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Correction:
In a story published on Feb. 23 Jennifer Kokai’s job title was incorrect. She is the director of the School of Theatre and Dance at the University of South Florida. The Signpost regrets this error.
Editor’s Note:
WSU’s Big Sky bracket has been updated; the Wildcats will now go up against Sac State on March 6 during their first game of the Big Sky conference.
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The student senate meeting on Feb. 27 was dedicated to a presentation about Gov. Spencer Cox’s current proposal to freeze tuition rates by providing more state funding to cover this year’s compensation increases for employees of public, degree-granting schools in Utah.
Weber State University President Brad Mortensen was present at the meeting to explain the new funding plan to the student senate and to make possible changes to student tuition or student fees clear to the student body.
If Cox’s funding proposal is passed by the state legislature, it would halve the funds that public universities have to pay for employee compensation.
Without the proposal, the state budget annually covers 75% of the cost incurred by compensation raises for employees of qualifying Utah schools; the new plan would increase that percentage to 87.5%.
The revised funding scheme currently being deliberated on by the Utah State Legislature will reduce that percentage to 12.5%, with intentions to inspire public universities in Utah to avoid increasing tuition or student fee costs this upcoming academic year.
This year, Utah has allocated $35 million from taxpayers to give out to schools that qualify for funding assistance by meeting certain performance parameters, like student return on investment and student retention, according to Mortensen.
Mortensen announced that WSU requested just over $4 million out of that allocated amount, explaining that this money is needed in order to combat inflation and keep the school’s budget as unimpacted as possible as the cost of utilities, IT services and general upkeep increase with national inflation.
According to Mortensen, the most significant ways WSU will use the $4 million of
performance funding is an 8.75% salary increase for qualifying WSU employees and as financial backing to pursue WSU’s interests in strengthening retention, community engagement and equity and inclusion initiatives.
Mortensen also noted that strengthening WSU’s ability to provide students with specialized and personalized education opportunities through such initiatives will be the primary use of the funding.
“An 8.75% salary increase would be the biggest the university has seen in a really, really long time, maybe ever,” Mortensen said. “This is because inflation is high and we’re trying to keep employees’ purchasing power of their salaries on pace so that they’ll stay here at Weber State.”
While Mortensen said he was confident Cox’s funding proposal will be passed by the Utah State Legislature, the proposal is still currently being deliberated on during the ongoing 2023 annual legislative session. The current legislative session’s last day will be March 3.
Mortensen also said that if Cox’s funding proposal isn’t passed, the university will need to explore other ways to collect the funding needed to keep WSU on course with its goals of keeping salary pay competitive and providing impactful, personalized education opportunities to its students. The university would also likely need to increase tuition rates to cover the needed increase to its budget.
Adjusting student fees was also briefly mentioned as a potential way that the university may attempt to make up for the funding lost if Cox’s funding proposal isn’t passed, an outcome that Mortensen and his colleagues deem unlikely, but still possible.
Mortensen announced that anyone who is interested in staying updated can attend the legislative town hall that will be held on campus on March 3. The town hall will be held at 2 p.m. in Elizabeth Hall, room 229.
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Unable to hold off Northern Arizona University in the fourth quarter, Weber State University’s women’s basketball team lost 66–57 on Feb. 27 at the Dee Events Center.
“I don’t think it was them,” Wildcat forward Daryn Hickok said. “It was our slip-ups and the lapses that we had.”
Weber State started the night scoring with points from Hickok and forward Jadyn Matthews. Jumping out to a lead, the Wildcats maintained control of the first quarter, only falling behind once due to a layup from guard Taylor Feldman.
Down by 1 point with two minutes left in the first quarter, Matthews drove inside for a layup to put Weber State back on top. After a jumper from forward Ava Williams, Feldman responded with a layup to cut the Lumberjacks’ deficit to 1 point.
Looking like she was going to drive to the basket, Wildcat guard Kaiija Lesane stopped near the free throw line, forcing her defenders to pass her for an open shot to give Weber State a 3-point lead. Before the end of the first quarter however, Northern Arizona guard Regan Schenck made a layup to cut the Wildcats’ lead to 1 point before the second quarter.
While Weber State maintained control during the first, the Lumberjacks created some distance at the start of the second quarter.
