Category: Events
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Career Exploration – ACC Job Fair
Story By – Delondra DeFreeze The Austin Community College Job Fair & Career Exploration Event this Spring was a success. Students from across all 11 campuses came together at the Highland campus in search of opportunities. Career Services hosted the event and brought together businesses like IBM and Amazon in the ACCelerator. It wasn’t hard…
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Film Review: “Greener Grass” SXSW 2019 Premiere
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Review & Photo by Taylor Kokas Haven written and starred in the short film of the same name that premiered at SXSW 2016, Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe are back in 2019 as writer/director duo and once again stars of their debut feature film, Greener Grass. An absurd satire about life in suburbia where people…
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Break Not for SXSW
Written by Nathaniel Torres With the temperatures this week you’d never be able to tell but spring is coming! Bright, warm sun with just the slightest cool breeze is going to make for that beautiful, albeit short-lived Texas spring. We already had that spring fakeout week where even the foliage was fooled and started to…
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Student of the Year: Amber Rodriguez
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Starting Classes “I recommend bringing a planner or creating some type of schedule. It could be as simple as writing down your class schedule for a week and whatever you work. For me, I have to have hours down in the day like ‘what am I doing this hour?’ It helps remind myself that…
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Animation Biz
Written and Filmed by Nathaniel Torres[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] These days access to our favorite shows is easier than ever. With a few clicks or taps you can open your preferred streaming service to binge your favorite shows. Some may remember the days of on demand shows, back when DVR was spelled VCR. In order to find out…
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Transtastic
Written and Edited by Halie Davis Filmed by Taylor Kokas [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Blue, pink and white flags were printed on posters that hung up around various campuses this past spring. These colors sandwiched together, horizontally are the Transgender flag. Text on the posters promoted the premiere of a student-made documentary, Transtastic, supported by an LGBTQ resource…
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Riverbat Ambassador of the Year
Student Life as an Ambassador “People peep their heads in but won’t come in, so that’s one of the things I’m still trying to make happen, having more people in the office. We have game days and food so it’s welcoming for everybody. Sometimes we have this cart that we go around with food and…
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5 Things to do during PRIDE Month
The Stonewall riots occurred on June June 28, 1969 in New York City. This night at the Stonewall Inn a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations erupted by members of the LGBT community against a police raid. These acts are known to have sparked the Gay revolution. Show off that special PRIDE this month! Drag Queen Bingo: Pride Edition…
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ACC Jazz Ensemble Performs for Draylen Mason
Written by Tracy Fuller The annual Texas Community Music Festival kicked off in Austin this past April at Central Market North. This festival has become a set tradition for the residents of the area. Each day of the festival, there are different sets of musical performances. Anything ranging from full-sized orchestras to Scottish pipe and…
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SXSW Film Review: Family
Written by Tracy Fuller SXSW is one of the premier spots to showcase a new film coming to the big screen in North America. With this year’s festival having a record number of films premiering, there was a considerable buzz generating around Laura Steinel’s Family. Family is a comedy-drama that focuses on a young teenager,…