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Dead Week is fake news

Dead Week is fake news

April 26, 2019

As finals week approaches and the panic of possible bad grades sets in, students are hitting the books. Something that might ease the stress of finals...

Exam stress: How not to die on dead week

Exam stress: How not to die on dead week

November 30, 2016

By Melissa Bergmann, Contributing writer Stress during finals week is unavoidable. Your GPA and every borderline grade you currently have in your classes,...

Kelsey Randolph

Dead week: A truly untrue statement

December 5, 2014

Dead week, what is that? I’m pretty sure it means you might find my skeleton in Wilson Hall curled up with an AP Stylebook by the time Dec. 13 rolls...

Tips to take the sting out of finals

December 5, 2014

Now that students have survived the infamous and non-existent “dead” week, five weekdays separate students from freedom for the Winter Break. It is...

Kevin Qualls

Qualls: The week of the undead

September 12, 2014

No, this column is not about zombies. Many of us may resemble zombies during the last week of class but that’s not what this column is about. Rather,...

Photo illustration by Lexy Gross and Fumi Nakamura/The News

DEAD WEEK?

May 2, 2014

Copious amounts of caffeine, never-ending assignments, sleepless nights and endless amounts of stress have notoriously been associated with the week...

Evan Watson/The News

Dead week expectations becoming irrational

May 2, 2014

The staff editorial is the majority opinion of The Murray State News Editorial Board. The meaning of “dead week” is different for each university,...

Dead week looms ahead

November 29, 2012

Every semester, the week before finals, professors are courteous enough to not assign homework or give exams to their students. Some may know it as “hell...

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