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FINALS GUIDE
Table of contents
Study spots WDYT...5 Finals planner...16
Library WDYT...6 Relaxation tips...16
Library info...7 Study tips...17
Libraries...8 Puzzles...18
Study habits WDYT...11 Puzzles...19
Stress...13 Puzzles...20
Relax WDYT...15 Puzzle answers...22
Letter from the editor
finals week is the time of the semester when everyone seems to suddenly remember about the studying aspect of college.
Libraries around campus fill with frazzled students hauling giant backpacks. Long lines form at Starbucks counters around the city. Friends stop answering text messages for days at a time. People start occupying residence hall study rooms around the clock.
Yet despite all of the stress that arrives with the end of the semester, a kind of camaraderie develops as well. We're all experiencing this miserable week of too many tests and too much junk food and too little sleep together. We all have a common goal in sight: four glorious weeks without schoolwork.
Last year, my floor in Templin Hall grew especially close at this point in the school year. We made a fort out of sheets and our lobby furniture, partially to relive our childhood memories and partially because we wanted a place where we could hide away. We watched movies in the evenings when we couldn't stand to look at another page of notes, and we made late night trips to the Studio for much-needed coffee.
If you need a break from it all this week, look in this guide for a puzzle to solve. Ask people studying around you if they'd like to help with a crossword clue. Odds are, they're looking for an excuse to catch their breath too.
If you find yourself spending too much time distracting yourself and not enough time studying, check out the study tips from the Academic Achievement and Access Center. Or use the guide to find the perfect library in which to prepare for tests.
I know it may not seem like it now, but we'll all make it through this week more or less sane. I wish everyone a successful round of finals and a safe and happy winter break.
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Publisher The University Daily Kansan
Editor-in-chief Brenna Hawley
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