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De-stressing
Maria Wilkes (formerly Martinez), Alum
School of Social Work 1977
School of Public Health 1980


I remember many great times being at Columbia's schools of social work and public health. The one memory that was "therapeutic" was the time when I just finished all of my exams from S.W. I had so much energy -- I guess from all the caffeine I had drunk during all the studying I did -- and didn't know how to just relax. I was equally emotionally drained given the hours of sleepless nights and working two jobs to get through it all! Columbia's recreational facilities were JUST the thing. I ran in the indoor track (4 miles +), swam laps for about thirty minutes, went to the sauna and just relaxed. I went home and slept like a baby. Thanks Columbia, you were just what the Doctor ordered!!! What a way to finish a year at school!

Maria

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