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Your holiday gift guide

December 12, 2011 | Charlie Low

Around this time of year, every website and publication releases a gift guide to tell you what you really want. You know, because you really want an artisan leather belt made by Burmese monks who traveled to tanneries in Morocco to make it just the right shade of brown. It’s not like these are guides for gifting unto yourself.

Students irritated by late finals, holiday travel plans affected

December 10, 2010 | Becky Prager

Not everyone will be home in time for Christmas this year, thanks to the late finals schedule this year. And students are not happy. The last finals this year are on December 22, alarmingly close to the holiday for students who celebrate it.

An alternative guide to finals

April 30, 2010 | Charlie Low

Are you sick and tired of all these conventional finals guides? Are you tired of being told the right ways to study, what drinks have the most caffeine and where the best places to study are? Well, if you are, you’ve come to the right place. It’s easy to follow the rules. Going to the library, grabbing a coffee and studying gets repetitive. Is it effective?

Down to the last stretch

December 08, 2008 | Kelly Diabagate

Only a few days ’til the first exams, our nerves are stretched tight and we’re ready to bite anyone’s head off. Take a deep breath! Whatever happens, however it goes, it is over. We survived our first semester in college, and we only have a mildly bruised ego to show for it! Here are some [...]

Stay healthy during finals

December 05, 2008 | Staff Editorial

It is nearly that time of year once again. The libraries will be full, coffee sales will skyrocket and students’ stress levels will be at their highest as the students study for finals. With all of the papers and exams monopolizing their focus, it is all too easy for students to forget to look after [...]

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