
As we approach the end of the Fall term here at Laurier, students tend to share some common anxieties across the campus: with exams coming up, tests, essays and etc., it can be nerve-racking and stressful. Outside of school, we […]
As we approach the end of the Fall term here at Laurier, students tend to share some common anxieties across the campus: with exams coming up, tests, essays and etc., it can be nerve-racking and stressful. Outside of school, we […]
Do you ever feel like 24 hours in a day are simply not enough? There’s just so much to do, and so little time. Whether you live at home or by yourself, there’s never enough time to get everything accomplished. […]
Yes, it’s that time of year again. The time where your student life becomes a lot more stressful. The time when the sleepless nights begin. The truth is that your last few weeks of university before summer do not have […]
The transition between life of a high school student to the life of a university student can be challenging for some. University is a stressful experience for every student and with it comes many expectations that students feel they must […]
What really is the true meaning of Christmas? In all honesty, it hasn’t shown to matter much this holiday season. I know just like every other holiday Christmas has become commercialized and turned into spending money over celebrating and blah, […]
“You never know when you answer the phone if someone is going to die. If you don’t pick it up quick enough, are they going to kill themselves?” Debbie Matthews, 55, struggled sporadically throughout her 33-year career as a 911 […]
Mental health has become a topic of importance over the past few years, and Wilfrid Laurier University has acknowledged this more readily than most other Canadian universities; between their newly enacted fall reading week and other improvements such as the […]
With the temperature rapidly dropping, the chaos of classes, and the complexity of human relationships, it is no surprise students are feeling a bit high-strung. Fourth-year student Miranda Small has been “overwhelmed with stress” lately. Small, 21, is trying to […]
You will never make it to university! Why can’t you just be happier? I don’t understand why you’re like this! Just snap out of it! Sometimes, people do not have a wide understanding about mental health. This misunderstanding of mental […]