Northern Arizona forward Fatoumata Jait-
eh made the first points of the quarter to give the Lumberjacks a 1-point lead. Fouled while trying to shoot against a double-team, Matthews was able to make one shot to tie the game but missed the second.
Following the free throw, guard Emily Rodabaugh hit a midrange floater to put Northern Arizona up.
The Wildcats weren’t able to regain the lead till guard Aaliyah Ellis scored inside off a fastbreak. With one minute left in the half, Ellis made a freethrow to put the Wildcats up by 2 points. During the last minute, however, Northern Arizona caught up after forward Montana Oltrogge scored 3 points before the buzzer sounded.
Coming back from halftime, the Lumberjacks led 29–28.
Looking to regain the lead, Matthews hit a mid range jumper to start the third quarter. Holding the Wildcats off, Schenck made a layup and a 3-pointer during the first two minutes of the half.
Fighting to regain the lead, the Wildcats were able to tie the game one minute before the fourth quarter. Driving inside, Matthews scored and drew contact off forward Sophie Glancey, converting on the and-1.
The game was tied heading into the fourth quarter at 46. Senior forwards Laura Taylor, Williams, Hickok and Matthews combined for 41 of the team’s points by the end of the third.
Edging out to an early lead, Northern Arizona guard Olivia Moran made 3 points to put the Lumberjacks on top. After free throws
from Lesane tied the game, Lumberjack guard Nyah Moran hit a 3-pointer with seven minutes left.
Driving to the basket after a steal, Nyah Moran was able to find Olivia Moran under the basket. Despite Hickok making two free throws, the Lumberjacks were able to gain momentum.
With less than five minutes left, Rodabaugh made a 3-pointer to put Northern Arizona up by 8 points. The Wildcats were unable to get within a possession away from
winning after.
“I was proud of the effort that we gave,” Weber State head coach Velaida Harris said. “I’ve been telling this group all year, ‘yes, we’re young, but that’s not an excuse.’”
The Wildcats will travel to the Big Sky tournament in Boise, Idaho, to face the University of Northern Colorado on March 4 at noon.
Weber State University alumni Damian Lillard scored 71 points against the Houston Rockets on Feb 26. His performance is the highest single-scoring night ever for the Portland Trail Blazers.
Many believe Lillard, a player who hasn’t chased superteam opportunities, is loyal to a fault.
“They better pray I don’t win a ring for the Blazers,” Lillard recently said.
If Lillard does win a ring for the Blazers, it will be one of the most significant accomplishments in the history of the NBA.
Lillard is a former rookie of the year, a seven-time all-star, a six-time all-NBA team member and a member of the NBA’s top 75 greatest of all time list.
It has been a great career for Lillard. The question is, will he ever win a championship, and is his loyalty to Portland dragging him down?
The furthest Lillard has ever been is in the playoffs is the Western Conference Finals in 2019. That year, the Blazers weren’t able to get past the Warriors led by Stephen Curry and star forward Kevin Durant.
His longest-time running mate was guard CJ McCollum, who was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans. During Lillard’s tenure, many have blamed the Trail Blazers for not building around him.
Portland hasn’t really been known as a landing spot for superstar talent. Their last teams to make it to the Finals were from the 90s. Although they’ve done well in the past on draft night with picks like Clyde Drexler and Brandon Roy — and more recently with Lillard — they haven’t had as much success with trades.
Superstars around the league would love for Lillard to join them, but he has been adamant that he wants to stay in Portland for his career.
In my opinion, Lillard has been too loyal to Portland. The Trail Blazers have not only failed to bring in talent during his tenure; they’ve never shown they are capable of building around star talent in the first place.
The Los Angeles Lakers are an option, but personally, I would love to see him in New York playing for the Knicks. New York is the Mecca of basketball, and seeing Lillard in a Knicks uniform would be great for the NBA.
As of right now, many view Lillard’s career like Charles Barkley’s — a great player who has never won a ring.
Lillard still has a chance, but either the Trail Blazers or himself have to make a move. He is a great player, but being 32 years old, he does not have much time left to win a ring in his career.
Damian Lillard, un alumno antiguo de la universidad Weber State, ganó 71 puntos contra los Houston Rockets el 26 de febrero. Su rendimiento es la puntuación más alta de una noche para los Portland Trail Blazers.
