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HTML

<li class="online new on "><a class="students">
     <span>Some name</span></a>
     <span style="background:green" class="msgcount"></span>
   </li>
    <li class="online new on "><a class="students">
     <span>Some name</span></a>
     <span style="background:green" class="msgcount"></span>
   </li>

JavaScript

$('.students').click(function(){
           alert(1);
       });