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RUSA members provide tips for dealing with stress bushra hasan correspondent
Exam season is here, along with the stress that comes with it — but there are plenty of strategies for students to cope with the stress and anxiety that comes with it. The number of adolescents seeking counseling for exam stress has increased by 200 percent, according to The Guardian, which analyzed students in the 2013-2014 academic year. Anxiety among students is currently at its highest, according to the Anxiety Disorders Association of America. College students today are about as stressed as the average psychiatric patient in the 1950s, according to The Daily Targum. “Since we’re in the midst of midterm season, stress is probably at an all-time high for most students this year,” said Zach Sinkiewicz, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “Just remember to make time to do what you love. Don’t neglect your studies, but moderate your time allocated to (your passions).” Christie Schweighardt, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said activities like watching Netflix, playing video games, going hiking or biking, chatting with friends,
going for a jog, hitting the gym or simply staying inside and relaxing can help alleviate stress. There has been a “shift” in how college students deal with struggles, said William Alexander, director of counseling and psychological services at the University of Pennsylvania to the New York Times. “A small setback used to mean disappointment, or having that feeling of need to try harder next time,” he said. “(But now), for some students, a mistake has incredible meaning.” As a result, he said students can end up in a spiral of negative thinking, which can affect productivity. Creating and managing activities through a Google Calendar can help students avoid harmful stress and to better use their time, said Schweighardt, who is the former chair of the Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) Health Task Force. She said in addition to using an online calendar to organize classes, clubs, work and exercise, students should establish relationships with upperclassmen. “(Upperclassmen) will always be willing to help offer tips in time management and advise you in planning out your next couple of See stress on Page 5
The University of Chicago announced that it would not formally allow for trigger warnings, political correctness or safe spaces on campus in a letter sent to incoming first-year students. This controversial decision has been lauded by some and opposed by others. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
Students debate merits of free speech versus political correctness kira herzog correspondent
Historically, university administrations have struggled to draw a line between protecting free speech and creating safe environments for students to learn in. The University of Chicago made headlines in August for sending a letter out to incoming students that
said the university would not support trigger warnings, cancellations of controversial speakers or the creation of intellectual safe spaces. Shortly after, controversy arose at the University of Toronto after a professor refused to call a student by their preferred pronouns. The school’s administrations responded to the situation by demanding that the professor adhere
to the student’s preferred pronouns and by asking that he stop making public statements on the topic, according to Fox News. While the modern concept of “political correctness” was not born on the university campuses of the United States, college campuses have recently become its battle grounds, See correctness on Page 4
WINLAB faculty work on future internet structure douglas maher contributing writer
For the past six years in the Wireless Information Network Laboratory (WINLAB) research center of Rutgers—New Brunswick, students and faculty have worked to design an architecture for the internet of the future. The number of mobile devices — from cell phones to sensors in your car, home and office — is expected to increase from the 8 billion today to over 100 billion by 2020, said Dipankar Raychaudhuri, professor in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering and director of the WINLAB. MobilityFirst is a project created to accommodate the constant increase of mobile devices, said Francesco Bronzino, a student in the Graduate School—New Brunswick, who is working on the project. The program is a clean-slate future internet architecture, which is a proposal that ignores the
The Wireless Information Network Lab (WINLAB) is working on developing a new type of internet infrastrcuture, which will change how devices are identified in the future. CASEY AMBROSIO structure of the current internet and proposes a new way to solve the problems facing it, said Parishad Karimi, a student in the Graduate School—New Brunswick. “If you look at how the internet works today, it works on the concept of IP addresses. But what happens
with mobility is that you are constantly changing your address, so the network has a very tough time keeping track of who you are and where you are,” Raychaudhuri said. IP addresses are the four numbers associated with an internet device and its location. MobilityFirst
proposes a new name-based routing system where all of a user’s devices are linked to a name given to the user — not their IP address. This is similar to mail service, Bronzino said. “If I want to send you something, but you are continually moving,
the delivery system would have to search for that new address every time. That is how it currently works with the IP system. With the name based system, the delivery system can simply look up your name and See structure on Page 4
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