Muchos creen que Lillard, un jugador que no ha seguido oportunidades de equipos grandes, es leal hasta decir basta.
“Deben orar que no gane un anillo para los Blazers,” dijo Lillard recientemente.
Si Lillard gana un anillo, será uno de los logros más notables de la historia de la NBA.
Lillard ha sido novato del año, toda estrella siete veces, miembro del equipo todo-NBA seis veces, y es miembro del mejor 75 de la NBA de todos los tiempos.
Lillard ha tenido una carrera buena. La pregunta es: ¿alguna vez ganará el campeonato, y es su lealtad a Portland un detrimento?
Su compañero de más tiempo era el guardador CJ McCollum, que se intercambió con los New Orleans Pelicans. Durante el tiempo de Lillard, muchos echaron la culpa a los Trail
Blazers por no desarrollar el equipo alrededor de Lillard.
Portland no se conoce como un ambiente de talento mayor. Sus últimos equipos que participaron en las finales eran de los noventas. Aunque han tenido éxito en el pasado durante la noche de selección, con jugadores como Clyde Drexler y Brandon Roy y de lo reciente con Lillard, pero no han tenido el mismo nivel de éxito con intercambios.
A varios jugadores importantes del país le encantaría tener a Lillard en su equipo, pero él ha sido firme en su decisión de quedarse en Portland durante su carrera.
En mi opinión, Lillard ha sido demasiado leal a Portland. Los Trail Blazers no solo han fallado en capturar más talento durante la carrera de Lillard. Además nunca han demostrado ser capaz de desarrollar un equipo enfocado en el talento.
Los Lakers de Los Ángeles son una opción, pero personalmente, me gustaría verlo en Nueva York jugando con los Knicks. Nueva York es el Mecca de baloncesto, y tener a Lillard llevando un uniforme de los Knicks sería bueno para la NBA.
Hasta ahora, muchos han visto la carrera de Lillard como la de Charles Barkley: un gran jugador que nunca ha ganado un anillo.
Lillard todavía tiene una oportunidad, pero o los Trail Blazers o sí mismo tienen que hacer algo. Es un gran jugador, pero al tener 32 años, no le queda mucho tiempo en su carrera para ganar un anillo.
Following the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, Utah has seen much debate over the right to abortion in the state. More recently, a bill has been proposed that would wipe out abortion clinics in Utah, leaving all abortions to be performed in hospitals, “with some exceptions,” according to House Bill 467, Abortion Changes.
Not only will abortions be restricted to a hospital setting, but they will also be available to pregnant people only in more extreme situations. These situations include rape, incest, pegnancy under the age of 14, pregnancies that are life-threatening to the mother or conditions that are lethal to a fetus under 18 weeks of gestational age.
“These abortions are also going to be restricted because, as well as exceptions are written into abortion laws, they are never written well enough to actually impact every situation and provide care in every situation,” Jason Stevenson, director of public policy with Planned Parenthood of Utah, said. “Doctors are always hesitating. Laws are unclear. Conditions are outside of the language that’s in the law.”
As of 2022, Planned Parenthood of Utah reports that 11% of abortion cases come from Weber County. In addition to the stipulations placed on abortions in cases of sexual assault, victims seeking abortions will have to prove to the physician that they reported the incident to law enforcement. If the bill passes, law enforcement will be required to undergo one hour of training regarding sexual assault annually. The Ogden police department declined to comment on this possibility.
“We deal with a lot of patients that have been survivors of assault, both sexually and physically and emotionally,” Dr. Cabe Clark, a physician in the emergency department of Layton Hospital, said. “A lot of the time, the biggest thing is their control is taken away, and some of them want help, but they don’t want to record it.”
According to data from the Utah Department of Health, rape is the only violent crime in Utah with a rate higher than the national average. Weber County averages 48.5 reported forcible rapes per 100,000 people.
“People who have suffered severe sexual trauma, who are survivors of rape and incest, are being forced by lawmakers, by politicians to relive that trauma,” Stevenson said. “Instead of doing what is widely and scientifically known to be the best thing, which is to give them choices, give them options, and give them the support they need without putting
more restrictions on their body. They’ve already lost bodily autonomy by being the victims, by being survivors of rape and incest.”
