Sharing the same pack

Warnings about the dangers of smoking, vaping, and Juuling dominate the media, which they should — any of these activities are dangerous to one’s, and others’, health. However, we should not let the news reports about vaping-related illnesses distract us from the fact that special interest groups in Washington, D.C. that lobby on behalf of predaceous cigarette companies are taking advantage of addicted Americans.

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Home sweet Rome

After my family dropped me off at LAX and I slowly made it onto my plane with baby tears in my eyes, I only had three thoughts: What have I done? What if this plane goes down? And my best case scenario is that I relive the Lizzie McGuire movie and ride around on a Vespa with an Italian boy named Paulo.

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Are you listening?

Sexual Assault Awareness Month provides opportunity to spark allies and activists on campus Lexie Rollings / Op-Ed Contributor / The USD Vista I remember when my middle school sex education teacher tactfully tried to scare us away from  having  sex  when  he projected high-definition pictures of sexually transmitted infections on the board. Yet, the […]

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