You’re in the middle of a particularly difficult semester in which a microbiology lab report, a ten page paper for your Shakespeare class, and an organic chemistry exam all fall during the same week. Sound familiar? You spend the week in front of your laptop in your school library, torn between the temptations of social […]
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How To Stay Sane In An Increasingly Hectic World
Hectic mornings, long train rides, sleepy lectures, mind-boggling math classes, confusing relationships, shady individuals, $10 sandwiches — it’s a wonder that we don’t all run away to St. Tropez. College is the first time we start to take our lives into our own hands and face the increasingly confusing and hectic world around us. So […]
The Science of Stress
Any college student will tell you that college is extremely stressful. What you won’t hear from all of them is that stress developed as an evolutionary strategy for survival. Therefore, it must be good! And according to clinical psychologist Ben Michaelis, stress is very good. In his article “3 Ways Stress Can Help Beat Anxiety”, […]