By eliminating abortion clinics, access to abortions will be limited by location, qualification and affordability.
If the bill passes, the cost of an abortion will rise significantly, and many people seeking abortions will be forced to pay out of pocket, as most insurance won’t cover abortions. According to Planned Parenthood of Utah in 2022, 53% of patients treated by Planned Parenthood in Utah had no health insurance. This number includes patients seeking care other than abortions.
As for abortions specifically, a fact sheet regarding abortion care released by Planned Parenthood of Utah shows that 39% of abortion patients are living at the Federal Poverty Level.
“The most common type of abortion done at Planned Parenthood costs about $450,”
Stevenson said. “The most expensive abortion provided by Planned Parenthood in Utah is just slightly under $2,000. If HB 467 becomes law, the prices start between $10,000, $15,000 to $20,000.”
Measures like the ones taken in the proposed bill are not designed to reduce the need for abortion.
“Legislature only aims to restrict access, and so people are going to have to start reinventing and discovering what to do and how this care is provided,” Stevenson said. “Even if you pass laws saying no abortions will happen, people will still need abortion, health care, and abortions will still happen.”
With abortions being so restricted, there is the possibility that people needing abortions would seek solutions outside of hospitals.
“I was kind of brainstorming just to see with a bunch of other doctors here asking what we thought could change anything in
the emergency department, and it’s hard to kind of know if it will,” Clark said. “If there are, if somebody who chooses to have an abortion can’t get access to one and they choose to use medicine outside or procedure, something outside of a clinic or a hospital would be another scenario. I think we could see more [if] somebody has a complication from an abortion they attempted to do in another way.”
Much like Clark, organizations like Planned Parenthood of Utah are unable to fully anticipate what it will be like to live without access to abortion.
“The generation of students right now is dealing with a lack of access to health care that hasn’t been seen in two generations of young people in our country,” Stevenson said.
Pro-Life Utah did not respond to a request for comment.
Tras la anulación del caso Roe contra Wade en 2022, en Utah se ha debatido mucho sobre el derecho al aborto en el estado. Más recientemente, se ha propuesto un proyecto de ley que acabaría con las clínicas abortistas en Utah, dejando que todos los abortos se realicen en hospitales, “con algunas excepciones”, según el proyecto de ley 467 de la Cámara, Cambios en el aborto.
No sólo se restringirán los abortos a un entorno hospitalario, sino que también estarán disponibles para las personas embarazadas sólo en situaciones más extremas. Estas situaciones incluyen violación, incesto, embarazo de menores de 14 años, embarazos que pongan en peligro la vida de la madre o condiciones que sean letales para un feto de menos de 18 semanas de edad gestacional.
“Estos abortos también se van a ver restringidos porque, por muy bien que se escriban las excepciones en las leyes sobre el aborto, nunca se escriben lo suficientemente bien como para que realmente afecten a todas las situaciones y proporcionen atención en todas las situaciones”, dijo Jason Stevenson, director de política pública de Planned Parenthood de Utah. “Los médicos siempre dudan. Las leyes no son claras. Las condiciones están fuera del lenguaje que está en la ley”.
A partir de 2022, Planned Parenthood de Utah informa que el 11% de los casos de aborto provienen del condado de Weber. Además de las estipulaciones impuestas a los abortos en casos de agresión sexual, las víctimas que deseen abortar tendrán que demostrar al médico que denunciaron el incidente a las fuerzas del orden. Si se aprueba el proyecto de ley, las fuerzas del orden tendrán que recibir una hora de formación anual sobre agresiones sexuales. El departamento de policía de Ogden declinó hacer comentarios sobre esta posibilidad.
“Tratamos con muchos pacientes que han sido supervivientes de agresiones, tanto sexuales como físicas y emocionales”, dijo el doctor Cabe Clark, médico del servicio de urgencias del Hospital Layton. “Muchas veces, lo más grave es que les han quitado el control, y algunos quieren ayuda, pero no quieren registrarla”.
Según datos del Departamento de Salud de Utah, la violación es el único delito violento en Utah con una tasa superior a la media nacional. El condado de Weber tiene una media de 48,5 violaciones forzadas denunciadas por cada 100.000 habitantes.
