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FINALS GUIDE
EDITOR'S NOTE
Manage your finals stress and make sure to have some fun
Yesterday I took a two-hour nap. It's the first nap I've taken all semester. After it was over, I realized how tired this semester has made me and how much I needed that extra two hours of sleep.
Let's face it; this semester has completely worn all of us out, as do most semesters at college. Even our professors are telling us how ready they are to be done.
Everyone knows that burned-out feeling that comes at the end of a semester. But it's all about to be over, and that's something to celebrate.
When I feel overwhelmed about my finals, I take a break and try to get a handle on my stress. Whether it's taking a nap, pleasure reading, eating good food, hanging out with friends or doing some yoga, I try to make it as relaxing as possible.
Another way I help mitigate the stress
of finals is to make lots of to-do lists. There's no better feeling than crossing out a project I've been working on for weeks. And once I can cross off an entire class, the feeling gets even better.
To make studying for finals less of a drag, take advantage of all the diversions that The Kansan's finals guide offers you.
I hope you make some time between finals to get some sleep and to have some time just for you.
As for me, I'll be in the library.
spring 2009 kansan staff
Editor Brenna Hawley
Managing editors Tara Smith
Mary Sorrick
Managing editor, Kansan.com Kelsey Hayes
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Liz Schubauer
Mark Stevens
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Luke Morris
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The University Daily Kansan is the student newspaper of the University of Kansas. The Kansan publishes the Finals Guide each semester.
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table of contents
3 Making study time effective
4 — The art of the all-nighter
5 — Finals nutrition
6 — Find the library that's right for you
11 — Crossword, sudoku, cryptoquip puzzles
19 Puzzle answers
MAY 11,2009
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN