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Research With Gray Matters
By: Haley Ruser
At the Gray Matters meeting on Wednesday, October 15, Orion’s chapter completed their daily journal prompt, followed by a research activity.
Journal Prompt: List as many things as you can that make you feel good
Research Topics:
Mental Illnesses: Members were asked to research aspects of different mental health disorders, such as the symptoms of bipolar disorder or how depression affects the brain’s functioning
Helping Others: Knowing the symptoms of a mental illness has no purpose if you don’t know how to help a family member or friend. Some examples of ways to help include: validating their feelings, spending time with them, and encouraging them to seek professional help.
Helping Yourself: Helping yourself can be much more difficult than helping others, especially if you are not in the right headspace to do so. Therefore, being aware of different resources can help you in recognizing your symptoms as well as when you should reach out for professional help.
Some different methods of helping yourself include: spending time with loved ones, engaging in enjoyable activities, and, most importantly, ensuring you have enough time for rest.
Results:
The group was split up into three stations, and a mindmap of each topic was made, which was effective in combining the entire group’s findings, ensuring that the students gained the most information out of the activity.
What’s Next:
On Wednesday, October 29, the chapter is excited to be celebrating Halloween by painting pumpkins, and they strongly encourage you to come join in the fun!
Madagascar’s President Overthrown after Military Coup
By: Andan Nguyen
Following the collapse and the overthrowing of Nepal's corrupt government in September of this year in an event known as the “Gen Z protests” other people around the world realized they can take a stand against their corrupt governments. In Sri Lanka major protests began in the capital and all of their major cities. Not long after the Nepali government collapsed and the Sri Lankan protests started, Madagascar began their own “Gen Z" protests to fight against their presidents reign
The small island nation had been struggling with few job opportunities and poverty for years but just recently were major nationwide energy outages which affected 70 percent of the nation on September 25th, this was the people's last straw with their government.
As the rolling blackouts continued, people took to the streets in the hundreds of thousands to protest the government's inability to take care of the people. The leaders of the protest also say that many of them were inspired by the protests in Nepal and how they were able to oust their corrupt government and replace it with a better government.
Police and military response lead to major fighting. It became so bad that the United Nations had their humanitarians on the ground feeding reports to the world. After much infighting between September 25th until October 12th over 100 people were injured to critical conditions and 22 civilians were confirmed killed.
The tide of the riots turned when CAPSAT, the nation's elite military force defected and joined the protesters against the president and his forces over the weekend of the 11th. The next day on Monday, October 13th President Andry Rajoelina got word that members of the military had conspired a plot to assassinate him, so he got onto a private plane and fled the country. That same night he gave a speech condemning the military and protesters calling them traitors or
Tuesday October 14th, Madagascar president Andry Rajoelina was unanimously impeached by the nation's parliament. The next day on October 15th, the CAPSAT soldiers seized the nation's government buildings and loyalist officials in a military coup, planning to restore a democratic nation.
It is a shame these lives were lost, all these people wanted were to just have electricity, water, and freedom and their government is barely even able to do that whilst they sit in their political palaces. The Gen Z protests set a warning to governments and corrupt officials around the world. They are showing that young people won’t stand tyrants because they have the power to make a change.
Halloween Activities
By: Kadence Hammer
Halloween is a very popular holiday that is enjoyed by many people throughout the entire world. There are many things you can do to enjoy the Halloween spirit. First off, if you think you are too old for Halloween, passing out candy to the other children that celebrate Halloween is very uplifting because you can see all of the other costumes. Also, if you are going to pass out candy, do not skimp on the candy and start handing out full sized candy bars because that is what most people are looking forward to when receiving candy. Another activity you can do is go to haunted housing.
Going to haunted houses with your friends being chased around by random people is scary and fun at the same time. Decorating your house is also a fun way to enjoy Halloween. One object to decorate your house with is carved pumpkins. There is a lot of freedom to do whatever you want with your pumpkins. You can make funny faces, or even carve out pictures of animals. Lastly, watching scary movies is one of the final things you can do to end the night of Halloween. Some movies you can watch are The Shining, The Conjuring, and The Black Phone.
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