It is not breaking news that college years are filled with wild emotions. From the moment we step on campus, we are overwhelmed with new feelings and experiences we never knew existed.
Two UW-Madison students wrote personal accounts about their experiences dealing with the mental illness of anxiety. Talking to someone, regardless of gender, is the way to beat anxiety As I laid in bed after a particularly rough day, I finally realized something: I’m not crazy. It took me a while to finally come to this conclusion.
Hello, my name is Jonah. Invariably, when I introduce myself at weekly recovery programs I am greeted with a chorus of “Hello Jonah,” from a group united by our challenges coping with friends or family who have alcohol problems. I go because I am a senior at UW-Madison who is a non-drinker. Friends old and new ask all the time why I don’t drink. “It’s just a personal choice,” “I never have,” “I have a bad family history,” I usually respond. I rarely ever tell people—even my closest friends—what the answer really comes down to. I’m terrified alcohol would take my life away.
Let’s role play. Imagine you’re going for a walk in your beloved neighborhood when you hear someone calling for your help from their house.
Women’s issues. Sexual assault is a women’s problem. Why are so many women being sexually assaulted?
Last month, I had the privilege of attending Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, California. This trade expo gathers all natural companies from small start-ups piloting make-your-own tempeh machines to the natural foods titans, such as Silk and Daiya foods. When walking around the trade expo, wide-eyed with my clipboard in hand, one thing became clear–the natural foods industry is exploding. Whether you call it a food revolution or a plantocalypse, our food system is being reinvented.
Presidential candidate Donald Trump took a big hit in Wisconsin, and now his resilience is questionable.
I am a proud member of the millennial generation. I meet many of the stereotypical expectations of being a millennial; I consider myself to be tech-savvy and plan on voting for Bernie Sanders in my home state’s primary.
Lately, I’ve found myself trapped in a crammed cavity of writer’s block. Writing for the opinion section of any publication presents endless opportunity; one can write about simply anything that they feel strongly about.
Spring break takes people to a variety of destinations. My 2016 destination was set as of October the previous year.
Anger has been a constant theme of this year’s election. The campaigns of Donald Trump and Sen.
On March 23, 2016, North Carolina Governor Pat McCroy signed a law preventing local governments in the state of North Carolina from creating legislation to protect transgender and gay people.
Last night, the Kohl Center hosted an extremely passionate crowd. A crowd that had gathered as a result of Sen.
On Monday, March 23rd 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. Six years later, I’m so thankful to be one of the 20 million people who have gained quality, affordable healthcare coverage as a result.
Madrid, London, Paris and Brussels...will it ever end? Last Tuesday, innocent civilians in Belgium were terrorized as horrifying attacks killed dozens in a Brussels airport and a subway station. As Americans, we nervously gaze across an ocean to a continent that feels even more vulnerable than the U.S.
You may have heard that Donald Trump is the front-runner to win the Republican presidential nomination.
At the first Republican debate, which seems like an eternity ago, Fox News anchor Bret Baier led off the debate by asking the candidates to raise their hand if they were “unwilling” to pledge their support behind the eventual Republican nominee.
Did you know that 81 percent of car crashes are due to human error? Lately, the media has constantly been discussing ways to make the road a safer place.
When I was younger, I was constantly taught to act like a woman. Until one day I asked, “what does it mean to be a woman?” One of my teachers in elementary school scolded me for not acting like a girl.
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