Eden-Rose Baker is a journalism junior and a Mustang News opinion columnist. This article does not reflect the views of Mustang News. Last quarter, everything made me anxious. It got […]
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MN Now: February 10, 2023
Mustang News reporter Avery Elowitt brings you the top stories from this week…
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Campus Health and Wellbeing Counseling Services launches February Mental Health Fridays
50-minute seminars covering various mental health topics will be held via zoom each Friday of this month courtesy of Campus Health and Wellbeing’s (CH&W) Counseling Services. Any member of the […]
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Leave Me Alone But Don’t Leave! ––Loneliness and Social Anxiety as a College Student During COVID-19
Zoie Denton is an English sophomore and the views expressed in this piece don’t necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. You’re sitting in your dorm, apartment, house or wherever, desperately […]
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Therapy Dogs on Campus: A Paw-sitive Influence
The Alliance of Therapy Dogs is meeting on Dexter Lawn one Thursday a month for “Therapy Dog Thursdays.” This is in partnership with Cal Poly’s Campus Health and Wellbeing to […]
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ASI bucks the stigma of mental health
Associated Students Inc. (ASI) hosted their annual “Buck the Stigma” care and wellness week from Oct. 11-15, aiming to beat the stigma around mental health conversations. “Midterms are oftentimes very […]
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“A part of who I am:” San Luis Obispo community celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
Sept. 15 marked the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month — a celebration of Latinx culture and, in San Luis Obispo, students and community members join to commemorate this month. Ethnic […]
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Healthy snacks that have your back: Cal Poly senior creates a snack business
Before going to college, business administration senior Sophia Shapiro was diagnosed with several eating disorders, as well as anxiety and depression. With few people talking about their mental health issues, Shapiro felt no one else was going through what she was.
It wasn’t until she began posting on social media about her journey that she realized she was not alone.
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Senior Project Spotlight: A mental health app designed by college students, for college students
When computer engineering senior Alyssa Liu left for college, her little sister gave her a shoe box filled with letters. Each letter had instructions for when she was supposed to open it; one was for when she missed home, another for when she got her first bad grade. Whenever Liu was feeling down or overwhelmed, she turned to the shoebox for comfort.
That shoebox became the inspiration for Foveo, an app that Liu and her team are working on developing as their senior project to help college students who suffer from mental illness.
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The stories behind the statistics: Three Cal Poly students share their experiences with COVID-19
Cal Poly has reported 1,015 positive COVID-19 cases as of Monday, Jan. 11., and many students that live on campus have already experienced quarantine or isolation.
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Over 100 students rated their mental health at zero in an Instagram poll. Here are some of their responses.
Mustang News put out a poll on our instagram asking students to rate their mental health on a scale from 0-100. The poll received over 400 responses, with 124 of them rating their mental health at zero. The overall average rating was less than 50.