REMEMBER: UPDATE THE FOLIO THE COUNTY COLLEGE OF MORRIS’ AWARD-WINNING STUDENT NEWSPAPER YOUNGTOWN VOL. 103, NO. 4 WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23, 2019 EDITION RANDOLPH, N.J. PHOTOS BY LUNA WROBLEWSKI From left to right: Life Center Stage performers sing the final songs together, Morris County Sheriff’s Office Investigator, Ashley Craig with the Hope One Truck and performer Michael Cavallo sings his song “I Stand at the Door” Performers in recovery rejoice in profound performance, “Journey through recovery: Things I Must Express” BY MICHELLE WALSH Coalition for a Safe and Healthy such as Atlantic Healthcare and Center Stage. are found throughout Morris Features Editor Morris (CCSHM), Pequannock Community in Crisis. These tables Morris County CARES and neighboring counties. In Township Coalition, Partnership provided information on addiction offers peer to peer services for addition to this, people can bring People with substance use for a Drug-Free New Jersey, Morris services available throughout people in recovery. Services in illicit drugs directly to a police disorders and people in recovery County Prevention is Key, Morris Morris County. include hotlines, coaching, and department and will get screened expressed themselves through County Human Services, Center Outside in Lot 6 was the education on addiction. CARES through Daytop. No one should heartfelt performances of music, for Addiction Recovery Education Hope One truck, where people also provides police assisted have charges against them as long art and stories at the Knock Out and Success (CARES) and the could receive tours of the truck addiction recovery (PAARI), as it’s a non-distributive amount. Opioid Abuse event “Journey Governor's Council on Alcoholism and learn about their resources. in which people seeking help PAARI aims to help those through recovery: Things I Must and Drug Abuse. These sponsors In addition there were featured are transported and screened by struggling to find their way to Express” on Friday, October 4. had tables set up in the hallway community stories from Stop Daytop and recommended proper recovery, rather than punish them. The event was sponsored by outside of the auditorium, as the Pain, an awareness campaign help services. Life Center Stage, Community well as additional companies created by CCSHM and Life Prescription drug drop boxes CONTINUED IN ‘JOURNEY’, PAGE 6 PHOTO COURTESY OF CCM The womens’ soccer team. Titans attempt to bounce back from rough season BY ANTHONY INGHAM members of the team said and which hampered their ability to towards the end,” she said. “But she said. The Mercer game ended News Editor their coaches said that they play, but in spite of all this, the we were always down at least a in a 3-12 loss. knew no matter what, they did team always played their best. player every game.” Alexandra Valenti, After a 0-6 record in Region everything they could this season. “We had 10 players total, and Tartaglia even said that their sophomore and center defense XIX games, a 2-7 regular-season Vincent Catizone, head coach a couple of injuries,” he said. “But game against Mercer Community mid, said that the team always record, and a 0-1 record in GSAC returning for his third season, we always felt pretty confident in College was made much harder struggled to finish their shots. games, the Division I women’s is also joined by David Mero, ourselves.” by the fact that they had only “We would always be off of soccer team is looking ahead to assistant coach for his second Niya Tartaglia, sophomore eight players on the field that day. a goal by a couple of inches,” she the future and hoping to perform season, and Ivan Maldonado, in and defender, said that the team “We had a 3-1 lead by the said. “Which is a shame, because better next season. his first season as an assistant always gave it everything they beginning of the second half, our passing was great.” After their last Region XIX coach. could, and had nothing to regret. but couldn’t close it out because The players and coaches Event game against Sussex on Mero said that the team had “It was pretty good overall, everyone was so tired, and they Oct. 15 ended in a 0-10 loss, a low roster and some injuries, and we were doing very well ended up scoring a lot of goals,” CONTINUED IN ‘TITANS’, PAGE 6 Despite my Roving Halloween diagnosis: reporter: Bark - Fun IN THIS I am able to What are your Halloween count my plans for Food blessings Halloween? Page 5 ISSUE Page 2 Page 4 REMEMBER: UPDATE THE FOLIO PAGE 2 THE YOUNGTOWN EDITION OPINION OCTOBER 23, 2019 Despite my Diagnosis: I am able to count my blessings BY MEGHAN KING would slow down and I would have to Contributor practice grounding