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Board of Trustees votes on budget

Part-time workers get paid sick leave hours Alexandra Radovic Associate Editor

Photo by Roxanne Ready AACC’s Board of Trustees voted Feb. 27 on the budget for fiscal year 2019, making crucial decisions about tuition and college spending.

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Part-time employees at AACC—including students— became eligible for paid sick leave on Feb. 11, thanks to a new law.

Maryland lawmakers passed the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act last year, giving part-time employees throughout the state one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours they work.

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AACC grad runs cannabis shop Michael Garvey Newsroom Manager A former AACC student opened Anne Arundel County’s first medical cannabis dispensary in February.

Laura Toskov enrolled in professor Shad Ewart’s first Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Expanding Markets: Cannabis Legalization class during spring 2015.

Toskov, who had already earned her associate degree, said she returned to AACC to take the class after Maryland legalized medical cannabis in 2014.

“I went into the class knowing absolutely nothing about the [cannabis] business,” Toskov said. “It

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opened my eyes to how many avenues we could go down and showed me all the things I’d have to look at when opening a dispensary.”

After three years of research and jumping through bureaucratic hoops and strict zoning laws, Toskov and her husband, Tony, opened the doors of Green Point Wellness in Linthicum Heights near BWI airport on Feb. 12.

It is the 26th medical cannabis dispensary to open in the state since the Legislature made it legal for patients with a doctor’s recommendation to buy it in the state. The first dispensary, in Rockville, opened in December 2017.

Recreational use of cannabis is still not legal, but

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tion student and part-time bookstore employee Sarah Sterling said the new policy will do her little good.

“I feel like I’m going to forget about it,” she said. “I work maybe 13 hours a week, so that’s two and a half weeks of work for about one hour [of paid leave]. It will take months to build up one fivehour shift.”

Previously, only full-time employees were eligible for paid sick leave. Gov. Larry Hogan last May vetoed legis-

lation to add part-timers, but legislators overrode his veto on Jan. 12, and the law took effect Feb. 11.

Part-time employees, adjunct faculty and seasonal workers at AACC will be able to take paid leave for injuries, personal illnesses, to care for sick family members, for childbirth, or for issues related to domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking.

“Our hourly employees work just as hard as many full-time employees, but they

Part-time bookstore employee Briston Fernandez recieves paid sick leave, thanks to a new law.

Photo by Mary Kane don’t receive benefits,” said Student Engagement Director Chris Storck. “Many of them are paying for school

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Noncredit classes to redesign Alexandra Radovic Associate Editor

the state decriminalized possession of up to 10 grams in 2014, making it a civil offense.

“I applaud them for finding a space [despite] all the regulations the county put in place,” said Drew Chrostowski, a first-year transfer studies student enrolled in Ewart’s expanding markets class this semester.

Out of more than 800

applicants, the Toskovs, who spent around $70,000 during the application process, will operate one of the 102 dispensaries allotted to open in Maryland.

Using their background in customer service, the Toskovs designed Green Point Wellness to feel like the lob-

Students will be able to complete developmental, noncredit math requirements much faster in fall 2018 as faculty continue to streamline the path to credit classes.

The math department developed two new course sequences in fall 2017. Faculty will complete the final course sequence this fall.

Students who do not qualify for general education math classes have needed to take up to 10 hours of non credit courses before taking any credit courses, which

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Students stuffa-bear during Valentine’s Day event

Students compete in business pitch competition

AACC hosts a mobile museum for Black History Month

Laura Toskov, a former student of professor Shad Ewart’s (left) poses in the Green Point Wellness dispensary with her husband, Tony. The dispensary opened on Feb. 12.

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As you huddle in your coat against a cold drizzle of rain, hustling to class, maybe you’re wondering if you can possibly stand another day of schoolwork as dreary as the weather.

No matter how interesting our classes are, we all have those moments. The cold wind outside seems to howl, “Stay in bed!”

Surely missing just one class, just one assignment, just one test won’t make a difference.

But it does, and we all know it, no matter how we may feel in our least-motivated moments.

Maybe you missed a critical lecture. Maybe your

professor has a strict attendance policy. Maybe the A you could’ve gotten on this test would have balanced out a worse grade you couldn’t avoid on a harder test later.

Remember that the semester, like the winter, doesn’t last forever.

In just a few weeks, flowers will start to bud in the warming sunshine, and you’ll look back and realize the semester is more than half over.

When you do, you’ll either breathe a sigh of relief, secure in the knowledge that you are well on your way to solid grades, or you’ll feel a moment of panic set in.

Now is the moment to stay focused and remind yourself of your goals. Why are you at AACC?

Maybe you hope to trans- dle cups for lunch once you fer to another school. Are you land that job—but first you looking forward to the exneed to push through the citement of moving drudgery to get into a dorm or there. joining clubs Your fuand sports ture self won’t teams? thank you Don’t for slacking let a month off now, no of prematter how spring blues dreary the knock your weather.

GPA out of So give Br an consideration for yourself a pep don Hamilton admission to your talk and stay focused first-choice school. on building up a solid founOr perhaps you are dation of good grades for working toward a degree or your classes. certificate that will lead you And as the flowers start straight to a well-paying job. to bloom and the grass beImagine the paycheck you gins to sprout this spring, will earn thanks to the hard hold your head high, because work you’re putting in today. you are that much closer to No more ramen noo- achieving your goals. by

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that The New York Times, en’s History Month, our male The Washington Post and editors—digital editor Daniel More than ever before, The Wall Street Journal all Salomon, sports editor Vinyoung women are breaking have male editors-in-chief cent Moreland and newsroom barriers and stereotypes. running their newspapers? manager Michael Garvey— With every, “You can’t” That’s not the case at were proud to work alongside comes a resounding, “Watch Campus Current, whose ed- six leading women, includme!” More and more of to- itor is a woman. Young men ing editor-in-chief Roxanne day’s young women are chal- and women reporters, pho- Ready, faculty adviser Sharon lenging gender roles and tographers and editors work O’Malley, graphic designer using their educations to re- as a team to craft each daily Mary Kane, photography eddefine traditionally male jobs. digital and monthly print is- itor Raquel Hamner, social “[Women] are becoming sue. media manager Sarah Noble the men we wanted to marFor our March issue, and associate editor Alexanry,” world-renowned journal- which coincides with Wom- dra Radovic. ist Gloria Steinem—a Society is finally main spokeswomrecognizing the fierce an for the American potential of young fefeminist movement male minds and ofof the 1970s—said in fering girls and young her “Leaps of Conwomen opportunities to sciousness” speech at change the world. the Women & Power According to the Conference in 2004.

