Sean Yakobson, Author at The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College https://mdcthereporter.com/author/sean-yakobson/ Mon, 28 Jul 2025 05:37:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://mdcthereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/R_reporter_logo-1-125x125.png Sean Yakobson, Author at The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College https://mdcthereporter.com/author/sean-yakobson/ 32 32 The Gambling Epidemic Is Out Of Control https://mdcthereporter.com/the-gambling-epidemic-is-out-of-control/ Wed, 23 Jul 2025 19:44:14 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=39882 If you watch sports today, there’s no avoiding gambling. 
From pre-game shows where analysts and commentators select their favorite bets to hit, to odds being displayed on the bottom of the screen during a game, the message is clear: “WE WANT YOU TO GAMBLE!” 
I’ve seen the direct effects… Read the rest at our website.

The Gambling Epidemic Is Out Of Control

]]> NWSA To Host Annual Artist Lecture Series On April 10 https://mdcthereporter.com/nwsa-to-host-annual-artist-lecture-series-on-april-10/ Fri, 28 Mar 2025 11:03:42 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=39291 New World School of the Arts is hosting their annual Artists, Scholars & Curators: A Lecture Series on April 10 at 2 p.m. at Wolfson Campus, 500 N.E. Second Ave., Room 7128.
The featured speaker will be photographer Nikita Payusov, whose work focuses on war-torn and Indigenous communities. His… Read the rest at our website.

NWSA To Host Annual Artist Lecture Series On April 10

]]> The Miami Herald’s Brittany Wallman To Appear At MDC Journalism Speaker Series https://mdcthereporter.com/the-miami-heralds-brittany-wallman-to-appear-at-mdc-journalism-speaker-series/ Fri, 14 Mar 2025 17:42:16 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=39230 Brittany Wallman, an investigative reporter at the Miami Herald, will be the next guest at the MDC Journalism Speaker Series on April 15.
The event will take place at noon at North Campus, 11380 N.W. 27th Ave., in Room 4209.
Prior to joining the Herald, Wallman worked at the… Read the rest at our website.

The Miami Herald’s Brittany Wallman To Appear At MDC Journalism Speaker Series

]]> School of Science Accepting Applications For STEM Research Institute https://mdcthereporter.com/school-of-science-accepting-applications-for-stem-research-institute/ Mon, 24 Feb 2025 22:22:43 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=39067 The School of Science’s Summer 2025 STEM Research Institute is accepting applications until March 30. 
The internship will take place from May 19 to Aug. 10. Students will be involved in research and participate in career exploration and personal development workshops. 
Applicants must be United States citizens or permanent… Read the rest at our website.

School of Science Accepting Applications For STEM Research Institute

]]> I’m A First-Generation American With Ukrainian Roots https://mdcthereporter.com/im-a-first-generation-american-with-ukrainian-roots/ Tue, 11 Feb 2025 22:13:41 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=38965 The Soviet Union officially collapsed on Dec. 26, 1991. Fifteen former Soviet republics became independent nations, one of them was Ukraine—the country where my family is from. 
Living in a newly formed nation was chaotic. It was a time of lawlessness, corruption was rampant. My family had seen enough.… Read the rest at our website.

I’m A First-Generation American With Ukrainian Roots

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