By: EmmaLee Hillman       November is the month that Americans celebrate veterans. This month Americans celebrate living and deceased veterans who fought for the freedom of America. It also leads a lot of people to look for ways to commemorate a person’s service. Some programs, however, do both like the Til Valhalla project. According to their website, the Til Valhalla Project is a project that gives out hand made memorial plaques for fallen soldiers and donates towards reducing veterans suicide. There are many programs designed to help veterans, but this stands out.        Til Valhalla is abbreviated from, “until Valhalla.” It is used to say that those who die in combat are…

By: Lillyonna Campbell The amount of sleep that a person receives each night has been scientifically proven to affect your ability to function throughout the next day. Sleep effects both the mental and physical health, it services every aspect of a person’s body.  According to the article Benefits of Slumber: Why You Need A Good Night’s Sleep published in April 2013, “When you’re tired, you can’t function at your best. Sleep helps you think more clearly, have quicker reflexes and focus better. When receiving a normal or moderate amount of sleep, your mental state becomes increasingly better. You’re able to focus better on the task at hand and not jump…

By: Collin Hunnicutt     A coup was launched in Sudan on October 25 by a general of the Sudanese army, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. A coup is defined by Oxford Dictionary as “a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.” This has left the military in control of the Sudanese government. The coup was sparked due to the conflict between people of authority who want the coup to succeed as a dictatorship vs the popular citizen opinion who want to keep democracy. Many Americans are unaware of this event, even though the American government has been involved.      In the New York Times article “They Lied,” the early American…

By: Willow Harrington When you think of the “picture perfect” family, you probably think of a nuclear family. A nuclear family is a family that consists of two parents and their biological kids, though this is not always the case. According to AdoptUsKids.org, there are currently more than 400,000 children in foster care in the United States. Each of these kids are there for different reasons, but oftentimes foster children struggle with their mental health and how to deal with a foster placement.  It is very important for people to have good mental health. A child’s mental health can be affected by many things; and for many foster kids mental…