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Refrigerated vending dispenses fresh food Dan Elson Editor-in-Chief
Farmer's Fridge will debut two refrigerated vending machines on the Arnold campus this month. Photo courtesy of Farmer's Fridge
Farmer’s Fridge, a company that installs refrigerated vending machines, will add two fresh-food kiosks on the Arnold campus in April. The vending machine-
style dispensers will contain fresh salads, wrap sandwiches and healthy snacks on the second floor of the Health and Life Sciences and Careers buildings, according to Event Services Manager Peter Kaiser. “I think it's a great idea,” first-year sonography stu-
ing of opportunity and we’re not masking as a mandate, but we can’t do a face-to-face graduation ceremony for you,'” Lindsay said. The college will lift its mask mandate for campuses on May 19. "There is something to the pomp and circumstance
For the first time since 2019, AACC will hold an in-person graduation ceremony next month. Photo by Brandon Hamilton
May graduation to be in person once again Zack Buster Associate Editor Jenna Lagoey Reporter
AACC will hold its graduation face-to-face on May 26 for the first time since 2019. President Dawn Lindsay made the announcement at the college’s Board of Trustees meeting on March 8, two
weeks after saying graduation would take the form of a “carmencement” as it has for the past two years. During carmencement, graduating students drove around Ring Road while faculty and parents cheered them on from the sidewalks. “I couldn’t look a student in the eye and say, 'You know, we’re doing all this restrict-
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AACC to discontinue mandate on May 19 Zack Buster Associate Editor
Business professor Stephanie Goldenberg and Antonia Seren-Rosso a fourth-year small business administration student, wear masks in the Hatchery before a class. Photo by Zack Buster
dent Victoria Church said. “And I'm all for trying new things. So if they want to bring on [more food choices], I say go for it.” The kiosks join the campus’s three restaurants: Chick-fil-A, Hawk’s Nest Grill
AACC will continue to require students and employees to wear masks inside of campus buildings until May 19. However, the college on March 9 ended its requirement for those who come to campus to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccine or a negative weekly COVID-19 test. “Anne Arundel Coun-
ty is no longer considered a high or substantial risk for COVID-19,” Lindsay said in an email to the campus community. “We continue to strongly encourage vaccinations and boosters as an added safeguard for individuals and our community.” The announcement came a few days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention overrrode its previous recommendation that everyone wear a mask indoors.
The CDC announced in March that people in lowrisk areas, like Anne Arundel County, do not need to wear masks. College officials have said in the past they would base their decisions about masking and vaccination requirements on CDC guidelines. CDC's latest recommendation is that “people should stay up to date with their vaccines Continued on page 3