This Valentine’s Day, it’s the perfect time for you and your significant other to get in some alone time together. Since we are still practicing social distancing, here are some great date ideas to put together at home!

We love shipping television couples together.  Often, these couples have genuine, loving relationships so strong that we can’t help but ship them together.  However, other times we become invested in toxic relationships.  In honor of Valentine’s Day, let’s look at some popular television pairings on both ends of the spectrum.

Healthy Relationships

T.K. Strand/Carlos Reyes—9-1-1: Lone Star

What does healthy communication look like? It’s not always easy to tell, and it can be even harder to keep up healthy communication with everyone in your life all of the time — especially in the midst of a global pandemic that has turned our communication styles upside down. What we do know is that healthy communication is the key to healthy relationships. 

The Basics

While Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale is a depressing—although, nonetheless, important—show, the fourth season, which released its first three episodes on April 28th, feels different. Keep reading if you want to find out why. However, please note that there will be some spoilers.

After successfully freeing eighty-six children from Gilead’s clutches in season three, June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss) is now on the road and embracing an active role in taking down Gilead. Furthermore, the Waterfords are serving time for their heinous acts, so there is a sense of hope amongst all the despair.

The Amazing Race event brought a turnout of over 100 students racing across campus for a shot at victory! Participants started at the Sun Devil Fitness Complex then sprinted to various locations on campus where they solved puzzles, played games, and worked hard to make it back to the starting point to claim a prize.

It’s a Sunday night, and you’re getting ready to rest up for Monday. But as soon as you close your eyes, you remember! Your Session A course has approximately one million things due by midnight, and you haven’t even started the reading.

There is often a sense of peace that accompanies the arrival at a mountain’s peak. Heart pumping and breathing heavy, you gaze at the view below with a feeling of accomplishment.

It turns out that there is actual scientific data to back these emotions. 

Excessive stress can make everyday activities difficult or even painful. We all know what it’s like to weigh your options as another academic year nears its end — you may really want to catch up on sleep after that last all-nighter rather than get up and go to class.

Stress can stem from many different factors, but that doesn’t mean you have to let it ruin your daily life — especially at important times. Stress management gives you an opportunity to take charge of your own thoughts, habits and schedules.

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