4 research outputs found
The Relationship Between Discharge Planning and The Quality of Life of Patients with Diabetic Ulcer
No full textIntroduction: Diabetic ulcer is one of the chronic complications of diabetes mellitus. Several studies in Indonesia reported that the mortality rate of gangrene ulcers in people with diabetes ranged from 17-32%, and diabetic ulcers affected the quality of life of sufferers. All patients hospitalized require discharge planning. From the explanation above, it can be concluded that Diabetes Mellitus is a degenerative disease that indeed requires hospitalization. The purpose of this study is to find out whether the Discharge planning process has a relationship with the quality of life of patients with Diabetic Ulcers. Methods: With the Ex post facto study design, 28 respondentwho were in accordance obtained measurements of discharge planning processes using interview methods and measurements on quality of life using the WHOQOL-BREEF questionnaire with spearman rank non parametric correlation analysis methods. Results: The results of the value are obtained: a = 0.05 with = rs table (0.707), RHO count (0.949)>rs table then categorized in the table Relationship Strengths correlation results obtained in this category is very strong / near perfect with the value 0.76- 1.00. Conclusions:This shows that there is a significant relationship with the strength of a very strong / near-perfect relationship according to the table
Damages Related to Profit Distribution in Café Crema Operational Cooperation Agreement Between Businesses & Business Partners (Study in Medan City)
No full textAgreements or contracts are growing rapidly today as a logical consequence of the development of business cooperation between business actors. Even in business practice, there is a growing understanding that business cooperation must be carried out in writing. A written contract or agreement is the basis for the parties' business actors to conduct a prosecution if one of the parties does not carry out what has been agreed in a contract or agreement. There are problems when one party does not carry out the obligations as agreed in the agreement which brings both material and immaterial losses to the other party.
The research method used by the author is library and field research. The author in this research uses primary data in the form of interviews and secondary data in the form of books, journals, documents, and tertiary data in the form of encyclopedias and dictionaries. In addition, it uses legal materials in the form of laws and regulations.
Based on the results of the research, the Café Crema Operational cooperation agreement in Medan City is underhand, but can actually bind the parties and have legal certainty if it fulfills the conditions as stipulated in the Civil Code. Problem solving if one of the parties defaults and the other party is harmed can be resolved either in non-litigation (outside the court) or litigation (in court) to obtain legal certainty, but the problem solving for this default the parties agreed to choose a negotiated way for the operational costs of Café Crema in Medan City choosing a family way peacefully.97 PagesSkripsi Sarjan
Peran Pesantren At-Tanwir dalam menghadapi pernikahan anak perspektif gender: Studi kasus di Dusun Sumber Gadung, Desa Slateng, Kecamatan Ledokombo, Kabupaten Jember
No full textABSTRAK
Pernikahan anak lazim dilakukan di Dusun Sumber Gadung, Desa Slateng, Kecamatan Ledokombo, Kabupaten Jember. Maksud dari pernikahan anak menurut UUPA yakni pernikahan yang dilakukan oleh seseorang yang belum berusia 18 tahun. Sehingga hal tersebut mengundang pihak Pesantren At-Tanwir yang bertempat di Dusun Sumber Gadung untuk melakukan perubahan sosial yang masif untuk meminimalisir terjadinya pernikahan anak.
Terdapat dua rumusan masalah dalam penelitian ini yakni apa faktor-faktor terjadinya pernikahan anak dan bagaimana peran Pondok Pesantren At-Tanwir dalam menghadapi pernikahan anak di Dusun Sumber Gadung perspektif gender. Tujuan dari penelitian ini yakni mengetahui faktor dan peran Pesantren At-Tanwir kemudian akan dianalisis menggunakan perspektif gender. Penulis menggunakan jenis penelitian empiris, menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif deskriptif dengan strategi studi kasus data, dikumpulkan melalui data primer yakni wawancara kepada masyarakat Dusun Sumber Gadung dan dilengkapi dengan data sekunder yang kemudian diedit, diperiksa dan disusun secara cermat dan dianalisis.
