What are the Winter Blues?
Posted on February 3, 2023Photo by Moses McAninch What is Seasonal Affective Disorder? Seasonal affective disorder, also known as SAD or seasonal depression, is a form of depression that responds to the changing of seasons. According to the American Psychiatric Association, about 5% of adults in the U.S. suffer from SAD, with symptoms lasting roughly 40% of the year. […]
Mental Health Resources for EOU Students in 2023
Posted on February 3, 2023Picture by Alyson Yates The first day I spoke with Dr. Marianne Weaver, licensed psychologist and Director of the Eastern Oregon University Counseling Center, a gust of wind howled sharply outside the window situated over my computer desk. It was a dark and blustery afternoon in the Oregon high desert — typical during these long, […]
From the Palauan Islands to the Eastern Oregon Frontier
Posted on February 3, 2023Interview and photo by Grace Shirk This is Jemilee Siliang’s first year at EOU. Jemilee, a junior, is originally from Palau. Palau is a small, remote island nation in the western Pacific Ocean, surrounded by marine habitats and a widely biodiverse barrier reef. Meanwhile, here in Eastern Oregon, in the throes of the dark winter, […]
Bewildered Exhibition Shows at Nightingale Gallery
Posted on February 3, 2023Picture by Alyson Yates The newest exhibition at EOU’s Nightingale Gallery, Bewildered, features the work of northwest artists M. Acuff, Renee Couture, and Carolyn Hopkins. Viewed as a collective, the exhibition explores the artists’ shifting relationship to the land during an era of dramatic environmental change, and the feelings of dependence, vulnerability, reciprocity, and stewardship […]
