Washington Week: Student Voices (O)

COLUMN: Much ado about finals
By Jonathan Boydston
OSU Daily Barometer (Oregon State U.)
03/16/2007

(U-WIRE) CORVALLIS, Ore. — As we make the final stretch into spring break, I have come to a certain realization about this time of the year: I hate it.

That's right, there is no point for us to be coy about the situation, the end of winter term at Oregon State is one of, if not the worst time of the year. You may be asking yourself why I feel this way, and you may be wondering whether or not I have lost it. Well take my word for it, I have. Yet, for now, that is beyond the point.

As I surely hope you have noticed, the title of our weekly section is Diversions, a fitting label for a section that announces the arrival of the weekend and all the joy and debauchery that comes with it. Yet, diversions are exactly the things that ruin the two-week period we currently find ourselves in at the end of this hellish 10-week period.

Instead of a wet dreary setting to accompany the melancholy mood of dead and finals weeks, we have, in fact hit that brilliant time of the year when the sun actually-for once- shows itself, the clouds move aside and the temperature turns refreshingly pleasant.

Indeed, it is almost spring term, that joyous time of the year when procrastination is not an occasional occurrence but a rule, when grades seem to matter that much less, and most importantly, when seeing bare skin on mini-skirt clad student bodies is possible once again. Yet, for now, these thoughts are simply teases of the mind, and the utter reality is that we have projects to be completed, essays to be written and tests to fail.

On top of all of this we have to deal with St. Patrick's Day, a holiday that is only meant to be spent consuming copious amounts of alcohol for as long as possible. Not only is it in the general vicinity of finals week this year, it is the Saturday night before our tests, a fact that should deter students from the usual behavior, but hence, this is college after all.

So as I leave you, dear friends, I wish all of you good luck and hope that each one of you has greater will power than I. As for me, I'm going to go attempt to lock myself in my room until this whole thing blows over.

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