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AKA supports mental health awareness through charity walk

April 19, 2018April 19, 2018 Trojan Living

Abhigya Ghimire Staff Writer A journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step, and on Saturday, April 14, the Mu Alpha Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority raised mental health awareness by organizing a 2-mile charity walk for the cause. The event, “NAMI Walks” for the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI), was free for the public and held at the campus track. “A lot of people think that mental illness is just like ups and downs and heartbreaks and emotional effects, but mental illness is also eating disorder,…

Overachiever: Life of the Type A student

October 6, 2016October 6, 2016 Trojan Living

Madina Seytmuradova Variety Editor Overachiever, workaholic, perfectionist — all these terms are used interchangeably in everyday conversations to describe people who are driven and competitive, but also stress-prone. During such a notoriously stressful time as midterms, Type A Trojans talk about how they manage to keep up the grades and the spirits. Leah Lancaster, a senior English major from Enterprise with a standing 4.0 GPA, said she always had high standards for her work. Currently, she has a job in retail, a spot in the Troy musical ensemble Frequencies and…