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Op-ed: Vending machines: An equitable way to expand access to contraception on campus

Obtaining comprehensive reproductive health care has always been a struggle on college campuses, and Washington University is absolutely no exception.

WU Student Advocates for Reproductive Rights

Staff editorial: Student Health Services needs more than just a new director

As Student Health Services inches ever closer to hiring a new director, it will host an open listening session in the DUC. A new director, however, should be more than just a new face in charge of Student Health Services.

SHS to hire new executive director

Washington University Student Health Services put together a search committee at the beginning of the spring 2018 semester to find a new director, who will start June 2018.

| Senior News Editor

SHS forms first recovery group created to combat addiction on campus

The Habif Health and Wellness Center created Washington University’s first recovery group to provide a space for students recovering from substance abuse and other addictions.

Kalpana Gopalkrishnan | Contributing Reporter

National flu epidemic spreads to Wash. U.’s campus

Dr. Cheri LeBlanc, director of the Habif Health and Wellness Center, said she has seen a considerable increase in Wash. U. flu cases this year.

Meghan Sharma | Staff Reporter

Staff ed: WashFlu

According to the CDC, the U.S. is experiencing widespread flu for the the first time since monitoring began.

What to do and where to go when Washflu catches you

If you’d like to see your future with this worthy foe, follow this flowchart and come to terms with your fate.

| Senior Scene Editor

Letter to the Editor

At the Sept. 19 Student Union Senate meeting, Senators Tyler Tran, Brian Adler and Jeff Berkowitz launched their “Mental Health Initiative.” While I applaud these senators for looking into this issue, I was upset with their approach.

Stephen Bertelsman | Class of 2019

Op-ed submission: Our needs cannot be overlooked

Mental health resources are severely lacking and are made even more inaccessible by restrictions set in place by Washington University.

Carolyn Perlmutter | Class of 2020

Testing laptops and phones as stress-reducing aids through SHS’s new program

One scene writer test’s out the Therapy Assisted Online (TAO) app, a new service by Wash. U.’s Student Health Service.

| Staff Writer

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