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As the fight to destigmatize mental illness persists, the communities in Upland and Pullman are at the center of that fight — always reminded of what could have been and what to do moving forward.
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Per the ASUC governing documents, all ASUC officials — including senators, executives and appointed officials — are required to submit weekly written reports and to deliver regular oral reports.
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Sometimes, I completely forget the conversation ever happened — that is, until I find myself in an argument, and that abominable phrase pops out of someone’s mouth: “Whatever, you’re just crazy.”
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Fans expect them to be machines, churning out stats and wins, while they fail to recognize that each and every athlete lives a personal life off the court and away from the cameras.
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“I remember every second,” Paylor says. “At first, it was just terror, just sheer terror. It’s like you’re in a nightmare and can’t wake up. I closed my eyes, hit the ground, woke up, opened my eyes and I was paralyzed.”
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Illescas ended up in an apartment about 2 miles from campus that fit their needs, they said. They did not have their car at first, though, and had to bus every day to campus. They said the distance was hard to deal with but that it is more manageable than “having to climb a lot of flights of stairs.”
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For many students on campus, athletics and fitness are a given in their everyday lives. For these visually impaired students, however, goalball often provides their first opportunity ever to participate in a competitive sport.
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The concept of invisible illnesses is one that we’re still just beginning to talk about. Students with invisible illnesses walk the halls of Wheeler or wait for one of its sketchy elevators. We turn in essays and go to class, even when we’re having bad, painful days and type from hospital beds.
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Through the doors, up the elevator and down the fourth-floor hallway lies a Sutter Health Herrick Campus unit dedicated to assisting those who require psychiatric help. Every year, about 80 UC Berkeley students and faculty members seek treatment for a variety of psychiatric disorders at the center, located at 2001 Dwight Way.
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Campus senior Justin Illescas never lived in campus housing, although they would have liked to. Illescas, who uses they/them pronouns, said UC Berkeley housing never replied to their application, and as a differently abled individual, they were not sure how to ask for accommodations in the first place.
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