With impending exams looming over all students this week, students are looking for a release, a way to beat the stress and overcome the fear of that 8 a.m. exam. While we can’t guarantee you an A on that ethnomusicology final and we don’t have the answer key to your ECON200: Principles of micro-economics exam, we can offer you some suggestions about how to step back, take a deep breath and realize that studying for finals may not be the worst option you have. The Diamondback takes a look at some options that will help you.
Freezing Turtle
Take a load off from all of your books and late-night library trips by visiting the newest and most popular establishment in College Park these days. The Thirsty Turtle has drawn a crowd almost every night since its grand opening. And even more frustrating than that math equation you just can’t figure out, that date you can’t remember for your history exam or the 10-source paper due in two days is standing in line for three hours in the cold just to get into the bar. Sure, Cornerstone, Bentley’s and Santa Fe are wide open and lineless, but you are one thirsty turtle, and you want to spend your non-study-induced time at the most popular place on Earth – even if it’s just the sidewalk outside. You really know how to relax and take your mind off your exams.
Scan, leave and study
You’re at the point where you think your brain can take no more. It’s impossible for you to cram one more fact or figure in there and you’re feeling hopeless. Instead of struggling and forcing yourself to learn, make yourself want to learn. Attend a men’s basketball game to get the attendance points, stay for the first 15 minutes, realize you would probably be better served studying for that exam and find a second wind. A little inspiration goes a long way.
Real-estate mogul
What better excuse to put off your studying woes than the fact that, if you’re a junior or senior (or even a sophomore), chances are you might be homeless soon? Take a break from strengthening your mind, and strengthen your chances at having a bed next year. If you think you were stressed about your finals, just wait until you begin the grueling search for an affordable room in College Park. You’ll be begging to study in no time and thankful for the mere fact you have a place to do so.
C is for cookie – the only lesson you need
Feeling those late night study munchies? Craving a little sugar to jump start your cranium as you delve into your second review for orgo? Thinking four cookies will only take 20 minutes to be delivered? Think again. Waiting for Insomnia Cookies to deliver your order will make any study session less aggravating, because unlike Insomnia Cookies, the more time that passes, the closer you get to an eventual end. For all you know, Insomnia might not get to your apartment until well after your final. Plan for sometime in January.
Free parking
De-stress for finals by playing chicken with the meter maids. Put 24 minutes on the meter, hide in the bushes and wait as the white pickup truck circles your car like a shark. With 30 seconds remaining, make a mad dash to make it to the meter, dime in hand, and see who wins the showdown. Meter maid vs. student. Even picky, hard-grading professors assigning homework on the last day of class can’t compare to the pain and suffering of dealing with DOTS.
