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Show THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE EDITORIAL CARTOON ADVERTISING :801.581.7041 NEWS: 801.581. NEWS FAX : 801.581. FAXX EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Anna Drysdale a.drysdale@chronicle.utah.edu MANAGING EDITOR: Emily Juchau e.juchau@chronicle.utah.edu PRODUCTION MANAGER: Grey Leman THAT INCOMPETENT JURY LET CASES ANTHONJ WALK FRED LOOK, THE GRAND JURJ MADE THEIR DECISION. SOU PROTESTORS JUST LOOK REDICULOUS I CAN'T BELIEVE OJ GOT AWAJ WITH MURDER! . g.leman@chronicle.utah.edu NEWS EDITOR: Courtney Tanner c.tanner@chronicle.utah.edu ASST. NEWS EDITOR: Katrina Vastag OPINION EDITOR: Andrew Jose a.jose@chronicle.utah.edu SPORTS EDITOR: Griffin Adams g.adams@chronicle.utah.edu ASST. SPORTS EDITOR: Ryan Miller ARTS EDITOR: Katherine Ellis k.ellis@chronicle.utah.edu PHOTO EDITOR : Conor Barry c.barry@chronicle.utah.edu ASST. PHOTO EDITOR: Brent Uberty PAGE DESIGNERS: Mark Klekas, Devin Wakefield COPY EDITORS: Katie Stefanich, Courtney Wales, Emily Means PROOFREADER: Taylor Stocking GENERAL MANAGER: Jake Sorensen j.sorensen@chronicle.utah.edu COVER PHOTO: Chris Samuels IR9 5 CARTOON BY RORY PENMAN Tuesday Weds. Thursday December December December 10 CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS The policy of The Daily Utah Chronicle is to correct any error made as soon as possible. If you find something you would like clarified or find unfair, please contact the editor at a.drysdale@chronicle.utah.edu The Daily Utah Chronicle is an independent student publication printed during Fall and Spring Semesters (excluding test weeks and holidays). Chronicle editors and staff are solely responsible for the newspapers content. Funding comes from advertising revenues and a dedicated student fee administered by the Student Media Council.To respond with questions, comments or complaints, call 801-581-8317 or visit vim dailyutahchronicle.com .The Chronicle is distributed free of charge, limit one copy per reader. Additional copies of the paper may be made available upon request. No person, without expressed permission ofThe Chronicle, may take more than one copy of any Chronicle issue. Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/TheChrony Follow us on Twitter: 2 Ega THECHRONY @TheChrony 1014 2011 PITCH PERFECT No, not the movie. This is REAL. In case you didn't know, the U has an a cappella group called INFRARED, and tonight they'll be performing a Christmas concert. Go to the UMFA auditorium at 7:30 p.m. and check it out. The event is technically free, but donations at the door are appreciated. 11 TODAY ON POINTE TWO DAYS, Tonight at 5:30 p.m. at the Marriott Center for Dance, you can see the amazingness that is ballet. Students from the ballet department will showcase their skills in the Ballet Ensemble, where they will perform a broad variety of dances, including choreography by department faculty. If you've never seen someone do a set of bourrees or an arabesque, tonight could be the night to fix that. TWO WEEKS Two more days of classes (including today) and two weeks until Christmas! Press pause on holiday shopping, and buckle down for finals. Keep studying, and let dreams of sugar-plum fairies keep you alive and hopeful until you can turn in your last test and make your getaway. You can do it, Utes! L1 BY JULIANNE SKRIVAN /STAFF WRITER PHOTO BY KIFFER CREVELING A s finals week rapidly approaches, students are reaching for another energy drink and staying on campus more than any other time during the year. Hannah Mika, a sophomore in chemistry and health promotion and education, said she feels an increase in headaches and a decrease in sleep. "I do not handle stress well already' Mika said. "Everyone handles it differently, but I don't even know if I could find a way to handle my stress. My sleep is dramatically affected — I get way less sleep because I stay up later and need to wake up earlier to balance everything." But for other students, like Gustav Gochnour, a sophomore in international studies, finals week is far less stressful and even easier than other weeks. "I have less stress this week than any other week:' Gochnour said. "I only have one assignment due, but for my friends it is opposite — one of them was in the library for 18 and a half hours:' Susannah Nevison, a writing professor, said she thinks getting ready for finals can be difficult. "I think, of course, it is hard to prep for finals:' Nevison said. "But if students begin at the beginning of the year and keep up, it is much more balanced:' Campus during finals is typically a high-stress environment, Gochnour said. "There is a much different vibe on campus this week:' he said. "Everyone is buckling down, and people are camped out at the library from dawn to dusk. I think people realize they've goofed around all semester, and now the future seems to ride on one week." Gochnour said he thinks the only way to solve the increased stress levels is to spread the stress more equally throughout the semester. "I think it would be better to vary finals throughout the year," he said. "It's nice to only have one week of high stress, but if they were scattered, people would take school more seriously and study harder" Mika said she thinks having finals all in one week is a bad idea. "Students are groggy and tired and trying to do everything to stay awake, which is not healthy at all:' Mika said. "I want winter break just so I'll have time to breathe and not be so worried about one week" A lot of the pressure students feel comes from outside sources. "Mainly the pressure for me is because I want to get into medical school:' Mika said. "And it's not coming from my parents, but it is coming from my drive to get a better education, so I can get a better job." j.skrivan@chronicle.utah.edu @JulianneSkrivan 3 |