How the media we watch glorifies teen mental illness Imagine you’re innocently scrolling on TikTok or some other social media platform to relax after a long day, and your for-you page is feeding you uncalled for posts blatantly promoting mental illnesses. Or, imagine you start to watch a TV show …

When athletes struggle with food The pressures of sport can trigger eating disorders   “I saw others in my sport who were thinner than me and I wondered why I didn’t look like them,” said Emma, a student athlete. (Emma is not her actual name but she would like to …

Kristián Kosterec and Petra Martonova have traveled all the way from Slovakia in Central Europe to study abroad fall semester at Minnehaha Academy. They attend C.S Lewis Bilingual High School, a private, bilingual Christian high school located in Bratislava, the capital. “I wanted to go somewhere junior year, and this was a nice opportunity,” Kosterec said. Martonova likes to travel and thrives outside of her comfort zone. “My …