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The hope-you-cope method: Student mental health suffers during March Madness
Canceling spring break because of COVID-19 has spread many students too thin. If Butler is concerned about the pandemic, columnist Kennedi Ulman raises the question: why are we hosting March Madness?
Keep your inner kiddo alive
We are all too young, whether we’re 19 or 87, to be so worried about presenting ourselves as respectable adults. We spend so much time out of our short lives focused on looking official and having it all together. Instead, maybe we should spend a bit more time connecting with our inner child and being truly and deeply happy.
Butler offers a free, one-year subscription to Headspace
The University is responding to the stress and fatigue students have been feeling amidst a semester with no breaks by providing a free, one-year subscription to Headspace.
Butler students react to beginning their second on-campus semester during the pandemic
After a full semester of adapting to COVID-19 restrictions, academics, and social changes, students prepare to do it all again.
Seasonal depression: What it is and how the pandemic could affect it
With mental health at a low right now due to the pandemic, understanding more about seasonal depression and how to treat it could be more critical than ever before.
A Butler Ballet dancer reflects on artists’ experiences during the past months
A Butler Ballet dancer reflects on artists’ experiences during the past months, concerning loss of motivation and passion.
When can we get a break? Butler announces BUBeWell weekend in March
As other Indiana universities are giving students days off, Butler students have mixed feelings about a weekend dedicated to stepping away from academics
How I survived Ross Hall COVID-19 isolation
The process of symptomatic isolation in ex-dorm Ross Hall does not have to be totally and utterly emotionally isolating. If you think you might have COVID-19 like I did, here is what to expect.
Students’ mental health marred by COVID-19 isolation
Floppy disc disposal, Dick Hamm’s retirement notice and a homogenous array of job fair schedules were just a few of the items topping the university’s “Butler Today” listserv during the first months of the semester. But while students looking to recycle their unwieldy collection of pre-Y2K technology had no issue finding resources to help them, students in desperate need of mental health resources during a global pandemic were left in the dark.