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byJustin

Charactercomesunder firewhenthemidnightoil starts burning. Serious cramming spurs serious pranks. Hard work requires hardplay.

Cramming begins with paranoia.You tell yourself "Itisn't so," running to your trusty syllabus, onlytofindthe truth.

Thekillerassignmentis dueinless than24hours. You realizethatyou are missing notes because you skipped afew classes,so you calleveryone you know tofind someone with the data. After racing to the library to photocopy the notes you borrowed,you returnto findyourfavoriteroomie is asleep and thelights areturnedoff.Yougraba pillow and takeyour researchlabon the road.

Having no fear of reprimands, two brave unknown pranksters declareMarriott a"BIOHAZARD" containing "infectous waste."

Thehallwayisofflimits aftercurfew, but daring anyonetomakeyouleave, youmulloverthematerialinthetextthatyou have never read.

You will never learn from thisgravemistake, but rather transform the cramming habit intoan artform.

Thiscontinuedacademicstress,coupledwiththe boredom of Lynchburg (in theFlamesoff-season) leads to another deadly student habit known as pranks.

The freshman class inherits pranks from the upper classmen such as ringingtheLibertyBellat 3 a.m. Juniors usually have taken thingsacouplesteps further.

Some evenrisk pulling thefirealarmfora stupid and dangerous 4:30 a.m. laugh.

At curfew LU comes alive when these "creative" minds divert the energiesof studytocause havoc on their halls by makingupnew pranksto theRAs.

One professor, who wished toremainanonymous,commented about pranking genius,"All of my students would get A'siftheyused this type of creativity on their assignments."