{"id":1408,"date":"2019-05-24T19:32:02","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T19:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/?p=1408"},"modified":"2019-05-26T00:20:31","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T00:20:31","slug":"hunter-college-students-took-a-break-from-studying-and-finishing-up-projects-to-relax-and-have-fun-at-a-carnival-themed-finals-fever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/2019\/05\/hunter-college-students-took-a-break-from-studying-and-finishing-up-projects-to-relax-and-have-fun-at-a-carnival-themed-finals-fever\/","title":{"rendered":"Finals Fever lowers everyone’s temperature"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hunter\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>tudents took a break from studying<\/span> and finishing up<\/span> projects<\/span> to relax and have fun at <\/span>a c<\/span>arnival<\/span>–<\/span>them<\/span>ed<\/span> \u201c<\/span>Finals Fever<\/span>\u201d event held in<\/span> the <\/span>West Building <\/span>lobby <\/span>last week<\/span> hosted <\/span>by <\/span>T<\/span>he Office of Student Activities.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>c<\/span>arnival is hosted every year to allow students the opportunity to be <\/span>on<\/span> campus<\/span>,<\/span> but <\/span>away from their books for a couple of hours.\u00a0<\/span> The<\/span> most popular activity was<\/span> designing<\/span> airbrush<\/span>ed<\/span> T-shirts<\/span>; students were waiting in line for an hour for the op<\/span>portunity.\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span> The<\/span> keychain photo booth was <\/span>also <\/span>a top favorite by the students, a<\/span>nd <\/span>the line was very long for the students to take<\/span> pictures with their<\/span> friend<\/span>s.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Another popular activity was <\/span>build<\/span>ing<\/span> a<\/span> bear, <\/span>where <\/span>students <\/span>could <\/span>choose<\/span> from koalas, dogs, bears<\/span> or<\/span> fox<\/span>es<\/span> and then grab the stuffing according to the animal they choose and stuff away \u00a0the fluffy organs.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

Down the line <\/span>there <\/span>was also semi-permanent tattoos, popcorn, cotton candy, and just in time for the hot season<\/span>,<\/span> everyone’s favorite, the smoothie bar. Everyone raved about the strawberry<\/span>–<\/span>banana<\/span> smoothie and pi\u00f1a coladas<\/span>, and o<\/span>f course<\/span>, they were virgin<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Students enjoyed an afternoon full of fun activities with their friends without spending a dime. Many stood in an hour and a half line to get their best facial features drawn by a cartoonist who worked <\/span>on<\/span> each student<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s<\/span> portrait<\/span> for 4 to 5<\/span> minutes.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Th<\/span>is<\/span> event<\/span> happen<\/span>s<\/span> every semester during finals week, and many students look forward to <\/span>this<\/span> event.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>T<\/span>he students deserve it,<\/span>\u201d said s<\/span>tudent <\/span>H<\/span>olly Cruz<\/span> \u201cW<\/span>e <\/span>go<\/span> through a lot of hard work to get those A<\/span>s.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Finals Fever<\/span> did<\/span> not end <\/span>t<\/span>here<\/span>;<\/span> on May 6 and 7<\/span> the college<\/span> The Office of Student Activities<\/span> will <\/span>host<\/span> Stress<\/span>–<\/span>F<\/span>r<\/span>ee Zone<\/span>s<\/span>, <\/span>with<\/span> m<\/span>a<\/span>ssage therapist<\/span>s<\/span>, games, and DIY project<\/span>s.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For more events like<\/span> this,<\/span> visit hunter.cuny.<\/a><\/span>edu<\/span>\/<\/span>studentsactivities<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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