Jaz Rivera, NW Campus
“Probably just a lot of the international conflict going on. A lot of people just all over the news. The whole thing with Mexico right now, I’ve been seeing a lot of that. The whole thing with Palestine and Israel and just in America in general right now as well. It’s just very parted and everyone against each other. It’s very different sides, and it’s just a little concerning how bad it’s going.”
Noor Yakoob, SE Campus
“Since right now it is the holy month for us Muslims, so we are fasting from sunrise to sunset and then our teachers are piling us up with homework and I just finished a test today. We have exams coming up. … Just fasting, not being able to have caffeine like an energy drink. … I wake up at 5:30 a.m. and actually eat a nutritious breakfast whether it’s overnight oats and then fruit, granola, honey. Dates are really good for you. Smoothies, a lot of eggs, just pretty much whatever it is that could keep me energized throughout the day.”
Christian Hampton, SE Campus
“How a lot of Americans are treating our immigrants. A lot of the immigrants that come here are coming here to seek a better life, and they’re being treated the opposite. This is supposed to be the ‘land of the free’ and they’re being treated like animals something even worse than that, they’re being treated like aliens. These are people. Bleed the same blood as us, breathe the same air. It doesn’t make any sense and it’s not right.”
Karla Murgaria, TR Campus
“I guess it would be the chaos happening in Mexico. That cartel leader got killed, and now the other cartel members are terrorizing Mexico, and I have family in Mexico, so it’s really scary. … They’re okay, thank God, but yeah, that’s what’s bothering me right now. … I’m just worried about my family that’s over there, because they’re like fifteen minutes away from all of it.”
Reem Ahmed, NE Campus
“A lot of things … School, and work. I work in McCormick; it’s a spice company. So, they’re having new rules and they’re becoming stricter and stricter, it’s getting stressful and I don’t like the environment over there, it feels negative so it’s stressing me out. And school, well, I have a lot of assignments waiting for me and exams.”
