Our Voice
Picking a topic for The Voice is never an easy task. Some weeks there are too many things going on that we want to talk about, and some weeks there is nothing whatsoever. This week was strange, as there were the SGA elections and all of homecoming to discuss, but we realized we have long since beaten those horses into the ground.
So after kicking topics around for some time, we finally we decided we were going to write about mid-semester burn out. After all, midterms were in full swing, and student stress levels have reached their peak.
So it came time for the editor to write this (we alternate, and this week the job fell on the editor in chief), and as he sat down to type this up, a strange thing happened. He decided he honestly didn’t want to write, and it took everything he had to force himself to do so.
Looks like we couldn’t have picked a better topic.
Make no mistake, we’re happy to put out a newspaper every week, but between this job and all our other responsibilities (all the editors and writers and photographers are full-time students) it’s sometimes hard to get everything done. There are some times when all we want to do is crash on the none-too-comfortable couches in The Colonnade office, and sleep when we should be working (on such things as, for example, The Voice).
Odds are that all our readers, student and faculty alike, feel the same way.
So here’s some advice for all our readers, advice we could stand to follow ourselves in the office:
Take some time to relax. This time can be spent sleeping, writing in a diary, chatting on the phone, something low-stress and entirely unrelated to your academic and intramural life. Be sure to budget this free time into your schedule; it will likely be swallowed up otherwise.
Study with friends or in a group setting. Being in the company of others will at least remind you that you aren’t alone, and studying in groups can also be more efficient than studying by your own.
Don’t forget to eat. Yeah, this one sounds obvious, but some students forget to eat when studying (and designing newspapers, for that matter), and being hungry will impede your studying and make you less prone to get anything accomplished. It also helps if you eat healthy, and not just consume junk food and soda.
We know we already mentioned sleep, but we’ll stress that again. A good night of sleep will do more good for your mind and body than studying ever could.
Do your best to maintain your focus and drive during these hectic weeks, and remember – Spring Break is none-too-far away. If nothing else, just keep your eyes on that light at the end of the tunnel. We are.
Posted by Colonnade Archives
on Feb 29 2008. Filed under Opinion, Our Voice.
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