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Students looking or extra caffeine pick-me—ups
have a variety of products to choose from, however,
professionals advise extreme caution in using the
stimulants.

Dr. Timothy Nolan Jr., director of UK’s Student
Mental Health Clinic, said students use everything
from bronchodilators, used by asthmatics, to over-
the-counter stimulants like Vivarin to increase their
caffeine intake.

Sebastian Parks, an architecture freshman said he
has used coffee, Vivarin, NO D02 and other things
he can’t mention to stay awake.

“I can drink a lot of coffee, a pot a night, some—
times two,” Parks said. “I do not like Vivarin because
it makes you jittery. NO D02 is OK."

Nolan said the main roblem with drugs that
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and busy.”

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said. “I don’t know if it helped or hindered. It's just
hard to retain information when you're wound up.”

Nolan said cases like Payne’s are not isolated.

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extent im rove a person’s attention and concentra-
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“After a while I built up a tolerance to it,” Thai
said. “It just helped me get things done.”

Thai said it caused him to get really tired in his
classes, though.

Nolan said one or two cups of coffee at certain
times may be helpful for a person. However, he said
that “by the time they end up taking several doses
ofthe over—the—counter preparation, (a person) can
have considerable side effects to the point that it
would interfere with their concentration.”

Megan Lawson, a hotel management sopho—
more, said after taking Vivarin she was very tired
the next day.

“I think (Vivarin) helped because it helped me
stay awake,” she said. “It’s not like I’m a drug addict
or anything.”

Biolo ry so homore Chris Webb said coffee and
caffeine Ihurt is exam studying.

“When you come down off your high, you feel
worse than when you started,” \Vebb said.

Ellen Lamb, an undeclared arts and sciences
sophomore, said she “just kept drinking diet
(Zokes” to stay awake while studying one night.

“I had four or five of them in a row,” Lamb said.
“I just kept opening them. I was feeling a little sick
at five in the mornin ."

Nolan said that alFthings considered, it is better
for students not to use caffeine stimulants. He also
said if students have an underlying problematic
reaction to excess amounts of caffeine, the effects
can be serious.

“I can’t think of situation that I would actually
recommend (stimulants),” Nolan said.

Stephanie Ackner, a biology sophomore, said
she does not need caffeine or other stimulants to
stay up to study.

Elementary education freshman
Howard said he does not use them either.

“I just cannot stay up late enough, anyway,”
Howard said. “At least not to study, anyway.”

Nolan said the fact that caffeine and other stim—
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The UK basketball team is
here to help ou through the
Christmas oldrums. The
Wildcats have a handful of
matchups over the holiday to
keep hoops fans hyped, including
the annual Dream Gam.

Things get ripping this
Saturday when the Cats head for
Cincinnati to take on Texas Tech
(8 p.m. on UKTV, live). Tickets
are all gone, but you won’t want
to miss it on the tube.

Texas Tech returns five play—
ers who averaged in double fig-
ures last season, including three
who averaged 17 or more.

“Believe it or not, the NBA
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at game on your schedule,"
Coach Rick Pitino said. “They

have a very talented team.”

On Dec. 27 the Cats play host
to Marshall University in Rupp
Arena (8 p.m., UKTV live).
Marshall coach Billy Donovan
was an assistant under Rick
Pitino his first five seasons in
Lexington, and this is Donovan’s
first stop as a head coach. UK
and Louisville ring in the new
year in style, facing offjan. l in
the 25th installment of their
series (4 p.m., CBS live). This
year’s matchup would seem to
favor the Cats, althou h
Louisville is the home team. The
Cardinals lost three starters from
last season to the NBA Draft.

The Cats come back home on
Jan. 4 for the openin of
Southeastern Conference pTay, a
tilt with the Auburn Tigers ( 8
p.m., jeffersomPilot, live). AU
ost some key performers from

last season’s team, including
Wesley Person and Aaron
Swinson, now hooping it up for
the NBA’s Phoenix Suns.

UK continues in SEC play on
Jan. 7 at South Carolina (7:30
p.m., UKTV delayed). Coach
Eddie Fogler’s team lost several
big—time players, but F0 ler
always has his teams prime to
face UK and Pitino.

The best game of the break
promises to be the last, UK's tilt
with Florida Jan. 10 in
Gainesville (9:30 p.m., ESPN,
live). This game, on the eve of
the start of classes, will be an
earl test for supremacy in the
SE .'5 Eastern Division.