National Center for According to the Educational Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, an estimated 11.5 milthe number of female lion women attended engineers grew by an American college or more than 11 percent university last fall. That between 1970 and is more than 11 times 2010. The same is the amount of women true for female police enrolled in college 20 officers. years ago.

During the same This fall, 7,832 fe40-year period, nearmale students enrolled ly 23 percent more at AACC. That is more women became phy- Artist J. Howard Miller made the fathan half of all students sicians and surgeons, mous “We Can Do It!” poster in 1941. taking classes here. and the number of Now, more women than ever work in Riverhawk women: female judges and traditionally male jobs.

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State isn’t keeping its promises, officials say Roxanne Ready Editor-in-Chief

But the proposed budget still does not reach the levels state legislators promised in a 1996 plan.

Lawmakers designed the Cade Formula in 1996 to grow

land Association of Community Colleges.

In 2012, they changed the More than 20 years ago, law so the state has until 2023 the state government promto reach the formula’s goal— 11 years after the original goal ised AACC and Maryland community colleges year and 22 years afit would devote 29 ter they first enacted the formula. percent of its higher education budget to Rhonda Wardcommunity colleges law, the director of each year, starting communications for in 2012. It has yet to the Maryland Highkeep that promise. er Education ComIf Maryland lawmission, said in an makers approve the email to Campus governor’s proposed Current the goverbudget, 2019 will be nor’s budget meets the seventh year the Although the governor’s proposed Mary- the Cade funding goals with a record state has fallen short land budget meets a goal set in 2012, of that commitment. that goal remains lower than state law$261 million.

Maryland Gov. makers originally promised in 1996.

“Education is the No. 1 priority of Larry Hogan’s pro- Photo by Roxanne Ready posed budget for the Hogan adminisfiscal year 2019 includes community college funding to tration, and we will continue part of AACC’s day-to-day 29 percent of the state’s high- to make fiscally responsible expenses. The operating er education budget, reaching and reliable investments in expense budget of almost that goal by 2012. higher education,” Wardlaw But legislators have said. $29 million would increase by about $34,000 over last changed the goal year seven Melissa Beardmore, year’s. times, according to the Mary- AACC’s vice president of

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Budget breakdown $322 million

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learning resources management, said the college has increased tuition by $3 per credit hour each year since 2014, in part because the state is not meeting its original Cade goals.

“As a broke college student, [even a few dollars per class] makes a difference,” Nyia Curtis, the student member of AACC’s Board of Trustees, said.

According to MHEC, community colleges in the state would have earned more than $100 million between 2008 and 2016 if officials had not postponed fulfilling Cade funding promises.

“That’s a lot of money,” AACC President Dawn Lindsay told Campus Current. “If you think of how that could be divided up … it would be pretty impressive.”

“[It has] almost a 100 percent pass rate, but we only have one room for that program.”

The massage therapy program has a 98 percent pass rate and holds all lectures, labs and clinics in Florestano 316.

Construction will cost $121 million from 2019 to 2020, not including demolition of the pool and Schwartz buildings or the re-routing of Ring Road to make way for the new building.

In June, AACC admin-

istrators chose the Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. in Baltimore to design the building in collaboration with SmithGroupJJR, an architectural, engineering and planning firm in Washington, D.C. The design process began Jan. 29 and will continue through May 2019.

According to the budget proposal, community colleges across the state would receive $60 million for construction and maintenance of their buildings.

Md. funds 2019 portion of new AACC building Roxanne Ready Editor-in-Chief

The state budget the governor proposed on Jan. 16 includes funding for construction of AACC’s Health Sciences and Biology building.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2019 includes all $2.5 million AACC requested for the building this year, according to Melissa Beardmore, AACC’s vice president of learning resources management.

The new building, which will open in 2020, will house classes the School of Health Sciences holds in the Florestano building. AACC built Florestano as an office space rather than with classrooms or science labs in mind.

Caleb Schaeffer, the Student Government Association secretary and a massage therapy student, said he is happy the budget includes funding for the new building.

“We have one of the top-rated [massage therapy] programs in the state of Maryland,” said Schaeffer.

Melissa Beardmore, the vice president of learning resources management, explains plans for a new building at the November Board of Trustees meeting.

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Students enroll in new sports sociology class Isaiah Smith Reporter The professor of a new Sociology of Sports class said his focus is to teach students how to “escape” through sports.

“In today’s polarized world, there’s such an emphasis on escapism, and people carry that into sports,” said first-semester adjunct professor Anthony Alduino, who also teaches a course called Sports in America.

“This class begins to show

that there is this sort of a world of politics and social issues that exist in sports.

Beginning to understand that is an important element in society.”

Alduino said he decided to teach Sports Studies 200 because of his passion for the “realness” of sport and health in society.

Alduino recently returned from the United Kingdom, where he earned his master’s degree in international social policy at the University of Nottingham.

The class covers topics such as gender and sexuality in sports, the role the media play in sports and why people choose to participate in sports.

Alduino said he has not always been interested in sociology and its connection to sports.

Second-year education student Vincent Dominick said he is glad he is taking the course. “It’s interesting and unique,” Dominick said.

Alduino said the ninemember class has the poten-

A federal judge on Jan. 30 ordered AACC and a former administrator who is suing the college to attempt to settle the case out of court.

Dr. Richard Cerkovnik, who now works at Montgomery College, sued the college’s Board of Trustees for nearly $2.4 million in November 2016.

Cerkovnik claimed the school discriminated against him because he is a man. He said in the lawsuit that administrators passed over

Campus special police show off new uniform Michael Garvey Newsroom Manager AACC public safety officers received new uniforms in February to increase comfort and safety.

Campus special police officers ditched their white shirts and upgraded to a wash-and-wear LAPD blue.

Armed police officers will continue to wear light blue shirts.

“A lot of police departments have gone away from the white shirts,” Chief Sean Kapfhammer said. “Some people say it makes [officers] more of a target.”

The darker color allows officers to better track crime

suspects in the woods or at night without being spotted, Officer First Class Duane Gottschalk said.

“The white uniform made us stand out like a sore thumb,” Gottschalk said.

The new uniforms include an exterior bullet-resistant vest designed to mirror the look of traditional collared dress shirts with breast pockets, creases and a button-up center.

