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As Jesuit students prepare to take finals on Jan. 20,

they will share the expe-rience with many high school and college stu-dents around the Portland area. Each school takes their own method to ap-proaching finals, having both similar and different concepts. A common concep-tual difference between schools is the way in which each school decides to or-ganize their daily sched-ules. “We normally have four classes a day,” Liberty High School junior Jared Beale said. “There are four periods each A day and each B day. The first day of finals we take the tests of day one, periods one through three. The sec-ond day we take the tests of day two, periods four through six. On the third day, we take both day’s pe-riod fours and get out of school two hours early.”

While differences ex-ist from school to school, similarities often appear

as well. Schools all across Portland share multiple elements with finals at Je-suit. “We take our finals in classrooms that differ from the one in which we normally have that class in,” Valley Catholic Ju-nior David Ghalen said. “We also have a moderator who’s different from the everyday teacher.” Finals bring an in-creased demand and ne-cessity for hard work and preparation. It requires students to see how far they are willing to carry themselves to get to the next level. “Most teachers hand out sheets of what will possibly be on the final so students can study ev-erything that the need to be studying,” Beale said. “Classes will spend one or two days going over work-sheets and documents, but a lot of it depends on what you do on your own.”

Learning how to pre-pare for big test and make a path to success while still in high school will best prepare students to face the conditions and expec-tations at an university. “Finals are a lot more pressure packed in college than they were at Jesuit and they don’t prepare us nearly as well,” 2012 Je-suit alumni and Chapman University junior Drew DeMarco said. “Teach-ers don’t usually give you study guides and guide-lines, you’re more on your own. Finals are also a much bigger part of your class grade. In one of my classes this semester the final is worth 40 percent of our final grade.” For a good quantity of students, finals are more than just an ordinary test. Finals are an opportunity to put one last stamp on the package. It adds addi-tional weight and value to a student’s golden grade. “The percent in which your final is weighted var-ies from class to class,”

Beale said. “Most teachers weight test scores through-out the years as 30 percent of your overall grade. Fif-teen to twenty percent of this 30 percent of your grade for tests throughout the year come from the fi-nals and the rest of the 10 percent comes from all the other tests throughout the year.” Some high schools on the contrary view finals as an average size stepping stone on the way to where one’s going as opposed to a big hurdle to jump over in the middle of their journey. “The finals are not that significant,” International School of Beaverton Ju-nior Tori Allen said. “It’s mostly just another unit test. Some are bigger like history and art, but in the IB program, an advanced level education program that better prepares you for college, finals are just preparing you to get ready for your final IB tests at the end of your senior year.”

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Do stimulants help or hinder finals studying?

As shown above, students may rely on stimulants to benefit their finals performance as they study and take tests.Courtesy, Mira Petrillo, ‘16

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Comparing high school finals

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dents to use caffeine and Adderall without knowl-edge of the drawbacks that come with stimu-lants. As finals approach, students feel the pres-sure to keep or raise grades, therefore look-ing for artificial ways to keep themselves awake and studying. Caffeine is consumed by 75 percent of adolescents daily, ac-cording to the Health-Day Reporter. While prescription stimulants such as Adderall, are used less, they still are present in teens. Though students con-sume caffeinated bever-ages on a daily basis, the problem occurs when caffeine intake spikes as studying for finals begin. Due to the high-sensitivity to those who only consume caffeine during finals week, the effects of caffeine have a bigger effect on them. Reported by The Huff-ington Post, coffee will last up to 14 hours on someone who usually does not drink coffee, a possibility leading to sleepless nights during finals week. For a regu-lar caffeine consumer, the caffeine will linger for about 8-10 hours. Coffee in moderation can be helpful; however, sleep experts at the Na-tional Sleep Foundation recommend not drink-ing caffeine at least eight hours before bedtime. The moderate caffeine consumption for teenag-ers is 300 mg, or about two cups. The Huff-ington Post previously reported that any more leads to insomnia, irri-tability and a fast heart-

