By Shannon Sampson News Reporter According to the Journal of Counseling and Development, college students are expected to undergo high levels of stress. Managing time, along with personal finances, is correlated with the stress that college students feel. One of the top stressors amongst students is time management, especially with students who are also employed, and keeping up with school work is stressful without also worrying about bills. Finding the […]
By DeMornay Harper Blog Content Contributor College life is crazy. It’s so easy to get caught up in the hustle of things especially being constantly surrounded by your peers. It’s honestly difficult not to feel like you aren’t measuring up to where you “should be” based on what the people around you are doing. Because of this pressure we place on ourselves, self-care often takes the back burner. This can easily […]
By Hannah Wisterman Blog Content Contributor There are so, so, so many things to get upset about. Midterms are sweeping the campus, natural disasters just keep happening, you miss your family, the neighbor didn’t let his dog come say hi to you—all totally reasonable things to get you in a funk. When one thing after another just keeps building up, you may find yourself staring an emotional breakdown in the […]
By Alexandra Cochran Blog Content Contributor Social media is a 21st century invention and practically a new concept to this world. It's also proven that social media is a huge distraction and affects the ways that we socialize and communicate on a daily basis. But can we reverse its affects when it takes over our mental health? It all started when I forced myself to delete Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. […]
By Brittany Robinson Station Manager For the last 15 years, countries all over the world have been celebrating International Men’s Day (IMD). With over 70 countries celebrating the annual event, the objective of IMD is more than just a celebration of men. It's a day to highlight men's and boy's health, improving gender relations, promoting gender equality and more. At its root. it's a day to promote humanitarian values. […]
By Cain Hernandez Blog Content Contributor Nov. 11. Many of you recognize this date as Veterans Day, a time when we pay tribute to the honorable men and women who chose a path of selflessness over all else. Nov. 19. This less recognizable date is International Men’s Day (IMD). Contrary to what you might be thinking, IMD is not a celebration of all things "masculine". You won't see men taking to the streets […]
By Jourdan Bazley Blog Content Contributor Imagine your future self as that successful entrepreneur, doctor or film director that you want to be. Now think of all of the ways that you are working to get there. In college, finding your balance will be one of the most important things that you will do for yourself. Loads of work and class, relationships with important people, financial stress and responsibility for your […]
By Matthew Harrington Other Side Drive Executive Producer Melissa Johnston and Malik Mingo interviewed Blanca Sanchez-Navarro, an assistant director and LPC-S at the counseling center of Texas State University. They discussed many important topics including suicide prevention, at-risk training, and mental health awareness. They wrapped it all up on a great note: the DeStress Fest, taking place on October 12th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the LBJ […]
By Janessa Rutiaga Blog Content Contributor As college students, we tend to put our grades and GPA before ourselves. We come to class stressed and full of anxiety, and our grades suffer because of this. I fully believe that students need to first take care of themselves and their own well-being, and only then will their grades and everything around them flourish. Self-care is a big yes, and I think […]
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