A silent struggle permeates the lives of some college students: eating disorders. Upon walking onto a college campus, students are ensnared in the complex web of body image ideals, societal expectations...
We are going through a lot of changes on campus due to the pandemic, but now that we are back together on campus - socially distant - that does not mean that we still won’t have a great time. Here are...
Campus life as we know it is drastically different now. We’re wearing masks all day (with good reason) and have to walk through an actual maze to eat in the dining halls. In addition to that, students...
Peter Agliata goes to counseling and psychological services weekly. Well, he tries to.
But to go there, Agliata, a senior at the University of New Haven, along with other students, has faced longer...
Karina Krul, Student Life Editor
• December 5, 2017
The treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS is evolving every day, and at the forefront of that is pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
PrEP is a medication, under the name Truvada, which is...
On June 1, 2015 the University of New Haven made the decision to become a smoke-free campus. Since then the typically consensus is that students and faculty have been fairly compliant with the new policy.
“They...
Last Tuesday (March 28), the University of New Haven put on a health fair in the Alumni Lounge to spread awareness of clubs, programs, staff, and healthy foods present on campus. There were a variety of...
Amy Bleuel, founder of Project Semicolon, a non-profit organization dedicated to suicide prevention and mental health awareness died on March 24. Bleuel, 31, started Project Semicolon in April of 2013...
Often, when you explain power-lifting to people, they think you’re trying to become a bodybuilder - I was one of those people. The first thing I told my friend when she asked me to start power-lifting...
Although I have been running for quite some time, I did not participate in my first race until this past March. After playing soccer my entire life, when I came to college, I was simply looking for a way...
With the nice weather upon us, it’s hard to stay inside and get done the massive amounts of work you have to turn in before the end of the semester. However, getting outside is more beneficial to your...
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel, which met to consider placing warning labels on foods containing artificial dyes, determined at the end of March that these colorings were safe to eat.
The...
If you have ever looked carefully at a nutrition label, you may have noticed that no percent daily value is given for sugar. However, considering the increase of sugar consumption in our society, this...
I am a strong believer in the power of peanut butter. As a regular morning runner, my metabolism kicks into high gear around 6:45 a.m. and doesn’t seem to slow down until I go to bed. Unless I feed my...
Have you ever wondered why two people following the exact same fitness and diet regimen will often achieve different results? It turns out the answer may be genetics.
What do the scientists say?
The...
