Back	The Urban Issues Saga
	Prepare to be entertained as Christy Lavalais take you on a fictional journey with this continuing saga about urban college life and the music biz. Each issue promises to continue having you wanting to read more about these characters as they pursue careers in the music industry as future label executives, entrepreneurs and urban music artists. Join her each month as she captures the academic ups and downs, the crushes, the he says she says gossip and more.
		Shaundra A prissy 20 year old Junior at Columbia College.  Her major is Fashion Design and she sings on the side.  She claims to be the bomb and always brags that no one can touch her, but if a pretty boy snapped his fingers she would come running.  She has some sensitivity but most of the time she is trampling on other people's feelings.  The one person she can't upset is Rydell, which is why he is able to irk her.
	Ben A 22 year old Senior at Columbia College.  His major is Music Business.  He is soft spoken, sweet, clean cut and well dressed.  He is the smartest person in his graduating class and has a job waiting for him after graduation that he got due to the internship that he worked.  He goes to church regularly and is a very moral young man.  He has secret romantic feelings for Latisa but doesn't show them because he knows Germaine is interested in her also and he feels he can't compete with Germaine.
		Latisa A 21 year old Senior at Columbia College.  Her major is Film/Video.  She is down to earth, but not angelic.  If you catch her on a bad day she will cut you down.  Shaundra is her friend because she is the only one who can stand Shaundra.  She gets along with everyone else but can't stand Niquisha because Latisa is doing the best she can to get her life together and Niquisha is doing the exact opposite.
	Rydell A 20 year old Junior at Columbia College.  His major is undecided and he is on his way to academic probation.  He is a total screw up, the best thing he does is getting on Shaundra's nerves.  He changes jobs every 3 months and schoolwork is more of an after thought to him.
		Niquisha A 17-year-old Junior at a high school that is on probation.  She is a chickenhead with absolutely no sense.  She thinks  she can sing.  The one thing she does best is follow Germaine around like a puppy dog even though he is way too old for her.  She has been pregnant 3 times (2 miscarriages and 1 abortion) and only wants to go to Columbia when she eventually graduates because it's the only four year institution that will even consider letting her in and she also wants to go so she can follow Germaine around even more.
	Germaine 25 years old and has been in 4 different colleges since he started going back when he was 18 years old.  He has yet to graduate because he changes his major every year, this year it's Management.  He is a trifling lady's man and believes that he is the Sun that warms the Earth.  He gets every woman he wants and uses Niquisha to do things for him when he doesn't feel like doing them.  He wants Latisa but not like Ben does, He thinks he can break her down so she can become another Niquisha for him.