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-7 posts tagged "stigma"
Veronica Navarro | Friday, September 10, 2021
Editor’s Note: This story includes mention of eating disorders and self harm. A list of resources can be found on the National Eating Disorder Association website or through their helpline. After suffering from an eating disorder and working toward recovery, Saint Mary’s junior Julia O’Grady wanted to start a club for her peers at the
Elizabeth Prater | Tuesday, April 20, 2021
While isolation due to disease may seem like a new, pervasive issue that has erupted after the onset of COVID-19, the notion is not completely foreign to the colony of Kalaupapa. Located in Moloka‘i, Hawaii, this was the location for people exiled from the 1860s through the 1960s because of their contraction of Hansen’s disease,
Veronica Navarro | Monday, October 26, 2020
In April 2019, I submitted my deposit to commit to attending Saint Mary’s College. I loved my time at SMC. Walking around campus, I felt like I belonged. I loved being able to come to Notre Dame and then return to my quiet sanctuary in Regina Hall. There were professors at Saint Mary’s that changed
Gabriel Niforatos | Monday, February 11, 2019
Let me tell you what it is like to live inside of a snow globe — a Victorian mansion behind you and a tiny frozen lake beside you. There can be snow anytime you want there to be and you will never feel cold, like living the memory of your first snow if you could remember
Nicole Simon | Tuesday, October 2, 2018
The first week of October is Mental Health Awareness Week, an effort intended to recognize mental health issues across the country. Hoping to bring this awareness to Notre Dame’s campus is Active Minds, a chapter of the nation-wide organization with over 400 collegiate branches and has become “the voice of young adult mental health advocacy
Susan Zhu | Monday, February 8, 2016
This Wednesday, Notre Dame will have its election for next year’s student body president and vice president. Preserving students’ mental health is an important issue on campus that I hope takes a front seat in this year’s election. However, I struggle with the general platform goal of “ending the stigma.” It’s difficult for me to understand
Nicole Caratas | Thursday, November 12, 2015
Active Minds, a nation-wide organization that seeks to create conversations about mental health and provide a supportive community for college students, started a chapter on Saint Mary’s campus, senior Bridget Dedelow said. According to the Active Minds website, the club was started by a college student who lost her brother to suicide. The website states that