4The Daily Tar Heel Tuesday, December 2, 1986
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rovoslt office dames exam policy
By TOM CAMP
Staff Writer
If you have a test, quiz or paper
assigned during the last week of
classes before finals, you don't have
to do it, according to John Harrison,
associate provost.
"If an exam is given out on one
of the last days of class." Harrison
said. a student can first approach
the teacher. If the problem is not
Illness, exams tenuously linked
By MICHAEL A. KOLB
Staff Writer
The thought of exam week may
make some students queasy, but a
study involving 40,000 college stu
dents offers no proof that the stress
of exams increases susceptibility to
illness.
The study was conducted by Dr.
Harris Faigel, director of health
services at Brandeis University in
Boston. The basis for the findings
was the number of visits by students
with strep throat, mononucleosis
and urinary tract infections over four
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satisfied there, he can take it to the
department chairman and then to the
dean. If it still isn't settled, he can
go to the provost office. It's a chain
of command."
The Office of the Provost, in
conjunction with the University
Registrar, distributed exam guide
lines to departments at the beginning
of the year.
"You are reminded," reports the
years.
According to Faigel, students were
less likely to go to a doctor during
exams. Students probably felt that
they didn't have the time to seek
treatment, he said.
At UNC, Dr. Thomas Blackburn,
a clinical psychologist at the mental
health section of Student Health
Service, said that stress is related to
illness.
"Personally, I think stress has a
negative influence on the body and
makes one more susceptible to colds,
the flu and a general run-down
feeling," he said.
Around exam time, the section
gets a few more people who are
bothered with stress, he said, adding
that many patients' stress is related
to exams. "They find themselves
behind and anxious."
Blackburn said that exams are a
disruptive time for many reasons.
Although some people come to the
section for the first time mainly
because of exam stress, regular
patients who come for other reasons
find that exams limit their time for
treatment, he said.
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1 986 memorandum to all members
of the instructional staff in the
Division of Academic Affairs, "that
faculty legislation states that no
quizzes will be given or written
papers will be assigned that are not
a part or the equivalent of a current
daily recitation during the week
preceeding the start of the final
examination period."
Another policy requires that all
A student may be able to miss
exams because of a physical illness,
but it is difficult to get an excuse
for mental reasons, Blackburn said.
A student in the infirmary is put on
an infirmary list, but a student at
the mental health section would have
to talk to his instructor, he said.
Blackburn recommended that
students come in a few weeks before
exams instead of waiting until the
last minute.
"It's more effective if they come
in earlier because we have more time
and services to offer someone who
anticipates they'll be experiencing a
lot of stress," he said. "We cant give
the same services to someone who
shows up at the last minute."
Blackburn said exercise, diet and
healthy habits were important in
dealing with stress. One of the most
useful ways to reduce stress is "to
recall past ways of sucessfully dealing
with stress," he said.
He said students tend to place too
much emphasis on a single test. "It's
important, but in almost all cases,
that one exam won't determine your
whole future," he said.
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courses numbered 1 through 199
(courses offered to all undergradu
ates) must have a final exam
unless special exemptions have been
granted by the dean of the school
in the department involved.
But there are exceptions to the
rule, said George Kennedy, chair
man of the Faculty Council. "All
courses below the 199 level are
supposed to have finals," he said,
"but in classes like music, creative
writing, studio arts and several senior
honors courses, there isn't a written
final, per se."
The scheduling of exams based on
common class times is an old tra
dition, and it is done out of con
venience, Kennedy said. "It is a rule
that goes way back," he said. "IVe
been here 20 years, and the system
hasn't changed. Nobody could see
a better way to handle it," he said.
Reeovatioe in progress
at Lewis, Everett dorms
By TERESA KRIEGSMAN
Staff Writer
The bathrooms are being re
modeled and the new heating equip
ment has arrived, but the renova
tions of Lewis and Everett residence
halls are not yet complete.
And according to Housing Direc
tor Wayne Kuncl, the walls will have
to be painted and the floors carpeted
or retiled before the halls will re-open
in Aug. 1987.
Kuncl said Resolute Building Co.
of Chapel Hill was doing the work
on the bathrooms and the heating
system, while UNC's physical plant
and housing maintenance depart
ment will put the finishing touches
on the interior of the residence halls
beginning in March.
"They will be thoroughly renewed
buildings by the time (students)
move in," he said.
Kuncl said the basic reason ren
ovations were needed was because
the floor seals in the bathrooms
leaked. But he said the University
decided to replace the heating
system, floors and windows while the
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By BRIAN LONG
Staff Writer
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for Uncle Fred's gift?
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fact, the association has launched a
campaign to bring the traditional
Christmas back to Franklin Street.