“They are a great new addition to the department,” Gottschalk said. “They have a nice professional look. …

Having the vest on the outside [of our shirts] is so much more comfortable.”

Previously, officers wore

tial to attract more students.

“I think there is sort of an appetite for it and I think it’s good to have a class that looks at things like gender and sexuality,” he said.

“If we use sports, it sort of opens people up to ideas we didn’t always think about,

especially in the masculine culture we live in.”

Second-year business student Eric Waggoner said he enjoys the course.

“I’m excited to go indepth about the role the media plays in sports,” Waggoner said.

him for a promotion to a higher position and then assigned him too much work.

A public officer of the state will hear both sides of the complaint and make recommendations that the parties can accept or reject before the suit goes to a judge again.

The majority of civil cases settle out of court this way because it is less expensive and faster than going before a full jury, according to a lawyer who teaches at AACC but is not involved with the lawsuit.

According to the com-

plaint, AACC administrators refused to relieve Cerkovnik of his other duties when he was chosen to lead the National STEM Consortium— an alliance of 10 community colleges including AACC— despite a requirement connected to a federal grant the college receives.

Cerkovnik, the director of the Montgomery College STEM initiative, worked at AACC from 1989 until he quit in 2015.

Attorneys for Cerkovnik and AACC did not respond to Campus Current’s requests for comment.

Discrimination lawsuit may settle out of court Roxanne Ready Editor-in-Chief

A former AACC administrator may settle out of court in a discrimination lawsuit.

Photo by Daniel Salomon

Student athletes and fans sometimes use sports as a stress reliever or an escape from their daily worries.

Photo by Gerald M. Maravanyika

their bullet-resistant vests under their uniform shirts.

Officers are now able to remove the vest on hot days without having to take off their shirts first.

“In the summertime, if they’re writing a report and they want to cool down, they can take off the exterior [vest] without having to take everything off,” Kapfhammer said. “They can cool down, put it back on and go back into the field.”

The new uniforms took about a year to arrive because of high demand as more police departments ordered exterior vests.

The department paid for the new shirts with its yearly

Officer Duane Gottschalk says he likes the professional look of AACC’s new uniforms for special police.

Photo by Mary Kane uniform fund, which usually goes toward uniform replacements as old clothing wears out.

“It really didn’t cost the college anything, per se,” Kapfhammer said.

“All in all, it’s a way better uniform,” Gottschalk said. “I love it. We usually have pretty good equipment working at the college. We are very fortunate to have this stuff.”

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Part-time employees qualify for paid leave Continued from Page 1 ... and if they have to take off work when they are sick or have a doctor’s appointment and don’t get paid, that hurts them.”

Ann Valdez, a supervisor at the campus bookstore, said she is excited about the benefits of the new law.

The law applies to any Maryland company with 15 or more employees. While the law allows employers to limit paid sick leave only to part-

This fall, the math department will create a new course sequence.

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time employees who work 12 hours, AACC is awarding it to all part-time employees at a rate of one hour for every 30 hours worked.

Culinary student and part-time bookstore employee Myra Umberger said part-timers should be able to accrue sick leave faster.

Although the state has not issued final regulations, parttime employees in Maryland can already take sick leave.

AACC’s Executive Director of Finance Andrew Lit-

tle said until the state issues specific guidelines, student workers must submit a leave voucher to their supervisors to request sick leave.

Students who schedule surgery or know about illness-related absences in advance must submit a voucher to a supervisor a week in advance. Those who miss work for an unexpected illness will fill out the voucher immediately upon returning to work.

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“Once these changes roll out … students who place in a developmental math course [can complete] their program of study much quicker.”

AACC will offer two courses in the new fall 2018 course sequence.

Math 044, Precalculus Foundations, will be a five-credit, 15 week course, followed by Math 045, Introduction to Precalculus, which students can take as either a stand-alone eightweek course or a five-week course paired with Math 145, Precalculus 1.

by of a spa to “change people’s minds on what a cannabis dispensary would look like. … We want people to feel like family,” Toskov said.

“It was very well put together,” Chrostowski said while on a class trip to the dispensary. “Very warm and welcoming lobby.”

During the dispensary’s opening day, Toskov said she was overwhelmed by the number of people who thanked her for giving them a non-opiod option to manage their pain. Some even thanked her for saving their lives, she said. “People have been waiting a long time,” she said.

Ewart said his class isn’t just for students who want to work in the cannabis industry. His class looks at the emerging opportunities sur-

Lorena Umberger, an eighth-year visual arts student and part-time bookstore worker, will get paid leave.

Photo by Daniel Salomon Advisor, a scheduling and registration software, to prove that they have a sufficient balance of sick days to cover their leave.

School cancellations for bad weather do not count toward sick leave, and the college may require proof of illness or injury before paying part-time employees.

“The plan and our procedure are subject to change,” Little said. “We hope to automate it, but we have to wait for final regulations to come out before we can do that.”

He added: “We only have 30 days to implement this, and that is what is creating challenges.”

Dr. Mike Gavin, AACC’s vice president for learning, said at a September Board of Trustees Meeting that many students find pre-credit, developmental courses “unengaging and disconnected” from their educational goals.

These students are more likely to stick with a shorter, more intensive course than a longer program, he said.

At the same meeting, Liberal Arts Dean Alicia Morse, a math professor, said AACC’s math program, which includes accelerated classes, shows a much higher success

rate than the old program.

“I think it’s great that students won’t have to take unnecessary math classes,” Abbey Dinsmore, a first-year culinary arts student, said.

In addition to the math faculty’s creation of a thirdcourse sequence, AACC administrators said they are planning changes for English developmental courses, as well.

“The department is still working out the details,” English and Communications Department Chair Steve Canaday said.

Math department adds classes can take up to a year.

But starting in fall, students can start earning math credit after taking just one or two non-credit courses. If the Accuplacer test places a student into a non-credit course, that student will have to take only between two and seven equivalent credit-hours total before beginning to take credit classes. “[The changes] will not only save time but tuition money,” Dr. Amber Rust, the mathematics chair, said.

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rounding the cultivation and dispensing of the plant. He refers to it as the “green rush.”

“I compare it to the gold rush,” said Ewart. “The money that was made in the gold rush was not made by the people who found the nuggets; it was made by the people that sold the picks and

“Because of this class, there are businesses out there. That’s very powerful for me.”

—Professor Shad Ewart shovels. … Ironically, we are sitting here talking about Laura Toskov and she went for the gold nugget.”

