Dior Vargas speaks at IC about mental health stigmas
Dior Vargas, a Latina, feminist mental-health advocate, spoke at Ithaca College on Sept. 28 at the invitation of PODER, an IC Latino organization.
Dior Vargas, a Latina, feminist mental-health advocate, spoke at Ithaca College on Sept. 28 at the invitation of PODER, an IC Latino organization.
“The Happiness Project” engages the Ithaca College community with questions about happiness.
“The Happiness Project” engages the Ithaca College community with questions about happiness.
Ithaca College senior Courtney shares her story to grow confidence in her gender and racial identity.
While IC has made progress in acknowledging the importance of mental health care on campus, it absolutely does not mean that CAPS has the funding and staff it needs to help the students who need it.
If triggers were just “oh, I’m uncomfortable,” it wouldn’t be a big deal. But they don’t work like that.
A weeklong series of events called IC Color will celebrate the spectrum of identities that make up the Ithaca College campus.
“I think, even though we’ve come a long way, even in places like Ithaca College, where we’re very liberal and we are very open-minded to a lot of ideas, mental illness is still considered taboo, and there’s still a large stigma surrounding it that prevents people from being open to talking about it,” he said. “I think if we get the conversation going, it might spread.”
Junior Matt Hirsch uses stand-up comedy as a method for sharing his experience with mental illnesses.
For six years, Ithaca College student Molly struggled with an eating disorder, depression and obsessive compulsive disorder.
She shares how her recovery process has inspired her to take active roles in the college community.
Trigger warnings prevent open dialogue, an important part of education on a college campus.