ight to make the grade
can relax in quiet envirom
conference rooms to meet for projects. The most
impressive part of the TSU is that they have their own
bowling lanes, big screen televisions, billiards, video
games, a food court which also stays open 24-hours,
computers and a music library, in case you need to
take the edge off studying.
Famaz Bakhsbi a 21-year old biology major at Cal-
Sate Fullerton is the night manager at the TSU and she
said it is a pretty wild experience*
“We even have a company-come in and offer free
five to 10 minute massages between 11 p.m. and mid
night,” Bakhshi said. “At midnight we do giveaways
where students get a cup that has supplies such as
stress balls, gummy worms, gum, candies, anything to
keep you awake.”
Among the other goodies at the Cal-State campus,
there is also 24 hour basketball to dunli on other stu
dents. “Everyone takes advantage of this...you’d be
nuts not to,” Bakhshi said.
When asked how much money CSUF pumps into the
TSU, Bakhshi had no answer. “I’m not sure,” she
said. “A portion of our tuition goes into paying for it.”
West Virginia offers movies, games, and refresh
ments for their students. Not only does this help stu
dents stay awake during finals, but it is mostly a year
long process that also pre
vents them from burning
couches after sporting
events
Kansas State takes a more
advice-oriented approach
when dealing with all
nighters. Dorinda Lambert,
associate director of
University Counseling
Services was quoted in the
December 12, 2003 edition
of the Kansas State
Collegian as saying;
“Finals are a time for stress.
All at. one time, there are
thingS' going on. Getting
through finals will be a lot
less frintic if students just
try to continue with things
as normal, but eat and sleep
regularly.” pho,os by Pete strella
But not all students wait until finals to take part in all
night activities, and let’s be honest, not all activities
that students stay up late for involve school work,
Take the fine young lads and lasses at Wellesley
College in Massachusetts who stayed up all night to
recite all of William Shakespeare’s sonnets and plays.
When asked what was wrong with them, a “no com
ment” was issued.
“I pulled plenty of them,” Kupfer said. “I went to
parties that went on all of the time. Sometimes we’d
go to a concert in New York or Philadelphia and we’d
hurry back for class. You have to have some level of
responsibility to your school work. I can remember
pulling a paper out of my typewriter, remember this
was 1981, and bringing it to class.”
Lambert also told the K-State Collegian that she
feels that students will never benefit from studying all
night long. “Think about your body as a machine and
your mind as an engine. If there’s no fuel, you won’t
operate. So if you stay up overnight, you didn’t rest
so you won't think as clearly and won’t
have the faculties to learn.”
“I wouldn’t recommend them every
night,” Kupfer said.
The most frightening aspect of Kupfer’s
all-nighters was the environment at Johns
Hopkins.
“It was very cut-throaty, that was part of
the culture, The only protest 1 remember
students holding was one to keep certain
portions of the library open 24 hours a
day.”
The best advice for students is that they
begin to study for finals during the last reg
ular week of the semester. However, there appears to
be a novelty to staying up late and slugging on coffee
the next morning.
“I’m a big believer in coffee,” Furfaro said. “It’s the
nectar of the gods."
“I looked forward to the 15-hour recuperator,”
Kupfer said.
Above: The night takes a turn for the
worst when Cooke discovers that he is
out of caffeine. It’s already 6:30 in the
morning and there is no time to spare.
To make matters worse, the printer is
jamming, AGAIN (left), which Cooke
attempts to fix by repeatedly pounding
on the device with his fist. Finally, the
pressure is too much for Cooke to han
dle so he gives up and passes out in a
pool of his own slobber (below).
How students will deal with their respective all
nighter this time around is up to them, one thing is for
sure, burning the midnight oil has become legend on
campuses all over the country. Stories come out of
the all-nighters, eyes are blood-shot, books are every
where, and sleep becomes everyone's friend after all
is said and done.