“Las personas que han sufrido graves traumas sexuales, que son supervivientes de
violación e incesto, están siendo obligadas por los legisladores, por los políticos, a revivir ese trauma”, dijo Stevenson. “En lugar de hacer lo que amplia y científicamente se sabe que es lo mejor, que es darles opciones, darles opciones y darles el apoyo que necesitan sin poner más restricciones a su cuerpo. Ya han perdido autonomía corporal por ser las víctimas, por ser supervivientes de violación e incesto”.
Al eliminar las clínicas abortistas, el acceso a los abortos se verá limitado por la ubicación, la cualificación y la asequibilidad.
Si se aprueba el proyecto de ley, el coste de un aborto aumentará significativamente, y muchas personas que deseen abortar se verán obligadas a pagar de su bolsillo, ya que la mayoría de los seguros no cubrirán los abortos. Según Planned Parenthood de Utah en 2022, el 53% de los pacientes tratados por Planned Parenthood en Utah no tenían seguro médico. Este número incluye pacientes que buscan atención que no sean abortos.
En cuanto a los abortos específicamente,
una hoja informativa sobre la atención del aborto publicada por Planned Parenthood de Utah muestra que el 39% de los pacientes de aborto viven en el Nivel Federal de Pobreza.
“El tipo más común de aborto realizado en Planned Parenthood cuesta unos 450 dólares”, dijo Stevenson. “El aborto más caro practicado por Planned Parenthood en Utah cuesta algo menos de 2.000 dólares”. Si la HB 467 se convierte en ley, los precios empiezan entre 10.000, 15.000 y 20.000 dólares”.
Medidas como las adoptadas en el proyecto de ley propuesto no están diseñadas para reducir la necesidad de abortar.
“La legislación sólo pretende restringir el acceso, por lo que la gente va a tener que empezar a reinventar y descubrir qué hacer y cómo se presta esta atención”, dijo Stevenson. “Aunque se aprueben leyes que digan que no habrá abortos, la gente seguirá necesitando abortos, atención sanitaria, y seguirá habiendo abortos”.
Al estar tan restringidos los abortos, existe
la posibilidad de que las personas que los necesiten busquen soluciones fuera de los hospitales.
“Estuve haciendo una especie de lluvia de ideas con un grupo de otros médicos aquí preguntando qué pensábamos que podría cambiar algo en el servicio de urgencias, y es difícil saber si lo hará”, dijo Clark. “Si hay, si alguien que decide tener un aborto no puede tener acceso a uno y optan por utilizar la medicina fuera o procedimiento, algo fuera de una clínica o un hospital sería otro escenario. Creo que podríamos ver más [si] alguien tiene una complicación de un aborto que intentó hacer de otra manera”.
Al igual que Clark, organizaciones como Planned Parenthood de Utah no pueden anticipar completamente cómo será vivir sin acceso al aborto.
“La generación de estudiantes en este momento está lidiando con una falta de acceso a la atención médica que no se ha visto en dos generaciones de jóvenes en nuestro país”, dijo Stevenson.
Weber State University’s Symphonic Band performed their latest concert, unBroken, in the Austad Auditorium on Feb. 24. The concert primarily focused on mental health, with the aim to open up more conversations surrounding what’s considered to be a taboo issue.
Band director Steven Hendricks wanted to center the concert around the themes of their finale piece, “unBroken.” The other pieces were called “When Hearts Tremble,” “Dusk” and “Zoom.”
“I just tied it all together into one sentence and basically said, ‘Your heart may tremble. It may feel like you’re heading into an endless night, or it may feel like the world is moving so fast you can’t keep up,’” Hendricks said. The song “unBroken” was composed by musical artist Randall Standridge, and tries to emulate what mental illness feels like through music.
Standridge drew inspiration from his own childhood when creating this piece. His mother was affected by a nervous breakdown and had to be hospitalized for a year.
The piece is called “unBroken” because Standridge does not consider his family to be broken even after such hardships. Standridge considers himself to be better off because of it, noting that he’s more able to be in touch with his own mental health. Not only does his piece allow conversation, but it also helped him process his mom’s hospitalization.