Toskov is not the first of Ewart’s students to use what they learned to create a business, but, he said, his “students are mainly in the picks and shovels. Laura is kind of the unique one in that not

only did she apply for the license but her and Tony got the license, and that is a tremendous accomplishment.”

Ewart said he has seen a change in who enrolls in his class since it started.

He said his earliest students were “stoner boys,” but more of them now are older, primarily entrepreneurial students who see cannabis as the next economic opportunity. Toskov said she also noticed the change when she met Ewart’s students who visited the dispensary in February.

She said the students were from more diverse backgrounds than her classmates in 2015.

“To me this is true economic activity that has been generated because of this class,” said Ewart. “I’m as proud about this as anything I’ve ever done in education.

Anne Arundel County’s new medical cannabis dispensary, Green Point Wellness, sells hats, pens and T-shirts, as well as medical cannabis.

Photo by Raquel Hamner It seems to have had a true impact. … Because of this class there are businesses out there. That’s very powerful for me.”

Moving forward Ewart has plans to create a credit program at AACC for entry-level workers in the cannabis industry.

“There’s no reason why we can’t be the first college to do this,” said Ewart. “That’s my goal.”

Maryland residents and non-residents receiving medical treatment in state for cachexia, anorexia, wasting syndrome, severe pain, severe nausea, seizures, severe or persistent muscle spasms, glaucoma, post-traumatic stress disorder or chronic pain can register with the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission to start the process of receiving medical cannabis.

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Women’s History Month

AACC’s only female cop keeps campus secure Michael Garvey Newsroom Manager AACC’s only female police officer first heard the call to enter law enforcement while working in a nail salon.

“I was holding hands with women,” Officer Janene Kerpelman said. “That connection opens a lot of doors. You get to talk one-on-one with people ... and I found there was a big need for protection.”

Kerpelman, who started working at AACC as a public safety officer in 2011, was

among the first batch of recruits to be sent to the Anne Arundel County Police Academy and return as police officers in 2014.

“It was a big transition, because I had a lot more responsibility now as a certified police officer,” Kerpelman said. “I was given a great privilege to have gone through this for the college for the first time. It was a good feeling.”

“I think she’s great,” Sean Kapfhammer, AACC’s chief of police, said. “She adds a lot

to the department. She’s our community services officer, and she does a great job … keeping a good relationship with the campus community.”

Kerpelman is also AACC’s senior instructor for the Rape Aggression Defense self-defense program for women.

“When I came here and was introduced to the program, I knew right away that’s what I wanted to do, because I wanted more women to be able to defend themselves,” Kerpelman said. “It made me very happy.”

Ceramics show honors challenges of mothers Ashley Sokolowski Reporter

The Crowns traveling exhibit includes ceramic works celebrating and exploring motherhood. Pictured here is “Protector” by Janis Mars Wunderlich.

Photo by Daniel Salomon

A ceramic art exhibit about experiences in motherhood was on display on campus throughout February.

The Crowns traveling exhibit features eight ceramic artists. AACC’s Cade Gallery was the first on an eight-stop national tour. “[The show] is so beautiful and detailed,” Perry Shaugnessey, a second-year transfer studies student, said.

Teddy Johnson, the Cade

Women-to-men ratio is at 2:1 for faculty, staff Sarah Noble Social Media Manager When third-year entrepreneurship student Nyia Curtis walked into her first class at AACC in 2015, she recalls, she wasn’t excited for college. But that all changed when her professor, Carlene Cassidy, walked in the room.

“She was really enthusiastic, incredibly energetic and very engaging,” Curtis said.

Curtis said Cassidy made such an impact on her that she told her mother, “I think I like school again.”

AACC employs 367 female professors and 193 male professors—a ratio of nearly 2 to 1—according to Dan Baum, the director of public relations and marketing.

Dr. Dawn Lindsay, the college’s second female president since it opened in 1961, said she enjoys working with so many women.

“Women tend to be more collaborative, inclusive, [and] they are more likely to sit down and get to the heart of the problem,” she said.

Plus, she said, “We want the students to feel empowered and see themselves.”

Lindsay said AACC is bringing in the most qualified people, and not specifically hiring women in order to outnumber men.

“I think it’s phenomenal,” Curtis said. “It shows that AACC understands that anybody can be a leader, no matter what they look like.”

For the past 10 years,

Officer Janene Kerpelman, AACC’s only female police officer, says she became a cop to help women.

Photo by Daniel Salomon

AACC’s student body has included around 3,330 more women than men, according to registrar Nanci Beier.

All over campus, students have reported being inspired by female professors.

“Mary Ellen Cassebaum is literally my favorite teacher ever, period,” Nathan Ho, a second-year mathematics student, said.

Johna Anderson, a firstyear nursing student, said it’s “great” that AACC has so many women at the college.

“If people only see male professors, or female professors, then that may discourage someone from going into a field,” Anderson said.

Women also outnumber men on AACC’s non-faculty staff, which includes 388

Gallery director, said there was “specialness” in arranging a sculpture show.

“I just hope that people see that it should not be taboo to talk about the fact that being a parent is hard,” Jessica Gardner, who curated the exhibit and whose work was featured in the show, said. “I feel like if you are doing it right ... [it’s] nearly impossible.”

Gardner said many of the works on display represent the artists’ trials through motherhood.

Featured artist Janis Mars Wunderlich’s sculpture “Die Mutter/The Mother” represents a collision between real experience as a mother and mother figures in mythology.

“I enjoyed it; I liked all the pieces,” Tiffany Spencer, a special education and elementary education student, commented about the show.

Renee Spencer, Tiffany’s mother, said, “In each piece, I [could] feel what they were feeling, as a mom—how overwhelming it is.”

AACC employs twice as many women as men in faculty, administration and staff positions. Pictured here are some of AACC’s female administrators.

Photo by Raquel Hamner women and 237 men, according to Baum.

Vice President of Learning Resources Management Melissa Beardmore said that 11 years ago, Dr. Martha Smith—AACC’s president from 1994 to 2012 and the

college’s first female president—appointed her as vice president.

“I was really fortunate that a female role model took a chance on me, and here I am, 11 years later,” Beardmore said.

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Month-long activities commemorate women Roxanne Ready Editor-in-Chief AACC students and administrators have planned speeches, performances and art exhibits in honor of Women’s History Month in March.