Adapun faktor terjadinya pernikahan anak di Dusun Sumber Gadung yaitu faktor pendidikan, sosial dan melimpahnya Sumber Daya Alam. Pertama, pendidikan akan kalah dengan kontruksi masyarakat yang mengatakan bahwa anak perempuan usia 17 tahun dan belum menikah dianggap sebagai perawan tua. Kedua, faktor sosial yakni adanya kekhawatiran orang tua soal jodoh anaknya sehingga melanggengkan istilah pamali bagi perempuan yang menolak pinangan. Ketiga, kekayaan Sumber Daya Alam memudahkan syarat pernikahan anak meskipun belum bekerja. Peran yang dilakukan Pesantren At-Tanwir yakni preventif dan antisipatif. Preventif seperti pendidikan yang setara bagi semua jenis kelamin telah berhasil membawa perempuan ke ruang publik dan meminimalisir terjadinya pernikahan anak. Sedangkan antisipatif seperti adanya piket masak bagi perempuan dan pelatihan bekerja bagi laki-laki berdampak kepada menciptakan rumah tangga yang harmonis dan pembekalan skill bagi perempuan.
ABSTRACT
Child marriage is commonly occured in Sumber Gadung Hamlet, Slateng Village, Ledokombo District, Jember Regency. The purpose of child marriage according to UUPA is marriage conducted by people whose under 18 years old. So the At-Tanwir Islamic Boarding School located in Sumber Gadung Hamlet makes massive social changes to minimize the occurrence of child marriages in the hamlet.
There are two formulations of the problem in this research namely, what are the factors of child marriage according to gender perspective analysis and how are the roles of At-Tanwir Islamic Boarding School in dealing with child marriage according to gender perspective analysis. The purpose of this study is to find out the factors and the role of the At-Tanwir Islamic Boarding School which will be analyzed using gender perspective. The author uses empirical research, using a descriptive qualitative approach with a case study data strategy, collected through primary data, which are interviews with the community of Sumber Gadung Hamlet and completed by secondary data which will be edited, examined and carefully compiled and analyzed.
The factors in the occurrence of child marriages in Sumber Gadung hamlet, are education factors, social factors and the abundance of natural resources in Sumber Gadung Hamlet. First, education will be inferior to community construction which says that girls aged 17 years and unmarried are considered as spinsters. Second, social factors, the concern of parents about their child's mate, thus perpetuating the term pamali for women who reject proposal. Third, the abundance of Natural Resources has facilitates for child marriage even though it has not worked. The role of the At-Tanwir Islamic Boarding School is preventive and anticipatory. Preventives such as equal education for all sexes have succeeded in bringing women into public spaces and minimizing the occurrence of child marriages. Whereas anticipatory practices such as the presence of cooking pickets for women and work training for men have an impact on creating harmonious households and providing skills for women.
ملخص البحث
يفعل تزوّج الصبي تألوفا في ضيعة سومبر غادونج، قرية سلاتنج، لدوكومبو، مدينة جمبر. المقصود من تزوّج الصبي عند ؤ ؤ ف أ هو تزوّج الذي يفعل الإنسان الذي لم يبلغ العمر 18 سنة حتى ذالك الشأن يدعو النفر المعهد التنوير الذي يسكن في ضيعة سومبر غادونج لإفعال التغيّر الإجتماعي الكبير للتصغير تزوّج الصبي في تلك الضيعة.
