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How Do You Ace Final Exams?

Hope College Network

Final exams are just around the corner, which bring a lot of stress and studying. Every student prepares for the exams and deals with a stress differently, but what does the science say? We all know the basics like eat healthy, take a break during studying and have a lot of sleep at night, but science suggest much more than just that. Say Om! When students look at test the first time, a lot of them “freak out.

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A day in the life of a TERMINALFOUR Client Support Engineer

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Calculating My Odds

Academic Librarian

Donald Trump and his ilk are fearmongering about terrorism and President Obama wants to calm my nerves. Maybe it’s just that I’m congenitally not a worrier, but in my daily life I’m not in the least worried about being the victim of a terrorist attack or a mass shooting, by ISIS, right-wing extremists, or anyone else. Mass shootings and attacks are horrendous, and I can’t imagine how horrible it must be for the people who survive them and the loved ones of those who don’t, but anyone’s actual ch

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St. Nicholas Day in the Czech Republic

Hope College Network

December 5 is the day that children in the Czech Republic are nervous, excited and scared. Like in Netherlands, the tradition in the Czech Republic is formed from three major figures, Svatý Mikuláš (St. Nicholas), Čert (Devil) and Anděl (Angel). St. Nicholas, Angel and Devil are the main figures of tradition in the Czech Republic, which takes a place on December 5.

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Investments to Make in College

Hope College Network

It comes as a surprise to no one that college is expensive. Everyone knows that a lot of college kids do not consider themselves too good to check between their parents’ couch cushions for lost change, to take hours of surveys online for a $5 gift card to Amazon, or to scrape together donations from friends until they have enough to get a pizza (at least partially because the leftovers will serve as meals for the next couple of days).

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The Anatomy of the Desk: Stressed vs. Unstressed

Hope College Network

Lately I’ve been noticing certain specifics in my life and wondering: If I were in a novel, would this be symbolic? Would this be metaphorical, or hold some kind of connotation other than the literal? Maybe this is just a crazy English major problem, but it’s been on my mind. One of the biggest areas of my life that I see this concept in is my desk.

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You Were Made For This

Hope College Network

I chose to come to Hope for a lot of reasons. One being soccer (how can you say no to Van Andel Soccer Stadium ?). Another being the fact that Hope is the only Christian school I visited that didn’t require Chapel attendance. However, at those Chapel services, kids fill the building every time. Kids actually want to go to Chapel? Crazy, right?

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An Accurate Picture of my Homework Life

Hope College Network

We have arrived at the end of the semester. Everyone is anticipating final exams, finishing last minute projects, and cramming for tests. When in doubt, get a table to yourself and just get it done. When I sit down to study on the second floor of Martha Miller , I pull out my laptop and lay it on the table. I check my phone. I put it in my backpack.

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57 Playlists: A Dissection of Music – Different Activities

Hope College Network

Happy Sunday, Readers! How ya doing? Feeling the stress of finals already? I sure am… I’m five papers and one portfolio deep in words, words, words. So I’m about to give you some more words to read! Here’s my second post about music, except this time we’ll be dissecting the different types of music to listen to while doing different activities.

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Finals Week: A Greater Revelation

Hope College Network

It’s true, I’ve been sleeping less often than usual. I’ve been snacking during weird hours and eating sugar cookie-flavored popcorn at 10 a.m. And I glance down at the sticky notes on the keyboard of my computer to see the list of three presentations, an exam, two quizzes and four journal entries due in the next week on top of a research project I’ve barely began and two side jobs, plus owning a small company, and my easy answer would be, “busy.” But this fina

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#JustPhelpsScholarsThings: The Research Project

Hope College Network

There were more people than I expected. This is the last post I will be doing for the #JustPhelpsScholarsThings since last Friday (December 4) was the last event: the Phelps Scholars Research Presentations. It is essentially a symposium held in the Maas Auditorium in which students present the research posters they’ve been working on throughout the semester that highlights a current, global issue, their analysis of it, and a suggested plan of action against it.