Sure it'll help you get good grades, but will Adderall also make you have a limp noodle?

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Working hard to maintain that 4.0? Don't. According to CareerBuilder.com, most employers don't care if students barely pass or finish at the top of their class.

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Break out your LAN cables, because Grand Theft Auto IV arrives in stores tomorrow (just in time for reading period!), and with near-perfect ratings from just about everyone, it should be a perfect panacea for all your finals woes. Procrastinate! Blow off steam! Mug people! In other words, do anything but study.

Anyone who goes to Maryland, whether you live on North Campus, South Campus, or off campus, has studied in Mckeldin during late night study. It's a finals tradition, something we all know and love.

 

However, due to actions requested by the Provost to reduce budget, late night at

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It’s that time of year again; the time when sleeping in the library becomes acceptable and bags under your eyes means that you put some good hours into studying. It’s the week of midterms and it’s the one time of year that is circled on my calendar that I DON’T get excited about.

 

The week

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Rumor has it that if MU cancels exams tomorrow, any 8 a.m. finals will move to 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday.

Is that even legal? It's so kind of the university to take the college student schedule into consideration.  All of us are certainly awake and functioning at 5 a.m. ... if that's when we get back from the bars.

That’s right. Maybe it’s all the caffeine and all-nighters, but when you’re in a seriously silent study area, it’s kind of hilarious when some dude audibly farts.

This just happened to me and two tables full of mute studiers couldn’t stop laughing for about 30 seconds. Comic relief, perhaps?

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The hour is upon us; finals start tomorrow. For many students, finals week is a very trying time. For others, finals week is a joke. Whichever category you fall in, these tips may help you get through the week with better grades than ever before.

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Back in the summer, OTR reported that former Terp lineman Jared Gaither was joining the NFL after being declared academically inelgible.

Time for a quick update on Gaither. Turns out, he's actually studying. Granted, it's a playbook and not a biology text, but that still has to be pretty daunting for Jared.

Here's hoping he isn't quizzed on anything.

Sketchy Adderall dealings behind the card catalogue, bloodshot eyes and anxiety-ridden coffee shakes – if you guessed a scene from Requiem for a Dream, you would be terribly mistaken. This in fact is the sickening stench of Finals quickly approaching and plaguing Quinnipiac students. So as

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