Reading Time: 4 minutesLike the Rube Goldberg machine, where every part of the apparatus is essential to its final outcome, every sphere of your life is essential, too.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes“It creates a safer place where someone who feels stressed or has life problems can escape and spend some time with his friends and forgets about the rest,” explained fourth-year student Andrew Boctor on the influence of video games.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“I would say that my experience has been anything but enjoyable,” first-year students take a look back after nearly completing their first semester of university online.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs we usher in a new virtual semester, burnout is a looming threat for many buried under responsibilities. But it’s important to recognize your limits.
Reading Time: 4 minutesDue to COVID-19 and online learning, many University of Ottawa students decided to learn from home instead of living in Ottawa. However, while students are saving money on rent and other necessities, it seems as though the costly feelings of loneliness are amplified for many.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMidterms shouldn’t all be grouped together, as it’s regressive to students’ mental health and renders reading week pointless. The university should create mechanisms to spread out midterm exams and assessments, for students’ sake.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMental health issues such as anxiety can be triggered or exacerbated by stress. Our education system and the stress it places on students is at least partially to blame for mental health issues across postsecondary campuses.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWith just a little work, even the busiest bees can keep the birds-and-the-bees alive.
Reading Time: 3 minutesMental health affects us all. I personally know many students struggling with this issue every day, and I am terrified of the consequences that will occur because they weren’t able to receive adequate help.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBeing constantly connected to your work causes an incredible amount of stress with no tangible benefits.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine has recently implemented new meditation sessions as a way for students to relieve stress.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile these spherical lounge chairs might seem like something from the future—or Google—it’s about time post-secondary education woke up to the benefits of helping students nap on campus.
Reading Time: 4 minutesStress can be a challenge to manage and overcome in an academic setting, especially during exam season. But for some, this period can trigger something more serious.
Reading Time: 2 minutesResident sexpert Di Daniels thinks that lovemaking is the ultimate motivator, especially when it comes to exams.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlthough telling a first-year student who can barely take care of themselves to get a plant may seem odd, there is a simple reason for it—plants have many benefits, and act as more than just cute dorm decorations. This was something that over 50 students learned about at Community Life Service’s (CLS) Green Festival Indoor Plant Workshop, run by the University of Ottawa’s Health Services (UOHS) on March 2.
Reading Time: 2 minutesI don’t have anything against writing a final exam—obviously I need to prove that I learned something over the course of four months—but I have a huge problem with the way people act at the end of the semester.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHow the University of Ottawa wants to help bring awareness to students’ well being.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThat box of cookies you inhaled may not make you feel better after all.
Reading Time: < 1 minute“If you’re all out of options, just sleep on the floor. I do it all the time.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesHowever, when anxiety starts intruding on different areas of your life, including when you’re knockin’ the boots, that’s an indication you should seek help from a health-care professional.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs flip-flop tans fade and thought patterns begin to shift to deadlines and exams, it is not uncommon for students to experience symptoms of low serotonin in the brain—commonly referred to as anxiety or depression.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSTUDENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS Service (SASS) recently employed man’s best friend to help reduce student stress on campus. Tundra, the fully certified therapy dog now working at SASS, belongs to associate professor Audrey Gilles of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa. “Tundra was a dog that I rescued during my last year …
Reading Time: 4 minutesSolutions to shitty situations faced by first years Here at the Fulcrum, we believe in telling it like it is. The truth about being a university student? It’s hard. And being a first-year student? It’s really hard. Gone are the days of getting an A on the assignment you started the night before. Say goodbye …
