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
The student voice of American River College since 1955

The American River Current

Itzin Alpizar, Author

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The men's water polo team celebrates their win of the Big 8 Conference Championship on November 1, 2018, at American River College. (Photo courtesy of Daria Atraseva)

ARC water polo team wins Big 8 for first time

Itzin Alpizar
December 14, 2018
Shania Villafan, a communications major, wears a mask at American River College to combat the unhealthy air from the Camp Fire in Butte County, on Nov. 14 2018. (Photo by Tracy Holmes)

Update: Campus closures cause ripple effect across Los Rios

Itzin Alpizar, Jennah Booth, and Tracy Holmes
December 13, 2018
Alex Wash is an art major, selling ceramics to raise funds for the program, scholarships and equipment. A section of the sale has bowls decorated with cat themes to raise funds to feed orphaned cats on campus, organized in collaboration with ceramic professor Linda Gelfman and Theatre professor Nancy Sylva. The ceramics sale is held once during the last week of the semester at American River College. (Photo by Itzin Alpizar).

Photo of the Day: Dec. 11, 2018

Itzin Alpizar
December 11, 2018
American River College player Santiago Moreno fights to trap the ball from a Folsom Lake College player at a home game on Nov. 6, 2018. ARC lost to FLC, 2-0. (Photo by Jennah Booth)

Beavers drop final home game of the season to FLC, 2-0

Itzin Alpizar
November 29, 2018
President Donald Trump plans to challenge the 14th Amendment by signing an executive order to take away birthright citizenship. (Graphic illustration by Patrick Hyun Wilson)

Trump does not own your citizenship

Itzin Alpizar
November 14, 2018
California leads the nation with cases of human trafficking in 2018. Everyone is at risk regardless of background, sex, age or race. (Photo illustration by Ashley Hayes-Stone)

Human Trafficking: Modern slavery in California

Itzin Alpizar
November 14, 2018
The Psi Beta group helped the staff from Oakmont of Carmichael with the activities of the Oktoberfest event. Here is the team from American River College Psi Beta club with the staff and residents from the assisted living and memory care facility on October 20,2018.

Photo Essay: Psi Beta volunteers off campus

Itzin Alpizar
November 1, 2018
Registered voters can mail in their ballots by Oct. 30 or vote in person on Nov. 6, 2018. (Photo by Hannah Yates)

The Current’s ballot guide to the 2018 elections

Itzin Alpizar
October 25, 2018
Co-managing editors Alexus Hurtado and Hannah Yates work on articles in the Current’s newsroom on Sept. 25, 2018. (Photo by Itzin Alpizar)

Student journalists are not the enemy

Itzin Alpizar
October 17, 2018
Artist Haleh Niazmand reveals her experiences as an activist, artist and mother of a child with Autism on a reception on the Gallery James Kaneko at the American River College on Sept. 25. The exhibit “Considerations Sanity In Surrender” is at the James Kaneko Gallery until October 18. (Photo by Itzin Alpizar)

From the other side of the glass: ‘Considerations Sanity in Surrender’

Itzin Alpizar
October 17, 2018
The cast of "West Side Story" pose on stage, some students atop various stage props, during rehearsals on Oct. 4, 2018. (Photo by Itzin Alpizar)

“West Side Story” opens fall production season

Itzin Alpizar
October 12, 2018
The kitchen and back of the house of the Oak Cafe restaurant on opening day on Sept. 19, 2018. The Oak Cafe restaurant is located inside the culinary arts building at American River College and consists of dozens of students enrolled in the Dining Room and Management class and culinary arts classes who will have real-world experience running a restaurant (Photo by Itzin Alpizar)

Gourmet etiquette and happy wallets; Oak Cafe reopens

Itzin Alpizar
October 4, 2018
“I live with my parents [because] I am not ready to leave.”- Matthew Harvey | Business Management Major.

Campus Pulse: How do you afford housing while attending ARC?

Itzin Alpizar
October 2, 2018
American River College students and members of the campus community line up to get free produce and bread at the Beaver Food Pantry on Sept. 26, 2018. The food pantry will be available until 3 p.m. today In front of the gym ticket window. (Photo by Itzin Alpizar)

Photo of the Day: Sept. 26, 2018

Itzin Alpizar
September 26, 2018
Tyler Heines, theater major, practices walking a straight line before wearing drunk simulation goggles, in front of the library at American River College on Sept. 12, 2018. The Los Rios Police Department and California Highway Patrol brought the goggles and tricycles to campus to raise awareness about the dangers of drunk driving. (Photo by Itzin Alpizar)

Goggles and tricycles for campus safety at ARC

Itzin Alpizar
September 26, 2018
The 19J Apartments under construction on Sept. 9, 2018. The apartments will offer over 173 residential units with a size range from 312 to 480-square feet, of which the smallest will cost less than $1,000 a month, according to Mohanna Development Co. The project is expected to be finish by December 2018. (Photo by Itzin Alpizar)

