By Kemmie Jackson A disease immersing and is making its way into the US, and many are worried about its affects, it originates in west Africa, and has made its way across the globe into the USA. As of right now the USA according to the CDC, there are 14,115 confirmed cases by the CDC in the USA. Georgia is one of the states with … Continue reading How Monkeypox Is Affecting You
By Mairen E. Brown I want to be a mother. I have many reservations when it comes to having children. There are two reasons for this: fear for the lives and experiences of my future Black children, and fear for my own health while carrying and delivering a child. Regardless of who I marry or have children with, my children will be Black. I am … Continue reading Black Women Are Dying
Compiled by: Isabelle Mokotoff The Oracle staff knows that our Spartans are probably bored and in need of culinary, physical, cultural, or intellectual stimuli during this time of self-isolation. Although I cannot speak to the male or non-binary experience, as someone who identifies as female, I have found these workouts to be quick and surprisingly effective (if you want learn about male exercises, read Nelson … Continue reading Girls Stay In Shape: QUARANTINE EDITION!
By: Jasmine Potts Have you ever been sitting in a class and experienced something you swear has already occured? This phenomenon is called Déjà vu. The phrase Déjà vu translates as “already seen” in French. People who experience Déjà vu often find themselves asking how this crazy incident occurs.There are many explanations to why Déjà vu transpires, but the main reason behind it is a … Continue reading Does Déjà Vu Repeat Your Past?
In order to graduate and get your diploma, it is required that you have taken at least one semester of health and one semester of Physical Education. I personally do not agree with this requirement. In middle school, students take a semester of PE and Health each year, therefore I do not find it necessary to repeat it in High School. Many students take AP … Continue reading OPINION: Should 1 semester of PE and Health be required to graduate?
November is Epilepsy Awareness Month. However, most people do not know about epilepsy, or have a preconception of what epilepsy is or what happens during a seizure. Epilepsy, as defined by Webster’s Dictionary, is “any of various disorders marked by abnormal electrical discharges in the brain and typically manifested by sudden brief episodes of altered or diminished consciousness, involuntary movements, or convulsions”. To simplify this … Continue reading November is Epilepsy Awareness Month
Childbirth is a necessary process in the cycle of life. The safest place to give birth to a child is in a hospital. However, many expecting parents do not think about the extensive hospital bills that come with childbirth. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, the average hospital delivery costs $3,500. This does not even factor in … Continue reading Baby Blues
A fit person is not always skinny, and a skinny person is not always fit. Fitness is not measured by the size of a person’s body. It is a measure of a person’s health. Mentally, people have their own definition of what fitness is,a mental definition determines the physical perception of fitness. A nice slender body is usually how magazines portray fitness in females. On … Continue reading Fit versus Skinny: The truth unveiled
By Emma Barhoumi Staff Writer UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) researchers surveyed more than 200,000 incoming freshmen, and the results showed that students reported all-time lows in overall mental health and emotional stability. Anxiety in teens is a rapidly growing issue that is becoming more and more of a common problem in high schools recently. Students are assigned so much work at school and … Continue reading Anxiety hits students hard
By Nathaniel Artists Staff Writer The Principal at Riverwood High School sent a letter to parents of students attending regarding a student diagnosed with shingles at the school. The letter urged parents of students who have had neither chickenpox nor the chickenpox vaccine to alert their physician. When shingles reactivates in a person’s body it causes painful rash-like clusters of blisters that contain the chickenpox … Continue reading Riverwood High school faced with shingles virus
