By Phoebe Stern Whether this is your first year at BU  or you're entering your last semester, we’re all in stages of growth and transition. That’s what college is all about, right? Expanding your worldview, meeting new people, exploring yourself, and the world around you. So, where does that leave our past relationships?  Is it normal to feel like our high school friendships are maybe just that—high school friendships? Since coming to college, I’ve been able to filter who I w

What Neuroscience Can Teach Us About Mental Health in Modeling and Fashion Industries By Julia Gendin Imagine being judged for how you look, how you age, and how replaceable you are all at once. What happens when burnout becomes part of the job description?  Modeling has always been high-pressure, but today’s industry, shaped by social media, artificial intelligence (AI), and shifting unrealistic standards, pushes that pressure further. Neuroscience shows prolonged exposure t

Why do different seasons require different approaches to everyday life, and how can we work with the cold as opposed to against it? By Brooke Elwell Photo: Carina McCallum You walk out of your apartment or dorm, and immediately, the bottom of your pants is dragging through the snow. You almost slip and fall on the sidewalk, the freezing air blasts you in the face, and suddenly, going outside and getting where you need to go is objectively much more difficult. The conditions w

Why I am Contemplating Purchasing the Brick By Katherine Markello Photo by Gretchen Barnard The folder on my homescreen that contains all of my social media apps is titled “Think Twice,” and has been for as long as I can remember. I cannot, however, remember the last time I actually thought twice before plunging into the social media world we are all so intimately familiar with today.  A recent report  by Eyesafe projects that someone born today will spend 21 years of their l

By Erica Schwartz Graphic by Josie Zevin If you’ve ever watched a gym influencer on TikTok or Instagram, you’ve likely heard them praise the virtues of some mythical substance called creatine — but what is this secret ingredient, and do you need it to hit your wellness goals? Creatine may sound like a foreign chemical, but it isn’t. Creatine  is a substance that our own bodies can produce. It is a necessary part of our quickest energy-production pathways and helps our muscles

By Richa Jindal Graphic by Ian Nugent Let’s be honest: somewhere between color-coded Notion pages, 8 a.m. lectures and pretending to have a “balanced routine,” most of us forgot what fun even feels like. We treat it like that friend we’ll “totally text back later.” Spoiler: we never do. But what if fun wasn’t something you earned after grinding through your to-do list? What if it was the secret to actually getting things done (and not crying while doing them)? 1. Fun = flow

By Brooke Elwell by Rhiannon Li College has a way of swallowing you whole. One minute, you’re managing everything just fine, and in the next, life feels like a series of deadlines, expectations and emotional oscillation. You wake up already tired, race through the day fueled by caffeine and obligation and still fall asleep feeling behind. Peace becomes something abstract, reserved for people who aren’t balancing exams, relationships and the quiet pressure to have it all toget

By Erica Schwartz by Hannah Sender Hot yoga has grown increasingly popular over the last year or so. It seems like everyone I know is either a CorePower Yoga attendee or a CorePower instructor. This summer, I set out to uncover the hype surrounding hot yoga classes. You see, I’ve always been a bit of a yogi. Plus, I’m a huge fan of saunas, especially when paired with a cold plunge session. So imagine my surprise when I took a hot yoga class and absolutely hated it. Instead of

Everything builds on what came before  By Khushi Mirpuri  Graohic by Catarina Koehler We all know that rejection hits like a wall. Whether it’s not getting picked for a leadership role or missing out on an internship you worked so hard for, rejection hurts. But what if hearing the word “No”  isn’t the end? What if it’s actually the universe pushing you toward something even better? This is the idea behind the phrase:  “Rejection is redirection”. It’s easy to block ourselves f

Everyone always says it, but is anyone actually doing it? By Lea Tran The phrase “lock in” has been said probably more than a million times in Mugar Library  alone. Merriam Webster dictionary  describes it as “to enter a deep state of focus”, commonly referring to situations in which people need to study or get an important task done. But how effectively do we “lock in”?  It’s one thing to promise your study buddies that it’s time to zone in on your work. But after an hour of