Monday, December 19, 1833
Pago 10
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Humor by Lauri Hoppls
FINALS approach. The campus is in turmoil, but,
it is silent turmoil. Silent because students every
where are honing their study skills.
How do they do it? I needed to know for my own
personal academic benefit, thinking that other stu
dents' insights into the studying process might help
improve my own. I made a few calls.
"Hello, Ursula Walsh, famed football tutor? What
study tips do you give the team for finals?"
Walsh didnt turn out to be too encouraging.
"If they haven't studied all semester, they're in
trouble," she said.
Walsh did give me the names of two players who
she sees as possible Academic All-Americans: Scott
Strasburger and Rob Stuckey.
Rob Stuckey? Rob Stuckey? Rats! I had missed my
big chance to milk Stuckey just minutes ago, in my
English class. We were watching Shakespeare's
"Much Ado About Nothing" on the audio-visual
machine. Needless to say, it would have been the
prime to find out Stuckey study habits. (Sorry, Mr.
Roberts. I do you double injustice.)
I was dazed by the news Walsh had given me. Here
I had sat all semester next to a potential Academic
Ail-American and I didn't even know it. What a
waste.
Now, just 20 minutes after class, he was lost to me
forever. I called his home in a futile attempt to reach
him, but his roommate told me he wouldn't be home
til dinnertime.
That was my closest brush to grasping the holy
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study graiL I continued my quest, and it continued
to be a silent one.
1 called Scott Strasburger. No answer. I called
Ursula Walsh back to ask where he might be. What?
In class all morning? For what? He should be
studying!
I was desperate now. I skipped two classes. I for
sook my regular reading time. All in hopes of finding
better ways to study for finals.
I climbed my way up the intellectual ladder and
called ASUN President Matt Wallace. Unfortunately,
it was already Friday afternoon and he was out.
"Oh, he went home to start getting ready for
finals?" I asked the person on the other end of the
line.
"Uh, no, I think he mentioned something about a
Daily Nebraskan-ASUN FAC."
I was shattered. What an image-blower.
The silence of those who could not answer my
question was beginning to get to me. I began going a
little batty. I contemplated calling the pope, but
realized I couldn't afford the phone bill if he didn't
accept the collect charges.
Then I called this really shows my extreme
dedication to my quest the Invisible Man himself,
UNL Chancellor Martin Massengale. Perhaps he,
brimming with truth and knowledge, would be able
to tell me what I needed to know about studying.
"What? Finals? You should be getting ready to go
to the Orange Bowl!" he cried with disdain.
I slumped, physically and mentally. I no longer
had the desire to improve my study habits. I decided
there's no place like home I'd go back to my
original theory of reliance on what I'd actually
learned in class. I guess the best way to study for
finals is obvious: keep plugging all semester long.
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see, he said," but I don't want to spend my time
drumming students out of schooL"
Simpson-Kirkland said the faculty often finds
itself in a difficult position.
"People argue that these (students) are adults
and we (professors) shouldn't have to be police
men.' " she said. "It (reporting cheating) is a faculty
and student responsibility. Sometimes, students see
what faculty members can't. If you see it, you should
report it."
Dates io Remember
By Lauri Hopple
Students are like sausage casings, said Deb
bie Cutcliff, as they try to stuff all the semes
ter's materials into themselves in a short time.
Studying for finals requires a number of
things, among them good time management,
the coordinator of the center said.
"The irony is that people who cram don't
know how to do this," CutclifT said. "If they
knew how to manage their time, they wouldn't
be in thb crunch."
Cutcliff said cramming is "a ridiculous and
useless pastime."
Many students find it difficult to avoid
cramming for tests, Cutcliff said, because they
don't have the discipline to study what regular
class times give them.
So what to do if not to cram?
Cutcliff encourages students to view finals
as a last chance to perform welL She said this is
a good motivator.
Weighing your position in the class also is a
good preparatory step, she said.
While actually studying, make sure that you
are where you can study with no distractions.
Also, she said, be considerate of other people
who still have tests to take.
When people start to leave, Cutcliff said,
they are sometimes noisy and obnoxious.
"Remember that this is some people's last
effort," she said.
Cutcliff said to remember the types of tests
each professor of each class gave all semester,
and to prepare for a similar final test.
If the test is comprehensive, she said, look
over all the material but concentrate on the
high points. If the test is not comprehensive,
prepare the same way as for a unit test.
Another important preparation is to ana
lyze how the material will be used on the test,
judging from the professor's style," she said.
Finals, Cutcliff said, are a thought-provoking
time that allows students to think about what
they did over the semester and how to improve.
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