Sometimes it's fear. Sometimes it's cultural differences that make it hard to reach out. I'll hear students say, 'I'm a failure if I ask for help. I'm having a hard time. Besides, I can solve anything myself.
Students often think they're supposed to do it all and know it all, from thesis-writing to intimacy.
It's a huge burden. Since January 1993, the program has expanded from 18 to 100 student participants. Students involved in Up Front create topical dramas, either at the request of a tutor or a housemaster or a MedLINK volunteer whose living group is interested in a particular issue. Participants rehearse on Monday evenings.