Posted on 09/24/2014 7:03:20 AM PDT by reaganaut1
Dozens of freshmen gathered in the basement of Grays Hall on Tuesday night to celebrate the opening of the Serenity Room, a space created to help address stress on campus, with fresh fruit and free massages.
The space, which will be open 24 hours a day, is the first of its kind in the Yard, modeled after similar rooms devoted to relaxation in several of the upperclassman Houses.
The creation of the room, spearheaded by the Freshman Dean’s Office with the assistance of a grant from the Dean of the College, was a response to a recent report on the sources and levels of stress on campus, according to Elm Yard Resident Dean Jasmine M. Waddell.
“We’re really excited because this room responds directly to some of the recommendations that came out of that stress report, and we were able to do it very quickly,” Waddell said, noting that the project was initially conceptualized last spring.
Calling the room a “public health intervention,” Waddell said that the FDO collaborated with the Center for Wellness at University Health Services to ensure that the space is equipped to aid stressed students.
At the opening, students were invited to take off their shoes at the door and enjoy the newly redone space, equipped with pillows, chairs, and directions for self-guided meditation. Director of the Center for Wellness Jeanne Mahon led a brief guided meditation session during the opening event, the first in a planned series of similar sessions at the space.
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Choom Room
Do they get a “happy ending” with the massages?
Stressed students...
Grow up you girlie boys and become men!
Serenity Now!
Unfortunately,because it IS “Satirical”!I grew up(1950s-60s)with a New magazine called”MAD Magazine(25-cents Cheap)”.That was”Satire”;now we are LIVING IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stick a fork in it. It’s done.
Anyone got a shovel?
When I wanted serenity in college, I went to the toilet.
At Harvard it used to be the debating clubs that gave the fellows the greatest relief from stress.
Next, it should be addressed to Harvard Business School students, not Harvard College freshmen. Congress once addressed the suicide rate of HBS students.
Like the “personal choice” to charter a 90-seat private 737 aircraft for 14 people to the World Cup?
Too bad that snot-nosed little cretin didn’t drown while shooting that sinking-into-oblivion scene in “Titanic.” The world would’ve been saved a huge amount of sanctimonious, hypocritical blathering.
Or Clients.
Whoa... sorry about Post #13. Wrong thread!
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