Visiting photographer inspires students to test the waters
Brianna Burnett spoke to AC faculty and students April 3 on photography, tintypes and more.
Month: April 2014
STC works out kinks
Nine weeks into the semester, it appears Amarillo College’s latest endeavor, the Science Testing Center, finally has worked out all the kinks.
Students who have managed to avoid Warren Hall and all things science may be unaware of what the Science Testing Center is and how dysfunctional it was when it opened.
Sarah Harrison: ‘the epitome of persistence’
As a child, Sarah Harrison loved to dance.
She was a normal little girl with lots of energy. Growing up in a charismatic church, one of Harrison’s favorite things to do was dance in worship.
Like most children, she enjoyed being active and participating in sports such as swimming and basketball.
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Biology instructor receives faculty award
Dalila Paredes has received an award for excellence in student completion for her foundational work to integrate the Science Enrichment Center with science courses and faculty.
Paredes, a biology instructor and the full-time supervisor of the SEC, is one of six faculty members who received an inaugural Faculty Excellence Award presented last August.
Each award was accompanied by a $500 stipend.
Money Talk Monday: What affects my credit?
Deb Avara helps you decipher credit in the latest Money Talk Monday.
‘Love’: endlessly boring, disappointing, immature
Endless Love, a movie starring Gabriella Wilde as Jade and Alex Pettyfer as David, tells the story of two teenagers who fall in love after high school graduation and are determined to be together despite the wishes of Jade’s father, Hugh, played by Bruce Greenwood. Read what a Ranger reporter thought after watching it.
‘Ocean’ mixes childhood memories, terror in slim package
After eight years between adult novels, Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane has been much anticipated by his fans. The long-awaited book is slim, but what it lacks in length it makes up for in its dark whimsy.
The novel begins when the narrator, who never is named, returns to his home to give a eulogy and ends up passing time by literally wandering down memory lane.
Adapting over time
There are not many secrets left at Amarillo College. However, the AC theater department costume house is a lesser-known oddity at the school.
AC has had a theater program since 1973, but students did not always have a formal place to build and store their costumes.
“When I was a student from ’88 to ’90, there was not a place to construct, clean or build. We just didn’t have any place to go,” said Ray Newburg, a theater arts assistant professor.