Students work to find balance between finals, holiday season and obligations

By Ellie Wilson

Contributor

With finals on the horizon, Trevecca’s campus has changed its tone. The library, once a peaceful, quiet place is now abuzz with students cramming for exams.

Megan Carver, a senior psychology major who works as the advanced student supervisor at the library speaks to the change in the environment. “I’ve noticed a pattern each year,” Carver says. “It gets a lot more chaotic around finals. The difference between regular semester and finals week is that there’s a lot more action around here. ”

Carver is not the only person who has noticed the impact of finals on campus culture. Kat Abraham, a freshman barista at 1901 speaks to the impact of finals season. “There is definitely more people here than usual,” Abraham says. “Sunday is usually a ghost town but there are a lot of people here.”

Looking across campus, the stress students are under is evident, from tired study groups to staff efforts to raise morale. Everywhere you look, there are signs of final exams.

Stockton left a Christmas party and came straight to the library to study.

“I brought some treats to help bridge the gap between Christmas festivities and the stress of finals,” Stockton said.

Klepsner fell asleep on her notes while studying in her apartment kitchen.

Students gather around the Christmas tree, not to celebrate, but to study for their finals.

“It’s difficult during finals, I have to keep track of everybody at work,” Carver says. “I don’t actually get around to planning a lot of time for finals. I honestly try to plan for a few hours, but I have a lot on my plate outside of work.