Dead Week

Is it true that Sac State is too alive for "dead week"? I have lived in a few different places in California and attended a couple of different colleges in my travels. One was Cuesta College, a J.C. on California’s central coast, and Humboldt State University. At both schools “dead week” was always allowed if not enforced. the school regulated the professors and didn't not allow them to break any of the rules of "dead week".

Dead week is the week before finals when no new material can be given and many professors cancel class to allow a week of review and studying for finals. This is a helpful time period to prepare for the stress that lurks during the week of hell. Finals are stressful, and the more time there is to prepare for them the better.

It seems that Sac State does not believe in this time of preparation. In fact many professors administer their final the week previous to finals week in what seems to be an effort to escape the semester a week early. I am fine with this idea, but what is not OK is the introduction of new material on top of strenuous studying. A girl can only take so much!

When a Sac State professor was asked why Sac State did not have a “dead week” he said, “Maybe we are just too alive.” Is this true? Do Sac State Students not need “dead week”?