Under Pressure for Finals Week

By: John Engle

UM Senior, Nick Robinson, studies in the confides of home.

It's crunch time at the University of Montevallo and students pile into Carmichael Library to iron out the kinks for the Semester's end. For some, the comfort of their home is more suitable.

Every student has has a different method of preparation, one may stay up all night, while the other was finished a week prior. In the end, all students carry the same responsibility of tying up loose ends and finishing strong.

UM Students waiting in line for "freebies".

After tedious work a break is in order. Most students attended the Midnight Breakfast, many were lured by the promise of warm food, a live DJ set, and a free photography booth.

You were able to get a screen printed shirt done right in front you or dress up and have your picture captured on a "coozie" of your choosing.

The word "free" is a dangerous one when you are dealing with college students. We come in force and create an anaconda of lines, snaking throughout the perimeter of Anna Irvin Dining Hall. Hissing at the fact that finals are all week.

Faculty/Staff serve up warm food for hungry students.

With the immense amount of time spent on preparation the finality seems to pass in a flash. What was actually an entire semesters effort seems like a few weeks. And so goes the life of a college student.

If you put in the effort and become tenacious, you will soon see that it pays the reward of sweet rest and a chance to breath…at least for a moment. Until the next term…but we don't have to talk about that at the moment!