Last Tuesday, student voters at American River College (ARC), Sacramento’s largest community college, threw out the homophobic, right-wing student council and elected an almost full slate of progressives from “ARC Students for Change.”

There is an active Campus Progress chapter at ARC that has been heavily involved in all the recent fights against this conservative force.  Since taking office last October, ARC Students for Liberty, headed by anti-gay activist Yuriy Popko, have:

• Released a student government resolution in favor of California’s Proposition 8
• Opposed the national Day of Silence, a day meant to highlight anti-gay bullying and discrimination
• Refused to fund Earth Day celebrations and an annual multicultural-night event
• Attempted to cancel a campus-wide punk concert because they believe the music promotes “immoral behavior”
• Slashed funding for the Inter-Club Council where all student groups get their money
• And much much more.

Congrats to ARC Students for Change, and many thanks to Brad Cleveland and everyone at the Campus Progress chapter for all their hard work.

The fight isn’t quite over yet – Popko is not conceding and claims that the election was in violation of some campus guidelines.

However, as you can tell from the photo below, the Campus administration has already posted the results as final. (Click photo to enlarge.)