DONATE: Bloodmobile on campus Monday and Tuesday

The Coffee Memorial Bloodmobile will be accepting donations at the Clock Tower on the Washington Street Campus today until 3 p.m. and Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Coffee Memorial Blood Center provides blood products and transfusion to patients in dire need of blood. These are actions that can save many lives and something that connects people who have never met.

MCC students lounge, learn

Construction on the Amarillo College Moore County Campus in Dumas has been completed, and the Career and Technical Training Center building and the Student Activity Center are up and ready for the semester.

The Career and Technical Training Center building, located at Highway 287 and Success Boulevard, has 30,000 square feet of classrooms, labs and shops

BREAKING: Man transported from AC to local hospital

February 24, 2014 Amanda Castro-Crist - Editor 0

A man was transported to a local hospital after suffering a seizure on the Washington Street Campus Monday, Amarillo College Police Department Officer David Pearson said.

Windy Peyton said her husband, Austin Peyton, 31, was transported to Northwest Texas Hospital after the seizure. Pearson said he was in stable condition.

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BSM hosts Valentine’s Day event

Members of the Amarillo College Baptist Student Ministry group aren’t always looking to preach, convert, or study. On Feb. 13, they hosted an open Valentine’s event for AC students who may not have gone otherwise. The event is a spin-off of the West Texas A&M Valentine’s Day event.

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Money Talk Monday: Investing is no simple task

February 24, 2014 Debra Avara 0

Can you explain investing and the stock market like I’m five? Or at least like I’m a new college student?

Wow – that is a loaded question. And the simple answer is no.

Investing in the stock market is not something to be done lightly. You must start by learning.

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Badgers get busy on campus: ‘It’s pretty great’

February 19, 2014 Kayt Huerta - Ranger Reporter 0

Everyone knows the clichéd struggling college student, scraping money to get by, but Amarillo College has many opportunities for students to work on campus to make their already busy lives a little easier.

Leah Foster, a social work major, works as a student assistant to Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart. This is Foster’s second semester at AC, and she has worked for Lowery-Hart since the beginning of her first semester.

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N-sanity challenges most capable in fitness

February 18, 2014 Bailie Myers - Online Editor 0

Dozens of fitness classes can be found at the Carter Fitness Center on the Amarillo College Washington Street Campus. N-Sanity is one that many say is not quite like the others.

“Even the most fit people are going to pause,” said Trent Oneal, a physical education instructor. “I’ve seen fit people go and throw up on the first day.”

Power across the Panhandle: FM90 reaches out

February 18, 2014 Robert Gauna - Photographer 0

One-hundred-thousand-watts of commercial free power: that is what KACV-FM uses to reach out to listeners to inform them of upcoming events taking place at Amarillo College.

With that much power pumping through the Panhandle, FM90 is able to reach not only the ears of Amarillo students, but those on the campuses in Dumas and Hereford.