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Volume 80 Issue 11
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It’s all about the
As the holidays and vacaBy Phil Nobile tion approaches, students spend Staff Writer their time studying, stressing and preparing for the dreaded finals week that looms ahead. Many students, freshmen and seniors alike, share the task of getting through one last week of misery, and as a result we here at the Chronicle have prepared a small but helpful list to prepare for finals week appropriately.
SCHEDULE
nationwide, 85 percent reported feeling stressed on a daily basis, with 77 percent of the blame being school work and 74 percent being maintenance of grades. The way to tackle this stress is first coming to an understanding of the stress. Identify the main factors causing the stress, whether it be that approaching essay deadline or that one test you’re deathly afraid of taking. “The human being likes comfort. The more stressed we are, the more we crave that comfort,” Delohery said. “It comes down to that inward look: that reflection upon how we made choices to “If you can get to a certain goal that becomes ameliorate very important.”
that stress at all by the time you get to the test, you will do a bit better.”
STYLE
A lot of people believe in studying in large chunks, whether this is through long sessions in the library or cramming the day before with zero breaks. This can possibly be Andrew Delohery, even more detrimental than helpful. Learning Center Director “We are physiologically wired so that the harder we truly try to engage to the level that we need to learn, we can do that for an hour at time,” Delohery said. “After that, we become incredibly inefficient and ineffective.” “Stress is the single most devastating challenge to the Instead of taking long study sessions, break it down retrieval of information from the working memory,” warns into parts: Study for a solid hour, then take a break, folDelohery. “If you can ameliorate that stress at all by the lowed by another shorter study session, with an even lontime you get to the test, you will do a bit better. If no other ger break. This can keep the mind sane and safe from a reason, you feel better working under pressure.” studying meltdown. Students across the nation can attest to the hardship Another process heavily emphasized by the Learnthat is stress. In a 2009 poll of more than 2,000 students STUDY, continued on page 5
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Finals fear? Don’t forget the five steps of studying
One of the initial tasks that can help any student in need is simply setting up a detailed schedule to keep them on track. “We don’t manage time, we manage ourselves as regards to the time we have,” said Andrew Delohery, director of the Learning Center at Quinnipiac. “So to plan far ahead I think is the first thing: to really get a grasp of what one needs to do so one can be proactive, not reactive.” Don’t save everything for the last minute. Instead, come up with a plan to get things done in a periodical manner. By simply realizing what is most important versus what can wait a few days, the mind can become more clear and agile than ever before.
The man behind the books, page 8
The New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers will play at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 11, but the Knickerbockers’ biggest fan will not be in attendance. He has more important places to be, like Quinnipiac University. Tabbed as the university’s annual Black History Month speaker this year, the famed pro- WHO: Spike Lee ducer and director will WHAT: lecture in Burt Kahn QU’s annual Black Court, according to a History Month press release from the Lecture WHEN: university. Feb. 11 The event will be WHERE: closed to the public, as Burt Kahn Court the university “expects a large turnout from the campus community,” said Lynn Bushnell, vice president for public affairs. Alumni Hall, the location of previous Black History Month lectures that were open to the public, is currently under construction. Past speakers include comedian D.L. Hughley and Pulitzer Prize-winner Eugene Robinson. Lee, a New York City filmmaker, has gained national fame with such movies as “Malcolm X,” “Do The Right Thing” and “Summer of Sam.”
Library coffee machine lobby picks up steam By Marissa Himbele Staff Writer A student concern for a coffee machine in the Arnold Bernhard Library has made waves with SGA’s sophomore class cabinet, and Charles Getchell, the library’s director, did not dismiss the idea. “In principle I think it is a good idea,” Getchell said. “I have no objections to vended or supplied food in the building.” The library currently has a no drinking and eating policy, but Getchell has tolerated coffee, soda and water. If a coffee machine is installed, he is willing to change the policy. “We foresee the late-night coffee availability will allow students to study for extended periods of time without losing focus,” Class of 2013 President Ben Cloutier said.
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