skills. I had to focus It took me years on my breathing and things around me My name is Meghan and I have lived to stop my racing thoughts. Nothing with anxiety and depression for over a to realize that has scared me more than experiencing decade now. I was diagnosed eight years a panic attack while driving. Having to ago in the fall semester of my junior despite my kick those ugly, dark thoughts out of my year at William Paterson University head, and convince myself that yes, I (WPUNJ). diagnosis, I am am worthy of love and my life is worth Looking back, I believe symptoms living. began to display themselves when I a survivor and I As a side note, my boyfriend’s was about 15-16 years old. My mother mother would have me over for dinner left when I was a small child of 11 due thrive in the face most of the week. Their home was too to addiction, alcoholism, and living small to accommodate living there, but with bipolar disorder untreated. I know of adversity. that woman fed me and let me stay on my battle with abandonment, trauma, occasion. Simply providing meals for me and anxiety and depression have some PHOTO BY MEGHAN KING works for me. and showing her care has made all the roots in this loss. Anxiety shows itself Despite her diagnosis, Meghan still From August 2018 to June of this difference. She has shown me so much as irritability, lack of focus, and panic continues to smile. year I moved four times. I slept on love and has been one of my greatest attacks. My depression has many faces couches, transferred jobs between North blessings. I signed a lease with my from not wanting to get out of bed to to stop attending school after missing and South Jersey to living under a liquor boyfriend in June for an apartment and accomplish daily tasks, questioning my school for 3 weeks due to psychosomatic store in Paterson because I did not have I truly feel at peace where I am. I started value, not believing in my self worth, etc. symptoms I was having. I needed to stable housing. I was basically homeless. a job that allows me to more than scrape It took me years to realize that take care of myself. That decision was If it weren’t for my loving boyfriend, his by. despite my diagnosis, I am a survivor frowned upon, to say the least. I couldn’t family, my brother, and my friends for I can live comfortably and safe. I’m and I thrive in the face of adversity. handle what I was going through and emotional support, I don’t know how I paying things off and paying for classes Seeing therapists since I was a teenager making my academic success a priority. would’ve traveled this road. to continue my education. I have learned and taking the time to find the right My doctor started me on medication I have always had a spirit of surviving to live one day at a time and appreciate medication to help me have a better following my diagnosis. After trial and despite my diagnosis. I was having panic my blessings. I choose not to be defined quality of life has taught me this. I chose error, I have found the combination that attacks while driving, things around me by my mental health challenges. Letter to the Editor: Professor encourages pursuing knowlege into climate change As a Professor at CCM articles about climate change Chopra and Gianna Gillespie, fires, represent a broad swath and analyze atmospheric in the “Introduction to in The Youngtown Edition, targeted the Climate Action of American knowledge and conditions in order to form Meteorology” course for dated September 25. No Summit events at the United concern for climate patterns. our own opinions about non-Science majors, I was doubt, these articles, written Nations on September 21 and I invite all students to what is happening and what thrilled to see THREE by Adam Gentile, Nikita 23. The range of articles, from learn more about the science to do about it. For instance, a scientific piece on ‘climate of climate change in our our students understand the change deniers’ to two classes and labs. Feel free recent research demonstrating opinion pieces about climate to contact me and visit our that increasing carbon change and the Brazilian sessions, where we measure dioxide levels are a human problem, but increased ocean evaporation is the real HE OUNGTOWN DITION culprit in climate change. T Y E Similarly, the Brazilian rain The Student Newspaper of the County College of Morris forest fires are devastating County College of Morris • SCC 129 for three major reasons: the 214 Center Grove Rd., Randolph, NJ 07869-2086 increase in carbon dioxide E-mail: [email protected] as it is 1) released from the trees 2) produced in the Editor-in-Chief....................................................Alexa Wyszkowski Managing/Copy Editor.