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Show Your He PAGE B4 MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2005 Stress and Finals: surviving first step to becoming stressfree. Your stressors come Question: Finals are coming from four basic sources: environment, social stressors, up and I'm already starting physiological and thoughts. to stress out. I've been trying Once you've identified your to study a lot but it seems stress, creating a plan is eslike I'm getting nowhere sential. Learning some because I'm so tired and breathing techniques, muscle anxious. I was hoping you relaxation and visualization could give me some stress are just a few that help. strategy tips to prepare me for finals. Another key element in combating stress it TIME Sincerely, MANAGEMENT. Without Stressed and Tired it you will find that life can be overwhelming, especially ; :"pear Stressed and Tired, . while you're in school. To £;;'• You are not the only one help find solutions in this :">vith these problems; many area, you first need to take '.college students are in the a moment. to review your exact same situation. You priorities. This can help you need to realize that there will see where your time may be always be stress in your life unbalanced. By answering and once finals are over an- the questions below you'll be other stressor will appear. It's able to align your priorities how we respond to stress that with their proper place: determines the effects stress What are YOUR priorities? ; -has on the rest of our lives. Answering yes to any of these *• Identifying stressors is the questions will help address ities will decrease your stress and help organize your time wisely. You can't do everything. Identifying and listing your priorities on paper helps you visualize exactly what you'd like your life to be. Once you have that, creating solutions and time-compromises should be easier to do. You'll stait to feel sane again. Dear Wellness Center, your current situation. • Do you neglect doing things you really enjoy because you have too many things to do? • Do you find yourself missing activities with friends and TIPS FOR FINALS • Remember not to cram for tests. • Space out your study time and take breaks. After countless tests, it was found that those who take regular breaks throughout their day were 40 percent more productive, experienced less distress and fatigue, and decreased errors loved ones due to work or ° Do you often feel tired erno- and mistakes by almost percent. school? tionally or physically? • When you take time to be • Do you find that you are • Make sure to get enough with loved ones, do you find dealing with the same prob- sleep the night before. Your mind needs to rest just like yourself thinking about prob- lems all the time? your body. lems or other tasks you need to get accomplished? Creating a list of your prior- $2m grant awarded 5 .; Nicole Bourgerie on alcohol. One of the principal tools they are using is a screening program called The UVSC Wellness Cen- BASICS, which is designed ter, along with the other state to get to know students with schools in Utah, received a potential alcohol problems grant from the national divi- better. Students can either sion of substance abuse last sign up voluntarily for two year. The total amount of the sessions of BASICS or they grant is two million dollars to can be referred for breaking be paid out in increments of one of the school's policies $640,000 per year over three on alcohol, such as bringing it on campus. years. - The requirements for the During the sessions, stugrant are that it must be used dents are administered a defor substance abuse preven- pendence test and questiontion. This year, the Wellness naire. If the student is too far Center chose to concentrate dependent, they will be re- ferred elsewhere. Otherwise, they're taught to self-monitor their drinking behavior. Emily Barker, the principal person conducting the BASICS sessions with students, said, "The biggest thing we want to do is get the information out to the different departments so they can help students." In step with that goal, the Wellness Center has started doing guest presentations in classes such as student success and health aimed at changing perceptions of social norms. For example, when asked, Your Health Co-editor UVSC students usually think that the percentage of regular alcohol consumers on campus is much higher than it is. In the 2003 Utah survey of alcohol use among Utah schools, only 11.5 percent of UVSC students had used alcohol in the previous 30 days. UVSC has a lower average of alcohol use than the overall Utah average. The in-class presentations highlight such facts. 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