تكون ٢ من أسئلة البحث، هي ما العناصر من حدث تزوّج الصبيّ في ضيعة سومبر غادونج، قرية سلاتنج، لدوكومبو، مدينة جمبر عند تحليل الجنسي وكيف دور المعهد التنوير في التوجّه التزوّج الصبي في ضيعة سومبر غادونج، قرية سلاتنج، لدوكومبو، مدينة جمبر عند تحليل الجنسي. الهدف من هذا البحث هو لتعريف العنصري و دور المعهد التنوير ثم سيحلّل ان يستخدم عند الجنسي. تستخدم الباحثة البحث التجريبي، تستخدم النهج النوعي الوصفي بالستراتيجيّة الدراسة الحالة البيانات، تجمع من البيانات الإبتدائيات هي المقابلة إلى المجتمع ضيعة سومبر غادونج ثمّ تتمّ بالبيانات الثنويات والتحريرة، والإستطلاعة، والتشكيلة إقتصاديا والتحليلة.
نتائج هذه الدراسة هي العوامل في حدوث زواج الأطفال منىها: عوامل التربية و الاجتماعية ووفرة الموارد الطبيعية في القرية "سومبر كادونج". أولاً ، سيكون التعليم أدنى من بناء المجتمع الذي يقول أن الفتيات اللاتي تتراوح أعمارهن ١٧سنة وغير المتزوجات يعتبرن عانسات. ثانيا ، العوامل الاجتماعية ، وهي قلق الوالدين على رفيق الحياة طفلهم. ثالثًا ، إن ثروة الموارد الطبيعية تسهل ظروف زواج الأطفال لولم يعمل. دور معهد التنوير هو دور وقائي واستباقي. دور الوقائي مثل المساواة في التعليم بين الجنسين في جلب النساء إلى الأماكن العامة وتقليل حدوث زواج الأطفال، حينما دور الإستبقائي مثل اعتصام الطبخ للنساء وعمل تدريبية للرجال فتأثير على بناء أسرة متناغمة وتوفير المهارات للمرأة
University News - Volume 101, Issue 003 (November 18, 2022)
No full text24 pages.VOL. CI No. 3 / November 18th, 2022 UTHE UNIVERSITY NEWS it’s the most
wonderful
time of the
year?
Underrepresented Holidays at SLU p. 6
Gift Ideas on a Budget p. 7
Holiday Movies & Books p. 8
Seasonal Recipes p. 9
Diwali Celebration p. 12-13
Graphic by Evie Nguyen
Cover Design by Diana Jakovcevic
ince the start of the Russo-
Ukrainian War on Feb.
24, sophomore Mariya
Yasinovska has been
diligently following the
news of her home country
Ukraine. An English major at SLU
and an aspiring author, she was born
in Cherkasy, a city around 100 miles
south of Kyiv, the capital. She moved
to St. Louis last year when she began
attending SLU. Her family currently
lives in Iowa.
Yasinovska says she remembers
vividly the day Russian President
Vladimir Putin announced the military
operation in Ukraine in February of
this year.
“I remember exactly how I felt. I
remember my vision going black for a
few moments, because I was terrified
of what this would mean. It was really
hard to keep going about my day and
going to classes because I felt like my
world was ending. Honestly, that was
one of the hardest days of my life,”
Yasinovska said.
Since early in the invasion, Ukraine
has been effective at repelling
Russian attacks. More recently, they
have gradually taken back many of
the occupied territories. On Nov. 11,
they forced Russian troops out of
Snihurivka, a town in the Southern
region of Kherson. But, the military
remains alert as they fear Russian
troops could be taking time to
reorganize for eventual reoccupation.
Yasinovska has held an optimistic,
persevering attitude through various
phases of the war.
“Ukraine will win this war. After nine
months of fighting, that much is clear –
Russia thought Kyiv would fall in a day.
Putin expected Ukraine to be weak, but
now it’s the Russian government giving
up occupied territories and cutting its
losses,” Yasinovska said.
In total, the Ukrainian military has
forced the Russians into three major
retreats, according to The New York
Times’ article, Tears of Relief as
Ukrainian Soldiers Move Back Into
Kherson, “from north of the capital
Kyiv, last spring; from the northeastern
Kharkiv region in late summer; and
now from at least portions of the
western bank of the Dnipro River in
the south.”