beat. “I wouldn’t say it [caf-feine] helps me study,” senior Alicia Taylor said. “It does help me stay awake to cram for finals.” Ideally, caffeine would not be part of the equation. Studies by the American Psychological Association show cof-fee is a mood-altering substance, and if it does end up taking away from vital sleep, it can be det-rimental to students’ success. However if used in controlled ways, along with a solid night of sleep, the test taker will be more successful. “I’d rather get a good night’s sleep and study well,” senior Cali Cun-ningham said. Use of prescrip-tion drugs to help with studying can be a more dangerous choice. Drugs such as Adderall and Riddalin, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, temporar-ily increase alertness and energy but elevate blood pressure and heart rate and are dangerous to be taken without a pre-scription from a doctor. In a University of Michigan study, only 32.5 percent of stimu-lants such as these were prescribed by a doc-tor and 65.5 percent of these drugs were taken illegally. “I think that if it comes to a point that a student needs out-side stimulations, they should just rest,” said math teacher Mr. Jason Hildreth. Both caffeine and prescription drugs effect each person differently, therefore, the only reli-able way to succeed in finals is to study hard during dead week and get a good night’s sleep during exams.

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As finals are fast ap-proaching, students are preparing for finals

through study guides, flash-cards, group sessions, and the small hope that their finals will be curved. For a lot of students, fi-nals seem to drop their grade even lower. Even though the curves are not able to help all of the students, the ones that are able to take advantage of them find them to only be a positive thing. During finals, students hope that teachers are willing to round or curve their finals or even their final grade. H o w e v e r , not all of the teach-ers are going to be curving their finals. This is causing some students to find themselves frustrated by the lack of consistency among the teachers. “I think that either all teachers or no teachers should give curves or round,” senior

Anna Pfluger said. “It should not just be one or the other, it’s unfair.” A lot of students think there should be a general consisten-cy among the teachers. They think that either all the teachers should curve their finals or none of the teachers should so that it is fair for all of the students. However, teachers do not view it the same way as stu-dents. They think that it de-pends on the subject, and students should know the material after a whole semester of learning it.

“I think it honestly depends on the subject,” Eng-lish teacher Mr. Biegler said. “In English you don’t need to curve a final. It’s pretty much testing skills, not knowledge retention. In different subjects it makes sense to curve and in

others it does not.” If a large chunk of the stu-dents do not understand the information, they see it as a problem with how the lesson was taught to them, and may curve. “I think that particularly exams where you are dealing with a lot of factual informa-tion that you have to memo-rize where students may not understand something it’s fine

to curve,” English teacher Ms. Mathes said. “Particularly Math and Science where the teach-ers are writing an exam and if the majority of the students get certain questions wrong, it might indicate that the ques-tions were just a little bit above

their level.” Even though some of the teachers do not decide to curve, there are plenty of other teachers that do. A lot of times it just depends on the class and what teachers have done in their previous classes. While some students are annoyed by not getting their finals curved, others are find-ing themselves not troubled by the curving system currently in place. They think that it just depends on how hard the

classes are, and what teach-ers have done in the past.

“I don’t have any idea if

any of my teachers are going to curve my finals,” freshman Brigitte Mepham said. “But I think it depends on how hard the class is, so it’s okay for some teachers to curve and others not to.” Some students are definite-

ly not satisfied by how curves work and how some of their fellow peers are getting their classes curved, yet they’re not getting any. “I don’t think teachers teaching two different levels of the same class should curve only one level,” sophomore Jo-anna Hoang said. “If a teach-er is teaching both honors and regular English, they should either curve both classes, or none of them. It would sound like the teacher favors those students more.” Although curves may not make a huge change in a stu-dent’s grade, it can help stu-dents if they are just a few percent away from their ideal grade. “I haven’t had a lot of teach-ers that curve, only a few last

year. I also don’t get them on a lot of tests,” said Hoang. “But those that did curve I found to be really great.” It has become clear that students really like curves dur-ing finals time, but they are not going to be relying on them this semester to help improve their score.

