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The B i he way &L Pede s t r i a it aVLaster Plan Public jVLeeting- Monday, December 10; 2 pm - 4 pm and 6pm - 8pm (same material covered at both meetings) College Station Conference Center, 1300 George Bush Drive For more information call 764-3570. News from The City of College Station is brought to you monthly by the College Station Public Communications & Marketing Department. For more information call 764-3445, tune in to Cable Channel 19 or visit the City’s web site at www.ci.college-station.tx.us. Page 2B THE BATTALION Friday, December Take me away in Students find ways to deal with pre-final stress By Meredith Henslee THE BATTALION I Christina Petrini, a junior psychology major, knows the meaning of cramming. As the time for finals draws near, she feels the pressure increas ing. and along with pressure comes the stress all students dread each semester. “Finals are stressful for me because my grades are always borderline,” Petrini said. Knowing they cannot avoid finals, students must learn to cope with the stress of having four or five major tests in a row. According to an article in the May 1997 issue of the Journal of Continuing Medical Education, Dr. David Posen said stress can be relieved in a variety of ways, including regular exercise. relaxation or meditation, a goodsupporf : realistic expectations and distraction. ILOS ANGE I ’.-sell s.llci l'\CU IMIIL' ,ll k’.l'l ikee IM n( j IK | l|s || N | week to r 30 minutes can greatly reductM in war effects < > i stress. t President Petrini said she exercises for stress !tj& Itributions sc “I work out regularly, including duringfrii I she said. “But the fStudent Recreationfaj a seems to be less crowded during dead weel finals than it does any other time.” Kyle Bender, a junior sociology major,si exercises at home when he starts to feel stress “When l find I'm getting stressed Idoacr^ pull-ups and a couple push-ups, and iknlj right back to work.” he said. Students also use distractions to forgetsra Caleb Campbell, a sophomore English a said. “I go hunting. I just pickadayanij out of town.” Campbell alsosaidsja ing time praying and rcii his Bible helps coincides with Posen'si| gestion of meditation. “I can see that tls time I feel like I tot, spend with the Lori more I really need Campbell said. Becai can sit, keep ta Unfort w cle only i 10, hov Am Afgha w “But he alst . ... Mcontent” o Bender said he use. f,,. . IKinnon told emtar as a distraction. [, . . •I pick up ,hcDl = | 1,eA “ lcm > string and let myself Kill I . in the music." Beni,.. T ln f "It doesn’t matter s 111 play, as long as it i me forget what doing before.” Stress can go uni but Posen said thesigisl stress include changesii muscle aches andsti especially in the nedti shoulders, fidgeting a nervous habits, suchas| biting or foot tapping. 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