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The Miami
Vol. 88, Issue 38 | Oct. 7 - Oct. 10, 2010
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HURRICANE
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STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI IN CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, SINCE 1929
PROCRASTINATION
24%
study five or fewer hours per week
1 IN 5 20%
of women n find themselvess studying late att nightt
41%
18%
study every day
study only once or twice a week
17%
study 20 or more hours per week
126%IN 4
of men find themselves studying late at night
About one-half of all students study between the hours of 6 p.m. and midnight
SOURCE: THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PUBLISHERS
GRAPHIC BY FELIPE LOBON, BRITTNEY BOMNIN AND DANIEL CEPERO
STICKS AND STONES CYBER-BULLYING HURTS JUST AS MUCH AS THE REAL DEAL PAGE 8
SEASON OF SOUNDS FESTIVAL MIAMI RETURNS TO THE FROST SCHOOL OF MUSIC PAGE 11
BRING ON THE NOLES HURRICANES TAKE ON FSU THIS SATURDAY PAGE 15
Old habits might make studying harder BY LAURA EDWINS | MANAGING EDITOR ALEXANDRA LEON | NEWS EDITOR
t’s that time of the semester again. Midterms are looming, papers are piling up and all that procrastination is starting to take a toll. For many, this has been the week from hell. Somewhere out there, students that do all their required reading and finish essays days in advance must exist, but procrastination is a temptation that everyone succumbs to at one time or another. Sometimes the magnetic pull of Facebook, friends or TV is just too powerful to resist, but too much procrastination can be a slippery slope.
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“I end up studying the day before because I feel like it’s hard to retain knowledge before that,” said senior Steven Levy, who is majoring in motion pictures and psychology. Levy has spent the last week preparing for two tests, working on a Photoshop project and editing video. Although he has so many assignments for the week, he did not start working on them until this weekend. According to Levy, one of the reasons why students wait until the last minute to study for tests is because of the way they have been taught since elementary school. Students in college are unmotivated to really learn subjects that are not related to their major. SEE PROCRASTINATION, PAGE 4