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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1981
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offee, No-Doz help pull all-nighters
ut no sleep not the way
pass finals, doctor says
By SANDRA K. GARY
Battalion Reporter
[iring finals week, many stu-
sburn the midnight oil study-
br finals. To help stay awake
studying late hours, some
hits brew lots of coffee and
[up on No-Doz, Vivarin and
; caffeine-packed stimulants,
owever, studying all night is
le the best way to retain the
[ledge needed to pass finals,
)r. C.B. Goswiek, director of
L.P. Beutel Health Center.
Bealth center doctors don’t
Iribe any drugs to help stu-
f stay awake, nor do they pre-
over-the-counter drugs
las No-Doz and Vivarin.
)ut I don’t think a few cups of
ever really hurt anyone,’’
Goswiek said.
“Most students will find that if
they study and go to bed when
they get sleepy, their bodies and
brains will get the rest they need.
The students will wake up rested
and refreshed, and will probably
wake up smarter than they think
they are.”
Students think that non
prescription drugs like No-Doz
aren’t harmful. But that isn’t true,
Goswiek said.
“Many times students think if
one tablet is good, two tablets are
better, ” he said. “And if two tab
lets are good, four tablets are bet
ter. This is where students get into
trouble.”
Not many overdoses of caffeine
drugs are reported at the health
center. But those that are re
ported occur almost exclusively
around finals week, Goswiek said.
“Most students are pretty sensi
ble, though, ” he said. “The over
doses that do occur are usually
m tress not uncommon
s fear of finals nears
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SHERYLON JENKINS
Battalion Reporter
ie.s under pressure are a
sight during final exami-
ns, and it’s neither uncom-
nor abnormal for students to
ience stress and related frus-
ns while preparing for ex-
says Dr. Nicholas Dobro-
, a psychologist for the Per-
Cotmseling Center at Texas
University.
ess develops during finals
se students realize they can
ger procrastinate over class-
Dobrovolsky said, and the
astination ends when a stu-
pn no longer avoid the ulti-
fmal exams.
Before the semester break,
counselors expect to talk with ab
out 150 to 200 students in addition
to those counseled on a regular
basis.
Dobrovolsky said the pressure
of a final exam grade becomes a
problem when it determines a stu
dent’s success in class. Students
tend to place a fear on failing a final
that could judge the worth of their
semester’s work, he said.
There is hope for tense Aggies.
Students can attempt to release
some of the exam stress on their
own in several ways. For example,
research has shown that a well-
timed scream can serve as an
effective means of releasing ten-
“Some students already know
they are failing and come to the
center looking for an alternative,”
he said.
Dobrovolsky suggested other
stress-relief methods:
— Meditate in a dimly lit room.
With eyes closed, repeat the word
“one” in a low-pitched voice.
gymptoms of stress include ex-
re eating, inability to sleep,
■ I “it 1 shaking and rashes.
J ’ , Sffl )e Personal Counseling Cen-
lf , ° U J ! h’ a ^'fi° na hy booked with
r < ntments beginning the week
irs s a 3 e jj ea( j wee k 5 Dobrov olsky
takes coos . They continua „ y counseI
liftB Jnts until the last day of
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An individual’s capablity to
cope with stress is compared to bis
relationship with fear, Dobrovols
ky said.
“You can either fight it or run
away from it,” Dobrovolsky said.
— Participate in a physical,
non-competitive exercise such as
jogging, walking and swimming.
— Place a hand over a body
muscle and tell the muscle to relax
and feel heavy and warm. Go
through as many muscles on the
body as necessary to ease the ten
sion and stress.
Many students can cope with
stress on their own, but counsel
ing is needed when a student s
coping mechanisms become in
effective, he said.
It is important to avoid studying
when plagued by anxiety because
the stress tends to take over the
mind and make exam studies in
effective, Dobrovolsky said.
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illage’sm ollege Station City Council
;d the» 'consider recommendations
el ofradi ^ f° r increasing the size of
dieworfo ^kce and fire departments
or the rezoning of a tract on
with fe<#west Parkway,
esidents' 16 council, which meets at 7
in City Hall, will take Up a
wa j er [ sst From Police Chief Marvin
mailed y>'d for approval of 10 new
said.
positions in the police depart
ment. In addition. Fire Chief
Douglas W. Landua has asked the
council to approve six new fire de
partment positions.
The rezoning request concerns
a 22.37-acre tract of land on the
south side of Southwest Parkway
near the East By-pass. The de
veloper had requested two zoning
The council will also consider a
street-improvement assessment
and a number of other rezoning
and plat-approval requests.
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accidental. And most of them are
only a one-time thing.
Often the students who take sti
mulants to stay awake all night get
so jittery, keyed up and nervous
that they’re unable to take their
exams, be said.
“After missing an exam because
they’re so keyed up, students
learn that staying awake all night
didn’t accomplish anything,” Gos-
wick said.
“They’d have been better off
getting a good night’s sleep.”
Symptoms of a caffeine over
dose include wakefulness, irrita
bility and uncontrollable tremb
ling, he said.
Occasionally students will need
a sedative or mild tranquilizer to
calm down. Most of the time,
though, the caffeine products will
wear off and the students just need
to get some sound sleep, Goswiek
said.
“Eating will help to minimize
the stimulation from the caffeine
but it won’t prevent it,” he said.
However, Goswiek said, it’s
only natural that a person gets a
little sleepy after eating. But in
stead of taking all kinds of drugs to
stay awake to study, sleeping is
the best thing to do, Goswiek said.
“The body will take care of itself
if the students let it,” he said.
‘Illegal’ popcorn
costs man $$$
United Press International
DENVER — Standing be
fore a judge and entering a plea
was an unfamiliar process for
David Schultz, who along with
his wife, faces charges for dis
turbing the peace while smug
gling popcorn into a movie
theater.
“This is all a new experience
to me,” Schultz said Tuesday
after he and his wife, Mary Lou
Richardson, both 31, pleaded
innocent before County Judge
Theodore H. Chrysler.
The Parker, Colo, couple,
who met while working in a
movie theater in Annandale,
Va., 15 years ago, had carried
their own popcorn into a recent
showing of “Time Bandits” at
the Tamarac Theater in De
nver, as they had done often
over the years.
According to Ms. Richard
son, the couple paid their
admission and were told by an
employee — who noticed their
sacks of popcorn — that the
theater prohibited consump
tion of smuggled popcorn.
Nevertheless, they sat down
and ate it.
Later, an assistant manager
ordered them to leave.
She said they told the theater
official they had paid their way
in and saw no reason to leave.
The theater official brought in a
plainclothes policeman, who
also directed them to leave.
Schultz was finally handcuf
fed and taken to jail, where he
was held until his wife produced
$103 bond at 1:30 a.m.
Schultz denies he was dis
turbing the peace.
“Given our experience with
theaters, I was shocked when
they had me arrested for taking
the popcorn inside,” Schultz
said. “At one point, sitting in
the manager’s office, I said,
‘Isn’t this sort of silly?”’
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