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2 OpinionJanuary, 2015 JESUIT CRUSADER Editor: Naod Aynalem

Why are finals held af-ter winter break? Is there any real reason

why we have to complete these exams after two weeks of vaca-tion? Jesuit High honors itself as a college prep education. That being said, this includes college studying methods of final ex-ams at the end of the semester. Though most students may wish that we didn’t have to complete these exams, they are a reality our community must face and a vital part of the col-lege prep experience. “Jesuit has prepared me well for college. I think the academ-ic rigor that I experienced at

Jesuit allowed me to succeed in college: to know what it is like to have a difficult schedule and to be able to balance your time. I did a lot of extracurriculars at Jesuit as well,” said Jesuit alum M a r i e l K l e i n , ‘13. Final e x a m s in high s c h o o l p r e p a r e s t u d e n t for the t e s t i n g they will experience in college. Yet college students finish their semester before the winter break. Why in this case do Je-suit students have to take these

dreaded tests so soon after a va-cation? The short answer is that we don’t have the time to take them at any other point during the first semester while still al-

lowing students to be prepared. “The only way to move fi-nals up would be that we would have have to start earlier in the school year, and we would have to eliminate two or three non-

school days that we have,” said Academic Vice Principal Mr. Chris Smart. The school is also worried about our ability to fit in finals around all the other pre-Christ-

mas tradi-tions that are l ong - s t and -ing traditions and at the core of this school. In the Catholic tra-dition, Je-suit highly honors the

end of the Advent season the week before Christmas break through the celebration of our Christmas mass. If finals were to take place then, it would impact the

way we celebrate Advent. As well as Advent, the Food Drive is a large aspect to the holiday season at Jesuit. “There has been a conver-sation on doing exams before Christmas, and what tends to derail that is the Food Drive,” Smart said. “Because if we tried to move final exams into that week, it would mean that we would have to move the Food Drive either in January or make it much earlier.” Since the annual Food Drive is a hallmark of Jesuit, the dates for finals are only set to work after the winter break. Teachers and administration work to pre-pare students accordingly with this gap of time, and have them best prepared for the semester ahead.

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“Even though the

curves are not able to help all of the students, the

ones that are able to take advantage of them find them to only be a positive thing.”

“There has been a conversation on doing exams before Christmas, and what tends to derail that is the Food Drive because if we tried to move final exams into that week, it would mean that we would have to move the Food Drive either in January or make it much earlier.”

Walking through the halls lately, one may notice an unusual amount of

football jerseys, especially from the Oregon Ducks. When a team goes to a bowl game, seemingly out of nowhere there are an unusual amount of fans, all claiming they rooted for the team since the beginning. The story of this year’s University of Oregon football team is no different, only that for the second time in state his-tory, we have a team playing in the National Championship. “My dad went to U of O, and since I was five years old I’ve been to almost every home game the Ducks have played,” junior

Katie Leavy said. “Some people say bandwagon fans are good because they support the team, but as soon as they lose, only the true fans will be left.” Bandwagon fans are individu-als who only sup-port a team dur-ing a period of success. Instead of having correla-tion to the school, like a relative who went there, they often just root for the specific team that is doing well. “Bandwagon fans are garbage,”

senior Griffin Fogarty said. “Some people say you should support your state, but I would still root against the Beavers if they ever made it to the National Championship, which fortunately will never happen.” It’s understandable that people have a hard time staying away from the Ducks. With new uniforms almost every week, a fast offense, and a Heisman trophy win-ner, more people than ever before are fans of the team. “I wouldn’t say I’m a bandwag-on fan as much as a proud Orego-nian,” junior Kelly McShane said, a citizen of Beaver Nation who will root for the Ducks in the National Championship. “I’m happy to see a team from the state do so well, and I think it’s important that we root for them and their success.” This year the NCAA used a new system to decide who would advance to the championship game. Instead of picking which teams would play, the top four ranked teams advanced to the playoffs, where Oregon defeated Florida State 59 to 20 at the Rose Bowl, spoiling not only Florida State’s 29 game win streak, but also crushing their hopes of advancing to the championship. The NCAA College Foot-ball National Championship was held on Monday Jan. 12, with the University of Oregon competing against Ohio State University. It’s certain that more fans than ever before will root for the Univer-sity of Oregon; what’s uncertain is whether those fans will continue to support the Ducks when the game is over.

