By: Tom Hammel, Contributing Columnist

Using Adderall to overcome hopeless amounts of work before exams is possibly one of the most inventive methods of cheating ever conceived; it allows studying harder, and for more hours, than any student without the aid of amphetamines, enabling the user t...

By: Rachel Calkins, Staff Writer

Contrary to popular belief, meditation is not just for hippies. This simple, ancient form of relaxation is beneficial for anyone experiencing stress, tension, anger or a number of nagging emotions or thoughts that can distract us from our goals and daily ...

By: Sarah Grieco, Contributing Columnist

When you’re sick, the last place you want to be is in a germ-infested residence hall. People flee from your coughing and sniffling because they know that if they stay around you too long, they too will be infected. You end up isolated, in a sick stu...

By: T.J. Bronson, Staff Columnist

As students, we know sleep deprivation all too well. There is an almost daily inner conflict: Stay up to study for a test, go to a party or go to sleep. More often than not, most of us do not opt for the last option....

By: Sarah Grieco, Contributing Columnist

The human papilloma virus is estimated to affect more than 25 percent of the at-risk female population, yet many women are not doing much about it, according to Newsweek....

By: Ashlie Rodriguez, Staff Columnist

Women today have come to regard birth control as their most essential prescription. Sexually active, career-minded women who are waiting to get married and have children have to practice some form of contraception....

By: Eric Angel, Contributing Columnist

Inflammatory breast cancer is one of the most aggressive types of breast cancer and is widely unknown to most people. One of the dangers of IBC is that the normal testing for detection does not necessarily work. The cancer cells grow in sheets or cancer n...

By: T.J. Bronson, Staff Columnist

Bad nutritional habits have become an epidemic in our country. We hear it on the news and in the classroom and everyone has their own theory of where these bad habits are derived from. Some say it starts in the home, but when an individual leaves home and...

By: Ashlie Rodriguez, Staff Columnist

After biting into a juicy burger and munching on some salty fries, the first thing my tongue craves is a glass of ice-cold soda. The fizzy bubbles, the sweet refreshment, the crisp taste — so delicious. I’m not alone in my affixation with the ...

By: Natalia Van Stralen, Copy Chief

Your twenties aren’t just tough; they can be downright terrible for your health. At 20 years old, you are more likely to eat fast food, more likely to binge drink and with the pressure of school and balance of work, stress can take a toll on everyth...

By: Rachel Calkins, Staff Writer

While many of us associate eating disorders with skeleton-thin women, it is important to note that males as well as females are affected by these extremely harmful disorders and not everyone with an eating disorder is skinny. It’s also important to ...

By: Allan Acevedo, Staff Columnist

Some important topics that are covered in middle school and maybe again in high school are worth repeating time and again. Some people don’t seem to get it. HIV and AIDS are real and concerning realities for many people not only over seas but also i...

By: Tucker Wincele, Asisstant State of Mind Editor

After bumping and grinding on a hot, sweaty dance floor all night, you search for the cool respite of the evening air. But to your horror, the suffocating embrace of carbon monoxide has replaced the sweet, oxygenated air of your dreams. The smokers are at...

By: Tanya Dracolakis, Assistant Copy Chief

Syphilis. Eight little letters, one big pain. The first thing that probably comes to mind is, “Syphilis, we heard all of this in the great outbreak of ‘07!” And while syphilis may no longer be quite as trendy at San Diego State, it&rsquo...