Students groove to relieve stress in preparation for finals
December 4, 2014
By Olivia Cornett
The weeks leading up to dead week and finals week can be filled with stress and chaos, but the UK Student Activities Board attempted to make campus life a little better with live music and free Starbucks coffee on Wednesday.
The SAB hosted their semi-annual event “Study Sounds: Classical Concert,” which included a performance by classical guitarist Dana Starkell for students in Ovid’s Cafe inside William T. Young Library. The concert was free for students to attend.
“We do this once a semester, usually before finals week or dead week,” said Cyera Toone, business communications sophomore and event organizer. “It’s just a nice way for us to reach out to the students during a stressful time like this because the music is really relaxing.”
Toone also mentioned that they have done Study Sounds in Commons Market before, but she thought it worked better in Ovid’s since it is connected to the library and attracts more students.
Aside from the music, students were lined up out of the door waiting to get their drink vouchers. Students were allotted one voucher, which they could exchange for one free tall drink from Starbucks. These vouchers were in high demand since there were only 100 that were given to them to hand out to students.
Marketing junior Remie Ison was one of the students that received a voucher for a free Starbucks drink.
“I had been studying for my exams in the library all day, so my friends and I went down to Ovid’s to get some coffee,” Ison said. “When we came in and saw the guitarist, we figured that we would sit down for a little bit and listen since the music he was playing was so soothing.”
Ison also mentioned how relaxing the music was.
“Ovid’s is always such a busy place, it was nice to have the place sort of quiet,” Ison said. “It’s kind of like the calm before the storm — the storm being finals week.”
Some students, however, came only because they wanted coffee to help them through their studies.
“I was so excited when I saw that the Student Activities Board was giving away those vouchers,” said marketing junior Abby Leonard. “When someone came and told me about them, I immediately got up from my table at the library and came down. The guitarist was really good, but I just didn’t have time to stay and listen, I really needed to study.”
The next Study Sounds will be held in April 2015.