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S P R T

With the school’s big athletic and academic reputation conflict-

ing during finals week, students must find a balance between school and sports. For Jesuit’s swim team, who won’t let finals slow them down, athletes will attend prac-tices as though they would dur-ing any other week. Swimmers will have four days of practice during finals week and a swim meet right after the last final exam on Thursday. But with a lot of time spent in the pool, when are students supposed to hit the books? For sophomore and first-time varsity swimmer Al-bert Buchalski, he’s putting in a special effort to make sure he can ace his tests. “Studying is a lot dif-ferent this year,” Buchalski said. “I now have to spread out a gap where I would be studying, so I have to balance that out. I’ve started studying earlier this year because swimming takes up so much time.” Athletes of other sports are finding their study habits to be similar. Men’s bas-ketball has practice everyday of the week as well and a game on Tuesday night. Sophomore Chuka Mekkam, a varsity basket-ball player, is also changing his sleeping schedule to prepare for finals.

“The week before fi-nals, I get home from basketball pretty late and start studying,” Mekkam said. “I stay up much later finals week because it’s just nerve-wracking, and I want to make sure that I do well.” Women’s basketball ad-ditionally faces daily practices during the break. While some may see this as a setback, junior Hadley Wilhoite feels the op-posite. “It’s also nice to have that break from studying be-cause I might work for a couple hours, take a break, work a cou-ple more hours, and then go to practice, so it forces me to bal-ance myself better,” Wilhoite said. U n l i k e all other winter sports, ski team, which regularly has dryland bi-weekly, has no scheduled prac-tices for its ath-letes during finals week. B e y o n d Jesuit’s athletes, some students participating in activities face the challenge of suf-ficient manage-ment. B e c a u s e of the fact that el-ementary schools have no finals, the at-risk youth tu-

tored by volunteers of Portland Junior Scientists still need their enrichment program during fi-nals week. Senior Kirsten Cal-verley, one of the volunteers, plans to dedicate several hours Tuesday of finals week to the program. While her efforts bene-fit the children’s education, they require her to time manage ef-fectively. “Finals are quite ex-hausting and so are elementary schoolers,” Calverley said. “I’m not sure if it has impacted my academic standing directly, but it has added to my stress level a little bit, which in turn might affect how well I do.”

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SEMESTER I F NALSDO’s AND DON’T’s OF FINALS

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DO: remember dress code. Everyone wants to scrub in their sweats, yoga pants, or leggings-but leave it at home. Nothing celebrates the end of finals week better than a JUG awaiting to be served the next semester.

DON’T: start savagely watching Gossip Girl on Netflix like senior Danny O’Reilly. If you have the stamina to screen six seasons in five days, then you can surely concentrate on studying. Besides, why else would we get that Friday after finals off? You know lonelyboy will be waiting.

DO: maintain a cheerful attitude throughout the week. If you don’t want to smile, fake it. If you want to cry, burst out laughing. If you’re contemplating how to make getting hit by a bus the day before your AP Comp. Gov. final an “accident,” see the counsel-ing office...immediately. Nothing makes finals week seem longer than being bitter.

DON’T: lose focus. It’s only three days long and goes by faster with each test you turn in. If you’re a fresh-man, look forward to going on the Freshmen Overnight Re-treat and what T-Swizzle rendition Mr. Clarke will sing next. If you’re a senior, second semester is going to be the time of your life! If you’re a sophomore or a junior, enjoy not getting pumped for anything.

DO: keep your daily routine relatively the same. Switch-ing up your breakfast cereal and screwing up your sleep routine won’t get your mojo working and before you know it, you’re passed out in the middle of your Scripture final while combatting a massive stomachache. Lucky Charms is clearly not your good luck charm.

DON’T: go to the wrong classroom. There is a rea-son why the finals schedule is posted all over campus. READ IT. It’s the only thing all week that you have to study carefully without actually being tested.

DO: form study groups. Especially if you have a lot of friends in your classes, a little collaboration can go a long way. You can meet up at someone’s house or at New Sea-sons, munching away on a wok while trying to learn Spanish from the Rosetta Stone. You don’t even need to leave your house to study with others––share Google documents togeth-er or FaceTime each other reciting Shakespearian soliloquies for English class.

DON’T: forget your materials: calculator, blue books, pencils, pens, and erasers. You don’t want to have to trade your phone for the spare calculator so you remember to give it back, only to find out that the proctor lost to your best friend on Trivia Crack.

Experts from the Mayo Clinic suggest getting at least 7-8 hours of sleep

Eat a protein and carb-rich breakfast to maintain brain activity according to Livestrong.com.

