So I was browsing Pinterest and thought to myself "I wonder what results I would get if I typed in homeless in the search bar." So this is what turned up.
I was baffled that college women would stoop so low and actually go about such a tasteless themed party. However, it got me thinking how the college population in a town affects the homeless population.
A couple days ago a student with a camera set up approached me on campus. She asked if she could interview me, and being a journalism student who's always looking to interview people, I thought it would be nice to be interviewed for once. Coincidentally, she wanted to interview me about the homeless because she was working on setting up a club on campus that would help treat the homeless problem in Chico.
The article above mentioned that the college students harass and embarrass the homeless people in the bar scene. I don't spend a lot of time in Chico since I'm a commuter student, but students I've talked to say they feel bad for those that are homeless and will sometimes give food or money to them. It's the complete opposite kind of behavior compared to the students in the article above.
It's just an observation, but it just never occurred to me the college population would cause problems for the homeless population. Honestly, I thought the homeless people loved the college scene because there could be more opportunities for help.
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