Finals week is here…

Finals week is incredibly stressful, I get it.

No seriously, I get it.

But we are here to help. The library has extended its hours for finals week and we also have coffee, tea, and hot chocolate to encourage you to come in and stay focused once you’re here. We have survived 15 grueling weeks of the semester and we only have one week left. That’s nothing. So come into the library and get to studying.

Also, don’t forget to take a break this week too. Go out with friends, exercise, have devotional time, or of course, TAKE A NAP. This week is all about using your time wisely and staying focused when needed.

Another way to brighten your day through this dreary week of finals is to brighten someone else’s. Take your friends a coffee when you know they’re studying. Send them a word of encouragement. Just be friendly. Don’t let this week drag you down, lift up someone else and you’ll be surprised how much it helps you too.

Hang in there everyone, we’re almost done. We’re all in this together.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 12…..7:30 AM-12:00 AM

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13…..7:30 AM-12:00 AM

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14…..7:30 AM-12:00 AM

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15…..7:30 AM- 11:00 PM

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16…..7:30 AM- 5:00 PM

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17…..CLOSED

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18…..CLOSED

~Payton Emerick

Finals Week

It has come upon us once again. That time of the year where students pull all-nighters with their noses stuffed into books and coffee in their hands. We all know the stress of finals week, so the library is offering some good news to hard-core study students! The library will be open an extra hour than later, making closing time midnight instead of 11! We also advise you to make use of the study rooms that can be checked out at the front desk, if having people going by will get you distracted. The study rooms help you to focus on your studies and not get distracted by friends who walk by.

And if you need time to de-stress, you can check out a movie to help relax! With May 4th having just passed us, a personal recommendation is one of the Star Wars movies. The movies will come up on a search in the library catalog, and can be checked out at the front desk. And for those of you who listen to music while you study, the library has headphones to check out at the front desk as well!

Hope all of our commodities help with this last week of craziness. Good studying!

~Rachel

Completing the Course

The end of the semester is finally here! The final challenge awaiting all of the students is finals week. There is something about finals week that is just so, well, final. To put it simply, finals week is the culmination of all of the hard work that has been done all semester long. For each class, it comes down to one final paper. What better place to write your final papers then the library? To help the student body, the library is staying open until 12 AM from Sunday to Tuesday.

This week will be a little hectic for the library since everyone is finishing up with books that they checked out. For final papers, the library has an immense selection of books for students to use as resources. I am working on a final paper for my New Testament class, and I have selected a number of helpful books to guide my argument. I have chosen eight commentaries that I thought would be helpful. The BIB REF section on the lower floor of the library includes many commentaries and books on Hebrew and Greek translations. I may use some of these books as well, however books from the BIB REF section may not be checked out.

The paper concerns I Corinthians 8-11 and the idea of food that is sacrificed to idols. I cannot say anymore in regards to this paper because I have not started it. However, the idea of food sacrificed to idols has appeared in other places in the New Testament (Romans 14-15 and Revelation 2 for example). For other classes, the final may come down to one more class presentation. The computer labs on the lower and upper level of the library supply the sufficient technology for students to use on their presentations. If any of the students need any help with operating one of the systems or finding resources, there will normally be a student worker in the computer lab on the lower floor. Perhaps some of the finals next week are exams (possibly cumulative). The librarians and sometimes student workers work hard trying to keep the library a quiet and productive environment for people to do their work. The student can even isolate himself from everyone by going to one of the small cubicles in the library to try to concentrate on studying for his exam.

The library will also provide students with coffee and hot chocolate so that they may take a short break. Truly the library is prepared to help students get through finals week. The remaining question is this: are the students prepared to finish this semester strong? The final grades on Self-Service represent a semester’s worth of hard work, or maybe not so hard work…

-Daniel Wright aka Superfly