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Im Only Human: A Reflection on Mental Health

I’m Only Human: A Reflection on Mental Health

Kaylee Gutzke, Contributor October 22, 2021

I want you to take a moment to imagine a day in the life of a college student with an anxiety disorder.  You’ve just woken up and your thoughts immediately start to race. Should I get out of...

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Meet Your New Candidate: Trish Gunby

Penelope Gardner, Opinion Editor October 22, 2021

Just outside of St. Louis City is Missouri’s Second Congressional District where Representative Trish Gunby is running for election. Rep. Gunby has served Missouri's House of Representatives 99th district...

Academic Anxiety: Your Grades Do Not Define You

Academic Anxiety: Your Grades Do Not Define You

Sara Qalbani, Staff Writer October 22, 2021

The shaking legs, the rapid heartbeat and the knot in your chest: I can assure you they’re not in your head. Academic anxiety is a term under the umbrella of anxiety experienced by many college students....

The Art of Presence

Jordan Bailey, Staff Writer October 22, 2021

“What a liberation to realize that the “voice in my head” is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that.” Eckhart Tolle There is not enough space to fully unravel the meaning of presence....

Sisterhood: A Process of Friendship By Service

Sisterhood: A Process of Friendship By Service

Juliette Callahan, Contributor October 8, 2021

The stereotype of the blonde, blue-eyed, wealthy and contemptible young women in sororities is anything but the reality of women in Greek Life. While this is the stereotype, the sorority experience at...

Astrology: Pseudoscience or Guide to Our Fate?

Astrology: Pseudoscience or Guide to Our Fate?

Juliette Callahan, Contributor October 4, 2021

Astrology is a pseudoscience that studies the individual. As Anne M. Nordhaur-Bike states, “For all its complexity, however, astrology remains fundamentally simple. It offers a time-honored system of...

Not Enough: Mental Health at SLU

Not Enough: Mental Health at SLU

Katerina Super, Staff Writer October 4, 2021

I attended my first therapy session when I was fourteen years old. My mental health had been deteriorating over the past year and I was exhausted. Depression can devour you. It’s difficult to describe...

The Lack of Gun Control in Missouri and its Impacts

The Lack of Gun Control in Missouri and its Impacts

Jordan Bailey, Staff Writer October 3, 2021

A quadruple shooting occurred in downtown St. Louis during a vigil. Two women and one man were severely injured; one man died. “Our city mourns last night’s attack on those who came together for a...

Why I Stopped Believing In Marriage

Why I Stopped Believing In Marriage

Anastasia Hanonick, Copy Editor September 27, 2021

Everyone is born with a pair of rose colored glasses called “innocence,” but an unfortunate reality of this “gift” is that it is inevitably outgrown. With every passing year the lenses will start...

Is the Forever War… Forever Over?

Is the Forever War… Forever Over?

Jordan Bailey, Staff Writer September 21, 2021

Following the gut-wrenching terrorist attacks initiated by the militant Islamist terrorist group al-Qaeda, former U.S. President George W. Bush launched a War on Terror.“The United States of America...

Seasonal Depression and Light Therapy

Seasonal Depression and Light Therapy

Katerina Super September 19, 2021

As we return to another semester and settle into our routines, the air around us is still hot and the sun is still blazing. Air-conditioning is the welcome we await as we step into our classrooms and...

SLU Should Analyze the Applied Behavioral Analysis Program More Closely

SLU Should Analyze the Applied Behavioral Analysis Program More Closely

Penelope Gardner, Opinion Editor September 15, 2021

Last semester, I signed up for a special topics night psychology class on applied behavior analysis. It seemed to be an interesting type of therapy and I needed another psychology class. After the first...

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