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During the last week of classes sleepless nights begin as many students scramble to complete critical assignments.
This past week was extremely stressful for me. Like many other students, I had due papers, projects and presentations. At the same time, R&B staff wrapped up for the semester, published more pages than usual and trained editors for next semester. Juggling my assignments while preparing for finals has been challenging, as it is every semester.
The Student Government Association is looking to change that all with a resolution that will prohibit professors from giving tests and quizzes or having projects and papers due during the week preceding finals. If passed during the spring semester, the resolution would take affect in the 2009-2010 academic year.
This past week the R&B editorial board expressed our discontent with the plan in an institutional editorial. My thought is that this plan is the antithesis of academic rigor, which University administrators have been striving to achieve. If passed, “Preparation Week” will become “Party Week.
Listen to more reaction:Preparation Week
— Juanita, editor-in-chief, jcousins@randb.com
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