DECEMBER 13, 1993 • BENNETT BANNER • 5
Tips from students for final examinations
Robin Walls
Banner Reporter
It’s finally final and
another semester is about
to end. With the end of a
semester comes final exami
nations.
Student Support
Services has outlined some
important tips to help Ben
nett students to prepare to
take final exams.
* Review for tests weU in
advance of the test date.
* Avoid cramming and stay
ing up late the night before
the test.
* Study by reciting the ma
terial to yourself.
* Self-test by reciting the
material to yovirself.
* Promise yourself a reward
after the test.
* Get enough rest so you are
physically and emotionally
ready.
* Review before you go to
sleep; get up early and re
view briefly.
* Go to class on time.
* Think of a test as a way to
tie together all parts of your
course for
better learning.
Some students offer their
own study tips for finals.
“Make a daily sched
ule planner of what you plan,
and do it,” Kimberly Hall, a
senior majoring in Interdis
ciplinary Studies.
“Before I take any
test, I always get plenty of
rest and eat a good break
fast. This helps me to think
while test taking,” Tammi
McCall, also a senior IS ma
jor.
“The best thing you
couldn’t do is cram,” Kaetina
Davis, a jimior majoring in
Mass Communications
‘Tou wiU end up forgetting
what you studied.
Secretary for Student
Support Services Lillie
Rooks, offers a few sugges
tions also.
“Give up the best to
yovir studies,” she said.
“Rewards will come
back to you. Students should
be serious about their work
while they are here. Set
yoiur goals and then go after
them.”
The Student Support
Services has videos on tech
niques for studying such as
“Where’s There’s A Will
There’s An A” “The Secrets
to Making Good Grades,”
and “Effective Test Taking.”
Students needing
extra help in preparing for
final examinations should
visit the Student Support
Services office located in
Black Hall, Room 106 B.
HAVE A SAFE
TRIP HOME
AND SEE YOU NEXT
YEAR / SEMESTER
Suggestions offered
for final exam stress
Tahja Mcvay
Banner Reporter
HELP!
Final exams are
here, and the stress is on.
Final exams are a
tradition on most college
campuses all across the
country and adong with ex
ams comes the “S” word —
STRESS.
Students have vari
ous ways on how to study for
exams and deal with the
stress that comes with tak
ing these exams.
“Studjdng for final ex
ams is hard,” Toynetta
Knox, a junior, majoring in
Social Work said. “When I
fell stressed I relax myself
by taking hot showers and
chit chatting.”
Marcene Primus, a
senior, English major said
that she reviews her infor
mation one time and remem
bers it. “I make STire I’m in a
quiet atmosphere and I have
water, caffeine, and sugar
to keep me awake.
“When I feel stressed
I listen to jazz,” she added.
MicheUe Bennett a
sophomore majoring in edu
cation said, “When studying
for exams I take notes and
compare my notes with other
people and when I’m
stressed I eat snacks and
take naps.”
Rochelle Huff a
sophomore majoring in En-
ghsh said that she makes
schedules to know what to
do and then studys in mod
eration. “When Fm stressed
I talk to friends and watch
television, Hviff said.
When preparing for
exams, Tamu Johnson,a
freshwoman majoring in
Mass Communications saids
that she studies each sub
ject for two hoau'S and make
sure I get enough rest before
finals,. “ When Fm stressed
I usually take a shower,”
she said.
Stress attacks ev
ery college student diuring
exam time, but with a posi
tive ‘1 can do it “ attitudeand
difierent relaxation meth
ods students can overcome.
Sister/Friend conference planned
The Ethics Club will sponsor a sister/fidend confer
ence on The Belle Honor code Tuesday, Jan. 18, at 7:30 p.m.
in Pfeiffer Science Assembly.
For fiirther information please contact Gladys
Sarpomaa , Ethics Club president, or Amber Williams,
Membership Chair.
Intercultural Appreciation Week
Mondayt January 24
I p.m. Exhibition of African Art and artifacts from the N.C. A&T
State University African Heritage Museum, Thomas F.
Holgate Library, Bennett
3:30p.m. Dr. Frank Eguarqje, Curator of the Mattye Reed Afri
can Heritage Museum at N.C, A&T State University will
lecture on West African ethnolographic art in the Main
Reading Room of Thomas F. Holgate Library.
: Tuesday^ January 25
7:30p.m. Dr. Linda Brown, Bennett's Distinguished Professor of
Humanities, will read from her novel in progress and from
works by African writers on African and African Ameri
can literary themes. The lecture will be accompanied by
performances by Bennett drama students. Discus
sion with the audience will follow.
^iS^Qp.m^ Dr. Istuie Moivoe, Assistant Dean of Ohio State
University's College of Humanities and the Director of
the Center for African Studies, will discuss the integration
of African materials into the curriculum of African-Ameri
can studies. Discussion with the audience will follow.
II a.m. Dr. Alma Adams, Director of the Bennett College Divi
sion of Humanities, will speak on her travels as a W.K.
Kellogg Fellow in Central and South America, Africa, and
Europe. She will illustrate her lecture with a slide presen
tation in the Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel at Bennett.
Discussion with the audience will follow.
3:30 p.m. Dr. William Dargan, music scholar from St.
Augustine's, will lecture on the works of African-American
composer William Grant Still (1859-1978). The lecture
will be accompanied by selections by the St. Augustine's
Faculty Trio. Discussion with the audience will follow.
Friday^ January 28
7:30 p.m. Ms. Vita Jones, Adjunct Professor of Textile Clothing
Design, will lecture on clothing and status in West African
societies in the Little Theater of the Annie Merner Pfeiffer
Chapel. Local children will model authentic costumes.