Wear comfortable, Jesu-it-appropriate clothing

Pack your bag with sharp-ened #2 pencils, a blue of black pen, blue books, any notecards allowed, and a calculator

Bring a snack for the break (i.e. Snickers bar, apple, mixed nuts)

Arrive at Jesuit at least 10 minutes before your final starts

Go to the bathroom be-fore finals start

Make sure your phone is silenced or turned off.

Take a deep breath and calm your nerves before the test

According to the University of Albany, “Avoid cramming for a test. Cram-ming can produce high levels of anx-iety and is not helpful in trying to learn a large amount of material.” Instead of stressing the morning-of, simply read through this brief checklist and consider finals aced:

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Lack of time, organization, or sanity got you down this finals season? Fear not. The Jesuit Crusader staff has you covered. From music play-lists to morning-of routines, here you can find everything you need to know to keep your cool and ace next week’s exams.

THE KEY TO STUDYING FOR FIN-- HEY, LOOK AT THAT! “My phone, Netflix, food.”

The list above may seem short, but these three items can pack a punch on your finals studying plans––and not in a good way.

As teenagers, many would argue we have yet to outgrow our distracted phase, and study time always seems to be the pinnacle of the all too diligent procrastina-tion efforts.

While not a particularly encour-aging sign, Jesuit students are demonstrating increasingly impres-sive innovation in the ways they learn to distract themselves from the dread of fast-approaching final exams.

“I’ll make a bunch of cookie dough without eggs that I’ll keep next to me to eat while I’m study-ing, so that I don’t go downstairs to eat,” sophomore Nadia Siddiqui said. “But I just end up eating cook-ie dough the whole time and not

studying.”For students like Siddiqui, these dis-tractions seem to arise from even their most valiant efforts to avoid procrastination, suggesting that no one is immune to the procrastina-tion fever sweeping throughout the Jesuit campus.

Regardless, Siddiqui sees a little distraction every now and then as perfectly harmless, having what she feels is a minimal influence on her overall finals performance.

However, for those reading this as justification to their plans for a 23 hour Netflix marathon and a one hour cram session, hold your horses: that’s not quite the case.

The key to her successful fi-nals studying, Siddiqui says, is to honestly recognize the time she spent procrastinating so she can make up that studying later. But be warned: Siddiqui also admit-ted that this technique makes the studying process slower, reducing

her free time away from the books. Other students face trouble even beginning their finals studies. For senior Reid Bucy, maintaining his determination to study is one of the biggest challenges with final exams, and unlike Siddiqui, Bucy feels this heavily impacts the quali-ty of his studying.

“These distractions limit my abil-ity to study, because they make me procrastinate my studying until the night before or two nights be-fore,” Bucy said.

But of course, we can’t forget another of the most obvious dis-tractions for all teens: social media.

Junior Ian Elsenbach, along with many others, find his study time often eaten away by mind-less scrolling through various social media sites. But he still has some key advice for student suffering from this distraction, placing an emphasis on study balanced with intermittent breaks.

“Turn [your] phone and iPad off or put them on Airplane Mode, which limits the distraction,” said Elsenbach. “Get your work done, do the tough stuff, take a break, then study some more.”

All these students agree: there are no shortcuts to ace your finals. Whatever your personal methods, it seems the universal secret to success is not so secret after all: actually study.

Even this knowledge does nothing to combat the lure of Instagram and Twitter in the midst of finals studying, so the Jesuit Crusader staff would like to leave every student with Siddiqui’s words of wisdom:

“If you know you get distract-ed by something like food or your phone, make that a reward rather than a distraction, make that a way to push yourself to achieve your goal.”

It is a lot more common than you think to accidentally walk into the wrong classroom and take the wrong final. Last year, 2.76% of the freshman class accidentally took the wrong final. Know your room number, class of 2019!

The famous song “Sader Nation” by Jack Graham will play over the intercom prior to the very first final, this year the math final. This has become tradition at Jesuit and has shown to get students excited and motivated. Do not start your test until you hear the song.

Writing Jesus at least 5 times in the faith formation essay final can get you up to 5 extra credit points. 1 point per Jesus.

