Christmas break is right on time

incredibly difficult challenge. Not only must they choose which classes they are going to take to shape their education, but they must also worry about the possibility of none of those classes being·available. All of this leads to some very stressful times for students. For me, it was so bad I left the school altogether. Is there a solution? I don't know, there might be. Maybe more courses can be offered for freshman only. Classes that are not made available until it's time for freshman to register. That could help a bit. Some improvements have been made. Now a student can check the Internet to see what's open and what's closed, which cuts down the number of trips to the registrars office.

I think we need to get rid of the wait list. It's killing me this year. The Internet showed that a certain SEM 300 course was wide open, but when I got to the office they told me that the one available seat left was on hold.

Rage enveloped me. There were 20 seats in the class, 19 were taken and one was waiting. I put myself on the dreaded wait list hoping that the student would back out and the chair would be mine, all mine. I was wrong-or screwed, whichever you preferagain. I checked with the instructor and I was told that 22 people were in the class and that there was no possible way I was getting in. But I was on the list! What the hell happened? Sadly, I'll never know.

You have to hang tight though. After a year away from Cabrini, I came back. I couldn't be happier with my decision even though things like a wait list drive me crazy. My only advice is this: Offer the person in the registrar large amounts of money. I haven't tried it yet, but soon, very soon, I just might.

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Cheryl Wagstaff staff writer

It is that time of year again. The last two weeks 9f the semester are the most stressful in a college student's life.

The first semester of my freshman year, I only had one final during the actual exam week. The other finals that I had were papers that I had to write. Therefore, the most stressful time of the semester actually came the week before finals.

During the last two weeks of the semester everyone gets extremely stressed out. Lack of time and sleep sometimes cause people to say and do things that they do not mean.

The toughest part of the last two weeks of the semester is managing one's time. There are so many assignments due, especially the end of the semester projects and book reports. The teachers think that by making them due at the end of the semester is giving us ample time to work on them. The fact of the matter is that the students do not get around to the projects until right before they are due.

Teachers are also giving out projects that make the students go to the library instead of looking up information on the Internet.

I have not had to go to library for what seems like forever. I do not even know where to find anything. There is nothing more embarrassing than someone who has made the dean's list every semester of his or her college career asking where to find a book.

I can only imagine what the librarians think of the students.

By the time that finals come around every semester, I am ready to go home and relax.

Do not get me wrong, I love school. I do not like having to go to the classes, but I like seeing all of my friends here. www.theloquitur.com

It is nice not being under the watch of your parents 24 hours a day. However, after the entire semester and the stress of finals, it is nice to go home to a routine. For the first time in months one can go to bed at a decent hour. Not to mention balanced meals for 30 days.

After the Christmas vacation is over, I am ready to return to school. By that time I am tired of being "under my parents roof." I am tired of having to do the dishes and help clean the house.

Students move back into the dorm refreshed and ready for the new semester.

Everyone needs a break. Not only from their classes, but they also need a break from the college life from time to time. The break between the semesters provides just enough time off for the student.

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