Jazmine B Heard

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How Can Anything Change After Ferguson?

Police brutality isn’t going to change until we do. As the college students and young adults who are supposed to be leading the way for future generations, for our future, how can we possibly even begin to reform laws when we are all so busy battling each others likes on Instagram and trying to afford the rising cost of a...

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SMC: Great to live there, not so fun finding where

How many craigslist adds, rental websites, and roommate wanted postings does it take for an Santa Monica College student to find adequate housing before class is in session? I’m still trying to find out. When I moved to the greater Los Angeles Area as an out-of-state student with no family or friends to accompany me on my search for shelter,...

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Students Surpassing Parents

Besides being the first in their families to attend college, certain students may be on their way to becoming "smarter" than the people who raised them. The school year has just started, and whether you are a first generation college student or following the family tradition, we all reach that point of conscious adulthood sometime or another. Being able to...