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Show r V V A 'Si f A ?ltif W w f 4 ft J f 5 I t -- 1,1 i l & Managing the Intensity of Finals Week Just Got a Little Easier Stress less with help from Student Services and other options A-- Z - Kathleen Bratcher Staff Writer Nattalie Powell sits in her design class, working on an assignment. The professor paces the room, answering students questions and giving input. With the semester winding down, Powell finds it hard to keep up the studying pace. My brain is just tired, she VC says. And shes not alone. Finals week, beginning on Dec. 7, brings with it demanding homework. To the rescue is Less Stress Week, presented by Mark Feme, dean of students, and the Office of Student Life. Less Stress Week" kicked off with the midnight breakfast on Dec. 4 in the Shaw Center. The campus tradition continued as faculty and staff served students bacon and eggs while the Westminster Chamber Singers performed holiday carols. A drawing was held for a $400 shopping spree to the campus bookbreakfast is one of Westminsters store. The late-nig- ht greatest traditions, said Feme. If you havent experienced it, you need to. Approximately 300-40- 0 students attend the event at the end of each semester and the festivities continue until the last day of finals, Dec. 12. bi-ann- ual The you are, the less anxiety you will experience. better-prepare-d 1 S' Seniors Amber Kleckner and Ashley Barkley are majoring m elementary education. They were working on an educational math methods assignment due the next dav. t A Contract with Our Future - Kathy Couillard, director of the counseling center On Dec. 5 at 10 p.m. the Associated Residents of Westminster College (ARWC) will continue another tradition by serving Krispy Kreme doughnuts at the Tingy Lounge, located in the basement of Bchnken Hall. All students, faculty and staff are invited. On Dec. 6 in celebration of St. Nicholas Dav, the Spiritual Life Office is bringing the saint to the Shaw Center from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. St. Nicholas represents the spirit of giving, says Saundra Diehl, director of St. spiritual life. At 11:30 a.m. a traditionally-cla- d Nicholas will tell the story of how he gained sainthood by helping needy children when he donated all of his riches to the poor. He will also be available for photographs with students. The Sugar House store Ten Thousand Villages will have tables set up, selling small gift items and stocking stuffers. The store is donating 10 percent of its sales to the Spiritual Life Center, who will in turn donate all of the money to Crossroads Urban Center. That night Feme will deliver dinner to Westminsters resident students, another annual tradifood via The menu has yet tion by end-of-semes- ter pre-ordcri- ng ail. ...seepage 6, What youll finin 0s issue: Finals week Robert F. Kennedy Jr. explains why good environmental policy is good business policy Kristie Giles Staff Writer Robert F. Kennedy Jr.s lecture in the Vieve Gore Concert Hall last Sunday sold out like a summer rock concert. Kennedy, an environmental activist, attorney, best-selliauthor and nephew to President John F. Kennedy, was one of Time magazines Heroes for the Planet. Hes earned his rock star status as a leading defender of the environment through legal action and as president of Waterkecper Alliance, a collective of more than 150 organizations that protect local waterways. Its standard practice for these types of events to promise that youre in for a stimulating evening, President Michael Bassis said before the lecture, but tonight I promise that for at least one of you, it will ng be r j i j life-changi- ng. That was certainly the case when Kennedy spoke at Westminster in the spring of 2000. His words motivated Jeff Salt to start Great Salt Lakckceper, which, after be J s i Shopping on campus, page 2 ing accepted into the Watcrkeepcr Alliance, became the first organization to widely publicize the concentration ...seepage 2, Kennedy Lady Griffin basketball, f ! i i Holiday movies, page 10 pageS ? ( v |