Stress is a fact of life for college students. With exams, studying, homework, class schedules, work schedules, extra-curricular activities and a trace of a social life, stress can build easily. It is important to learn how to manage and prevent the stress in your life. From keeping schedules and to-do lists to maintain organization, to doing simple activities to relieve your stress, Olin Health Center has a vast knowledge base on the subject of stress. If stress is a keeping a hold on you, break free of it and follow these links to learn stress management techniques. If you are interested in planning or taking part in a stress relieving activity, please feel free to contact the Director of Health and Safety. Dates are now set for our stress relief events. Please contact the Director of Public Relations and Advertising or check our calendar of events.
Olin Health Center - Stress Roller Coster
Olin Health Center - Lower Stress Living
Olin Health Center - Fight or Flight Reaction to Stress
Olin Health Center - Time Management Inventory

Love Your Body Day, celebrated on October 15 this year, is a day celebrating positive body image through many means. NOW Foundation has many ideas for celebrating positive body image, such as positive-body-esteem t-shirts and posters, Fashion shows, and mentoring programs for younger audiences to help promote a health body-image early on. Please visit the NOW Foundation to learn more about Love Your Body Day, and to learn how to begin positive-body-image practices every day. If you would like to become involved or help plan the on-campus activities for the day, or you would like to head up any activities related to the day for your group, please contact the Director of Health and Safety.
The image to the right is used with permission from the NOW Foundation and was the grand prize winning poster for the 2008 Love Your Body Day Poster Contest. The illustration was done by Whitney Calvert of Linesville, Pennsylvania. You may click the image for a larger view, or follow the link below to find out more about the NOW Foundation.
Love Your Body - NOW Foundation

Condom Connection is a service that Olin Health Center and the Residence Halls Association bring to the campus to help promote safer-sex practices. Resident Mentors across campus are able to receive packages of condoms to distribute within their halls. If you are a resident and are interested in receiving free condoms, please feel free to contact your mentor or any other member of Residence Life staff for more information. If you are a mentor and you are looking to become involved, you can email the Director of Health and Safety for more information.
Olin Health Center - Condom Information

RHA, in partnership with Olin Health Center, provides Cold and Flu packs to students each year. These illness survival kits have included tea, disposable thermometers, Tylenol cold and flu pills, and information on differentiating between a common cold, the influenza virus and meningitis. In general, it is difficult without tests to show whether or not you have a cold or the flu, so the best advice is to see your physician at the onset of symptoms. Flu symptoms are generally more intense and prolonged than a cold. Whatever your ailment may be, RHA is there for you with Kleenex and Tylenol to help ease your discomfort. If you have ideas or suggestions for the contents of these Cold and Flu packs, please feel free to email the Director of Health and Safety.
Olin Health Center Go early on to make sure you get well as soon as possible.
Olin Health Center - Cold and Flu Checklist What symptoms do you have?
Olin Health Center - Cold and Flu Information Learn more about the common cold and the flu virus.

World Aids Day is the first day of December each year. The day is dedicated to raising awareness of HIV/AIDS. In the past, Olin Health Center and RHA have sponsored talks on the subject from the Lansing Area Aids Network and tied red ribbons on each tree along Farm Lane. World Aids Day is important to help spread knowledge of the AIDS pandemic and information on how AIDS/HIV is spread. Looking for more information on AIDS or HIV please visit the LAAN website or any of the Wikipedia information pages linked. If you would like to become involved in the World Aids Day activities this year, please contact the Director of Health and Safety.
Wikipedia - World Aids Day
Olin - HIV Counseling and Testing

During the fall 2008 move in, residents received keychains as pictured to the right. Each keychain has important phone numbers, such as the MSU Police non-emergency phone number, East Lansing Police non-emergency number, CATA Night Owl, and S-Cabs. With your RHA keychain, you'll never search for those all-too-important numbers again. This service was primarily worked toward by the Director of Health and Safety for the 38th Session, Paula Wade.