You are not allowed to watch the clock during the final. This was es-tablished because of a proctor’s confusion trying to decipher wan-dering eyes between cheating students and time worried students. The cocks will be covered!

If you don’t know the answer, mark “a”. Statistics have proven that this is most common answer to any multiple choice question.

Avoid getting a bloody nose during the final. Blood is considered a hazardous and a drop of it on the final will require it to be disposed in a biohazard bag. The final would be considered a zero.

Shoe laces are no longer allowed due to last years academic integ-rity scandal. Grab your uggs j-high!

FRESHMAN FINALS ADVICE FINALS MUSIC PLAYLIST

No matter what your mood is or what type of music you’re into, there is something on this list for you. Sit back, study hard, and enjoy.

Anything- Paul Oakenfield or Luciano PavarottiNew Slang- The ShinsSeven Lions- days to come (Coyote Kisses cover)OctaHate- PromisesMs. Meteor- Eligh and Amp LivePromises- Wiz KhalifaRun Wild- Jon BellionWhere’s the Love- Trevor HallYoshi City- Yung LeanHe’e Roa- Kolohe KaiLoving You Tonight- An-drew AllenAnything- Alt-JSBTRKT- Hold onI’m an Albatraoz- AronCh-upaBad Chick- CROMind Right- TK N Cash

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Healthy food options while studying for final exams

Ashley Mepham, ‘17Sophia Forstag, ’15 & Naod Aynalem, ’15Plethora of places to study near JHS

T’was the night before exams and all through the house not a crea-

ture was stirring...except for you, anxiously cramming for your chemistry final into the wee hours of the morning. After fighting the urge to fall asleep for hours, the caffeine from those 2 cups of coffee wears off and 3 a.m. finds you snoring with your forehead flat on your kitchen table, and of course you forgot to set your alarm. You wake up 30 minutes before exams are scheduled to begin and frantically decide you must throw on a sweat-shirt, jump in your car and skip breakfast. BAD DECISION. Though it can be easy to neglect your nutrition needs

during finals, most people don’t realize that not eating, or eating the wrong foods, puts you at a disadvantage and can contribute poor academic per-formance. If this has been you in the past, don’t fret, because this year can be different! Fol-low this nutrition guide to put you ahead and make you feel great during finals week.

Proteins: Eggs, beans, seeds, and nuts are protein-packed foods that the body uses to create amino acids, which in turn convert into neurotransmitters which help you maintain mental acu-ity and motivation (WebMD).

Fruits and Vegetables: According to news.health.com, blueberries boost con-

centration and memory for up to five hours because the anti-oxidants stimulate the flow of blood and oxygen to your brain and keep your mind focused. Avocados enhance blood flow and fire up the brain cells. They are also full of fiber which helps keep you fuller, longer so your stomach won’t rumble loudly in the middle of your Spanish final (WedMD). Leafy greens are full of antioxidants and B-vitamins which are proven to help your memory, focus, and overall brain health and power. They also contain folic acid, which improves mental clarity (news.health.com).

Fatty Fish: Fatty fish contains ome-ga-3 acids which “aid memory,

mental performance and be-havioral function.” People who are deficient in omega-3 acids are more likely to have “poor memory, mood swings, depres-sion and fatigue.”(news.health.com)

Flax Seeds: Similar to the other foods on this list, flax seeds are high in B-vitamins, omega-3 acids, magnesium, and fiber which aid mental clarity and focus (livestrong.com) Here are some breakfast re-cipies to try:

Breakfast Burrito1 whole wheat tortilla2 eggsDesired amount of chorizo sau-sage1/4 cup canned black beans,

rinsed and drained2 tablespoons of cheddar cheese2 tablespoons of salsa¼ of an avocadoDirections: Scramble eggs, beans, chorizo, and cheese. Fill tortilla with egg scramble mixture and top with salsa and more cheese.

Yogurt Parfait3/4 cup Greek yogurt¼ cup fresh of frozen blueber-ries1 tablespoon of ground flaxseedDesired amount of granolaDesired amount of dark choco-late chipsOptional topping: walnutsDirections: Mix ground flax-seed into yogurt. Lay base foundation of yogurt in con-tainer and top with blueber-ries, granola, chocolate chips, and walnuts.

