Dead Week
From Rofflehaus
The Dead Week is the week that preceeds Finals Week. It is thus named because faculty members are advised against giving heavy-load tasks for the week, to allow students adequate time to study and prepare for the upcoming final examinations. Thus, with few exceptions, any major assignments for the course should be due before Dead Week.
It has been reported in the past, however, that faculty members don't always strictly follow these guidelines. Thus, the name Dead Week can also have a more alarming interpretation: the need to complete several major assignments and study for multiple finals at the same time will lead to sleep deprivation, increased irritability, and stress.
Rest assured that this has not caused any actual death... yet.
[edit] Trivia
A few notable exceptions during this week:
- Free coffee in MU Food Court (double check!)
- Copyworks open late (but aren't assignments due before deadweek? double check!)
[edit] External links
[edit] News articles
- The article, COLUMN:Dead Week is anything but dead, in the 12/12, 2001 edition of the Iowa State Daily is still unavailable due to a change in the Daily's website and general laziness of Rofflehaus contributors. If you'd like to help fix a broken link like this, check out Template talk:ISUD to find out how. Thank you for your patience. (D: 12/12/2001)
- The article, LETTER:Dead Week just another ISU myth, in the 02/21, 2002 edition of the Iowa State Daily is still unavailable due to a change in the Daily's website and general laziness of Rofflehaus contributors. If you'd like to help fix a broken link like this, check out Template talk:ISUD to find out how. Thank you for your patience. (D: 02/21/2002)
- The article, Dead Week policy signed, in the 04/18, 2002 edition of the Iowa State Daily is still unavailable due to a change in the Daily's website and general laziness of Rofflehaus contributors. If you'd like to help fix a broken link like this, check out Template talk:ISUD to find out how. Thank you for your patience. (D: 04/18/2002)
- The article, Faculty support Dead Week change, in the 04/29, 2002 edition of the Iowa State Daily is still unavailable due to a change in the Daily's website and general laziness of Rofflehaus contributors. If you'd like to help fix a broken link like this, check out Template talk:ISUD to find out how. Thank you for your patience. (D: 04/29/2002)
- The article, Policy suggests regulations for Dead Week, in the 12/09, 2002 edition of the Iowa State Daily is still unavailable due to a change in the Daily's website and general laziness of Rofflehaus contributors. If you'd like to help fix a broken link like this, check out Template talk:ISUD to find out how. Thank you for your patience. (D: 12/09/2002)
- The article, EDITORIAL:Advisories barely affect Dead Week, in the 12/12, 2002 edition of the Iowa State Daily is still unavailable due to a change in the Daily's website and general laziness of Rofflehaus contributors. If you'd like to help fix a broken link like this, check out Template talk:ISUD to find out how. Thank you for your patience. (D: 12/12/2002)
- The article, LETTER: Professors ignore Dead Week rules, in the 04/24, 2003 edition of the Iowa State Daily is still unavailable due to a change in the Daily's website and general laziness of Rofflehaus contributors. If you'd like to help fix a broken link like this, check out Template talk:ISUD to find out how. Thank you for your patience. (D: 04/24/2003)
- The article, LETTER: Dead Week work isn't cause for uproar, in the 04/28, 2003 edition of the Iowa State Daily is still unavailable due to a change in the Daily's website and general laziness of Rofflehaus contributors. If you'd like to help fix a broken link like this, check out Template talk:ISUD to find out how. Thank you for your patience. (D: 04/28/2003)
- The article, Dead Week policy causes student, staff confusion, in the 12/11, 2003 edition of the Iowa State Daily is still unavailable due to a change in the Daily's website and general laziness of Rofflehaus contributors. If you'd like to help fix a broken link like this, check out Template talk:ISUD to find out how. Thank you for your patience. (D: 12/11/2003)
