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Well, it’s that time of year again. As college students at universities across the globe grab their pencils, notebooks, 5-hour energy shots, laptops, calculators, lecture notes, chocolate, scrap paper, energy drinks, textbooks, coffee and muster up every ounce of brain power, a monster-in-the-closet is about to be released. Cue the scary music because, yes, exams are looming ahead; the only tests standing between graduation for seniors and advancing to another year of learning for everyone else. Let the late-night cramming begin. While final exams usually bring an environment of angst, stress and worry, (and the smell of burning rubber…from all that brain power of course) these tests don’t have to be the end of the world. Next week could be the most...

 Twenty-five members of the Future Teachers’ Society and their faculty advisor, Dr. Linda Karges-Bone, participated in the 10th annual Walk for Water March.    Bone’s team raised $5,200 for the charity. The Walk for Water is held annually by the nonprofit group, Water Missions International, a Charleston-based charity that builds and places sustainable water filtration and sanitation systems in developing countries and areas hit by disaster.    The organization is known for bringing safe water and the living water of the Gospel to those in need.  Worldwide, one out of eight people lack access to clean water and 1.8 million children die each year from illnesses related to contaminated water or poor sanitation.  Left to right: Michael Silvestri, Allison...

 1.  Look at your syllabi.  To prepare yourself for the last half of the semester, you must get together a game plan.  More papers will be due and tests will come quickly.  If you look at each syllabus from each class, you can know what is coming up.  A week off has a way of helping you forget all of the assignments in your future.  Your syllabus is there to help you, and if you are aware of upcoming work, you won’t feel such a shock by the end of the first week back.  2.  Pace yourself.  Sometimes, the last half of the semester can be the most challenging one.  Tests are more cumulative and paper requirements are longer.  If you look over your syllabus (see number 1), you have the opportunity to work a little bit at a time rather than all at...

 CSU Alum offers tips for pursuing a medical degree Students interested in pursuing a career in the medical field should attend The Career Center’s Health Professions Day, Tuesday, Feb. 15 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the Gold Room.  Recruiters from the Medical University of South Carolina will be on hand to answer questions and give advice about entrance requirements, professional exam score requirements and more.  Dr. Hester Young, director of The Career Center, says all students interested in the health profession should attend, including business, psychology and sociology majors.  Daniel Grass, a 2006 CSU graduate is currently enrolled in the MD/PhD program at MUSC and recently won a Department of Defense research grant. He attended the MUSC Health Profession...

Eight Horton School of Music students were chosen to represent Charleston Southern in the South Carolina Intercollegiate Honor Band. Selected to perform were: Elizabeth Stevens, Brittany Runyon, Amelia Lane, Spencer Henson, Julie Duvall, Jeffrey Foster, Joshua Burnette and Jeremy Carter. They performed in a concert in January with other collegiate band members from around South Carolina.