Women’s Institute film series Women’s Institute events coordinator Carolin Woolson will show two films on campus during March about sexual violence.

While not officially part of AACC’s celebration of Women’s History Month— the institute shows a film series each semester—the institute is showing two of its three spring films in March.

The third will be in April.

The films—“Anita: Speaking Truth to Power,” “The Hunting Ground” and “The Invisible War”—all deal with “speaking the truth” about sexual violence, according to Woolson.

Woolson said the event honors the #MeToo movement, a national conversation happening across social and other media about sexual harassment and assault.

Art of Women exhibit AACC’s women art students and alumni will display their work in a variety of media in the Pascal Gallery from March 4-29.

Most artists will display from three to five works. Art department faculty members invited the artists in recognition of skillful work or work made using “interesting” or “strong” technique, according to art professor Dawn Bond, who is coordinating the exhibit.

‘Seen and Unseen: Sexual Harassment and Bystander Intervention’ A guest speaker from the Anne Arundel County YWCA will speak on March 7 about sexual harassment and how people can take action against it.

Dr. Takamitsu Ono, a sociology professor at AACC, said he organized the event in response to the #MeToo movement. He said he wants to “draw attention” to an issue that most people feel they must deal with privately.

“I strongly believe many AACC students have experienced [harassment] them-

selves or know [those] who have experienced it,” Ono said in an email to Campus Current. “This ... issue needs to be discussed publicly so that we can deal with this better.”

Sister Settings For the third year, AACC students will create artistic table settings to honor notable historic and mythical women.

Last year, place settings honored actress Mary Tyler Moore, poet Maya Angelou and the Greek mythological figure Medusa, among others.

Each place setting includes an abstract labia motif as something “specific to women,” according to Bond, the event’s coordinator.

“That doesn’t mean that transgender women … aren’t a part of that, too,” Bond said.

“The Dinner Party,” a 1979 art installation of 39 place settings by feminist artist Judy Chicago, inspired the project. The project traveled the world, and the Brooklyn Museum in New York hosts the work on a triangular table 48 feet long on each side.

Women’s History Women’s History Monthmonth Events Thurs. March 1

Film: “Anita: Speaking Truth to Power”

9:30-11 a.m. in HUM 111

March 4-29

Art of Women exhibit

Pascal Gallery

“Seen and Unseen: Sexual Harassment and Bystander Intervention” presentation

Wed. March 7 10-11 a.m. in CALT 100

March 22-30

“Sister Settings”

SUN Dining Hall reception: Wed. March 28 1-2 p.m.

and reception

Tues. March 20

Film: “The Hunting Ground”

12:30-1:45 p.m. FLRS 101

Tues. March 20

“Soapbox Sisters”

12:30-1:45 p.m. Cade 219

Podcaster Lina Misitzis presentation

Thurs. March 22 2- 3:30 p.m. in Cade 219

AACC is celebrating Women’s History Month with performances, art, speeches and films.

Graphic by Mary Kane Soapbox Sisters AACC students, faculty and staff will deliver speeches by historic women activists from around the world on March 22.

Past performances have included Maya Angelou’s poem “Phenomenal Woman,” Adrienne Rich’s 1977 speech “Claiming an Education” and a speech by 1992 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Rigoberta Menchu, among others.

Taylor Meyers, a freshman physical therapy student who is considering performing at the show, said he especially enjoys “The Bitch Manifesto” by Jo Freeman. “[I like] the fact that they take the word [b----] so

proudly, and they’re taking it into themselves and making it into something that they can be proud of,” Meyers said.

Podcaster Presentation Podcaster Lina Misitzis will speak on March 22 about her work on various projects, including as producer of “The Butterfly Effect,” a podcast about the consequences to society of free pornography.

“She’s definitely a storyteller,” said Bond. “[‘The Butterfly Effect’ is about] taboo kinds of subjects … but the storytelling is what’s really interesting, looking at how one thing affects another thing.”

Photo by Mary Kane

Photo by Raquel Hamner

Black History month

Black History Celebration performances and a mobile museum marked Black History Month at AACC in February.

Photo by Roxanne Ready

Photo by Daniel Salomon

Photo by Raquel Hamner

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Survey reveals racism, prejudice in workplace Sarah Noble Social Media Manager More than half of AACC’s faculty said in a survey they have experienced or witnessed subtle acts of racism on campus.

In the 2016 survey, 58 percent of faculty and 43 percent of staff said they had experienced or observed some form of microaggression on campus.

AACC’s Chief Diversity Officer Deidra Dennie defined microaggression as “subtle but offensive comment[s] or action[s]” that enforce a stereotype about a minority or “non-dominant” group, like women.

AACC’s previous diversity officer, James Felton, conducted the survey, and Dennie presented the results at a faculty and staff meeting in December.

“I personally experienced bias when I told someone I’m Jewish, to which she im-

mediately replied, ‘but [last name] isn’t a Jewish name, and you don’t look Jewish,’” one faculty member wrote anonymously in the survey.

The same respondent also wrote about overhearing someone telling a Hispanic coworker he “wasn’t really Hispanic because he wasn’t brown enough.”

Unlike deliberate racism, those who make subtle comments like these may not know they are being offensive, Dennie said at the meeting.

“When people [make these comments], it’s not with the intent of hatred or racism,” said James Holt, a second-year liberal arts student.

“The lesson for everyone is not to stereotype; it’s not to judge a person by their book cover; it’s to understand them and learn,” he said.

But some of the survey respondents said they felt the microaggressions were no

less deliberate just because they were subtle.

“I have consistently and regularly experienced this … in addition to blatant racism,” an anonymous survey respondent wrote.

“There is a clique of people who have always been given preferred treatment. … They will shut you down in meetings, ignore emails and not even exercise general professional exchanges in passing.”

Another said some coworkers treat minorities as if they are underqualified and only hired to make the college seem more diverse.

“The college does not make you feel comfortable expressing ethnic or cultural identity,” the survey respondent wrote.

“It is not often a direct ‘insult,’ but an environment. … It is apparent when people look past you and do not speak, walk into an area where you are present and

Survey Results:

Have you ever experienced or witnessed microaggression on campus?

57% NO

43% YES

Staff

42% NO

58% YES

Faculty

A survey of campus faculty and staff reveals subtle acts of microaggression are common on campus.

Graphic by Mary Kane ignore you—feeling like you cannot be seen.”

In an informal Campus Current survey of 15 minority students across campus in February, all who took the poll said they never experienced or witnessed any kind of microaggression on AACC’s campus.

