A student guide to a student tradition— The All-nighter

needed a "second wind." This paper any earlier or read the text wa s the mos t basic rule of all. in single chapters as the prof sugTh e second wind, as in sports, gested. It meant that a student rewa s the sudden energy that a membere d the uniqueness and person got just about the time he the experience of the all-nighter. wa s ready to fall over. It wa s the bod y finally saying, "OK , we'll mak e it through the night." Without the second wind, the all-nighter woul d com e to a screeching halt with the student sleeping on his text or his typewriter.

committing to memor y the six important proofs for the next day's math exam .

A non-productive night awak e wa s just that. Sitting up and playing Un o until 6 a.m. did not qualify as an all-nighter.

Rule Three : A n all-nighter

Rule Four : All-nighters were generally individual events. Grou p all-nighters usually ended up violating the rule of productivity. However , there were som e exceptions. But students wh o worked through the night by themselves had few distractions Th e majority of students were in bed by midnight and there simply was n 't that muc h to do in the dorm. In addition, whe n the H e did not look back on it with student realized it wa s going to distaste, but with rose-colored be an all-nighter, he wasn't very glasses. It wa s almost fun. interested in the rest of the Som e students got awa y with world. only one all-nighter. For others, Rule Five: All-nighters it wa s almost a weekly routine. were remembered, not regret- Whichever, the all-nighter mad e ted. Oneall-nighterdidnotmean the year the unique experience it that a student started the next was.

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Digging in the African soil, Elyie Spring works on preparing the foundation of her new home. The team worked specifically to build Spring's home during its short term.

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