TRIO students celebrated the annual National TRIO Day by joining with Student Services members and Upward Bound program students to travel to Bandon, Oregon on Feb. 24 for a volunteer-based beach clean-up opportunity. Students picked up trash from the beach in Bandon, taking it back to Washed Ashore, a non-profit Read more…
Though natural resources students are often required to identify species of flora on campus grounds, few students overall could likely identify the master groundskeeper in charge of maintaining UCCâs significant tree inventory. For 19 years, Jim Paris has been the head groundskeeper and mechanic, keeping the campusâs trees, flower beds Read more…
The National Congress of American Indians has identified November as Native American Heritage Month, following up Indigenous Peoplesâ Day which was held on October 10 this year. During research on Native American Heritage Month, we found a current U.S. Supreme Court case related to discrimination that would have a negative Read more…
Colleges are required by The Americans with Disabilities Act to ensure equal access for students of all abilities. By these standards, campuses must be architecturally, educationally and systemically accessible for everyone. So how does a school like UCC adapt to shifting needs in accessibility? âItâs called a campus âself-evaluation‘ and transition plan,â Read more…
Our stomachs talk to our brain more even than our brain talks to our bodies, but are we listening? If we donât, itâs detrimental to our mental, emotional and physical health, according to representatives from UC-VEG and nutrition authorities. âYour gut is connected to your brain in a way that Read more…
As a wrap up to our series on mental health, The Mainstream asked UCC students to share what they do to help relieve the stress and anxiety that comes from attending college during a pandemic. Within a few hours of putting out a request for information, many students sent us Read more…
Editor’s Note: The contents within this article are the opinion of the editor and staff. Overwhelmed, overworked and over it. The stress of working several jobs, attending college and juggling social responsibilities during a pandemic with inconsistent guidelines and a plethora of virus mutations is a vigorous hardship on studentsâ Read more…
The World Health Organizationâs predictions regarding the growth of depression and its negative impact on health were dire prior to the pandemic. Since the pandemic, numbers have been on the rise. In 2010, the World Health Organization said that by 2020, “depression will emerge as one of the leading causes Read more…
Like many other students, Gregory Koppel, a UCC welding student, has experienced an increase in anxiety during his first year of college that has been compounded by the COVID-19 pandemiÂc. Koppel is a U.S. Navy veteran who decided to take on the challenge of college right after leaving the military. Read more…
Mental health issues are on the rise for college students. Boston University in a study led by Sarah Ketchen Lipson found, âHalf of students in fall 2020 screened positive for depression and/or anxiety.â A total of 83% of all students participating in the study also said their school work was negatively impacted Read more…
Editorâs note: We kept student interviews anonymous because of the stigma associated with mental health. Students were all interviewed in January 2022. It starts in the belly, the knot of tension that makes every other part of the body keyed up and ready to run from a tiger; but there Read more…
During the pandemic more than physical health has been at stake; mental health has been challenged. There is a need for healthy coping strategies to deal with the myriad of problems students and staff face that cause anxiety and depression. This list is based on a collection of evidence-based studies Read more…
Volunteering is touted as one of the best ways for college students to build professional skills and try leadership opportunities which are important for university and scholarship applications. Thoughtful essays, top grades, and glowing letters of recommendation often wonât even be considered if students donât have a history of community Read more…
Mead: Vikings drank it, kings drank it, even all the people in Game of Thrones drank it, but what is it? Short answer is it is honey wine; more specifically, itâs the worldâs oldest alcohol made of fermented honey, not fermented grapes.When Lily Weichberger began school at the Southern Oregon Read more…