Human Rights Watch has documented
several cases of Russian military
forces committing war crimes against
civilians in occupied areas. Russian
news reporters continue to justify
their aggressive, inhumane behaviors
as necessary by calling Ukrainian
citizens “neo-Nazis” and “terrorists.”
According to a platform run by
Russian and Ukrainian journalists
called Meduza, on Nov. 15, a Russian
journalist was fined for “discrediting”
the Russian army when saying, “You
can’t send a woman to the front.” The
official ruling was that a “front” can
only exist in a war, and since it is a
“special military operation,” it must be
referred to as a “line of contact.” This
displays the Russian government’s
refusal to acknowledge it as a true
war and the censorship it places on its
people.
Those who have spoken out and
protested the issue have been
arrested, tortured and, in some cases,
murdered by their government. An
article published by Human Rights
Watch states that “Russian authorities
have arbitrarily arrested thousands
of peaceful protesters at anti-war
rallies across Russia, in line with
their increasingly brutal crackdown
on those who disagree with Russia’s
military offensive in Ukraine.” The
director added, “Russian authorities
continue to deny people the right to
freedom of assembly and stifle the
voices of those who disagree with
Russia’s war in Ukraine. The escalating
police violence illustrates the length
to which Russian authorities will go to
intimidate and silence dissent.” This
magnifies President Putin’s acts of
terror as it highlights how unpopular
this war remains within Russia.
Many Russian people, who have
stood against this war from the very
beginning, have fled to avoid being
drafted. According to an article from
Meduza, the mother of a man named
Andrey Marchuk, who received draft
orders in late September of this year,
said, “In Zaitseve. Luhansk region.
Troitske district. They took them to a
hole there. There were no amenities in
the hole. A lot of guys there, they said,
who don’t want to fight. Refusers. They
pressured them and pressured them,
they’re not signing anything. They
don’t want to fight. What is there to
fight for, and with who?”
Russia’s actions have become a true
humanitarian crisis and continuously
defy universal moral laws. President
Putin hides his true intention to
establish a broad, Russian-dominated
security zone resembling the power
Moscow wielded in Soviet days
through his insistence that Ukraine
is fundamentally part of Russia,
culturally and historically, according
to a New York Times article.
“Having family both in the United
States and in Ukraine makes it easy
for me to always be in touch with
my culture and feel connected to my
heritage,” Yasinovska said. “We speak
Ukrainian at home. Always.”
Yasinovska says her family has helped
to preserve her relationship with her
culture.
“Now that I’m in college, I still wear
traditional Ukrainian clothes for
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Contributor
(Courtesy of Mariya Yasinovska) Christmas and Easter suppers when I go
home. I still call my grandparents and
my family,” she added.
This war has affected, and continues
to affect, millions of people in Ukraine
through forced evacuation, electrical
outages due to drone attacks, devastation
through bombings, or the rape, torture
and slaughter of innocent civilians.
Although it appeared that Russian
troops only looted buildings recently in
the town of Snihurivka, they continue to
commit heinous acts of terror in other
regions of the country.
“The majority of my family still lives in
Ukraine…my grandparents and aunt and
uncle’s family still live there. It’s been
very difficult watching my grandparents
go through this war. They have both
already been through so much, and I
wish so much I could visit them and hug
them both right now. They always stay
so positive, but their lives have not been
the same since February 24th, and will
never be the same again,” Yasinovska
said.
Globally, the war impacted various
countries, mainly through gas prices
and the cost of imported goods. U.S. and
European financial penalties have been
throttling banks and other businesses
in Russia, limiting the Russian
government’s ability to use its enormous
foreign currency reserves. A New York
Times article notes that President
Biden’s sanctions have prevented Russia
from importing American technology
critical to its defense. Ultimately, global
disapproval of Mr. Putin’s aggressive
acts has helped foster a united front.
“A lot of people try to make the war
into something political or economic.
But there are people dying every day.
Soldiers, civilians, mothers, children,”
Yasinovska said. “There are over seven
million displaced Ukrainians, and that
number keeps rising.”
