Back-to-school anxiety common but conquerable
Anilec Vita, Staff Writer
September 5, 2012
By the fifth day of the fall semester at Santa Monica College, Michele Davis, a 20-year-old history major, had already received four syllabi listing upcoming quizzes, papers and midterms. Before long, Davis began to feel the familiar stomach pain and sweaty palms that accompanied her realization of the... Read more »
Old habits die hard: The science of stress and how to conquer it
Matthew Zoie
September 6, 2011
While a college education expands minds, the common stressors that come with an extended education has proven to wreak havoc on the bodies of students. Because a college student’s problems are long term and less physically based, this reaction to stress can have an adverse affect according to UCLA... Read more »
Facing fear in the name of science
Cathy Arias, Staff Writer
March 29, 2011
Fear. We may or may not realize it, but the dark emotion haunts us everyday: We fear the traffic lined up Pico Boulevard, making you late to an important exam; not affording rent this month, facing your significant other about transferring to a school across the country next fall, terrorism, an apocalypse,... Read more »
We’ve Got Issues – Academic services
William Courtney, Staff Writer
March 8, 2011
College can be a stressful experience where students often feel they are lost in a maze, pleading for anyone to lend a helping hand. Colleges should offer the best possible resources so students have a chance to succeed. Why then does it feel like at SMC we are following an echo? Maybe... Read more »
