6 | Campus Current | 2017 | December
Campus Life
AACC honors veterans throughout November Michael Garvey Reporter
American flags lined AACC’s walkways and veterans received discounts and advising sessions throughout November in honor of Veterans Day. Veterans Day ceremony At a ceremony on Nov. 9, Marine veteran and Student Veteran Association President Brandi Mack told the audience the Military/Veteran Resource Center at AACC helped him “transition from soldier to student.” “I have felt welcomed by the other military veteran students here at AACC,” said Mack, a second-year computer science major. “I am grateful that we have a space on campus to connect with each other and receive support.” AACC’s Color Guard performed a flag raising ceremony, then campus faculty and staff read the names of veter-
ans in the AACC community. from Chick-fil-A, a free drink The ceremony concluded with a sandwich purchase with a trumpet performance from Subway and free chips of taps—a tune the U.S. mil- and a drink from the Hawk’s itary plays during flag cere- Nest Grill & Deli. monies at dusk and military “It was nice to be apprefunerals—and a reception ciated and acknowledged,” in the CALT said veteran Car“It was nice to be len Clendenin, a atrium. “Hearing appreciated and first-year public taps after so acknowledged.” health major. long took me The bookback to be- —Carlen Clendenin store also gave ing on-ship,” veterans a 20 perShanelle Jones, a veteran cent discount off of one item and first-year public health during the week of Nov. 6. major, said. Recognition of service Discounts and donations AACC faculty placed HCAT donated half of the American flags around the money raised from its Emp- Quad, clock tower and amty Bowls fundraiser on Nov. phitheater, and along the 2—$2,048—to the veterans’ bridge to West Campus. center food pantry, located The Truxal Library disnear the veterans’ center in played a collection of milithe Truxal Library. The oth- tary memorabilia from Nov. er half went to AACC’s food 1-30. Items inlcuded medals, pantry. photographs, uniforms and a AACC veterans also re- flag flown over the American ceived discounts across cam- embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. pus all week, such as coffee Veteran faculty, staff and
Holiday Event List Children’s Holiday Book Fair Children’s Holiday Book Fair Christmas Extravaganza Breakfast with Santa World Music & Dance Night “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” “Stepping Out” Holiday Craft Fair Encore Chorale Holiday Concert
Dec. 1
9:00 a.m - 1:00 p.m
Dec. 1
2:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m
Dec. 1
6:30 p.m - 9:00 p.m
Student Union Room 102 Child Development Center Kauffman Theater
Dec. 2
Student Union Dining Hall 10:00 a.m-12:00 p.m
Dec. 2
Kauffman Theater
Dec. 3, 10 & 17
3:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m
Humanities Recital Hall
Dec. 8 8:00 p.m Dec. 9 2 p.m, 8 p.m
Kauffman Theater
Dec. 14 & 15
Kauffman Theater
Dec. 17
Kauffman Theater
7:30 p.m - 9:30 p.m
5:00 p.m - 6:00 p.m
7:00 p.m - 9:30 p.m
AACC’s Color Guard raises the U.S. flag during a Veterans Day ceremony, held on Nov. 9. Photo by Brandon Hamilton students donated or lent all of the items for the display. Children in the Child Development Center painted posters thanking student veterans for their service, which library staff displayed outside the veterans’ center in the Student Union and at the Arundel Mills campus.
napkin stood for the emptiness left in the hearts of their families, while a candle represented hope for a reunion.
POW/MIA The veterans’ center honored American prisoners of war and those missing in action with a special table in the SUN Dining Hall. Each piece of the table had meaning, such as an empty chair which represented service members who can’t join the meals, as did an inverted wine glass. A black
Advising and assistance Student veterans gathered in the veterans’ center on Nov. 7 for free Mission BBQ and to meet with AACC Student Veterans of America representatives. Veteran students also met with advisers in the veteran’s center to discuss class registration and help them certify their degree programs through the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Employment services at the Arundel Mills campus led a workshop to help create resumes.
battling for a rally point on horseback. “I wanted to make a dynamic [sculpture] instead of a static sculpture,” Alvarez said. A static sculpture is one that appears to be still, while a dynamic one that appears to be frozen in motion. He used various scrap metals, including hoods from cars for the mane and pieces of fans for the eyes. Many students and faculty said they like the sculpture. “It’s a very impressive piece of metal that gives me a small smile every time I pass it,” Dr. Paul Larson, an assistant professor of economics, said.
Students and faculty who have seen the sculpture said it should move to a location on campus with more foot traffic where more people can see it. Wilfredo Valladares, the associate professor of Sculpture and 3-D who oversaw the horse’s creation, said the location of the sculpture is temporary, until the college decides whether to install it permanently. Aside from the horse, two other sculptures stand on campus: Martin Luther King Jr.’s statue is between CADE and CALT, and “Frontier,” a large abstract piece, is outside of Careers in front of the Quad.
Big metal horse loses head; waits for repair Daniel Salomon Reporter
A headless, life-sized horse sculpture made completely out of scrap metal stands outside the AACC Physical Plant. The horse is missing its head, but Dr. Sergio Alvarez, the artist who created the sculpture, said this is only temporary while he improves it. “I saw it when it had a head and I thought it was really cool,” Gabriella Rivera, a freshman architecture major, said. “I like that it’s so abstract, but you still know what it is.” Alvarez is a retired surgeon and self-described permanent student at AACC. He started the sculpture as a two-semester project for a metal working class two years ago and continues to make improvements. He said various drawings and paintings of horses inspired him, especially Peter Paul Rubens’ interpretation of the lost Leonardo da Vinci painting, “The Battle of Anghiari,” showing men
Sergio Alvarez spent two semesters making a lifesized horse out of scrap metal. Photo courtesy of Sergio Alvares