Age-old exams

Townshend’s Alberta Teahouse

For those who would like to fuel, replenish, and possibly cleanse their bodies with beverages other than yet another cup of coffee while studying for hours on end, try Townshend’s Alberta Teahouse. This laid back environment at Townshend’s offers a peaceful atmosphere with plenty of good drinks to refresh yourself with while studying—ranging from various

types of bubble teas, to home- brewed kombucha on tap. Another addition to this location is the intimate basement, where you are sure to find yourself a seat in silence when the main floor is a bit noisy. Go to Townshend’s for a nice place to sit down, focus, have a good beverage, and hit the books. Hours: Open Every day 9:00am – 10:00 pm

Beaverton City Library

Looking for a nice silent place to study? Endless resources at your fingertip? Head to the Beaverton City Library, located not too far from, Jesuit’s campus. Here, you are sure to find yourself a table to sit down and study with little distractions and hundreds of resources you may need as well. The staff here at the library are very kind and helpful, willing to help

with any questions. Swing by the Beaverton City Library for a solid study session and a good place to focus. Hours: Sunday 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Monday-Thursday 10:00 am- 9:00 pm Friday 10:00 am – 6:00 pm Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Ava Roasteria

If you are one of these students looking to escape distractions and pull an all-nighter for finals, Ava Roasteria is a great place for you. Located at the corner of 2nd and Hall, Ava Roasteria is open 24 Hours. It offers a great cup of coffee and they are famous for their cannolis. They also serve lunch all day and breakfast in the morning. Most importantly, Ava

Roasteria has free Wi-Fi. Ava Roasteria is one of a kind and is an ideal hot spot for students.

Coco Pool, ‘15Marie Van Rysselberghe, ‘15

Every year around this time, students often grumble about

unreasonable questions on their fi-nals. But this isn’t anything new. In fact, finals over 100 years ago con-tained some pretty ridiculous ques-tions. Here’s an example of a typi-cal final from 1912.Math1.Write the following numbers in words: .00483; 820,923; 89; .02348; 983.0009; 2. Solve: 3.73 plus 19.8; 193 plus 29,932; 658.2 minus .09; 23 times 7Grammar1. Diagram: The Lord loveth a cheerful giver. Geography1.Name and give the boundaries of the five zones. 2. Name all of the states and their capitals bordering the Mississippi River. Physiology1.Name at least five rules to be ob-served in maintaining good health.2.Why should we study Physiol-ogy? Government 1.To what four governments in school are students subjected?2. Name five county officers and they’re duties.History1.Sketch briefly Sir Walter Raw-leigh.2. Who discovered the St. Lawrence River and when was it discovered?

Imagine, you’ve been studying long and hard for an hour, and you de-

cide to give yourself a “quick” study break. Without think-ing, you grab your phone and check your email, and then browse Pinterest, which turns into a brief scan of your Twitter and Instagram feed, and before you know it, sev-eral hours have passed, and you’ve just binge-watched half of a television show’s entire season on Netflix. Chances are, this has happened to you. Here’s how to not let history re-

peat itself and get the most out of your study breaks:

Keep them short.If you go for too long without studying, you’ll become more and more distracted and it will be difficult to re-enter “the zone.” Ten to twenty minutes is an appropriate break. It’s best if you set a timer as to when to stop taking your break

and start focusing again! Mas-sachusetts Institute of Tech-nology (MIT) recommends studying in one hour blocks with 50 minutes of study time and 10 minutes of break time.

Eat.It’s essential that your fuel your brain and give it the energy it needs to scarf down and actu-ally remember all of the infor-

mation you’re feeding it while studying. Avoid the Twinkies, though -- reach for some blue-berries or opt for some Vita-min-E packed nuts instead.

Work your brain.I know what you’re thinking. Isn’t studying already working my brain hard enough? Isn’t the point of a break to relax my mind? Nope. Research demon-

strates that doing a quick crossword puzzle or Sudoku during a study break is great way to sharpen your mind while giving it some down-time from all of your studying. You’ll go back into your study session feeling surprisingly re-freshed and ready to review!

Exercise.The truth is inarguable: physical ac-tivity boosts your brain function-ing! Plus, movement will feel lib-erating after being sedentary while studying for so long. Stockholm University suggests a quick walk is beneficial. So go ahead, stretch and enjoy Portland’s refreshing weather.

