Assumption’s Peer Tutors: Your Secret Weapon

By: Anna Schroeder: It is finals week at Assumption College. Students are scrambling to study, professors are swamped with grading, and the overall stress-levels of everyone on campus are higher than they have been since the last round of exams. There are many on-campus resources for students during this week such as De-stress Fest, where …

Honoring the Excellence of Assumption English Majors

By Anna Schroeder: On Tuesday April 2, The English Department at Assumption College held its annual Sigma Tau Delta induction ceremony. Sigma Tau Delta is the "English honor society for students at accredited colleges and universities that grant baccalaureate or higher degrees." This society is "dedicated to fostering literacy and all aspects of the discipline …

Mental Health On College Campuses: Are We Doing Enough?

By: Anna Schroeder: According to the National Alliance on Mental Health, around 1 in 5 adults in America experience some form of mental illness each year. The extreme change of environment and added stress that college brings only increases mental health issues in students. The Active Minds website claims 39% of college students suffer from …

Ocean Pollution Affects You Too: Here is How You Can Help Prevent It

By: Anna Schroeder: Rich Carey, Shutterstock According to an article by Ocean Crusaders, there is now around 5.25 trillion pices of plastic waste alone in the ocean. This same article claims that around 100,000 marine animals are found dead each year due to plastic entanglement (many more are never found). As time goes by, more …