The best way to stay informed,
Yasinovska says, is by digging deeper
than Twitter threads and social media
headlines and instead getting the news
from more credible and accurate sources,
including Ukrainian outlets.
“There are many popular US news
outlets that are not always accurate when
reporting about the war,” Yasinovska
said.
She adds that there are ways to also
support Ukrainians.
“Support Ukrainians by engaging with
their art, their online small businesses
and their online presence. Support
Ukraine by supporting the people
who have lost so much in this war,”
Yasinovska said.
From the Perspective of SLU
THE WAR ON UKRAINE
Sophomore Ma riya Yasinovska
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poll conducted
by SLU YouGov,
a research group
at Saint Louis
University, found
that 48% of voters
would choose
to have the Missouri abortion
ban reversed. This statistic isn’t
representative of the landslide
victory of Republican pro-life
Senator-elect Eric Schmitt, in last
Tuesday’s midterm election win
over pro-choice candidate Trudy
Busch Valentine.
With a supermajority in the state
House and Senate, the Republicans
have a hold on Missouri. “You
don’t expect Democrats to win
in Missouri,” says freshman and
life-long Missouri resident, Jessica
Quin.
Most voters did not expect the
Democratic Senate candidate,
Valentine, to have a chance. It is
possible that her pro-choice stance
on abortion could have led to her
defeat given the other legislation
that straddled party lines, like
the legalization of recreational
marijuana.
“No Democrat is really going
to win statewide office [in
Missouri],” says Steven
Rogers, a member of
the research group
YouGov and political
science professor
at SLU, “She did
probably get some
votes from some
c o n s t i t u e n c i e s
because of how pro-choice
she was” he
added.
However, these votes
were not enough for
Valentine with a mere
868,000 votes compared
to Schmitt’s 1.1 million. With
the newly elected claiming their
seats, the question of whether there
will be any change for abortion
rights in Missouri remains.
“If you want something done on
abortion in Missouri, it is going to have
to be done by the initiative” Rogers said.
The initiative petition process gives
citizens the opportunity to submit an
issue they would like to be addressed in
the next general election and petition
for signatures before presenting it to the
Secretary of State. It then goes through
a series of certification assessments
before being put on the ballot for the
next general election. This is how
marijuana was legalized last Tuesday.
Because the Republicans in office
support the ban and little power is held
by the Democrats, there is nothing
other than the possible initiative
petition process to expect for abortion
rights being voted on in the next general
election. Unless the supermajority in
the Missouri House of Representatives
and Senate is diminished, it is unlikely
any Democratic issues will be passed.
Quin reminds community members
affected by abortion bans that “you can
still go out of state to get an abortion.”
Although legal abortion services
are still available in nearby Illinois,
abortion bans will continue to affect
those who have financial
or legal barriers
in accessing
out-of-state
abortions.
pproximately 30
students gathered in
the Wool Ballrooms
on Nov. 8 to watch
election results come
in. Midterm elections
were held in all states
with different legislative offices up
for grabs. Missouri’s ballot featured
the Senate and House candidates and
ballot measures such as Amendment
3, which called for the legalization of
marijuana.
The watch party was a part of SLU’s
voting and civic engagement programs.
Riya Shah, SLU junior and Director
of Voter Engagement, is working to
engage voters on multiple levels. “I
noticed there was a low voter turnout
in our student group and for those
who are socially and economically
disadvantaged,” Shah said.
Youth voters have a historically low
turnout in the polls. According to
CIRCLE, a nonpartisan, independent
research organization focused on youth
civic engagement in the United States,
there has been a near 39% increase
in youth electoral participation
between the 2016 to 2020 elections.
Shah believes that her peers’ voter
participation is tied to an increase
in civic engagement, “I’ve noticed
there’s been a lot of civic engagement
with protests and petitions, but when
it comes to showing up to the polls
there’s definitely less turnout.”
