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Cal Poly offers emotional services for students upset over election

November 12, 2024

By KAREN VELIE

Concerned that university students at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo would need help coping with the presidential election, Cal Poly offered counseling and psychological services. At least one teacher canceled classes to allow students time to process.

On Nov. 5, Cal Poly Counseling and Psychological Services offered a Zoom decompression session to help students “experiencing election day stress.”

Then, on Nov. 7, the campus provided refreshments, relaxing exercises and one-on-one counseling sessions at the university housing community center.

Multiple U.S. universities offered emotional help for distraught students following the 2024 election, including the University of Oregon which provided time with a therapy duck while sipping hot apple cider; Virginia Tech offered therapy dogs and guided stretching; and some professors at Harvard canceled classes on Wednesday and extended course work deadlines.

 


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LAME!!


16

I suspect they would have preferred to have grown up in a democracy. but what’s that big deal, eh?


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I suspect they would too.


Thankfully, the USA has always been, and shall always be, a Constitutional Republic.


13

The party that carps about “saving democracy” didn’t even let its voters select their nominee. Let that sink in.


11

All this hand-wringing about the Democratic primary process from people who did not participate in it is pretty rich. Did you want them to re-run the entire primary process? 14 million voted for Biden in the primaries and over 72 million voted for Kamala in the general, so I think the affected voters were ok with it and if not, they were welcome to do a write-it for the candidate of their choice. There have been plenty of times when the people’s nominee didn’t remain the eventual candidate.


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Since it is an Ag school will they offer therapy Sheep?


32

The ones that would want therapy sheep are probably also the ones not unhappy about the election results.


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ICYMI Ag students tend to lean right — this isn’t their tantrum


9

How about Cal Poly works with Exxon and Lockhead and Tantec vs this fucking mindless dribble of an article literally made to rile up your fucking neighbors and create more hate, especially after Todd was killed by a Homophobe.


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Title should include the phrase “not a The Onion headline.”


16

Gimme a break! It’s things like this that dim my hope future generations.


33

Well, turnabout is fair play, after cynical, poorly informed voters dimmed the future of democracy. They will have to live with that choice.


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It’s only “democracy” when it goes your way, eh?


12

Absolutely hilarious.


33

Ignorance is bliss.


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Must be, since they get emotional counseling too.


5

Both my brain cells are happy ones Frankie!


1

Emotionally immature crybabies need professional help, but not at taxpayers expense.


36

Do I detect someone who was all riled up about a loss 4 years ago? Perhaps who wants violent insurrectionists pardoned? Is that how they should be deporting themselves? Asking for a friend…


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Nobody was charged with insurrection. Strike one.


Deporting illegal aliens is in the US Code. Strike two.


Not sure you have friends here. *whiff* for the out.


13

You can be pedantic about it, but more than 1,070 people who cosplayed insurrection on Jan 6th were charged with various crimes, many of them felonies. That’s a fact.


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Please, I would love to have the names of those who needed psychological assistance, if I am ever in the position to interview any of them for a job i’ll Pass – who needs someone with their instability.


30

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cases_of_the_January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack

Here is a good list of unstable and totally gullible people.


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They have never done this when a democrat wins the election. Why? Because conservative students can handle their emotions.


Poor babies.


34

Ahhh! Another one who prefers violent insurrection as the proper response. Is that actually how you think things should be “handled”? That is a bit rich.


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