Thesis Commentary

Fall Semester: a stress nightmare. Beginning in late August and ending in middle December, fall semester at college brings a lot more than a good time and a lot of tailgates. Stress, health deterioration, and restless minds are just some of the symptoms plaguing great portions of the student body at all times. The intensity and uniformity of these symptoms across the student body seems to be unequally distributed towards fall semester, with the spring term being a lot more “laid back”. In order for anything to be done about this, we must first examine the problems, consequences of these problems, and possible solutions.