Reacting to a Broken Present
Students with strong connections to Israel and Gaza are wrestling with a hard question: How can you worry about submitting quizzes or revising rough drafts when your homeland is in…
Franklin & Marshall College: Where Seasonal Depression Meets Midterms – A Survival Guide
The Onion Dip Column is the satire section. All articles are not to be taken seriously. Hey F&M! Is that seasonal depression kicking in? Dang, that’s too bad. Here’s a…
Mental Health in College
By Crystal Olague || Staff Writer Mental health is a tricky thing. It affects us every day, and we never know how it will affect us. I’ve spent the last…
Making the Grade: The Prevalence of Eating Disorders on College Campuses
By Lily Vining || Managing Editor Trigger Warning: This article contains information about eating disorders and other mental illnesses. If you or someone you know is struggling with any of…
Op-Ed: Seasonal Depression on F&M Academics
By Emily Hanson || Layout Assistant Being on the east coast means experiencing the highest and lowest temperatures, which has its benefits. Many activities become available only in the winter,…
Op-Ed: Nothing is Mandatory
By Lydia Shaw || Contributing Writer Last semester, my chronic illness declined. My chronic pain and acute pain attacks worsened. My hypersomnia increased so much that I could not sustain…
Why Being “That Girl” Isn’t All That
By Erin Maxwell || Editor in Chief You’ve seen her on your explore page. Flashing her perfect stomach to the camera, she twists to the side against a soft white…
Op-Ed: Stop the Stigma
By Gabby Ramos | | Contributing Writer If you look up the definition of “stigma” on Google, you will find that it is “a mark of disgrace associated with a…
Op-Ed: How the Music Department Budget Cuts Will Affect Mental Health of Students and F&M’s Institutional Identity
By Nathan Miller || Contributing Writer Vivian Lin || Contributing Writer This op-ed was written solely by F&M students and was not prompted by any instructors, staff, or academic departments.…
ATHLETES MENTAL HEALTH DURING PANDEMIC
By Audrey Berling || Contributing Writer Athletes are known for being some of the most tenacious and mentally strong individuals in the world. Their ability to persevere through tough situations…
Quarantine Slump: How Quarantine Has Affected Student Motivation
By Sarah Nicell || Layout Assistant The United States has officially surmounted 400,000 total deaths from COVID-19, a figure so devastating that it becomes impossible to visualize. Approaching ten months…
Op-Ed: Why Your Friendly Cop is still Dangerous: Police Brutality is not just about Aggressive Personalities
Photo Courtesy of Sean MacEntee By Sojin Shin || Op-Eds Editor About a month ago, our family almost got robbed. We were fortunate in that my sister happened to be…
Playing Hanon: “One more distraction, please.”
Sojin Shin || Op-Eds Editor Photo courtesy of the author Hanon is a book consisting of 60 (240, in its original glory) finger exercises. None of them are “music”, so…
Netflix releases recent similar films that serve to destigmatize mental illness
By Danielle Rice || Arts & Leisure Editor Netflix is always releasing new movies. In the past couple of months, it has released several interesting ones which happen to include…
Importance of seeking out professional help to treat mental illnesses
By Sojin Shin || Op-Eds Editor Photo Courtesy of fandm.edu It is often said that depression is like the common cold. Most people experience it at least once in their…