The first few weeks of every semester tend to be a little hectic, leaving you either a good five minutes late to your classes or an awkward five minutes early. This early five minutes is never enough to do anything productive. Rather, it is just enough to have quality time with the floor and the four-serounding walls. So, in a lesson of time management, here are a few scenarios that may help students and teachers get across a chaotic campus.

SITUATION # 1 -It’s 8:40 a.m. -You have just left your dorm. -You have exactly 20 minutes to get across campus to Amador Hall and, if possible, grab something to eat that has enough nutritional value to get you through your two-hour lecture.Solution: Start heading south, straight through campus. It takes a good eight minutes to get from the dorms to the library quad, where, if you look to the right, you will find a quick eatery called The Outpost. It takes them about four minutes to get through the line and buy a muffin and a cup of coffee. By then, you are in sight of Amador Hall, leaving you eight minutes to walk up the stairs, sit down in class and eat your breakfast.

SITUATION # 2 -You’ve just parked in the overflow lot. -You need to print out a paper and drop it off in Lassen Hall.Solution: It takes 12 minutes to walk north through campus to Mendocino Hall, which is the pyramid-shaped building in front of the bookstore. On the third floor of Mendocino is a computer lab. Yes, the library is closer, but with the line for computers in the library lab curving around the corner, Mendocino makes more sense. In five minutes you can walk up three flights of stairs and print out your paper. Once out of the building, walk across the main quad. This way, you can walk across campus and print out a paper in just about 20 minutes.

SITUATION # 3 -The Hornet Shuttle has dropped you off on J street 10 minutes late, which leaves you with two minutes to get to Brighton Hall. This is do-able. Solution: Walk at a fast pace through the main quad. Once at the path, walk to the fourth building on the right — Brighton Hall.

SITUATION #4-You’ve fallen asleep in the upstairs lounge of the University Union. -In exactly one minute you need to be in the South Gym and change into your gym clothes for weight training. Realize this is impossible. Solution: Walk northwest out of the Union. After you see Eureka Hall, walk down Moraga Way. It’ll take three minutes to get to the gym and another four to change and get to the main gym. Once in class, forget the redundant “fell asleep” excuse. Instead, make up some embarrassing story about falling in the locker room. Depending on how great an actor you are, the professor won’t know whether to feel bad or upset. Nevertheless, he will forget why he asked in the first place.

SITUATION #5-Traffic was horrible. -You’re driving down College Town Drive. -Class starts in 10 minutes at Tahoe Hall and the parking lots are packed.Solution: Instead of speeding through the parking structures hoping to find a spot close to campus, just park in the first spot you see, which takes two minutes. There may me some great spot close to your class, but nine times out of 10 there isn’t. With all the traffic, you can probably walk faster than you can drive. This leaves eight minutes to walk through the lot and get to Tahoe Hall.