While walking through Oliver‘s Market in Cotati wearing a Star of David on a necklace, an older Jewish woman walks up to me and mentions how little representation Jewish people have in the local area. This was in December when statues are dressed up like Santa, and Christmas lights are hung on the trees down Rohnert Park Expressway, but other cultures aren’t represented in any way locally. 

Does the government need to be focusing on how to ban TikTok when many of those concerned with it are farther removed from technology than some Sonoma State students’ parents? 

Bill S.686 is known as the Restrict Act or the “TikTok Ban Bill.” This bill seems to be centered around TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, the Chinese technology firm that owns the app. However, it is about more than just TikTok, this is about the government wanting unlimited access to people’s devices and appliances whenever they want, based on what actions are deemed “threatening.” 

Do you look at your phone when you wake up and before you go to bed? Do you find yourself checking your Instagram or TikTok a little too much throughout the day? Excessive use of social media is detrimental to users’ brains, negatively affecting other aspects of their lives. 

After the altercation at Montgomery High School on Monday, March 1 that left 16-year-old Jayden Pienta dead and another student in the hospital with a stab wound, several walkouts were performed throughout the local district where students and parents called for heightened security measures on campuses. 

Due to an increase in attempted hackings of Sonoma State University’s websites and accounts, the Duo Mobile service was employed in the Spring semester of 2022 as multi-factor authentication for students and staff. But is there something this service can offer that would make it more convenient to use?