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Mental health

Advice Column: Reframe Your Response to Adversity

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Transparency Item: This is an advice column that rotates writers and is based on new topics each week. This is the opinion and perspective of the writer. Hey Waves, So, you’ve had a bad day. Your instinct may be to complain to a friend — but wait. There's a better way to overcome a rainy day. Maybe you didn’t get the grade you hoped for. Or, you feel your relationships … [Read more...] about Advice Column: Reframe Your Response to Adversity

Student Wellness Advisory Board Builds Community Through Tabling

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"Tomorrow needs you." "You are not alone." "You are seen." "You are loved." Colorful index cards with these affirmations laid on a table at the Student Wellness Advisory Board's first tabling event of the year Sept. 13. SWAB members and students wrote the affirmations for passersby to give to their friends and peers or take one for themselves. The … [Read more...] about Student Wellness Advisory Board Builds Community Through Tabling

Opinion: Limits Let Us Play

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Transparency Item: The Perspectives section of the Graphic is comprised of articles based on opinion. This is the opinion and perspective of the writer. When I took Religion 101, I thought I would do very well on the final exam, but I did not. This mismatch of expectations shook my framework of confidence in my knowledge of religion and obliterated my effort in studying … [Read more...] about Opinion: Limits Let Us Play

Opinion: Christ Pantocrator Teaches Balance

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Art by Mary Palumbo Transparency Item: The Perspectives section of the Graphic is comprised of articles based on opinion. This is the opinion and perspective of the writer. Icons are a form of worship that artfully display holy and sacred beings. Icons are more than works of art. They teach us things. They live and breathe, instilling wisdom from Christianity through the … [Read more...] about Opinion: Christ Pantocrator Teaches Balance