A stressor is an environmental condition, or a physical state in an individual which causes stress in that person. Stressors are the conditions or the events in the surroundings which helps to trigger stress.
In the context, according to the expert, a college student state that poor grades of the student, his financial problems and various problems of one's roommate gives stress in the student's life. These are the stressful events which causes stress to a college student during an academic year.
The U.S. government exercises checks and balances through its three branches—the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. It operates as a constitutionally limited government and is bound to the principles and actions that are authorized by the federal—and corresponding state—constitution.