With the fall semester drawing to a close, Sacramento State students are taking advantage of extended library hours and tutoring services to finish projects and prepare for finals.

Anticipating a rush of students in the semester?s final weeks, the Library?s Reserve Book Reading Room will extend its hours. From Dec. 9 to Dec. 13, the room will be open from 11a.m. to 1a.m.

Sophomore Erica Millan, who works in the Reserve Book Room, said many students wait until the last minute to check out books around finals time.

“So far, all of the criminal justice books are gone, and many of the books are overdue,” Millan said. “Many students do a lot of last-minute work and procrastinate on their studies.”

Many students have begun to feel the stress as finals approach, and the crunch to get last-minute projects completed has set in. Junior Erica Anacleto said she hasn?t had time to even think about her finals yet because of an overload of classwork.

“I think I?m just trying to get through this week, I haven?t really had the chance to think about finals yet,” Anacleto said. “This is the time when professors cram in those last-minute tests.”

Senior Justin Treon, a computer engineering major, said he still has multiple projects to finish before he starts studying for finals.

“I don?t get a chance to worry about finals,” Treon said. “I?m still working on projects that are due the week before. In computer engineering, we have to put in well over 40 hours a week.”

Another computer science student, Erich Atuncar, said the next few weeks are going feature a lot of studying and not much else.

“I?m going to be here at school (studying) all weekend,” Atuncar said. “That means Saturday, Sunday and Monday from about 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.”

There are services available to help students through this stressful time of year. Many of the departments on campus offer tutoring services and student labs for study groups.

The Criminal Justice and Computer Science Departments offer tutors who can help students with their majors.

The Chemistry Department has a help office that students can use. Other departments like mathematics/statistics also feature a tutoring lab.

Many have agreed that the labs in various departments aren?t being utilized, and a number of tutors told The State Hornet they have not been busy.

Atuncar suggested that some of the labs could be intimidating for students to use.

“In the Computer Science department, the labs are rarely used,” Atuncar said. “I think that students tend to be intimidated by them.”