It's that time of year again, and students are preparing for a week of sleepless nights, gallons of coffee and Olympic-style cramming.

Students should not panic if they cannot access this semester's grades after Dec. 18, said Robin Anderson, director of multimedia technology at Information Technology Services (ITS).

While most seniors will be returning after winter break for their final spring semester, 2,633 seniors will graduate on Saturday and become Penn State alumni.

While most of the students on campus will get to hightail it home after taking their last final, some of the athletes, like basketball players and wrestlers, are spending a large part of their vacations practicing and traveling to games and meets.

Most Penn State students are nowhere to be found as State College townspeople stroll down quiet sidewalks, finishing up their last-minute holiday shopping.

While winter vacation may be a break from classes, it's not a break from work for some students whose jobs require them to stay in the State College area throughout the holiday season.

To snow or not to snow?

Like many students during the holiday season, Emily Webster is learning how to stretch a dollar.

Students tell us their favorite (and not-so-favorite) things

This week, Penn State students will be overwhelmed with schoolwork, concentrating solely on studying for their finals … or will they?

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