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Beyond Limits: Extreme Sports Boosting Mental Health

There’s this tendency in the modern day and age of increasing levels of stress that people are forced to deal with on a day-to-day basis.…

May 1, 2024

College Burnout and BIPOC Students: Expanding Resources

Emily Diaz, DePaul University

Model minority myths and discrimination are just a few of the many challenges university students of colors face. Where are the resources to help them cope with these stressful situations, especially during a rigorous academic…

April 17, 2024

Memory Mastery: Techniques to Enhance Your Recall for Exams

Daniel Reed

It’s no secret that many people are prone to forgetfulness, even the little things such as the names of people, favorite meals, and others.…

April 12, 2024

Fashion Week and What Regulations to Protect the Models

Elise Bortz, New York University

Behind the curtain of the Fashion Week is a scene opposite to its extravaganza: malnutrition, overwork and abuse of models.…

February 20, 2018

5 Free Apps and Websites That’ll Help You Relax

Rakshya Devkota, Saint Louis University

Sometimes all the stress that comes with being a college student can make it hard to relax, but as always, there’s an app for that.…

February 16, 2018

On College Campuses, It’s Raining Emotional Support Animals

Dominique Bander, Loyola University Maryland

As emotional support animals become more popular, colleges are grappling with their effects, including what to tell the randomly assigned roommate.…

February 13, 2018

4 Organizations Fighting for the Mental Health of Asian Americans

Rakshya Devkota, Saint Louis University

These four organizations are providing mental health services for Asian Americans in a community that has a stigma against them.…

February 5, 2018

Improving Mental Health in Young People, One Buddy at a Time

Lizzy Spangler, University of North Texas

Gabby Frost’s non-profit, Buddy Project, pairs people up with the goal to improve the mental health of young people all over the world.…

December 29, 2017

How to Prep for a Presentation When You Have Severe Anxiety

Angela Herbst, Lakeland University

If just the thought of giving a speech sends you into a panic attack, this was written for you.…

November 23, 2017

Cannes Festival Participant Qiana Swan Screens Film on Mental Health

Benny Diaz III, Southern New Hampshire University

This UNC Pembroke student drew attention to mental health at Cannes with her short film “Left in the Dark: Mental Disorders.” What’s next?…

November 23, 2017

A Voice for the Voiceless Issue of Mental Illness

Valeria Garcia, University of Texas at Austin

Iowa State University's Leah Beman has a tireless journey to bring awareness to mental health.…

October 17, 2017

The Benefits of Murder

Bethany Knickerbocker, Emerson College

How the ever changing genre of true crime helps society.…

October 12, 2017

Artist Kellie Gillespie Uses Sculpture to Explore Mental Health

Devon Hodge, Western Washington University

By using mundane objects to construct something stunningly intricate, the Sonoma State student's twelve-foot-tall sculpture, 'Connected,' reflects the beauty of multiplicity.…

August 16, 2017

Colleges Aren’t Parents, They’re Businesses

Jonathan Kim, University of Texas at Dallas

In an age in which universities are increasingly responsible for the mental health of their students, it pays to remember that, in reality, they have no such obligation.…

July 1, 2017

How to Deal with a Mental Health Disorder in College

Brittany Sodic, University of North Texas

I survived, and actually thrived, in college despite mental health disorders, and so can you.…

June 3, 2017

What the Suicide of Author Lin Yi Han Can Teach Us About Mental Health

Jessie Yang, The University of Hong Kong

The author behind ‘The First Paradise of Fang Siqi,’ a novel that Han described as ‘a young girl falling in love with her rapist,’ has sent shockwaves through Taiwanese society.…

May 19, 2017