My first year at MGA has been the least to say interesting. I made friends and shared laughs with people I've never met before in my entire life. I never knew Virginia was so big. I always just thought about my little dinky town, and then I get here and there are like 400-500 kids here. All of the diversity has really opened my eyes to a lot of things. Having all these different groups of people brings all differnent viewpoints to everything that passes through every commitee and every floor session which is critical to making a compromise possible. If i had any advice for the upcoming people at MGA it would deffinetly be first and foremost, make sure your door is shut before you start changing, girls-bring band-aids, and then make the most of every possible second of this experience. It may only be three days, and you may be on the go 24/7 and miss a meal or two, but it is so worth it. The friends and memories made, all the laughs and smiles shared, and all the stupid and lame pictures taken, DO NOT EVER forget them. Point-blank, this experience is a chance to grow and step out of your shell. Actually pay attention, the things that everyone is talking about are really relevant and can help later on when you can (or if you're 18) vote, or take a chance and say, "Hi." to the kid sitting next to you, who knows, that could turn into a friendship for the ages. MGA is a wonderful experience and even though I'ma Senior in high school and this is my first time here, if I had the opportunity to come back next year, there would not be anything stopping me.
No Drugs to Help Get Back on His Feet
--Trent Johnson, Kecoughtan High School --Savannah Fender, Marion High School For the longest time it has been a rumor as well as a proven fact, slightly exploded by large amounts of media coverage, that persons who receive benefits from the government such as unemployment, food stamps and Welfare often also abuse illegal substances. Solutions to this problem have been often discussed in local establishments and by other grassroots movements however, no formal steps have been taken with respect to legislative activity regarding this topic, until now. Commonwealth Senate Bill NO. 18 introduced a solution to this very problem by proposing a plan to enact a random drug testing policy to receive government assistance. Austin Collier from Kecoughtan High School served as patron to this bill to the Committee on Local Government, with surprising results. The plan would include random urinalysis drug test focusing on marijuana, cocaine, barbiturates, methamphetamines and amphetamines. The foll...
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