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Analogue cigarette machines (nondigital) are still present in Portugal.

Top 10 cigarettes I smoked in Europe • 1949 Views

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If you’re tired of changing your virtual background over and over, here are a few games to keep your Zoom calls fresh.

Five free online games to play on Zoom with friends • 940 Views

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Dakota McGranahan, recently ousted student body president, has alleged impropriety in the college's decision to remove them and replace them with runner-up Delashay Carmona Benson.

Former SGA President Dakota McGranahan alleges “illegal” conduct by SRJC • 905 Views

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SRJC student Amy Aguilar Lopez (pictured left) and former SRJC student Julia Dearing (pictured right) ensure customers wear adequate personal protective equipment inside Oliver's Market.

Maskholes: Working in grocery stores during coronavirus • 267 Views

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Life during quarantine

Life during quarantine • 157 Views

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Hard to follow plotlines while failing to appeal to a

Horrible Horror: Awful internet-themed horror movies I’ve watched so you don’t have to • 153 Views

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The coronavirus pandemic has halted progress on many commercial projects, including movies like

COVID-19 is delaying our most anticipated releases • 124 Views

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Young Americans for Liberty President West Below introduces speakers Antony Davies, James R. Harrigan and Alex Tokarev at the group's Lockdowns vs. Liberty Q&A session that questioned the benefits of shutting down the economy.

“More lives could have been saved elsewhere”: Young Americans for Liberty Q&A and forum • 108 Views

What I gained from two coronavirus outbreaks
I help out many essential workers like Heinrich, who works at the Manazana apple sauce plant in Rohnert Park. Essential workers are often patient and understand the stress I am going through as an essential worker myself.
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Abby Selby is a fourth-year SRJC student.
To the Latino Man Standing by My Garden as He Texts
Vida Javdan has been taking ESL classes at Santa Rosa Junior College for three years. She says the quarantine has helped her get involved in her children
Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Florence Gomes is a first-year International student at SRJC.
Nardos Asfaha is a second year SRJC student.
Duy Pham is a first-year student at Santa Rosa Junior College.
Fabian Amarillas a fifth year student at Santa Rosa Junior College, and his younger brother, Yancarlo.
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"Final Fantasy VII Remake" sometimes features redundant gameplay, but its immense scale, captivating design and colossal story make it a must-play.
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The highly anticipated 10-part documentary “The Last Dance” aired its first episode April 19, and 20 years after the Bulls’ dynasty, it seems like they never left.
Truist Park home of the Atlanta Braves is one of the many stadiums across the country that sit empty thanks to fallout from the novel coronavirus.
SRJC baseball players and coaches feel the pressure of an altered recruiting cycle thanks to COVID-19
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A reasonable — and perhaps beneficial — choice: Postponing the Tokyo Olympics
Spring sports cancelled indefinitely; Athletes given another season of eligibility
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At 2 p.m. nearly every day, cardiac nurse Maddison Jones* leaves home for the unknown to a Sonoma County hospital. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Jones focuses on self-care, so she can continue to take the best care of her patients at work. "I am staying healthy so they can stay healthy by extension," she says.
North Bay nonprofit continues to battle domestic violence during quarantine
What coffee shop workers want you to know
Kylie Johnson is an SRJC graduate who suffers from severe asthma and is trying to balance the pandemic with plans to study fashion in Milan, Italy.
SRJC student Isabella Natalini opts for a new blue hairstyle during shelter-in-place, as a replacement for her blonde locks.
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Students, faculty and citizens gather outside the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office June 6, just a week after the killing of George Floyd.
A love letter to pre-corona America
While the Golden State is well-loved for its temperate weather, living in California is akin to playing with fire.
What I gained from two coronavirus outbreaks
A recent Whole Foods customer caviled to me about how she was one of Amazon Prime Now’s best customers, but now, because the pandemic prohibits her ability to receive delivery times on orders, she has to physically shop for her groceries in-store like some kind of wild animal.
Santa Rosa Junior College will not hold an in-person commencement ceremony after the Spring 2020 semester due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Kincade Fire: Horse Evacuations
Kincade Fire: Students React
Firewise Landscaping
Which Cookie Takes the Cake?
Alchemia Art Therapy Program
SRJC Launches Hemp Ag Program
Student on the Street: Super Bowl Edition
Living with Wegener's Disease
West County Teachers' Strike
Period pains: how menstruation still holds women back
10 iconic films from the 2010s
Firefighters, police officers and Healdsburg city staff gather Friday, Nov. 8 at the Healdsburg Plaza on the night of "Coming Together in Gratitude," days after the Kincade Fire.
The challenge is to go 24 hours without digital devices and internet access to test capacity for a disconnected life.
Kincade Fire Gallery
Fake reality: SRJC students unprepared for a fake news world
“That’s just how it is”: Trials and tribulations of modern day dating
When we post the past: How social media shapes identity
Double life: Classes by day, jokes by night
Baseball players at all levels are hitting more home runs than ever before, leading players, coaches and managers to ask why.
SRJC safety Kasey Kikuyama demonstrates a perfect form tackle against Fresno College Sept. 7. Though there is slight helmet to helmet contact, Kikuyama leads with his shoulder and wraps up nicely.
Dr. German Ascani prescribes and administers ketamine for psychotherapy at his West Sonoma County office.
Store important survival supplies and low-tech entertainment in a stout backpack you can grab at a moment’s notice.
Frank Chong was hired in January 2012 as Santa Rosa Junior College’s fifth president and first Chinese-American president.
Carceral state: The prison industrial complex wasn’t the solution for my mom
SRJC conducted a survey last spring asking students to report on their mental health during the last 12 months..
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Relaxing hikes in Sonoma County
CBD: A natural remedy for today
Rhiannon Jones was crowned the 2019 Miss Sonoma County at the 73rd Annual Miss Sonoma County Scholarship competition on March 2, 2019.
Makeup has no gender
Passion for fashion
In the dugout with Amy
After revitalizing the cheer program, coach Dori Elder hosts cheer team tryouts on April 8.
SRJC freshman high-jumper Waisea Jikoiono set the top mark in California with a 6-foot-7.5 inch jump early in March 2019.
A second chance at life
Resistance: Now and forever
Lessons I learned from my autistic brother
SRJC nursing student Jocelyn Zhaori Contreras-Toscano is vice chair of Student Life and co-chair of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanista de Aztlán (MEChA). She flew into the U.S. at age 2 on the lap of a stranger and talked with the Oak Leaf about the difficulties of being undocumented.
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A student-operated publication at Santa Rosa Junior College.
A student-operated publication at Santa Rosa Junior College.