Tag: wellbeing
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Charge your brain’s battery: Taking a nap is a smart, productive move for college students 

by Kaylie Wang

Yes, I know taking a nap feels wrong because you should be busy with school or “making the most” out of college. It feels like college is a constant competition between Google Calendar schedules, comparing who’s taking the hardest classes or who’s more booked and busy — so it can easily feel like taking a nap means you are lazy, not taking enough classes or not having enough club meetings. 

However, if you keep pushing yourself through the day on little fuel, you’re going to burnout and there will be catastrophic consequences on your health. Naps can actually be productive and help you become more creative.

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Watch out for your weed

by Helyn Oshrin

With rapidly changing legalization laws across the country, cannabis has become more popular and more accessible than ever before, but there are still people who are buying their weed the old-fashioned way. Black market weed, however, can contain contaminants like fentanyl, because they don’t have to go through a rigorous testing process.  The Food and […]

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Mental Health Awareness Month under quarantine

by Emily Mahoney, Ivy Yahnke and Sydney Brandt

One in five people will experience a mental illness during their lifetime, Mental Health America said. To spread awareness about mental illness, the United States has observed Mental Health Awareness Month every May since 1949.  Under the stay-at-home orders due to the COVID-19 impacts, many who suffer from mental illness may be under even more stress.  In a […]

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