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The Mental Health Issue

Last year for Valentine’s Day, we featured uplifting messages from members of the Stevens community. Although cute and well-received, this year we wanted to use our platform to do something even more meaningful.

Valentine

I have always felt a cloud hanging over me ever since I was young. And like a cloud, I’ve had weather patterns of my own.

How are RAs prepared to address mental health?

Often referred to as “the eyes and ears on the ground,” Resident Assistants (RAs) serve as the first line of defense if a situation arises among residents.

Humpty Dumpty is a lie

I was actually pretty used to screams coming from the kitchen as a kid, as awful as that might sound, but this one was different.

Theater: My escape from life’s comedies and tragedies

If I’m being honest, I can’t remember a time when I was in school and wasn’t stressed. Even in middle school when I really shouldn’t have been so worried about schoolwork, I was fixated on being the best of the best.

Am I stressed?

Mental health has become an increasingly difficult subject to navigate in the public sphere. Every movement advocating for the de-stigmatization of mental health issues ostensibly invites a pushback that claims millennials and Generation Z are overly sensitive and mental health does not warrant a concerted effort to maintain.

Feeling isolated

In recognition of this special issue of The Stute, I wanted to cast light on environmental factors that may contribute to the mental health issues we have seen among our students.

Talking about mental illness

The mind-body problem is the deepest mystery of existence. Narrowly speaking, it asks how a brain — a mere chunk of matter, a bundle of quarks and electrons — makes a mind.

On a lighter note: female friendships

A piece of advice I’d like to impart to other women about their friendships is something I have to remind myself constantly: women are not perfect.