“I’m very glad this doesn’t happen [to students] at AACC,” first-year nursing student Johna Anderson said. “I can walk around and

I feel comfortable, and I’m not alone.”

Anderson, a former student at West Chester University, said she dealt with microaggressions on a regular basis but not at AACC. “At West Chester, people would tell me I was pretty ‘for my complexion,’” Anderson, who is black, said.

Dennie said administrators plan to conduct a largescale survey of AACC students soon.

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Lone faculty member leads gender studies Roxanne Ready Editor-in-Chief

Fun and Games

One program on campus has only one full-time faculty member, but its courses span multiple disciplines.

Gender and Sexuality Studies is housed in the Humanities building, but it does not report to any one department.

Dr. Heather Rellihan, the program’s coordinator, said she prefers it that way.

Rellihan said the administrative work of being the program’s only full-time faculty member is a “legitimate challenge.” But, she said, being under a specific department might narrow the program’s reach and focus.

“I’m a big fan of interdisciplinary education because I like the idea that students can learn from a variety of different perspectives,” Rellihan said. “[And] it’s exciting for me because I get to

talk to lots of different kinds of students.”

Of the 17 Gender and Sexuality Studies courses offered in the spring 2018 credit catalog, only Introduction to Women’s Studies was not cross-listed under at least one other department.

For example, the catalog lists Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transexual Studies under Gender and Sexuality Studies, American Studies and Sociology.

“I never thought of [Gender and Sexuality Studies] as being so interdisciplinary,” Casey Fegley, a sociology student who is also pursuing a certificate in Gender and Sexuality Studies, said.

“There’s a lot of different areas that you can learn about within gender studies that you can take elsewhere.”

Prnaya Green, a firstyear Gender and Sexuality Studies student, said she wants to be a history teacher.

She said she wants to create curricula that are intersectional, meaning they will cover a variety of racial and gender perspectives. “[Intro to Women’s Studies] is very eye opening,” Green said. “I love that it is intersectional, so it is applying to my other classes as well. …

We don’t just talk about white women or straight women; we talk about women of all colors and different sexualities and [about] prejudices that affect … other marginalized groups.”

Some professors who teach courses in the program do so in addition to a full load of five classes in their own departments, while others teach it as part of their regular course loads, said Rellihan.

Suzanne Spoor, a professor in the English department, has taught Images of Women alongside four English classes each semester for more than 10 years.

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Dr. Heather Rellihan poses in front of a gender studies-themed bookcase outside of her office.

Photo by Roxanne Ready “I love it,” Spoor said.

“It’s my passion, [so] it’s never boring.”

Rellihan teaches two courses, Introduction to Women’s Studies and Gender and Mass Media. Although many students take the classes to satisfy AACC’s diversity requirement for graduation, Rellihan said her students are often excited about the classes.

“The issues that we talk about are things that [students] have been dealing with in their personal lives,” she said. “[The class] gives them a way to make sense of the things that are going on in their lives.”

Dr. Shirley Parry, an AACC English professor emeritus, started the program at AACC in fall 1997 under the name “Women’s Studies.”

In 2006, Rellihan took over the program, renaming it to Gender and Sexuality Studies in fall 2009 to better reflect the broad topics covered, including both LGBTQ and masculinity studies.

AACC students can earn a Liberal Arts associate degree with a concentration in Gender and Sexuality Studies. They can also earn a letter of recognition from the department for taking three classes in the field, or a certificate for taking five.

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Campus women: Stock lavs with free tampons Sarah Noble Social Media Manager

feminine hygiene products.

But some AACC women, like student trustee Nyia Curtis, a third-year entrepreneurial student, said free tampons should be available in women’s rooms.

“I feel like, even though they are 25 cents, when you are going through an emergency … the last thing you think about is having a quarter,” she said.

“It’s one of those everyday things that I think should be free, like soap,” Curtis said.

“You need it just as much as soap; so, why not make it free? People need soap; women need tampons.”

On a few tampon dispensers around campus, women have scribbled mes-

writing on the dispensers,” said first-year history major Kimberly Lewis. “I definiteAlmost every woman can ly think the girls writing on remember a time when her the machines have a point, period showed up unexpectbut I wouldn’t go so far as edly. For first-year nursing to [write] graffiti on a school student Johna Anderson, that machine.” occasion was unforgettable.

As for free tampons, Anderson was minutes Lewis said, “Female students away from performing in should be responsible for her high school’s final dance themselves.” show. She was stressed, Although the Health Cenknowing that the next few ter offers menstrual products minutes were crucial for her for free at a Self-Care Stateam’s performance. Then tion, Curtis suggested that it she went backstage to fix her should place them outside of costume and realized her peits door next to the supply of riod had started. free condoms it offers.

“There was no [tampon] Carol Jacobson, a tobacdispenser in the bathroom co treatment specialist who and I didn’t have any change works in the Health Center, said some women who walk with me,” she said. “I was 15.

I was so eminto the center barrassed.” seeking menLike Anstrual products derson, many are embarwomen strugrassed to ask for gle to find femthem, especially inine hygiene when a male is products when working at the their periods front desk. show up unexSo Health pectedly.

Center staff In fact, a place them in survey by Free a self-care stathe Tampons, tion inside the an education nurse’s office in and advocacy SUN Room 120 organization, so “they can just showed 86 per- Women at AACC deface tampon dispensers, degrab what they cent of wom- manding cheaper prices. want and go,” en have been Photo by Sarah Noble Jacobson said. caught without Women can the supplies they need. sages like, “These should be take the tampons they need Across campus, coin-op- free”; “College should have for the day and leave, or they erated tampon and sanitary this for free”; and, “Why are can use the private bathroom napkin dispensers are in ev- these taxed?” in the Health Center. ery women’s bathroom. And Maryland stopped taxing Some students said those the campus Health Center in tampons in 2017. resources are not enough. the SUN building stocks free “I’ve definitely seen the “If I’m in class and I

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Women across college campuses say tampons and menstrual products should be free.

Photo by Sarah Noble leave to use the restroom, and suddenly I get my period, what do I do?” said firstyear education student Kelly Savage.

Savage argued that most women don’t carry quarters, so a free supply in restrooms across campus would solve a common problem.

“Every girl has the same story of that time they were trapped in the restroom without having any [change] on them,” Savage said.

Still, not every woman student at AACC supports free tampons in campus bathrooms.

