{"id":637,"date":"2009-11-23T16:18:45","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T20:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doddcenter.wordpress.com\/?p=637"},"modified":"2009-11-23T16:18:45","modified_gmt":"2009-11-23T20:18:45","slug":"is-it-over-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2009\/11\/23\/is-it-over-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it Over Yet?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Course of Study, 1881<\/p><\/div>\n

With the 2009 Thanskgiving Break beginning at the end of the day on November 20th; the UConn campuses are much quieter.\u00a0 The majority of the undergraduate students have left\u00a0for a week-long break. Only a few days after their return finals begin.<\/p>\n

We tend to forget that it wasn’t always like this.\u00a0\u00a0 A quick look in the Archives is enough to demonstrate how much things have changed at\u00a0the University.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On October 7, 1881, 12 young men began their agricultural studies at the new, small school nestled in the\u00a0hills of northwestern Connecticut.\u00a0\u00a0 Their course of study was prescribed\u00a0and the daily schedule had little variety.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Daily Schedule, Academic year 1881-1882<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0In comparison, this past August, 20,812 undergraduates (men and women) settled in\u00a0on the University’s 6 campuses across the state to begin\u00a0the Fall 2009 semester.\u00a0 Hundreds\u00a0of courses are available to\u00a0leading to one hundred possible majors. Not to mention,\u00a0the\u00a0daily schedule\u00a0is no longer prescribed and varies tremendously across the campuses and student body.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The one thing that probably hasn’t changed much is the\u00a0pervasive question that settles on the campuses this time of year–is it over yet?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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