In the past there have been wild festivities on campus and in the Chapel Hill area, often leaving students worn out and sleep-deprived the morning after. But the game falls during midterm season, and many classes are giving exams Thursday.
Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld, an anthropology professor holding an exam Thursday, said he thinks some students might not perform as well due to choosing the game over studying, but other students will get studying done early.
“Something I have noticed is that I’ve received more questions about the exam over the weekend than I normally would have, and today I realize why they were being so proactive,” Colloredo-Mansfeld said.
Misha Becker, a linguistics professor, said she will give an exam in class on Thursday.
“I make my syllabus based on what I need to do to cover the material in the class, since that is actually my job, and I don’t look at the sports schedule,” she said.
Becker said she took a vote in the class to see how many students wanted to reschedule the exam, and the majority of students voted to keep the exam when it was. She said it was not feasible for her to reschedule the exam due to a variety of constraints.
“I have to cover material in a certain order. I have to make sure I cover things in time for the students to be able to use the information for assignments they have to turn in,” she said.
Derek Fulton, a sophomore chemistry major, said he was not happy when he found out that he had an exam in his statistics class.