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Student on Break Still Gets Anxious at 11:59

By Aggie FacePlant , in Campus Life , at January 17, 2021 Tags: , , , ,

This week, sophomore economics major Marcus Atherton announced he still feels a vague and unplaceable sense of anxiety at 11:59 p.m. every weeknight, despite having finished his last final exam over a month ago.

Atherton stayed at home for the winter break with no actual responsibilities or academic obligations, but he hasn’t stopped breaking into a cold sweat as midnight approaches.

“He keeps having bad dreams, always talking in his sleep about needing to ‘borrow someone’s Chegg real quick,’” said his mother, Ana Atherton. “I didn’t even know what that meant. I thought he was looking for drugs.”

Atherton claims to still hear alerts from Canvas almost every day, only to find no notifications on his phone. “I’m sure the anxiety will fade away,” Atherton said. “I usually get used to the schedule of the break a few days before the spring semester starts.”

 

— Aggie Faceplant