Janice Lowry, chairman of the
association's Christmas committee,
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Final exam schedule,
fall term 1986
2 p.m. classes on TTh. 9 a.m., Fri. Dec. 5
8 a.m. classes on MWF; BUSI 71 , 2 p.m., Fri. Dec. 5
All Fren, Germ, Ital, Span,
Port 1, 2, 3, 4, Russ 1, 2; Jour 53 9 a.m., Sat. Dec. 6
9:30 a.m. classes on TTh 9 a.m., Mon. Dec. 8
8 a.m. classes on TTh - 2 p.m., Mon. Dec. 8
10 a.m. classes on MWF 9 a.m., Tues. Dec. 9
2 p.m. classes on MWF 2 p.m., Tues. Dec. 9
3 p.m. classes on MWF 9 a.m., Wed. Dec. 10
11 a.m. classes on TTh 2 p.m., Wed. Dec. 10
3:30 p.m. classes on TTh 9 a.m., Thurs. Dec. 11
9 a.m. classes on MWF 2 p.m., Thurs. Dec. 1 1
11 a.m classes on MWF. 9 a.m., Fri. Dec. 12
1 p.m. classes on MWF; Chem 181L 2 p.m., Fri. Dec. 12
, 4 p.m. classes on MWF; Chem 41 L, 62L, 1 41 L; BUSI 24
and classes not included elsewhere 9 a.m., Sat. Dec. 13
12:30 p.m. classes on TTh .9 a.m., Mon. Dec 15
5 p.m. classes on TTh; Math 22, 30, 31 2 p.m., Mon. Dec. 15
Noon classes on MWF; Chem 170L, 1711 9 a.m., Tues. Dec. 16
5 p.m. classes on MWF 2 p.m., Tues. Dec. i 6
building was vacant.
Charlie Davis, physical plant
project manager for the renovations,
agreed that the renovations were
needed.
"The buildings had gotten in
pretty bad shape," he said. "This is
the first renovation done on them
since they were built." Lewis and
Everett were built in the 1920s.
Although the University was late
getting bids for the project, and
renovations did not start until
September, Davis said the work on
the halls was going according to
schedule.
Davis said there had been few
problems with the project.
"They ran into some asbestos that
was not anticipated, and that was
removed," he said. "Everything else
is going along all right."
But when the project is completed,
fewer students will be able to live
in the two residence halls. Because
of the renovations, the occupancy of
Lewis and Everett has dropped from
105 spaces in each hall to 103 spaces.
Kuncl said this loss of space occurred
said local merchants are promoting
shopping on Franklin Street where
customers can buy directly from the
businesses' owners. -
"We want that nice hometown
feeling," she said. "The merchants on
Franklin Street provide that per
sonal flavor when you shop."
"When you shop downtown
you're dealing with the owner," said
Robert Humphreys, owner of
Chapel Hill Cleaners on West Frank
lin Street. "If you buy a suit in
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when showers were added to the first
floor bathroom of each residence
hall.
Kuncl added that renovations will
begin on Grimes and Manly resi
dence halls when Lewis and Everett
are finished.
Don Collins, area director of Olde
Campus, said the renovations will
affect the housing lottery because
some students will be forced to move
into other residence halls, while some
will have more of a choice about
where they live.
Collins said all Manly residents
drawn in the lottery, including those
who used to live in Everett, will move
to Everett. But the Mangum resi
dents who used to live in Lewis and
are drawn in the lottery can decide
whether to stay in Mangum or move
back to Lewis. The remaining spaces
in Mangum and Lewis will be filled
by Grimes residents who are drawn
in the lottery.
"I'm trying to make it fair for
people who used to live (in Lewis
and Everett)," Collins said. "That's
the most important thing."
Milton's, you buy it from Milton.
When you buy a suit from Ivey's,
who knows where the money goes?
- "It sets it apart and makes it a
much nicer atmosphere to shop in
than the malls," Humphreys said.
Humphreys is also on the board of
directors of the Downtown
Association.
Lowry and Humphreys said the
association was encouraging area
businesses to promote the traditional
Christmas in their stores' advertise
ments. "We're not a big promo
company," Humphreys said. "We're
just trying to get the local businesses
involved for their own benefit."
Members of the Downtown Asso
ciation will be serving free hot cider
and cookies at the Chamber of
Commerce tree-lighting ceremony
Friday night. The ceremony begins
at 7:30 p.m. in the town parking lot
at the corner of Church and Franklin
streets.
Lowry said the association will
also serve refreshments at Saturday's
Christmas parade. Santa Claus will
make an appearance following the
10 a. m. parade.
Lowry said many local businesses
are staying open on Friday nights
during the holiday season to allow
customers more shopping time.
"Everybody is complaining that
Chapel Hill has changed so much,"
Humphreys said. "As much as
Chapel Hill has changed, downtown
has stayed the same. What we're
saying is 'Come home to Chapel
Hill.' "
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