According to a study commissioned by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), the Monday immediately following New Years is the most stressful and depressing day of the entire calendar year.

With the holidays long gone and everyone left with mildly lobotomizing hangovers, there’s almost nothing to look forward to in the coming weeks.

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Freshman year was not good to me.

The rigors of my harsh academic schedule ate away at my soul, leaving me on the fast track to the dreaded Freshman 15.

I was fat -- a pudgy, rotund man without a shred of self-esteem.

Naturally, the university doctors told me to lose weight, because I was overweight and “unhealthy.” As it turns out, howeve...

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We are a society that is obsessed with maintaining our youth, or at least the look of it. There are currently hundreds of products on the market that promise to prevent wrinkles, sagging and any other sign of aging. Magazines constantly feature images of flawless women, sending the message that aging is ugly and unnatural. We can only be beautif...

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Tattoos and body piercings are not new. They have been a part of many cultures for thousands of years, used to represent many things including marital or financial status and religious affiliation. Only in the past couple of decades have they become a form of creative expression.

According to a study done by Judith Greif and Walter Hewitt of R...

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