The Memorial Day Tornadoes, One Year Later
On the night of May 27 2019, I was sitting on the couch after a long Memorial Day when I could start hearing the storms come in. They had just ravaged through the Dayton area…
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Why Should We Exercise?
Imagine: It’s 3 pm, you come home from school so tired that you just want to lay on the couch and sleep because of all the stress of school, we all have those days. But…
Does ‘Selfie Culture’ Hurt Us Societally?
We’ve all done it – you’re at dinner and suddenly you’re thinking ‘wow, I better take a picture for social media of my food!’ or ‘This place would make a great photo for social media…
My Voice: Is It Time To Take a Serious Look At Mental Health?
Mental health is not only an ongoing crisis but a quickly rising one as well. Although this epidemic is causing problems for people all across the world, we are especially affected here in the United…
My Voice: Why Parents should take a Parenting Test
“Arizona Woman Charged with Murder in Disturbing Killings of 3 Children,” read the headline of a Jan. 28 article this year. “A 22-year-old Arizona woman was charged Tuesday with the death of her three children,…
My Voice: End the Declawing of Cats
Onychectomy (noun): surgical excision of a fingernail or toenail. To humans, this simple surgical procedure yields promise for it not only aims to curb infection from spreading to other extremities but can relieve pain inflicted…