2008 Woodie Awards
With Semester At An End, Students Prepare For Finals
Katherine Jones
Issue date: 12/7/06 Section: Features
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Finals week is fast approaching, and you know what that means- it's time to dig under the fermenting pile of laundry in the back of your closet and find those textbooks.
If you are missing class notes from a session or two (or 10), well, don't just sit there, start cultivating a fast friendship with someone who went to class, preferably someone bright.
Now is the time to formulate a plan. What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger, or some such drivel made popular by motivational speakers.
There are 24 usable hours in a day, so make the most of each and every one. Do not start whining about sleep; you are young and vital, and you can sleep when you are old. Pencil sleep in sometime around your 40s.
Caffeine is your new best friend; take it intravenously if you have to. Just be careful not to mix too many forms of caffeine.
A former roommate, who wishes to remain nameless lest her children figure out she was not a saint in college, remembers (barely) taking No-Doz with several cans of Coke throughout one night of arduous studying.
"I ended up so wired, my eyeballs were spinning independently of each other and I began to speak in tongues."
Rumor has it she missed the exam after falling asleep in the shower right before the test, but she couldn't bribed enough to confirm this.
Let's not forget how important personal hygiene is even during stressful periods like finals. Living in sweats or pajama pants is one thing; not hitting the shower for days is just wrong.
It is important to take a breather every once in a while from whatever you are studying and refresh your mind and body. Go to the movies, work out at the fitness center, play solitaire, call your parents…oh, wait, you want to relieve stress, not induce it.
Your body and brain need protein for optimum function, so try to eat healthy foods, especially protein-rich selections.
Finals do not have to be hell on earth. It is possible to approach the week with a plan and get through it, while keeping stress to a minimum.
If you are missing class notes from a session or two (or 10), well, don't just sit there, start cultivating a fast friendship with someone who went to class, preferably someone bright.
Now is the time to formulate a plan. What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger, or some such drivel made popular by motivational speakers.
There are 24 usable hours in a day, so make the most of each and every one. Do not start whining about sleep; you are young and vital, and you can sleep when you are old. Pencil sleep in sometime around your 40s.
Caffeine is your new best friend; take it intravenously if you have to. Just be careful not to mix too many forms of caffeine.
A former roommate, who wishes to remain nameless lest her children figure out she was not a saint in college, remembers (barely) taking No-Doz with several cans of Coke throughout one night of arduous studying.
"I ended up so wired, my eyeballs were spinning independently of each other and I began to speak in tongues."
Rumor has it she missed the exam after falling asleep in the shower right before the test, but she couldn't bribed enough to confirm this.
Let's not forget how important personal hygiene is even during stressful periods like finals. Living in sweats or pajama pants is one thing; not hitting the shower for days is just wrong.
It is important to take a breather every once in a while from whatever you are studying and refresh your mind and body. Go to the movies, work out at the fitness center, play solitaire, call your parents…oh, wait, you want to relieve stress, not induce it.
Your body and brain need protein for optimum function, so try to eat healthy foods, especially protein-rich selections.
Finals do not have to be hell on earth. It is possible to approach the week with a plan and get through it, while keeping stress to a minimum.
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