American River College students struggle to afford city’s rental prices

Itzin Alpizar
September 19, 2018
Allen Marinovich, Chemistry major, tries to make a turn with a tricycle while wearing alcohol impairment simulation goggles. Officer Rosie Salazar from Los Rios Police department makes sure students are safe during the simulation. (Photo by Itzin Alpizar)

Photo of the Day: Sept. 12, 2018

Itzin Alpizar
September 12, 2018
Kima LaRue performs as a drag queen at a bar in Sacramento called Sidetrax. LaRue co-hosts the event drag queen showcase event. (Photo by Joseph Daniels)

Queens of the stage

Joseph Daniels and Itzin Alpizar
May 11, 2016
The Beavers, ARC's student newspaper in the 80s, confirms in a story written by Jack Keaton that the White Student Union club, which was ran by Gregory Withrow had eliminated from ARC campus on Jan. 6, 1981. Withrow's name was on letters left in cars in a neighborhood in downtown Sacramento on May 3, 2016 that called for people to “execute all Muslims and Latinos.” (Photo by Itzin Alpizar)

A former ARC student has been linked to letters that read ‘execute all Muslims and Latinos’

Itzin Alpizar
May 9, 2016
Many students find themselves doing everything but their academic work during finals. Overcoming procrastination would not only help them get better grades, but help them feel better. (Photo illustration by Itzin Alpizar).

Opinion: Stop procrastinating

Itzin Alpizar
May 3, 2016
Vocal student Marissa DeBarge, right, sings in front of the special guest Lee Hoffman to receive feedback to be a better performer. The voice workshop wast hosted by ARC adjunct professor of music Catherine Fagiolo, left, at the music department on April 14, 2016 (Photo by Itzin Alpizar).

ARC hosts vocal workshop to improve students’ performances

Itzin Alpizar
April 20, 2016
An American River College student refills a water jug with at a new refill station in Davis Hall. Five refill stations across campus during spring break and ARC will install more around campus in the coming weeks. (Photo by Itzin Alpizar).

Filtered water bottle refill stations installed at ARC

Itzin Alpizar
April 14, 2016
At Sacramento State University Union Ballroom on April 07, 2016 a concert was celebrated by the Grammy- Award winner Pacific Mambo Orchestra in which the audience danced to the rhytm of salsa, mambo, latin jazz and bachata. The event was organized by Salsa Loca Club and UNITE programs at CSUS (Photo by Itzin Alpizar)

Grammy Award-winning Latin orchestra performs at Sac State

Itzin Alpizar
April 13, 2016
A stabbing occurred outside the 99 Cents Store on Auburn Boulevard Wednesday, leaving one victim with non life-threatening injuries. The altercation that led to the stabbing was over a bike, according to Sacramento County Sheriff's Department public information officer Tony Turnbull. (Photo by Itzin Alpizar)

Stabbing near ARC leaves one victim

Itzin Alpizar
April 7, 2016
Two new Big Belly units sit on the American River College campus. The 14 Max-R recycle stations and two Big Belly stations were installed around campus between February and March 2016. (Photo by Itzin Alpizar).

Sustainability at ARC receives $50,000 for recycle bin installations.

Itzin Alpizar
April 1, 2016
American River College alumni Chase Yepez-Patterson (left), Lydia Garcia-Potter (center) and Pedro Reyes (right) talk about their experiences transferring to four-year universities. (Photograph by Timon Barkley)

ARC honors alumni discuss their transfer experience

Itzin Alpizar
February 25, 2016
American River College's American College Theater Festival competitors Michelle Pollack (left) and Joel Burnitzki perform their routine for the ARC theater commission panel on Jan. 29, 2016 in Sacramento, CA. ACTF begins Feb. 15 and ends on Feb. 19, 2016 and is being held in Denver.

ARC theater students compete at regional festival

Itzin Alpizar
February 16, 2016
American River College's American College Theater Festival competitors Michelle Pollack (left) and Joel Burnitzki perform their routine for the ARC theater commission panel on Jan. 29, 2016 in Sacramento, CA. ACTF begins Feb. 15 and ends on Feb. 19, 2016 and is being held in Denver, CO. (Photo by Timon Barkley)

ARC theater students prepare for regional competition

Itzin Alpizar
February 11, 2016
American River College students Anastasia Panfilova (left) and Mohammad Louayme (right) are student-workers for Parrot Voices, a project that tells the stories of ESL students. (Photo by Timon Barkley)

The Parrot gives ESL students a new way to share their stories

Bailey Carpenter and Itzin Alpizar
February 2, 2016
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