Health
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By Natalie Demaree October 9, 2020 The trees are beginning to change on campus at the University of Arkansas, but significantly less students are able to enjoy the fall colors this year because of remote classes. “I feel we do have good protocols and guidelines in place. With limited face-to-face instruction, socially…
Leaves Fall, UA Leaders Make Calls: Campus Update on Covid-19
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by Katie Wayles “9-1-1, what is your emergency?” “My sister is going to kill herself. Please send an ambulance,” I said with a shaky breath. I reread the text from my sister: I don’t know how to say this, so I’ll keep it short. I don’t think I can continue on like this. You have…
Life Line: Bipolar Disorder and the Positive Effects of the Internet
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by Karen Sue McKenzie In the Bible Belt, abstinence is ideal, but oftentimes people choose to have sex anyways. In turn, rates of sexual infections in the South continue to rise. In July 2017 I worked at an ice cream shop. I was scooping a sample of caramel ice cream for a kid…
Let’s Talk About Sex
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by Rachel Roberts Sept. 6, 2019 Your body killed your pancreas. Well, at least the part of it that provides insulin beta-cells. Whether because of its dysfunction or because your other organs received mixed signals and mistakenly attacked it, now the important cells are gone. Your body went about its kill-job, and now you now…
Big Ticket Drug: The Cost of Staying Alive
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How dementia affects those surrounding the diagnosed. By Katie Serrano
As Memories Fade
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I wanted to experience the health benefits of a vegan diet. Here’s why it didn’t work for me. By Ella Ruth Hill
My Attempt at Veganism
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Despite hashtags and marches, some sexual assault survivors still feel silenced. By Andrea Johnson
Left in the Shadows
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[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.17.2″] The days following my suicide attempt By Rachael Krasnesky Nov. 26, 2018 [/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.17.2″] “Okay, I need you to lift up your breasts for me,” the nurse said to me while she gently searched my shaking, naked body for contraband. Then she took my picture, which I would get to…
My Second Chance
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[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.17.2″] How deleting my Instagram account helped reduce my anxiety By Emma Foster Nov. 18, 2016 [/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.17.2″] As I sat with my American mission team and the Cambodian translators who traveled from village to village with us, I wrestled my phone out of my backpack. A moment like this was…
Instant Relief
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“I realized we have completely failed a generation,” Scott said. “This isn’t the ‘Just Say No’ generation.”
‘We Have Completely Failed a Generation’