Enter Mr. Hyde
Personalities change with finals
By LINDA STEPHENS
Kansan Staff Writer
The innocent freshman strolls out of his last class of the semester. It is over, except for a "few tests."
Suddenly he is confronted with a two-week phenomenon known in academic circles as the "Student Final Syndrome."
There are three basic manifestations of the syndrome. Students become florescent "pub crawlers." "academic extremist hermits" or "fluctuating worriers."
The dominant and most obvious form is the pub crawler. He is easily recognized by his three-day beard and his eyes, on the rare occasions that they are fully open, display an unusual fluorescent quality. His nose also glows in the dark. He is known to burst spontaneously into incoherent warbling.
The pub crawler appears to have a retarded sense of balance. His body movements are generally slow and clumsy except he displays remarkable speed and skill at rolling down stairs and falling off chairs. He develops a hypo-sensitive sense of humor and laughs uproariously at the weakest joke and sometimes even if there is no joke.
The pub crawler may also be identified by his rallying call, "Come on, it's too late to study now," or "Don't you know that the best way to get through the semester is to keep up all year and then get drunk the night before the final."
Usually the pub crawler has been practicing for this two week period and has not been keeping up all semester either.
Another less obvious form is the rarely seen "academic extremist hermit." He is known to seclude himself in his room for the entire two week period with about twenty pounds of coffee, a couple. baskets of assorted fruits and pastries and three dozen newly sharpened pencils. He emerges only to take finals and shout dire warnings at noisy neighbors.
The hermit looks much like the pub crawler with the bloodshot eyes and beard. He performs such rituals as reciting entire chapters of botany textbooks from memory or memorizing 187 chemistry formulas over a 45 minute period. He believes that the sacred ceremony of retreating and sacrificing himself by concentrated cramming will enable him to triumph in the battle of GPA.
The fluctuating worrier alternates between the hermit and the pub crawler. He is able to study intensely for a short period of time and then is drawn by an
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Rush registration forms are available in the Dean of Women's Office and are due by Jan. 16. There is a $5 registration fee. Detailed information may be received from the Dean of Women's Office, Barbara Reed, Panhellenic rush chairman or Kathy Heefer.
New dates for the rush schedule are necessary due to the University calendar change because there wouldn't be enough time in the fall to adequately prepare for rush before classes begin on August 31.
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A new rush schedule was announced for 1970 by Panhellenic president Barbara Blee, Bonner Springs senior.
irrepressible urge to forsake his books and socialize. His intentions are good, but his spirit is as weak as his flesh.
Panhellenic resets rush,pledging plans
Miss Blee said the incoming Panhellenic president, Kathy Hoefer, who will be installed Feb. 1 will make a decision about the fall rush for transfer students coming for the 1970-'71 term. As before, the pledges won't move
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