S tarting Tuesday, Jan. 19, Jesuit students will

begin final exams. Complete with nec-essary pencils, blue books, and calcula-tors, many students will also bring along the devastating ef-fects of sleep depri-vation and proceed to face the physical, emotional, and aca-demic consequences caused by the loss of even an hour of sleep. Be it in the weeks, days, or hours before exams, at one point or another, several students will sacrifice sleep to hit the books before the week of testing. Some feel that with the demands placed upon them by each class, exchanging sleep for study time is a requirement in itself. “Up until the week before finals, we are still learning new ma-terial in almost every class,” senior John Madden said. “Given everything we have to study in a week, sleep becomes a second pri-

o r -i t y. ”

What those trading sleep for review time might not realize, however, is that the hours of REM sleep they give up are imperative in the process of mem-ory consolidation and visual recall, as pre-sented by the Journal of Sleep Medicine. Further studies posed that smaller chunks of study time preceding a full, 8-hour night of rest are far more effec-tive than an evening full of large study ses-sions and little sleep. What’s more, the increased requirement of mastered mate-rial in classes con-currently increases the time each student will spend face-to-face with the bright screen of their iPad. While during the day this does not pose an issue, the work of Mariana Figueiro of the Lighting Research

Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute proved that a mere two hours of iPad use at maximum bright-ness was enough to suppress people’s normal nighttime release of melato-nin, a key hormone in the body’s clock, or circadian system. The search for the solution to sleep de-privation calls for a reevaluation of study methods. Rather than save the study hours for one night, break the time requirements into more manage-able pieces. Instead of curling up with the iPad before bed, con-sider printing materials to eliminate the issue of screen radiation. Small adjustments in study habits can eradi-cate the large conse-quences of sleep de-privation and up the chances of a success-ful week of testing.

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Emery Hanel, ’17

During fi-nals, many people may

think that study-ing all day and night is the only strategy for the brutal tests in their future. What some may not know is that exercising not only your mind, but your body, can con-tribute significantly to your performance during final exams. According to brainhq.com, exercise is known to be cru-cial for maintaining mental fitness. Stress is a natural emotion throughout one’s life, and is more prevalent during a time like fi-nals. Exercising the body has a direct ef-fect on nerves that correlates with mood, stress, sleep and self-esteem. All of these factors can have an

impact on one’s test scores, or at least their men-tality when e n t e r -

ing a test. “Exercise is a way to take my mind off of schoolwork and studying,” se-nior Anna Cho-ruby said. “It gives me a way to distract myself so I don’t stress too much.” According to a study done at the Uni-versity of Georgia, exercising even 20 minutes helps “facili-tate information pro-cessing and memory functions.” Exercise helps your brain func-tion better first of all due to the increased amount of blood flow going to one’s brain, which in turn pro-vides the brain with more oxygen. Study-ing, and then taking a break to go on a run or even do some pushups and sit-ups can help the brain retain information. Brainhq.com says, “exercise stimulates

the brain plasticity by stimulating growth of new connections be-tween cells in a wide array of important areas of the brain.” Not only does ac-tivity give one a way to reduce stress and release built up ener-gy, but it also scientif-ically helps your brain function at a higher level when trying to retain information. In some cases, all people need is a way break away from constant focus. “During finals week going out and playing soccer helps because it releases all the energy stored up after sitting and studying for hours,” junior Nihar Doshi said. “I just feel like after I get back from soccer practice, I am calmer and able to focus on my study-ing a lot better.” Although exercise may not be the top pri-ority during finals week, taking a break to even participate in a mini-mum amount of exercise could help improve one’s scores and mentality.

Get exercise

Coyle Dummigan, ’15

Sleep is key

The BackJanuary, 2015 JESUIT CRUSADER Editor: Sydney Monfries

By: Sydney Monfries, ’15

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Unqualified Finals Advice

Finals ScheduleTuesday

Math Exam 8:15 AM

English Exam 10:10 AM

WednesdayTheology Exam 8:15 AM

History Exam 10:10 AM

ThursdayScience Exam 8:15 AM

Language Exam 10:10 AM