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“It gives me goosebumps talking about it.”  The single-minded focus of Student Leadership Council event planner Katelynn Anstey turns more emotional. “It’s so important to me. I know a couple of students that after working at school all day have to try and find a bus route that can get them to a food pantry before it closes, and then they have to lug all of that food home.”  Anstey is overseeing tables lined with rows of paper bags full of five different meal options in the Commons Cafeteria on LBCC’s Albany campus. This is what the SLC is calling the Mindful Market. Monday the afternoon of Jan. 12 was its debut. They hope to continue the project, but there are some snags. “I think that (a free market) should be available on campus. That was why I decided to set it up on my own,” said Anstey. “The Mindful Market is definitely a project that the whole SLC is very involved in,” SLC presidential candidate Jaxon Lee explained.  Anstey started her planning in the middle of th...

Topic 1  I am not quite a journalism major yet. I am also interested in music. They seem equally non lucrative. Larger picture, I want to try and use my creativity to share people's stories, maybe also using audio and visuals, as I am interested in film and I think podcasts could be a whole lot better than they usually are. I want to improve my interviewing skills.  Asking strangers questions is tricky.  I am interested in several different artistic fields. I am looking to change paths and make more creative work. Hopefully get some sort of an audience and try to incorporate this into a profession.  I am taking this course because I think it will help me with my writing and have practical application to communicate information. Topic 2. I would like to get more practice interviewing. I am much more comfortable writing independently. But I think people could be more interested in hearing the words and thoughts of others. I think once I get over the initial awkwardness...