Alex Silberzweig | Creating a more accommodating recovery atmosphere at Penn
Those with the power to do so should improve the way that Penn students to recover from illnesses by extending SHS hours and giving students time to get better.
Those with the power to do so should improve the way that Penn students to recover from illnesses by extending SHS hours and giving students time to get better.
The club recruitment process is one of the first stressors that new students encounter when they arrive at Penn, and it has wide-ranging effects on both student life and mental health.
Starting a dialogue on mental health requires patience to grasp at what is elusive and acceptance of the impossibility of capturing every nuance of stress, addiction and trauma.
CLAUDIA LI is a College senior from Santa Clara, Calif.
The club recruitment process is one of the first stressors that new students encounter when they arrive at Penn, and it has wide-ranging effects on both student life and mental health.
Starting a dialogue on mental health requires patience to grasp at what is elusive and acceptance of the impossibility of capturing every nuance of stress, addiction and trauma.
Trust me when I say this; we should all be seeing a therapist.
How is a freshman supposed to make sense of all the tragedy that has struck Penn? And how can they ensure that they will be immune to the mental health issues that plague its campus?
Mental health may be a general term, but in reality, it looks so different to so many different people, especially to various communities and cultural groups on campus.
SARAH KHAN is a College freshman from Lynn Haven, Fla.
We are eager to do what is expected of us when the trend calls for it, but we don’t let that influence anything we do in real life.
We hope that administrators will take the ideas, concerns and critiques expressed through the PULSE survey and Campus Conversation seriously, but for either of these efforts to be of any use, we the students need to participate heavily.
We so often predicate our existence on someone else’s — their successes are your successes, and you avoid any information whatsoever that might point to their failings.
BRAD HONG is a College sophomore from Morristown, N.J.
SIYIN HAN is a College senior from Birmingham, Ala.
CASSANDRA JOBMAN is a College freshman from Garland, Texas.
What’s going to matter in the very end is how you appreciated the details of what you did have — how you lived every day.
CLAUDIA LI is a College senior from Santa Clara, Calif.
The administration can no longer blindly point to Counseling and Psychological Services and shut down parties in hopes that mental health issues and the consequences of binge drinking will vanish.
The politics of presentation and representation are complex and therefore it is crucial that as many voices as possible are heard.