Shah’s passion for voter engagement
also carries a personal meaning. “For
me, South Asians are typically the
most underrepresented and I did want
South Asians to vote and have some
sort of representation. Also, students
have the least turnout in the polls and
I wanted to be a representation for
both of those voices,” Shah said.
The watch party featured speaker
Sabrina W. Tyuse, an Associate
Professor in the College for Public
Health and Social Justice. She has
been registering voters for decades,
including the students in her classes.
Tyuse also offered advice to students
at the watch party when it comes to
casting their ballots. “No one politician
is going to give you everything you
want. But, if you can get 80% of what
you want, then you should consider
that when voting,” Tyuse said.
She also emphasized the importance of
being present in the community when
advocating for voter engagement.
Tyuse recounted a story of a voter
approaching her while tabling, saying
“‘I was so hoping you’d be here.’”
She explained the significance of that
moment, “This woman had seen me
and my team and passed us, but we’d
planted the seed. I want to make sure
you do the same.”
Two community organizations,
SLU’s Black Student Alliance and
the Alpha Omega City-Wide Chapter
of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.,
tabled during the watch party. Haley
Anderson, secretary of the Black
Student Alliance, said tabling at the
watch party was an effort to promote
their organization and mission. “Our
goal is for people to see that Black
Student Alliance is here and for us to
use our power to vote collectively to
create change.” said Anderson.
Inaya Smith, President of the city-wide
chapter of Delta Sigma Theta,
explained that voter engagement is
built into the core of their mission.
“Voting is a very monumental thing
to our sorority. It was one of our first
public acts after being founded as a
sorority in 1913 as we participated in
the women’s suffrage march.”
Mikayla McDowell, Vice President of
the city-wide chapter of Delta Sigma
Theta agreed. “We’re here to represent
our organization and to just engage
with the rest of the community.” One
of Delta Sigma Theta’s five pillars or
“thrusts” is political awareness and
involvement. “If you’re a Delta, you
should vote,” Smith said.
Overall, Shah says the biggest
obstacle when targeting and engaging
student voters is the lack of awareness
and resources. “If more people knew
about our clubs or our teams and we
had a bit more help, people might be
a bit more receptive,” Shah said. Shah
and her team encourage anyone who
has a passion for voting accessibility
and rights to get involved with SLU’s
Center of Social Action, located in
Wuller Hall.
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Managing Editor
MIDTERM ELECTIONS’
EFFECT ON ABORTION
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ENCOURAGING SLUDENTS TO VOTE:
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By MADELYN KEIB
Contributor
(Evie Nguyen / The University News)
aint Louis University has
been awarded a hundred
thousand dollars from
the Boniface Foundation
to fund mental health
services on campus. The
grant aims to mend SLU’s student
community amid recent suicides
and a local highschool shooting.
Sindhu Ragunathan, co-president
of We Are Saath, a student
group that advocates for South
Asian mental health on campus,
notes a few issues students have
experienced with mental health
resources.
“There is a lack of accessibility
and diversity within the counseling
center. South Asian students and
other minorities on campus do not
have a counselor to turn to that
can relate to their experiences,”
Ragunathan said. “SLU desperately
needs more permanent, diverse
counselors that can provide a range
of counseling experiences for their
diverse student population.”
This ongoing issue, Ragunathan
says, was again highlighted
following the recent school
shooting at Central Visual
Performing Arts High School on
Oct. 24, 2022.
“I knew dozens of kids who needed
counseling after the shooting.
But they couldn’t even make an
appointment since the counseling
center was so backed up. The fact
of the matter is that there is a lack
of accessibility amongst SLU’s
counselors,” Ragunathan said.
The trend Ragunathan points
to is only projected to increase as
students approach finals week in
December.
“In fact, students mainly come to
our mental health events during
finals and midterms week because
they desperately need a reprieve
from schoolwork. It’s good that We
Are Saath is able to help out, but we
do not have the training to counsel
students on personal problems,”
Ragunathan said.
