Clue N2 Mizzou will be taking place Sunday, April 14th, 2019 in Jesse Auditorium. The United Ambassadors are a Minority Recruitment Team that puts on this event each year to draw in prospective students. Here we are given an inside look into what the process is like to create the big showcase at the end of the night.

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Tucked away behind Switzler hall is a safe haven that many people do not know about.

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Alexis: “I think it’s in the bottom of the student center”

The Counseling Center is a space on campus that offers many services. From speaking individually with counselors to forming help groups with other students.

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Teresa DePratt: “we also have groups every semester and some of our groups are really cool. Even if you just don’t need any specific individual psychological assistance. Like join one our groups. We have interpersonal groups where you can get feedback from other students. We have graduate groups most semesters so if you become a graduate student or if you’re a non traditional student, that groups is open to you as well. There’s a person of color group, there is international student groups, we have lots of groups. And it’s so nice to go there and have other people to talk to who are going through some of the same things as you.”

College students are very familiar with stress. But instead of getting help they just see it as normal? Why is that?

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Alexis: “I feel like people don’t seek help because they feel like they’ll be embarrassed for like actually going to seek counseling. I think— social media I feel like social media controls a lot of like how we view people so i feel like going to seek help kind of is seen as a bad thing. Especially within the black community.”

A lot of these students are dealing with issues that are mostly school related.

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Alexis:“I would say anxiety. And like depression. Like freshmen year just living in the dorms and having issues and stuff with like roommates and stuff like that.”

But The Counseling Center is also equipped to help with those issues that are not school related. They are there for anything that life tries to hit people with.

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Teresa DePratt: “someone came in, a woman, young woman came in and she had walked into her apartment and her boyfriend was the with another woman. (Crowd commotion). So that’s obviously a felony. And so that feels like a crisis situation, right? And so she came over and we were able to kind of de-escalate a like bit and talk about how to move forward and just kind of like help her process. We’re there for crisis and it doesn’t have to be that even if you feel like you’re overwhelmed. Like anxiety is just when our resources feel like they’re overcome by the demands of our life. And that can happen so easily especially if you’re all obviously college students so you’re probably taking on more than you really need to and I’m guessing you probably take on some of your friends stuff or your family’s stuff. And counseling can help you figure out what to let go off and what to keep for yourself. So...

Hopefully from this people will learn that there is a safe space on campus to talk about all these issues.
This is GABRIELLE Gilmore for J2150 Columbia MO

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