Despite the fact that the semester has not yet actually started, it may please you to know that you’ll have slightly fewer days of class than originally planned.
It seems that the Task Force on Exams (which has a pretty badass name, considering) as well as the Academic Senate came to the agreement that we all needed a bit more time to study before finals. read more »
Oh, harsh realities of budget cuts! First you went for our classes, then our student fees and now, our time-honored final season all-night Anoncon … er, we mean study sessions.
You heard right, the UC Regents voted Chancellor Birgeneau announced last week at the UC Regents meeting to that the 24-hour study halls in university campus libraries during finals will end due to budget cuts. This in addition to the usual, cutting student jobs, GSIs and, now, instating furloughs for UC employees.
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Posted by
Jill Cowan on Monday, December 01, 2008 01:12 am
Ah. Nothing says snooty intellectual college life like a steaming hot caffeinated beverage, equally pretentious company and some good, old-fashioned studying. So when we embarked on our latest crawl, we thought it would be appropriate to revisit cafes as a theme–only this time, the Clog kept a keener eye on study-ability, and ordered cappuccinos (at the behest of special guest Clogger/Arts blogger/ caffeine fiend, Rajesh Srinivasan), rather than lattes.
We also came up with a somewhat arbitrary–yet ever so apropos–overall rating scale. From worst to best: Steamed Milk, Weak Coffee, Single Shot, Double Shot or Triple Shot. read more »
We know you don’t want to think about it yet, but after Thanksgiving, we’re all going to hell in a handbasket. Just a week and smidge and then finals come to attack our sanity and happiness.
First, don’t panic–we’ve got you covered. Here’s a compacted version of some professor-approved tips. read more »
Posted by
Jill Cowan on Thursday, May 15, 2008 10:02 pm
Does attempting to study alone in your room end only in frustration and drool on your course reader? Is the library too dauntingly far away, or are the Main Stacks just too darn quiet? Then boy, do we have the study solution for you!
For the duration of finals week, every dorm-dweller’s favorite late-night hangout, Crossroads, will be open from 10 p.m. until–ohmigawd–6 in the a.m. and will be serving free yum-yums the whole time! Yes, this means free life-blood (sometimes referred to as coffee), free soda, and free muffin tops. (OK, obviously we mean the baked item, not the wardrobe malfunction here.) read more »
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