According to SLU’s announcement
on Oct. 10, the lack of counselors to
serve the large student population
is on their radar. The grant money
aims to resolve these issues by
supporting various mental health
initiatives, including assisting
SLU’s counseling center during
high demand times.
“The foundation is very thoughtful
on how we deploy our resources.
We had a number of meetings with
SLU and were very impressed with
what we saw. We wanted to support
the program for its growth and
success,” said Win Reed, chairman
of Boniface Foundation’s Board of
Directors.
Because SLU’s needs are concrete
and manageable, Reed says, the
foundation can assist.
“We are to trust the program
directors to dole out the money in
the best way possible,” Reed said.
Eric Anderson, assistant vice
president for student well-being
at SLU, says the pandemic made it
difficult for the counseling center to
receive the money to train enough
mental health instructors.
“Now that we are back to in-person,
we are going to use the
grant to ramp up our mental health
efforts,” Anderson said.
50,000 will be divided
into thirds. First, it will go to
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By KAVYA HARISH
Contributor
expanding mental health and first
aid training, an initiative that has
been around since fall 2019 which
SLU struggled to complete during
the pandemic. It is important to
note that these instructors are not
counselors. Instead, they are from
various departments on campus and
teach mental health and first aid
training in addition to their regular
duties. Currently, SLU has trained 10
instructors to teach mental health
training, all hired and coached
between the spring and fall of 2022.
This is a large increase from the
center’s two instructors.
“These mental health trainings are
important in building students’ self-care
toolkit. It aims to destigmatize
mental health and think about it
more like physical health. It teaches
students how to be a first responder
and friend that can support mental
health struggles,” Anderson said.
Ragunathan says these training
sessions are a step in the right
direction.
“Mental health training is not as
intuitive as one might think. When
an individual is under their own
stress, it is hard for them to know
what to look for. These training
sessions give students the tools to
help others,” Ragunathan said.
The last two-thirds of the 100,000 to Address
Students’ Mental services, increase training
“When an
individual is
under their own
stress, it is hard
for them to know
what to look for.
These training
sessions give
students the tools
to help others,”
said Sindhu, co-president
of We
Are Saath.
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n this corner of Midtown,
located right across from The
Standard Apartments, and
just before Ikea, a family-owned
business, Yapi, has
r e c e n t l y o p e n e d a n e w
location, serving warm, fresh
subs and sandwiches.
Yapi Mediterranean Subs and
Sandwiches was originally established
by Armin and Lisa Grozdanic in South
Hampton six years ago, but they had
their new grand opening on Oct. 22,
2022.
“I kept seeing it during Ramadan,
passing by, going to the West Pine
mosque. I went home and I told my
husband about it. I thought this could be
a great location for the masjid, for the SLU
students and because the area is really
up and coming. We basically decided to
take the chance. It’s a lot further north
than what we’re used to, especially
because our family is from South City,
but it was a great choice. I think that the
business will definitely pick up more and
more. We’ve been doing great since we
PHILLY CHEESESTEAK WITH A TOUCH OF FAMILY LOVE
YAPI OPENS ON VANDEVENTER
got here. All the
SLU students in the
neighborhood have
been very, very
welcoming,” Lisa
Grozdanic said.
Armin Grozdanic,
who moved here
from Bosnia in
1996, said that the
inspiration for the
restaurant was to
serve American-
Bosnian Food that
is “halal,” “food
considered permissible under Islamic
guidelines.”
“When you go to a halal restaurant,
generally, it’s more ethnic food. It’s
more of your rice and meat. Just
because we only eat halal, doesn’t mean
we have to eat rice and meat every day.
Why can’t we have a cheeseburger?
Why can’t we have Philly cheesesteak
or loaded fries? We can have that stuff
too, we just make sure that we make it
halal—that was our purpose,” Lisa said.
Despite their dedication to Yapi’s
restaurant over the years, owning
a restaurant was not always part of
the Grozdan
