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Jackson Thomas Student Contributor, Columbia College Chicago
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Columbia Chicago chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.

Age:  24

Current year/grade: Junior

Expected graduating year: Spring 2012

Major: Journalism with a concentration in news reporting and writing

A few interesting things you’d like to share about yourself: I took 16 years of dance classes before stopping after high school. It’s probably still my greatest passion behind writing. Nothing like being on stage. I’m an avid reader. Some of my favorites are J.D. Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut and Tom Robbins. I’m also disgustingly obsessed with The Beatles and John Lennon, and although I have a horrible singing voice, you can frequently find me belting out their tunes.

Zodiac sign: Leo

Favorite color: Any hue of pink.

Favorite food: I like ethnic foods. I love anything with hummus.

Biggest pet peeve: Slow walkers and ignorant close-minded people.

Favorite song at the moment: “Home” by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Favorite place to shop: Urban Outfitters if I were richer. Forever 21 is amazing though and fits way better into my budget.

What you like/don’t like about Columbia: I love the teachers here. They are all so passionate about their field of study, and I haven’t had a class yet where the professor treats the student as anything but equals.

Jackson is a senior magazine journalism major at Columbia College Chicago, class of 2011. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Jackson transferred to Columbia during his sophomore year and considers Chicago to be second home. In addition to being a Campus Correspondent for Her Campus Columbia, Jackson also works as the copy chief for The Columbia Chronicle, Columbia's student-run newspaper, and at Echo, Columbia's student-run magazine, as the fact checking/copy chief and online editor. Jackson especially loves writing about the LGBTQ community and hopes to make it one of his specialities sometime in the future. While being a big believer in karma, Jackson always tries to surround himself with positive energy and positive people. A few of Jackson's favorite things: RuPaul's Drag Race, Family Guy, lemon-flavored Arizona iced tea and Chipotle.