The Cats knocked off the
Gators two out of three meetings
last ear, but Florida got the last
laugh, advancin to the Final
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By Carrie Morrison
Campus Editor

LeAnn Wood is graduating
this month. She will not need to
buy a cap and gown, nor will she
whistle “Pomp and
Circumstance" in anticipation of
the big event. Instead, she will
check the mailbox every now and
then this holiday season to see if
her diploma has arrived.

Who are these silent scholars?
Does anybody care about them?

UK only holds graduation
ceremonies in May. Diplomas
are sent through the mail to
December graduates. This pro—
cedure has always been imple—
mented and will probably not be
changed in the near Future,
according to officials from the
Student Director’s office.

“There are so many people
graduating in December due to
all the requirements you never
seem to fill,” said Wood, a psy-
chology senior.

“Most of my friends are stay—
ing at least an extra semester, and
that’s even if they come here
knowing what they want to do.”

Wood said she would like to
have a ceremony, so she will
probably try to come back in

May to “walk."

“After four years, I feel I
deserve to be recognized and
have time to say goodbye to
people,” Wood said. “But

after graduating, a lot -
of people travel or
leave town to .

work. It’s hard to
come back when
it’s five months

months and then return to UK to
go to law school.
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Anderson’s brother had the
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Campus organizations spread cheer

By Brenna Reilly
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As the holiday season draws
near, UK organizations take time

to help local charities.

Becky McIlwaine, head of

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By Brenna Reilly
Staff Writer

UK students who want to
make someone else’s holiday sea-
son a little bri hter have many
opportunities t is year. Campus
and local organizations are still

Diane Williams of the
Salvation Army said they have
many programs in need of volun—
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at Fayette Mall.

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New Christmas music's not the same

By Eli Humble
Staff Critic

The holida s can mean a few
things for different members of
the music industry. Some refer
to take some well—deserve time
off to relax with their families.

After several long months on
the road, some rest probably
would be a great gift. Others,
unfortunately, feel the need to
make more bucks for their stock-
ings by putting out Christmas
albums. (I’m not counting the
Chipmunks, though.)

Today, I’m going to talk about
three albums that are on the
market as you are reading this. I
can tell you this: Don’t get out
the shoppin list just yet. Step
away from (fie crossword puzzle
for 3 minutes.

Here we go:

Mal-III Christ-as

It’s no secret that I’m not
exactly 2 Mariah Carey fan. To
say that she can’t sing, however,
would be an extremely false
statement. She certainly can sing;
I’ll give her that. I just don’t like
her music.

So here we have Me
Christmas, a collection of bot
traditional songs and a few of
Mariah’s originals. Guess which
ones are better.

“Silent Night” is first. As I
said earlier, she can sing, but
does she have to be so annoyin ?

As is the case with most of the
album, she tends to overdo
things. She sings, no restraint,
plugging her vocal range when-
ever she gets the chance.

Next we have one of Mariah’s
own chestnuts, “All I Want for
Christmas is You.” This sounds
basically like anything else she
has ever done, except it’s about
Christmas.

The same overproduced beats
make it sound like something I
heard at in sixth ade dance.

Other eature titles on the
album include “Christmas (Baby
Please Come Home),” “Joy to
the World” and “Santa Claus is
Coming to Town.” These aren’t
as bad.

They’re definitely better than
her own creations.
Unfortunately, thou h, Mariah
apparently tries too ard to sing
with passion. The fact is, I’ve got
more soul in the bottom of my
shoe.

Overall, nice , but no
thanks. Of course, i you are a
Mariah Carey fan, (I’m guessing
that there are a few) this is prob-
ably what you’re looking for.
Merry Cbn'mu: is a good repre-
sentation of her sound. But if
you’re not a fan, move along.

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ready to jam out some serious
holiday tunes.

nothing ground-breakin .
One of my favorites fi'om the
album is “Silent Night” from
LA. punk-pop bashers Bad
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they are chanting about. I don’t
know if this is some sort of monk
equivalent to Christmas or what.
If so, that’s fine. For those of us
who don’t know, look elsewhere
for your listening pleasure.

I reall don’t know why they
bothere to label the songs
because the all honestly sound
the same. hat’s right, all 21 of
them. There is nothing but voic-
es; no instruments whatsoever. I
never heard anything that resem-
bled Santa Claus, decorating the
tree, wrapping gifts, or milk and
cookies.

As I said earlier, maybe that
wasn’t the point, but I’m not
going to force in lf to like it.