“As nice as it sounds, I don’t think it’s a good idea,” said Rachel King, a first-year mechanical engineering student. “I can see a lot of girls taking advantage of it and shoving a bunch in their purse.”

She added: “They are really expensive. It would be nice to have them be free,

but by the time you’d get in there, they'd all be gone.”

Within the past year, dozens of women petitioned for free tampons on college campuses across the country.

Brown University kickstarted the movement when Viet Nguyen, the school’s undergraduate student body president, started stocking the school’s bathrooms with tampons and pads.

Divacup.com, a website that sells menstrual cups, says the average woman uses 240 tampons a year and 9,600 over a lifetime—at a cost of about $3,831.

“That’s money I could invest into my photography business,” Curtis said.

“That’s money I could invest into my education, money I could’ve invested into taking care of my family. I feel like there are an infinite amount of things I could do with that money.”

the loop on campus, and we’re there cheering them on—that’s always fun,” SEA adviser and education professor Courtney Sabol said.

The event will take place on April 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Every October, SEA helps the Child Development Center with a scarecrow crafting event called “Adopt-a-Scarecrow.” AACC students help the kids build scarecrows, and then the CDC sells the scarecrows to raise money

for the food pantry.

“I work at the CDC and it would be impossible to do [Adopt-a-Scarecrow] without volunteers,” Hanna Wood, SEA treasurer and second-year secondary education student, said. “The kids always look forward to it.

“I like being part of the SEA and encouraging others to join the club,” Tiffany Anderson, an eighth-year education major, said. “I also like helping people outside of the group as well.”

Education club pitches in at child dev. center Daniel Salomon Digital Editor

Wendy Milasi, a teacher at AACC’s Child Development Center, works with children. The Student Education Association also works with the CDC children.

Photo by Raquel Hamner

Members of the Student Education Association, a campus club, spend time playing and working with the kids at AACC’s Child Development Center.

This spring, SEA will host a children’s tricycle race called the “Trike-a-thon” to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

“The kids from the CDC ride their little bikes around

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‘Tiny house’ will show off AACC student talent Alexandra Radovic Associate Editor

Students in AACC’s Architecture and Interior Design Department plan to build a tiny house to take to events in Annapolis.

Tiny homes are usually between 100 and 400 square feet, according Realtor.com.

During the financial crisis of 2007 to 2008, thousands of foreclosure victims moved into tiny homes as a form of affordable living. The homes became a widespread trend in architecture, and people started building them to promote simplistic living and help the environment.

AACC’s “The Hub” will be 7 feet by 14 feet, and will either use solar panels as

a power source or have no electricity. It will function as a small show room, storage unit and parade float.

Fourth-year interior design student Kaila Brown said she hopes “The Hub” can help students get experience ouside the classroom, and that she thinks it will “prepare us for the future.”

Michael Ryan, the chair of the Architecture and Interior Design Department, said the department plans to take the tiny house to events at the Annapolis Design District, a nonprofit organization that hosts many such events for community members.

“When people come to shop or do business, we want them to be aware that people who work in architecture or

interior design might have been educated at AACC,” said Janet Haddock, the chair of the Annapolis Design District streetscape beautification committee.

Haddock said she is surprised when people at district events have never heard of AACC’s architecture or interior design programs.

“The Hub” will not have plumbing, and donations will fund its construction.

“We will only buy what we are forced to buy,” said Haddock.

Although the design process hasn’t started, Haddock said she imagines “The Hub” as “unique, appealing and maybe even futuristic.”

Once the department develops a more detailed list of

Students who enroll in AACC’s casino dealer program can win scholarships of almost $1,000.

The Dealer School, which falls under AACC’s Hotel, Culinary Arts and Tourism Institute, gives students 16 years or older training and certification to work at Maryland casinos.

Students new to the Dealer School can apply for the $871 Live! Casino & Hotel Scholarship. It will pay for two of the three classes needed to become certified

Peers teach STEM, earn money, find fulfillment Alexandra Radovic Associate Editor Students in STEM—science, technology, engineering and math—can get training this semester to lead peer study groups and activities.

Students who earn an A or B in a STEM course are eligible to become paid supplemental instructors for students taking that course, leading study groups and

planning activities designed to engage students in the course material.

According to Jose Barata, coordinator of STEM initiatives at AACC’s School of Science and Technology, “Teaching someone increases your retention of the material by 95 percent.”

He also reported that people who attend supplemental instructor-led study groups earn half a letter grade

criteria, any student in Architecture, Interior Design and Construction Management can enter a design contest.

The winning student will receive a cash prize and then partner with an architect, draftsman or builder to develop the design. The department has not determined ex-

act dates, but Haddock said she hopes it will be before the semester’s end.

“The idea [of a tiny house] is really innovative,” second-year photo-editing student Christopher Barazotto said. “I didn’t even know we had an interior design program.”

at Maryland Live Casino: Blackjack Dealer and Carnival Games Dealer.

The scholarship does not cover supplies, including a dealer kit from the campus bookstore for $100. Students must also choose and pay for a third class to be able to work at a casino.

To apply for the scholarship, students must attend an information meeting to take a customer service quiz and a nine-question basic math test.

Rashanda Johnson, a Games 300 student, said she didn’t know about the scholarship because it is not men-

tioned in the catalog.

“On the website there is [mention of it], but not in the [catalog],” Johnson said.

Joseph William-Overton said he heard about the scholarship from a friend who received it.

AACC partnered with the Live Casino & Hotel to offer the scholarship.

“The scholarship will be open for students as long as we get funds for it,” said Jo Baughan, the program’s coordinator.

To register for an information meeting, students can search “Casino Dealer School” at aacc.edu.

Casino dealer program ‘all in’ with free tuition Raquel Hamner Photography Editor

Mohammad Zaidi (left), Taylor Williams (center-left), Joseph Williams-Overton (center-right) and Tanjanigua Swindell practice running games with each other in the Act 1 Blackjack Dealer class, Games 300.

Photo by Raquel Hamner

AACC students will design and build a tiny house— possibly similar to these in Hatteras, N.C.—to promote the college’s Architecture and Interior Design Department.

Photo courtesy of Flickr user Bill Dickinson

more than those who don’t.

One week during fall semester, more than 1,000 students came to a supplemental instructor for help, he said.

Olumide Fagboyegun, a second-year biochemistry and molecular biology student, said his favorite part of the job is the “spark of realization on students’ faces when the concepts of a topic fall together perfectly.”

