One more week, and what’s wrong with that?
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Trey Stewart, Sports Editor
NGU students won’t be walking in a winter wonderland for quite as long this year.
In a change of pace enacted by the university, Christmas break will be lasting a mere four weeks this year as opposed to the usual five.
As exams loom large for the students of North Greenville University, many may begin to wonder why exactly the end of the semester seems to be approaching a little slower than years prior. It’s not just a tired mind playing tricks on weary college kids. An extra week of classes has been added to the end of the semester.
“The NGU Executive Council is charged by our accreditation standards to make sure we have enough hours of class time,” says Dr. Linwood Hagin, professor of communication and associate provost of North Greenville University. “The Executive Council also determines the start date of each semester.”
With the extra week added to the semester and taken from Christmas break, many students are sharing opinions on the matter. Dawson Martin, junior sports management major, does not enjoy the change as he looks for a job over the course of the break in school.
“It’s harder to find a job over break this way,” says Martin. “I don’t know a lot of places that are looking to hire someone for five weeks, and taking away one of those weeks is only going to make it harder.”
As the end of the semester creeps closer, nights get longer, and studying picks up intensity, many NGU students are sure to be left wondering why they are on campus for over a week longer than usual.
And although this extended semester is not something that will take place every year, one more week in Tigerville seems like a massive hill to climb with final exams casting a shadow over freedom.
