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Mental health issues emerge as a pandemic within a pandemic

Ja'sean Johnson-Henry, a senior marketing major, sits with his headphones on in the multicultural suite, during a tough semester. "Music is my go to outlet for my emotions," Johnson-Henry said. "During the pandemic, quarantine specifically, if I didn't have any songs to listen to, I don't know what I would do. Anytime I was feeling down and I listened to one of my playlists, my day would just be a little bit better. All the new music that has come out this year has also really helped me get through these challenging times." (Photo by Marianna Rappa)

Anna Yusza felt the deepening toll of COVID-19 during the spring, months before she enrolled at Quinnipiac University where strict social distancing guidelines and mask-wearing made college a less than normal experience for most students. Yet Yusza, 18, a first-year accounting major at the Hamden, Connecticut, school, knew what to expect based on her high…