There's a 10-page paper to worry about, big group projects on the horizon and no escaping finals week anxiety. The feeling seems to grow like a throbbing, purple bunion on a foot worn down by endless trips from class to the library, to the apartment and back to class, and so on.

Group projects have become an end-of-semester tradition for some students. Some instructors attempt to not only teach material, but encourage social growth with elaborate and time-consuming projects.