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Relaxation promotes stress-free enviornment for college students
Lindsay Panzica
Issue date: 9/21/07 Section: FUSE
Originally published: 9/20/07 at 6:39 PM EST
Last update: 9/20/07 at 11:29 PM EST
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Homework, classes, work and friends are all part of a college life.
As college starts, however, life suddenly seems to become consumed by the four page paper due for English, the fifty Calculus problems due for math, the lab report that needs to be typed up for chemistry, the speech that needs to be rehearsed for public speaking, all combined with the fact that you need to be at work by 3 p.m. and your friends want you to come to movie with them.
As a result all of these factors many students' college careers become overwhelmed by one thing - stress.
According to Amber Bach-Gorman, mental health counselor at the center for student health and psychological services, "It is very common for students to feel stressed at the beginning of the semester."
Bach-Gorman feels that the stress is felt by both new incoming freshman and older returning students, but for different reasons.
"For freshman, they are often stressed because they are learning a new campus, adjusting to community living," she said.
"New students also have a very complicated task learning to find balance between making friends, having a social life and still meeting all of their academic requirements. This can seem very overwhelming for a new college student."
Though beginning college can be stressful for new students, older returning students feel the pressure of a new semester as well.
"For older college students, a semester is brand new, meaning new schedules, new professors - and they too are balancing social, work and academic aspects of their lives," Bach-Gorman said, "Regardless, stress often feels the same to both new and returning students."
PSUC student Robin Woodruff said one of the best ways to avoid stress is to stay organized.
"Keep on top of big papers and assignments.Write the due dates down where you will see them everyday," Woodruff said. "You don't want to wake up and realize that you have a huge English essay due tomorrow that you haven't even started."
As college starts, however, life suddenly seems to become consumed by the four page paper due for English, the fifty Calculus problems due for math, the lab report that needs to be typed up for chemistry, the speech that needs to be rehearsed for public speaking, all combined with the fact that you need to be at work by 3 p.m. and your friends want you to come to movie with them.
As a result all of these factors many students' college careers become overwhelmed by one thing - stress.
According to Amber Bach-Gorman, mental health counselor at the center for student health and psychological services, "It is very common for students to feel stressed at the beginning of the semester."
Bach-Gorman feels that the stress is felt by both new incoming freshman and older returning students, but for different reasons.
"For freshman, they are often stressed because they are learning a new campus, adjusting to community living," she said.
"New students also have a very complicated task learning to find balance between making friends, having a social life and still meeting all of their academic requirements. This can seem very overwhelming for a new college student."
Though beginning college can be stressful for new students, older returning students feel the pressure of a new semester as well.
"For older college students, a semester is brand new, meaning new schedules, new professors - and they too are balancing social, work and academic aspects of their lives," Bach-Gorman said, "Regardless, stress often feels the same to both new and returning students."
PSUC student Robin Woodruff said one of the best ways to avoid stress is to stay organized.
"Keep on top of big papers and assignments.Write the due dates down where you will see them everyday," Woodruff said. "You don't want to wake up and realize that you have a huge English essay due tomorrow that you haven't even started."
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