Category: Health and Wellness
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Fur-tunately, Help Has Arrived!
By Abbi DiRienzo At first glance, Ellie might seem like any other golden doodle; warm eyes, a gentle tail wag, and an eager love for belly rubs. But to students at SUNY Niagara, Ellie is much more than a friendly face. She’s a certified therapy dog offering a much-needed dose of calm and connection in…
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Hop, Hop, How? The Lore Behind the Easter Bunny
By: Grace Troidl Have you ever sat at Easter dinner and wondered, why a rabbit? Out of all the animals, why is a bunny Easter’s mascot? Why not a chick, which at least hatches from an egg, or something that is more connected with Jesus and the Bible? What makes a rabbit relevant to one…
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Is Confirmation Bias Obscuring Our View?
by Olivia Papendick In today’s world of changing headlines and changing preferences of how we find and consume our news, it can be more and more difficult to find reliable sources of information to get news from. Something more subtle and harder for us to recognize for and inside ourselves is confirmation bias, and it…
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Anti-Human Trafficking: Through Advocacy and Empowerment
by Sarah Baase Sex trafficking: a topic that seems to never go away. There are cases all over the world dealing with this revolting issue. More specifically though, Niagara County. Just this past November of 2024 a man in Niagara Falls was charged with sex trafficking a minor. Another headline reads, “Luxury real estate brokers…
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Feeling Sick Or Know Someone Who Is?
By Alicia Smith Many people will inevitably catch the flu, a cold, or COVID19 this year. Students are especially prone to catching an illness when many people are packed together in groups and in smaller spaces, like a classroom. What you can do to stay healthy, especially during the semester, includes a number of ways.…
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Covid and Student Mental Health
By Shaun Kolnacki Back in 2020, the world went into a pandemic with Coronavirus (COVID-19) spreading, with no vaccine and millions of people. And with coronavirus, people had to stay indoors and be disassociated from human interaction, outside of their family. Some people were able to go through the pandemic easily, while others struggled mentally.…
Spring 2026 