The Arapahoe Pinnacle

Student Op-Ed: A Chance at Life

August 31, 2020

“I know what it is to want to die” and Elizabeth Brico had died. In fact, she had overdosed on heroin nine times; she is alive and sober today to tell her story of how Narcan was able to h...

Don’t Call Essential Workers Heroes – Have Empathy Instead

May 4, 2020

In the article “Social Distancing is a Privilege” by Charles M. Blow, Blow makes the point that, despite how the spread of COVID-19 is being portrayed...

Modifying Language Use in the Healthcare System

Alicia Trujillo-Stryzak, Contributing Writer

May 4, 2020

Throughout the Vice article “Doctors Privately Use Cruel Words to Describe Their Patients”, Michael Zirulnik and Jonathan Cartsonis explain how the...

Colorado Community Colleges Rise in Challenging Times

Joe Garcia

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Joe Garcia, Contributing writer

April 28, 2020

Have any of us ever seen anything like this before? Shuttered and locked businesses. Stay-at-home orders. School-aged children underfoot as we struggle...

A white paper hung up at grocery store on March 27, 2020. It is posted in the paper isle limiting households of only two paper products.

The Importance of Retail Workers-#COVIDDiariesOfACC

April 22, 2020

How have students at Arapahoe Community College felt since the strong changes brought on by COVID-19? #COVIDDiariesOfACC is a mini-series composed of non-fiction...

Article on a phone about the coronavirus in Colorado from the Denver Post on April 1, 2020.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly-#COVIDDiariesOfACC

April 21, 2020

How have students at Arapahoe Community College felt since the strong changes brought on by COVID-19? #COVIDDiariesOfACC is a mini-series composed of non-fiction...

Super Tuesday is Here

March 4, 2020

On Mar. 3 2020, 14 states and one territory held their primary elections. The stakes were high for the Democratic candidates, as an abundance of delegates...

Learning A Lesson – Was Impeachment Meaningless?

February 25, 2020

It likely came as no surprise to politically savvy news readers that the Senate voted to acquit Donald J. Trump in the impeachment vote. While Senator Mi...

The Final Moments of the 2010’s

Kaleigh Weigum, Reporter

December 10, 2019

Not only is it the end of a year this month, but it’s also the end of a decade. After ten long years, we can say goodbye to the 2010’s and hello to ...

A House Divided – Finding Unity in Left and Right

Lucas Miller, Reporter

November 30, 2019

Politics. It’s the topic that’s on every American’s mind these days, but also the one topic no one wants to discuss publicly. Michael Lenz, a professor...

Hand tossing an NCAA basketball into the air at an outside court. Image via Dan Carlson, Unsplash.

Which NCAA College Basketball Player will Benefit Most off New Payment Rule?

November 21, 2019

Last month, the NCAA officially granted over 1000 of their colleges the ability to have their student-athletes be paid off their likeness- allowing studen...

Productive Podcast of the Week: Aufhebunga Bunga

Jaymes Grundmann, Editor-In-Chief

November 17, 2019

This weeks' Productive Podcast of the Week is one of the most informative and perspective broadening shows out there, the global politics podcast, Aufh...