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...proctor group. But there is no guarantee that a Freshman Wellness Representative will understand the importance of introducing their fellow first-years to peer counselors on campus or that the members of a proctor group will come if an outreach is organized. By making these outreaches optional, the FDO belittles the important role peer counseling groups can play on campus...
...larger revision of Freshman Week mental health information sessions shows that the College has recognized the importance of addressing mental health issues on campus. But by not taking advantage of the existing peer counseling groups, the FDO is missing an important opportunity to put a human face on one of the many services available. Harvard students have a tendency to avoid asking for help at all costs; when first-years do need help, they will only think of peer counseling groups if they have been exposed to them. Without mandatory outreaches, the groups do not get much direct face time...
Past outreaches certainly left some room for improvement, but just because students gave an event a lukewarm review is no reason to eliminate it entirely. The FDO should have worked with the groups rather than around them. Improving the quality of outreaches requires a coordinated effort of peer groups, other campus mental health resources and the FDO. Together they should reintroduce an improved mandatory peer counseling outreach for first-years at the start of the coming spring semester or for the class of 2008 next fall...
...outreach for upperclassmen is important as well—to remind students of the availability of help and how important it is to seek it. Improving access to mental health resources at Harvard is essential, and peer counseling groups must continue to do just that—whether the FDO makes their outreaches mandatory...
...among the immature, the collective bottom rung, sitting at their long tables in their dirty mead hall wondering aloud “Do you think he likes me like that?” while scribbling stars and happy faces on their expos assignments and still swinging their free, FDO issued (read: nappy) Harvard lanyards? I’m sophisticated. I’m a little more mature than the average first year. I do my own laundry. I’m classy. I want culture. I want upperclass girls. So where do we usually...