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September 26, 2019
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Volume 134 No. 3
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Speaking up on mental health William Parham joins campus to talk mental health as part of the Humanics Triathlon. By Danny Priest @dpriest3
Mental health. A topic that carries so much weight and importance, yet to talk about it in public is something people often shy away from doing. At times, opening up about mental health gets looked down on, as though it cannot be an actual illness that plagues individuals through every day, minute, and sometimes every second of their lives. Mental health should be taken every bit as seriously as physical health, but right now, in the year 2019, it’s not. Mental well-being is real for everybody. It matters, but as a society, the point has not been reached where it’s a topic that can be comfortably talked
Parham at Tuesday night’s lecture. about in all settings. The fact is simply ignored that people can go for days, weeks, months, years, or even lifetimes being crushed and suffocated by something plaguing them mentally, but they are too afraid to reach out and get help. On Tuesday night at Fuller Arts Center, Springfield College and Professor of Humanics Judy Van Raalte made their best effort to start a dialogue on the importance of mental health and not being afraid to lend a hand or ask for help yourself. William Parham, Professor of Counseling at Loyola Marymount University and the inaugural
Director of the Mental Health and Wellness Program for the NBA Player’s Association, came to campus to speak as part of this year’s Humanics Triathlon. The Humanics Triathlon is a new initiative on campus that was put See William Parham on Page 7
Turn to page 8 to see the best pictures from DOG DAY! Photo Courtesy of Springfield College Marekting & Communications