Health
Food and fellowship at a senior center
By Eliana Mercedes The green sign at the entrance lists what Greenwich House Center offers: Lunch, arts, music, culture, crafts, games, health, well-being, friends and fun. June Grancio, 85, participates in several of those activities. Especially, she loves the friendships and the Tuesday shopping trips to the supermarket. Sometimes, she dines there at the center. […]
Outdoor produce market feeds local community
By Alexia Mena As soon as she stepped through the community garden’s front gates, Jhovana Samano paused to admire the native wildflowers growing along the path. After the COVID-19 pandemic left her stranded at home and out of work, the garden went from just being a tranquil spot in the neighborhood to being a food […]
Free female products reduce ‘period poverty’
By Ashanty Rosario In New York City, the demand for menstrual products in shelters, schools, and street outreach vans keep rising but the supply doesn’t keep up. With about 350,000 individuals – a third of them being women and girls – unhoused and inflation pushing basic goods out of reach, advocates for these women urge […]
Masking still, despite pandemic’s official end
By Isabella Konecky As she waited at an East 14th Street bus stop, Lynn Chealander had her KN-95 plastered around her mouth and nose. Diagnosed with COVID-19 in 2020, Chealander hasn’t fully recovered. She considers herself “mildly disabled” from long-COVID. A manager for a tech company, the 35-year-old said she’s lucky to work from home. […]
Men also are concerned with body image
By Sophia Herrera Brady O’Keefe, 16, stands at 5’ 7” and weighs 125 pounds. Ask him about his self-image, and the summer 2022 NYU Precollege Program student will give you a straight answer: “I try to avoid thinking about what I like and dislike because that will inevitably bring out what I dislike.” Society, in […]
Aiming for mental wellness at NYU
By Aaron Baluyot “I think we are still coping and we are not yet there,” said grad student Chrysolite Mongoly when asked if the pandemic affected the mental health of individuals, mainly youth and young adults. ”It’s still a long way to go because mental health is a challenge for every single individual.” As a […]
Doctors Protest ICE Detention Centers
By Swathi Kella Staff writer “Migration is a human right.” “We see cruelty.” “Deportations are taking our neighborhoods away.” That’s how signs read during a mid-July protest in Foley Square over the deaths of seven children at Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities on the nation’s southern border. Critics have condemned the facilities as unsanitary and […]
Mental Health Helpline Goes Online
By Evie Newman Spectrum staff To broaden its mental health services to students, New York University plans to add an online chat service to its current list of services, which include a telephone hotline and a walk-in clinic. The online chat tool goes live August. The services are offered through NYU’s Wellness Exchange, which also […]