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Mental Health Talk is Cheap

This is an op-ed about the ongoing struggles of mental health, specifically in schools, despite there being strides made in decreasing the stigma around it. CONTENT WARNING: Includes mentions of specific mental health conditions, suicide, and an ableist slur.

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Burning Alive

My name is Halley Hopkins, and I didn’t grow up with easy choices to make. This piece speaks on the hardships that I’ve faced while figuring out who I am as a person.

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Finding the ‘Happily Ever’ After Graduation

Jewel sheds some light on the struggles that come after graduating college, and how we can push through them.

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Thoughts From an Uprising Senior: Where is My Heart Going?

Being a college student has been a wild ride. I've done the sad sobbing a Freshman does when they miss home. I’ve gone through the comfortability of finding your place as a Sophomore. I’ve felt the love for young adulthood that being a Junior brought me. Now, I’m sitting here and waiting for what senior year will bring. Will I get a happily ever after? Read more to find out!

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My 10-year-old Self and I Disagree About Taylor Swift

Jewel begrudgingly talks about the new Taylor Swift album.

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Hallway Breakdowns, Womp Womp

Most people have breakdowns depending on different things. Unfortunately for me, I had a breakdown in the middle of my dorm hallway.

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Where Does the Line Get Drawn

People often hold double standards regarding morals, particularly within the realms of religion, politics, and rights.

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America is (Rapidly) Reaching the Reality of the Hunger Games

How capitalism is leading America towards a dystopian society like the world of the Hunger Games.

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Peer Reviewed Autism

Dakota wonders what's more important, a referral to a clinician or confirmation from your peers.

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Biden: It’s Now or Never

It was almost exactly four years ago today when I marched alongside fellow New Yorkers on a global day of walkouts for climate change. We were not taken seriously then, but we must be now. There is no alternative.

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