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A look inside the teaching and art philosophies of SRJC’s Art Teacher, Alan Azhderian.

Lauren Kelleher (she/her) is in her second semester of journalism at Santa Rosa Junior College. She has a background in ...
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Inside the World of Kratom: Regulation, Dependence, and the Debate Over a “Natural”Drug

Sonoma County now stands caught between a public health risk, personal autonomy, and a growing national debate about whether ...
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Preserving World Cultures: An inside look at SRJC’s Multicultural Museums Annual Fundraiser

The Santa Rosa Junior College Multicultural Museum opens its doors for its annual “Take Me Home!” fundraiser, transforming ...
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Martys Big Idea

Originally from England, Marty is in his second semester at SRJC, returning to education as a journalism major after an ...
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The Artist Who Paints With Her Mouth

Now a member of the Mouth and Foot Painting Artists of America, Tillman runs ArtXcursion, a sip-and-paint business in Sonoma ...
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Living with parents: The good, the bad, and the ugly

After a long day of studying computer science and working as a Starbucks barista, 20-year-old Santa Rosa Junior College ...
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“We Survived the Night” review: Preserving Indigenous stories

For Indigenous-Americans, storytelling means survival. Indigenous people have always been here and despite the erasing efforts of colonizers, they will continue to be. They are still creating, dancing ...
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Sex-Ed the band: They don’t teach this in school

Blaring forth a mix of distorted synth, droning bass, the drummer screaming beneath her crashing cymbals and an unlikely saxophone, Sex-Ed makes genre-bending their stage. Much like Sex-Ed the class, ...