The closeness of the Halloween and Thanksgiving breaks has caused some SIUC professors to have to tighten instruction in many of their classes. Some students, however, say their schedules have not been altered much by the breaks.

James Fralish, an associate professor of forestry, said that because of the fall break he had to take two to three lectures out of the semester.

I lost two hours of lecture he said. It threw everything off. We might as well have taken the rest of the week off.

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Carl Hausler, associate professor of animal food and nutrition, said his teaching was greatly affected by the Fall break.

I’m teaching a class that goes for eight weeks, Hausler said. It (the break) took three lectures. I normally teach 28 to 29 (lectures). Now it’s about 25. I can’t cover the material I would cover. I’ve tried to cover it faster, but that’s not always a good idea.

James Jackson, an associate professor of curriculum and instruction, said he is minimally affected by the breaks.

I just had to adjust to the breaks, he said. Due to the nature of the setup of my class, I only missed one class. It really didn’t have much of an affect on the class.

Many students at SIUC said they have not noticed much of an effect on their classes by the breaks.

Ellen Feltovich, an SIUC freshman in social work, said her instructors dealt with the breaks well.

It really hasn’t had much of an affect on me, she said. Classes didn’t really seem evenly distributed, but my instructors have dealt with it well.

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Will Stuart, a freshman in flit/accounting said that because of the break he has had to do a little more studying.

There hasn’t been much of an effect to my classes, Stuart said. There’s a little more studying involved because of tests before and after break.

Stuart said in one of his classes, an instructor had to schedule a test right after Fall break, so when students came back from break they had just a week to study for an exam.

Brian Taylor, a sophomore in special education said the break helped him with his schoolwork.

I have more time to study, he said. The work is still there. It’s up to the student if they want to keep up.

Tricia Espinoza, a junior, in English said her classes are not really affected that much by the breaks.

The only thing it does affect is there’s a big gap between when we have class and when things are due it’s hard to study that way, Espinoza said. There’s less time to do things, so instructors are cutting things short a little bit, but overall it’s not effected things much.

Students will be dismissed from classes for Thanksgiving break beginning on Nov.18 and will return Nov. 27. Students will end the semester with finals the week of Dec. 11.