The United States will survive Trump
This might still be rather hard to believe, but it is going to be okay. It feels rather surreal, and understandably so, given that no one thought this would happen. It feels as though we are living in a dream and that the progress of the past eight years was for nothing. But I promise […]
Campus attitudes about stress
The glorification of stress is something I have observed quite often on this campus. Perhaps it is a symptom of an increasingly competitive job market or the ever-decreasing graduate school acceptance rates. Whatever the cause may be, unhealthy behaviors seem to be touted around campus as a badge of honor, a symbol indicating that “Yes, […]
Don’t make the library your home during finals week
That time of the year has, once again, come to pass. Finals week. The week where you will not see many of your friends for over two and a half months and you spend time buried in your textbooks. It is as inevitable as the end of the year is: The library is your new […]
Does Brandeis do enough for mental health?
The state of mental health care on Brandeis’ campus is better than at most other schools. Unfortunately, though, most schools do not do reach the minimum threshold to be declared adequate. Many Brandeis students are unable to answer very simple questions about the mental health resources we have on campus: What does the “PCC” stand […]
Belief in soul jeopardizes mental health
Perhaps one of the greatest detriments to mental health reform—both legislative and social—is the soul. That is to say, not with the soul itself (as I believe it does not exist), but rather with the notion that we have a soul separate and unrelated to the realm of the physical. Such a belief is no […]