Bottom line: nless you are a
card-carrying monk maven, you
should steer clear. I ess the

ys are at what the do,

ut I sti didn’t like it. anta
Maria! Believe me, by the end of
the album, I was ready to take the
monldn’ thing out of my CD
player.
80 IN! I! curler-as

The idea seemed good
enough: Fill an album of
Christmas tunes performed by
some altemative-ty'pe artists. My
gress is that this is some kind of

nefit album, but I’m not sure.
The results are a decidedly mixed
bag, with a few bright spots, but

the form of “Bliie Christmas,”

rformed by Collective Soul. I
flow that MTV pla ed (and
probably still does) “ hine” to
the point of suicidal insanity, but
I’m not going to hold that
against the band. The song isn’t
bad; it’s more of a rhythmic, up-

tempo thing, unlike most
Christmas son .
Lemonhea Evan Dando also

performs “Silent Night” on the
album. His version is obviously
different from Bad Religion’s,
but it’s retty good all the same.
His fol , acoustic strumming
and calm, sweet voice make this
one of the better tunes.

You have to take the good
with the bad, and there are len-
t; of lumps of coal on the al um.

he bi gest one comes from
Daniel ohnston, who performs
“Rudolph the Red—Nosed
Reindeer.”

I’ve never heard of this dude. I
guess he’s some cool, alternative
guy whom I would know nothing
about. I do know, however, that
he sounds like one of the

Mu pets.
ictoria Williams shows up
for “Have Yourself a Me Little

Christmas.” I just don’t like her
voice. She ainfully squeaks her
wa throu l: this one.

ori 03 does “Little
Drummer Boy,” while Juliana

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Hatfield sings “Make it Home.”
These two are better than
Williams’, but due to the slow
pace of the tunes, they turned
out to be a bit boring.

So This is (.‘brirt'mar is OK, and
definitely the best of the three. If
you’re looking for something dif—
ferent to listen to during the hol-
idays, this might be what you

want.

The thing that most of these
albums are lacking is timeless-
ness. For a real Christmas treat,
check out an Elvis album or
maybe Bing Crosby.

Those are the ones that I grew
up listening to, and they’ll prob—
a ly be on the turntable w en I
go home.

 

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Some freshmen fearful of first finals

By Glenda N. Ethington
Staff Writer

As the clock ticks, many fresh—
men still have questions about
finals. Some wonder if they can
score well enough to bring up
their grade. ()thers begin to
question why they chose a cer-
tain class or major in the first
place.

For Amanda (Iaskey, a psy—
chology freshman, the burning
question is “What the hell is
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Laura Strader and psychology
major Alice Lannon, admitted
that they have no idea what dead
week really is.

Elizabeth Mitchell, a fresh-
man in communications, defined
dead week as “the week leading
up to finals where you really
study a lot.”

“I know we are su posed to
have less work, but t at hasn't
turned out to be the case,”
Mitchell said. “I have daily
homework in two classes.”

Are freshman studying, and
just how prepared are they for
finals?

“We studied yesterday in a
group session,” Lannon said.

“We sing ‘Phantom of the
()pera’ to relieve tension,”
she added. “We also wrestle.”

Caskey said she mostly
studies alone because she
doesn’t know anyone in her
classes.

“I don’t know anyone in
my class to ask (if I have
questions),” Caskey said.
“I'm the one people always
ask questions of.”

Caskey, Strader and
Lannon all expect to pull all-
nighters while studying for

finals.

“I wait until the last
minute to cram,” Strader
said. “I know that’s horrible,
but it’s 'ust reality.”

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ing distracted while studying
in groups, and prefers to go
it a one.

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she said.“I‘m trying to spread
it out over this week and the
weekend.

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needed to pick up on my studies
after mid—term.”

Perri Kersh, learning skills
instructor at the Counseling and
Testing Center, said the center
can offer advice for students
“looking for exam strate ‘es or in
dealing with the endg10f the
semester.”

Kersh said constant review of
class material and attendance are
main factors in preparing for
finals.

“For a lot of first-year stu—
dents, (college) is very different
from high school, and you can’t
study for an exam in one night,”
she said.

“Probably the most impor—
tant thing is to start as early
as you can. Also, it's impor—
tant to have a study schedule
set up the week before and
the week of exams.”

When taking a cumulative
exam, Kersh said, students
should break that task down
into smaller tasks involved in
a daily review, so it doesn’t
seem so overwhelming.

“Preparation is the key to
reducing test anxiety,” Kersh
said. “If experiencing
extreme anxiety over exams,
remember sleep, diet and
nutrition are important dur-
ing finals week.”

Kersh said students may
want to form study groups
“to help formulate possible
test questions and to use the
group as a review to test each
other.”

The center also provides
several study skills programs
for students, such as the
Masters Student Program.

For more information,
contact the Counseling and
Testing Center at 257-8701.

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