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Author: Janieve Schnabel

Not alone

How to be there for a friend in

Depression is no laughing matter. Suicide rates are high, and it’s hard to tell when they’ll go back down.

In an ideal society, no one would even contemplate suicide. But as everyone knows, we don’t live in an ideal society. This is a very real issue that demands serious attention.

There is no shortage of that attention here at PSU. Students who need help have many avenues available to them both on campus and off. And for those who think a friend might be depressed or suicidal, you are not helpless. There are ways of recognizing signs that someone may be considering suicide. And there are ways that you can help.

Cafe Yum

Goodbye gluten, hello flavor

Gluten-free options growing abundant

Gluten-free.

Many people have been treating it like a lifestyle choice or a fad diet, but for some, it’s a necessity. It’s more than likely that you know someone dealing with a digestive system that can’t handle gluten—and for these people, its restaurants like the ones below that make life tastier and easier.

Janieve’s voice makes things more understandable

Just a little note before I put up my real post. I am sitting in Erick’s cubicle at the moment awaiting another page. I mentioned off-hand the “TOFI” phenomenon – thin outside, fat inside. Discomposed, he asked for more information.

I pulled up an article in the Guardian regarding this phenomenon to show him, but he asked me to read it to him. Nothing out of the ordinary there; we’re always reading something to each other here. I began to read it out loud while he went back and forth between checking his email and looking at me with horror in his eyes.

When he was given another page to check himself, I paused. “I’ll send it to you,” I offered when he asked for a time-out. He shook his head.

Bad medicine? We’ll take it!

SHAC participates in national Drug Take-Back Day

Saturday, the Student Health and Counseling Center, along with police stations, clinics, hospitals and social centers all over the United States, took back medications with no questions asked.

National Drug Take-Back Day is an event popular in many cities throughout the U.S. With a few exceptions, SHAC and other Oregon clinics and police stations take back any medication, prescription or non-prescription, with no required proof of prescription, no personal inquiries and no judgments. People brought in expired painkillers, unused antibiotics, the leftover pills from deceased relatives, etc.

Compromises

This world is filled with compromises. In our news office, this is particularly true. There’s always some reason to make a deal with someone. Last week, one of the other…

Game Changing

I’m sure you’ve all heard, but it’s been reported that Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi was killed earlier today in his hometown of Sirte. For the average citizen, it might be…

Internet libel

Tigard doctor sued blogger for smearing his name

Oregon very nearly had the distinction of being the first state in the United States to bring a Twitter-based libel lawsuit to court.

No, you didn’t just misread that. In what must be one of the strangest cases in Oregon history, a Tigard doctor attempted to sue a Portland blogger for a blog post and tweet referencing a reprimand he received in 2001 for a violation of the Medical Practices Act.

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