Standridge composed the song to start with a soft, gentle melody. Slowly, dissonance begins to creep in, symbolizing signs of anxiety or depression. The song ramps up to a loud, rushing middle, and then finally cools off to return to the beginning melody.
“In the song ‘unBroken,’ there’s this beautiful melody that will play out, and then all of a sudden, there’ll be like a jab of anxiety and dissonance, and that’s kind of how life is,” clarinetist Abigail Elmer said.
Standridge said he added subtle dissonance to create an ambiguous ending. It’s
meant to show that the mental illness is currently gone, but still has the chance of coming back.
“I’m just excited because of what it means to the students,” Hendricks said.
In a regular band program note, Hendricks would typically write more in depth explanations of what each song is about. For this concert, he included Standridge’s program note for “unBroken” and then allowed students to anonymously share some of their own mental health stories. Hendricks saw a connection between this song and his students.
“Mental health is something that’s incredibly important to me,” Jordan Webecke, principal clarinetist in WSU’s Symphonic Band, said. “I have two mental health diagnoses that I’m still learning to live with and figure out. It’s probably the most poetic and accurate expression of a lot of the experiences I have with mental health.”
Standridge concluded his program note with the message, “You are not weak. You are not defective. You are not broken.”
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La Banda Sinfónica de la Universidad Estatal de Weber realizó su más reciente concierto, UnBroken, en el Auditorio de Austad el 24 de febrero. El concierto se centró principalmente en la salud mental, con el objetivo de abrir más conversaciones sobre lo que se considera un tema tabú.
El director de la banda, Steven Hendricks, quería centrar el concierto en torno a los temas de su pieza final, “unBroken”. Las otras piezas se llamaron “When Hearts Tremble”, “Dusk” y “Zoom”.
“Simplemente lo uní todo en una oración y básicamente dije: ‘Tu corazón puede temblar’. Puede sentir que se dirige a una noche sin fin, o se puede sentir como que el mundo se mueve tan rápido que no puede seguir el ritmo”, dijo Hendricks.
La canción “unBroken” fue compuesta por el artista musical Randall Standridge e intenta emular cómo se siente una enfermedad mental a través de la música.
Standridge se inspiró en su propia infancia
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al crear esta pieza. Su madre se vio afectada por una crisis nerviosa y tuvo que ser hospitalizada durante un año.
La pieza se llama “Unbroken” o “inquebrantable” porque Standridge no considera que su familia esté destruida incluso después de esas dificultades. Standridge considera estar mejor por eso, y señala que es más capaz de estar en contacto con su propia salud mental. Su pieza no solo permite diálogo, sino que también lo ayudó a procesar la hospitalización de su madre.
Standridge compuso la canción para comenzar con una melodía suave y gentil. Lentamente, la disonancia comienza a aparecer, simbolizando signos de ansiedad o depresión. La canción aumenta a un medio fuerte y acelerado, y luego finalmente se enfría para volver a la melodía inicial.
“En la canción ‘unBroken’, hay una hermosa melodía que se reproduce, y luego, de repente, habrá un pinchazo de ansiedad y disonancia, y así es la vida”, dijo la clarinetista Abigail Elmer.
Standridge dijo que agregó una disonancia sutil para crear un final ambiguo. Está destinado a mostrar que la enfermedad mental se ha ido por el momento, pero aún tiene la posibilidad de regresar.
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“Estoy emocionado por lo que significa para los estudiantes”, dijo Hendricks.
En una nota regular del programa de la banda, Hendricks normalmente escribiría explicaciones más detalladas de qué trata cada canción. Para este concierto, incluyó la nota del programa de Standridge para “unBroken” y luego permitió que los estudiantes compartieran de forma anónima algunas de sus propias historias de salud mental. Hendricks vio una conexión entre esta canción y sus alumnos.
“La salud mental es algo increíblemente
importante para mí”, dijo Jordan Webecke, clarinetista principal de la Banda Sinfónica de WSU. “Tengo dos diagnósticos de salud mental con los que todavía estoy aprendiendo a vivir y descifrar. Es probablemente la expresión más poética y precisa de muchas de las experiencias que tengo con la salud mental”.
Standridge concluyó su nota del programa con el mensaje: “No eres débil. No eres defectuoso. No estás roto.”
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