Student instructors earn

Second-year students Jessica Strauss (left) and Hannah Peterson work on their math homework in a study group.

Photo by Mary Kane $12 an hour and devote eight to nine hours a week, including three hours of sitting in on lectures, one to two hours for prep time, three hours for running study groups and one to two hours of training

in the program per week.

“Helping a student realize their full potential is beyond rewarding,” supplemental instructor and firstyear transfer studies student Megan Anderson said.

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Women finish regular season with just 7 wins Vincent Moreland Sports Editor

coach again next season.

“I enjoyed the whole season and the group of ladies AACC Women’s Basket- and my coaching staff [and] ball had a rough end to the the different personalities regular season, finishing with that formed in a short period 10 straight defeats and a 7-14 of time to form the team that record. we developed into,” Makell Last year’s team finished said. with a 5-19 record.

Makell said his coaching Early on it looked like staff is actively recruiting Women’s Basketball was go- players to join the basketball ing to finish with a positive team next year. record but the team strugSecond-year center Caigled in the second part of the lin Jones said “it’s been a season after a stronger 7-4 pleasure” playing basketball first half. for AACC for two years.

Head coach Lionel Ma“Some things we could kell weighed in on the team’s have worked on is communistruggles. cation, carrying over our vi“Some of the things that tality from practice to games we could have done better and endurance training,” is be more aggressive on de- Jones said. fense and work harder on our “We sort of struggled press breaker,” Makell said. with identifying our core “[We also need to work strengths and weaknesses as on] our leadership and get- a unit.” ting more vocal on the court.”

Despite the struggles, Makell said he bonded the team had some positives with his team a lot this year during the season. and intends to be the head “We formed a bond that

makes us more than teammates, but a family,” Jones said.

“Our hustle was impeccable and our defense really improved. We definitely set a standard for the teams that will follow us.”

Jones’ favorite part of the season was when Makell’s mother brought in deviled eggs and fried chicken.

First-year guard Hannah Lieb, who averaged eight points and seven rebounds, played well this season.

“We could have worked on our defense and offense a little more,” Lieb said.

“Some of the struggles we had was we got tired very fast and we didn’t have many subs. I loved playing with the girls and my favorite part was when we won our first game.”

At press time, Women’s Basketball was headed for a regional tournament at Westmoreland College in Pennsylvania.

Women’s Basketball players practice for a game together before the season ends.

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Men’s Bball scores low throughout fall season Vincent Moreland Sports Editor AACC Men’s Basketball finished the season in February with a record of 2-21.  They lost their first five games, won their next two, and lost 16 in a row to finish the season. Last year, the team was 6-15. With only two returning players, coach Joe Snowden had a handful of young athletes this season.  “We lost games due to the team being young and not experienced in league play, but they learned a great deal and we’re looking forward for next year,�

Snowden said. Specifically, the coach said, “The team could have worked on team play and team defense. We played very hard every game but needed to play harder on the defensive end. ... We took a long period to come back together after our early victo-

ries against good teams.� Snowden said he intends to coach until he is “old and gray.� “I will recruit my butt off like I do every year,�

Snowden said. “If I can get eight more players for next year that can do college work and enjoy the college way, yes our bench will be deeper and better.� Guard Terry Kenner put up good numbers this year.

Kenner started every game and averaged 18 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists.

He made 46.7 percent of his shots, including 38.5 percent of them from the three-point line. Kenner also made 75.6 percent of his free throws. “I think I did good,�

Kenner said. “The team was good but we just have to play harder and compete. From the first game to the last game we grew together. I’ll be back next year.� Kenner said he saw himself as a leader this year, and

his main goal for next year is to be more of a leader with the departures of second-year students Miles Dobson and Damir Mahmutagic. “I’m looking forward to playing next year,â€? Kenner said. “I’m grateful that I can play basketball. I want to increase the win total next year. We just have to move forward from this.â€? Guard Mahmutagic put up stellar numbers as well this year. He averaged 9.4 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists. Mahmutagic was a captain this year. “As a whole, we needed to play 40 minutes instead of 35,â€? Mahmutagic said. “The crunch time is the last five minutes. That’s where things get difficult and that’s when we have to stay together the most out of the entire game.

That’s where we lacked.� Mahmutagic said he and his former teammates have some good memories from the season, including a mo-

First-year forward Jacoby Rojas passes the ball to a teammate in a game against Community College of Baltimore County Dundalk.

Photo by Roxanne Ready ment with Snowden. “The funniest moment was when coach Joe fell on the floor trying to sit in his seat during a game,� Mahmutagic said. “I thought he had a heart attack or something. He started laughing. We had plenty of

good road trips, and we got together and told jokes.� Mahmutagic’s ideal goal is to play basketball at a hitorically black college.  “I have some improvements to make during the offseason,� Mahmutagic said. “I have a lot of work to do.�

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Women’s Softball at Hagerstown Community College at Hagerstown Community College at CC of Allegheny County-South at CC of Allegheny County-South Montgomery College (MD) Montgomery College (MD) Sussex County Community College Sussex County Community College at Allegany College of Maryland at Allegany College of Maryland CCBC Catonsville CCBC Catonsville Cecil College Cecil College at Brookdale Community College at Brookdale Community College Erie Community College Erie Community College Garrett College Garrett College Niagara County Community College Niagara County Community College

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For scores and more information go to aaccathletics.com

Riverhawk Report A Campus Current Podcast

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SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION (SI)

What is Supplemental Instruction (SI)?

An internationally recognized program that improves student success in targeted courses.

HOW DOES SI WORK? A student who excelled in one of the designated courses is recruited to be a peer student leader for study sessions outside of class. At SI sessions, students review notes, discuss questions, apply concepts, learn study skills and more. If your course offers SI, it will be announced the first day of class.

Students who attend SI sessions consistently do better than those who do not.

Learn how to learn; be a student superstar!

BECOMING AN SI LEADER SI leaders are paid to attend lectures, prepare session plans, direct sessions, meet with the targeted course faculty member, attend trainings and keep attendance. Effective leaders are mature, communicate clearly and demonstrate strong subject knowledge. SI leaders need a faculty recommendation, must complete an application and attend an interview.

SI leaders are needed for next fall. APPLY NOW. Help fellow students to be more successful!

Visit us at www.aacc.edu and select the School of Science and Technology to learn more about SI sessions or how to become an SI leader; and call JosĂŠ Barata, STEM Initiatives, at 410-777-2376.