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President Trump just released some of his plans to possibly create a compromise regarding the current gun controversy saturating the media. One of his proposals is raising the age of being able to buy a rifle or handgun to 21.
The Student Health Center had a few events going on to help students destress and learn more about mental health.
Student Body Vice President Dani Goodreau submitted a letter of resignation to Student Body President Ross Lordo on Wednesday evening around 7 p.m., immediately after the weekly student senate meeting.
The average yearly salary for a social worker in Columbia is $51,606 as of Jan. 2. This falls below the median salary for South Carolina graduates with four-year degrees. The role of a social worker is one who helps others with a variety of problems such as abuse, poverty, mental health issues and learning and physical disabilities, to name a few. Many of us can guess the amount of emotional toll that a job like this would take on a person.
When we take our first steps into our kindergarten classroom, an invisible clock starts ticking.
The Recording Academy recognized some of the best of 2017's music Sunday at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards. Here are a few of the winners that stood out to me, for both good and bad reasons.
Finals week can be one of the most intense of the semester. Students all over USC are pulling long hours in Thomas Cooper and trying to learn as much as they can before the first exams start Monday. This extra effort might benefit your GPA, but extended periods of stress paired with lack of sleep and an improper diet can start to toll on one’s physical and mental well-being.
Too often we instinctively respond to problems by choosing to address symptoms we can see without digging deeper to uncover the root. This is a trap that is easy to fall into when dealing with an issue as weighty and opaque as mental illness.
We hear about tragedies every day. News about the genocide in Myanmar or the ongoing war in Syria filters in, and recognition of these events also accompanies our sense of limited locality. Often, these tragedies feel a world away.
It seems that the media has been exploring the topic of mental illness recently. I’d like to start by saying that I am glad we are finally using major media platforms to discuss the issue of mental health in the United States. This is a growing issue, especially among young people, and the conversation surrounding it is long overdue.
Reported rates of attempted suicide at USC increased from 0.5 percent to 1.3 percent from 2010 to 2017. On a campus of roughly 35,000, that's more than 450 students.
Members of USC's 2017 Bateman Team were reunited this month to receive an award of excellence from the International Association of Business Communicators. Though they're now alumni, the award was a reminder of what the Bateman Team did to prepare them for their careers.
The latter half of November in South Carolina is largely dominated by one central event: the Carolina-Clemson football game. Played on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, it's more than a game in more ways than one for many students and fans.
Just under 10 percent of the students at USC use counseling services in a year. Of those roughly 3,200 students, most choose to return for a second session. But there’s a fundamental conflict, said Director of Counseling and Psychiatry Warrenetta Mann, between the expectations of students and the services the university provides.
A diverse group of students, faculty and staff gathered at Rutledge Chapel on Thursday evening to remember students lost to suicide and offer comfort and solace to those affected.
Students signing up for the Survey of Abnormal Psychology class in previous semesters thought they'd be studying serial killers. Instead, it was a class on mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder.
Despite being used since ancient times across the globe, psychedelic drugs remain illegal and stigmatized in the United States. The DEA lists psychedelics as Schedule 1 drugs, meaning they are officially considered to have no more medicinal value than life-threatening substances like heroin. This flies in the face of the actual scientific evidence and medical literature, which has established that psychedelics such as LSD and psilocybin mushrooms have tremendous potential for treating crippling mental afflictions such as depression, anxiety and post traumatic stress disorder. Research into psychedelics was interrupted by the War on Drugs in 1970, but modern doctors have returned to the subject and found exciting medical possibilities that warrant further exploration.
Editor's note: Check out our news coverage of the counseling center's move to the new student health building.
A free service for students to get online counseling has expanded this semester, providing an alternative to face-to-face therapy.
A common motto for UN volunteers is “Global Goals, Local Leaders”, a theme that was apparent at the State House when the South Carolina UN Association came together to celebrate the ratification of the UN Charter. Students from USC, USC Upstate and Clemson University lined the sidewalks in booths with assigned UN sustainable development goals ranging from clean energy to equity in education.