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I agree that trimming exam period from nine days to eight days would create the already mentioned problems, but I have to respectfully dissent on the grounds that trimming reading period by a day is not enough. If the administration were to comply with this request, it would effectively dodge the real issue: calendar reform. Reading period is no longer fulfilling its original goals and should therefore be reconsidered.
If we started on September 5 instead of Sept. 18, had only 13 weeks of classes instead of 14 (Princeton only has 12) and had 11 days of reading period before the winter vacation, then exam period could remain nine days and be held before winter break. Spring term would begin in mid-January and end well before Memorial Day. As times change, so should policies.
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