexual battery on an unrestrained victim, and oral copulation with a person under the age of 18, that took place on campus Tuesday. Los...

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