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High school ruined my mental health but college replenished it

Hundreds of young teenagers in one place for hours on end, in theory, has always sounded like a recipe for disaster. Take into account the ridiculously high number of students who consume blue raspberry smoke for breakfast and stress during snack time,…

Columns Opinion by Sophia Sipe March 12, 2022

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Living with college roommates and OCD

When I got my first roommate, I was beyond unhappy. He was loud, never followed my rules and neglected to pay attention to the duct tape line I carefully placed on the carpet between our halves of the bedroom. My co-tenant happened…

Columns Fresh Takes by Sophia Sipe February 15, 2022

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Life on antidepressants

This month marks my one year anniversary of consistency with medication. It’s taken a long time to get here, but now that I’ve joined the stability club, let me break down the process. With the consideration of mental health medication comes the…

Columns Opinion by Cj Flores December 20, 2021

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Finding closure isn’t that easy

Dark and stormy, rain falls onto you for what seems to be a lifetime. A tropic storm or just the rain of your thoughts? That's where I feel my head to be constantly lately. Over the past weeks my brain and heart…

Columns Opinion by Sophia Sipe November 15, 2021

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Thanksgiving is only fun for grandmas— change my mind

When I was in elementary school, Thanksgiving was taken far more seriously than it is now. For the entire week preceding the holiday, my peers and I made turkey hats, cards for our families and celebrated the Mayflower every year. As I…

Columns Opinion by Sophia Sipe October 20, 2021

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Halloween egging: a brief history lesson

As the streets begin to overflow with mothers in Ugg boots and pets in costumes, delinquent children across the country wander throughout local grocery stores on a mission to stock up on excess toilet paper and egg cartons. Though for the rest…

Columns by Sophia Sipe September 28, 2021

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The perils of seasonal depression

For many of the early years in my life, autumn and winter harvested my favorite memories of adolescence, from baking with my grandparents to playing board games by the Christmas tree. Excluding the cavities, this time of the year never failed to…

Columns by Cj Flores April 12, 2021

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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind: The tale of two choices

When I was four years old my dad signed me up for football, a sport I knew nothing about at the time. I still remember the first practice as I reminisce on the autumn sky above the plain grass field on the…

Columns by Alan Lewis March 29, 2021

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Alan’s Ramblings: Guilt during the pandemic

I feel guilty during the pandemic. I, as many people are, am bored. There are only so many TV shows or Netflix films to be watched. When the pandemic first hit California the shutdown was initially for two weeks, now 11 months…

Columns by Cj Flores March 25, 2021

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Confessions of a dangerous mind: Stress during the pandemic

By this time, everyone should understand that life during the pandemic is slow and melodic. We move at slower rates, life is a slowed version of what it could be. Except, is that the case for everyone during this time? The simple…

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