When Times Get Tough, I Get Out (for a bit) Is anyone else counting the last days of the semester? 25 lesson plans, 2 papers, 2 group projects, and 4 finals according to my syllabi. That’s all that stands between me and graduation. While we are in the home stretch, relaxation still seems far from
College can be rough! According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 80% of college students feel overwhelmed by school and 45% feel hopeless. These are early signs of depression. College can be very stressful for students. There’s a lot of anxiety, depression, and self-doubt that effects some students. School work doesn’t help and a
We’ve all been there. It’s 11:30 on a Tuesday and you are on your third Starbucks iced latte. The assignment that you definitely should have started two weeks ago looms before you. Also before you: a blank word document with nothing except an APA header. College stress has arrived and reared its ugly head. In
Feeling stressed? Here are tips to ease your stress BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! Your eyes fly open like a pull down shades on a window. Your hand smacks and knocks your phone off the nightstand. This is where the stress of our lives usual starts, at the beginning of the day. When we rise in
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! It’s 7 a.m. —your alarm goes off, you roll over and hit snooze. BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! It’s 7:15 a.m.—your alarm goes off again, you hit snooze….. It’s 7:45 a.m. and you wake up in panic because your 8 a.m. class is across campus; there is no way you are going to make
My story There are people everywhere. Some are chatting with one another, others are with their families, but everyone is here for the same reason. We’re all here for the beginning of this next chapter of our lives. Walking into my new dorm, the smell of cleaning product hit me like a wall. How could
The Issue The leading climate scientists in the world recently sent shock waves worldwide about seemingly doomed news of the effects of climate change. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), made an announcement on Monday, October 8th that we have only 12 years to keep the world below 1.5° Celsius, with even more
My Story I knew a little girl once. She was twelve-year’s-old at the time, just beginning seventh grade at a brand-new school with different faces in a fresh neighborhood. She was weeks away from beginning classes—when it happened. Her father committed suicide. Yes, this little girl’s daddy took his life in the basement of her
Are you stressed out? Young adults in college who are stressed out and overwhelmed after endless nights of studying and coffee diets need a healthy way to relieve stress. Starting yoga can help students take a break from the physical stress as well as mental stress. Relieving these stress points can help students feel more
“Well, looks like it’s ramen night—again.” Sound familiar? It’s the dilemma of every college student—we’re all broke, but we’ve still got to eat. Now, if you’re on a meal plan, you’re golden. For those of us who may not have that option, we’re forced to fend for ourselves and make do with what we can.
Typical College Stress Imagine that you are a college student. More specifically you are a college student in the Communication Studies major at West Chester University. Like most college students, you like to go out with your friends whenever you happen to have free time. You probably like going shopping, going for walks into the borough,
Healthy Ways to Transform College Students’ Favorite Foods It’s Monday morning. You’re sitting in your 11am class, starving, because you overslept and didn’t have time to eat breakfast. Class is almost over and you are ready to book it home so you can whip up one of your favorite foods. Sound familiar? As college students,
I decided to create Good Lookin’ Cookin’ recipes because growing up in central Pennsylvania, most of my dinners consisted of: Tuna Helper some makeshift way of making the typical dry pork taste moist (usually dipped in apple sauce) or stovetop Mac and Cheese My family never experimented much with cooking, flavor, or different cuisines. We
You’re not alone College is supposedly the greatest time of our lives. It’s a time for exploration with new freedom, as well as trying to find out who we really are. However, for some of us it could be a numbing and frightening ordeal. Dealing with depression, regardless of whether you’re in college or not,