Activities around town: * Festival of Lights Free Ice Skating - Dec. 16, 17, 23, 25, 26. Times vary. Admission is free; skate rental is $2.50. For more information, call Jordan Valley Ice Park at 866-7444. * "The Nutcracker" - Dec. 16-18. Prices and times vary.
It's finals week, you've been up for 63 hours straight and you just consumed your eighteenth Mountain Dew-Red Bull-Coffee concoction you recently invented. Let's face it; you're exhausted, tired, and your stomach can barely stand the sight of that pesky organic chemistry book.
The month of November inspired National Novel Writing Month and unleashed some talented freshman who produced their very own novels. The contest is sponsored by NaNoWriMo, which is a novel-writing program and is an abbreviation of National Novel Writing Month.
If you get less than six hours of sleep, you could be endangering your health, according to sleep specialist David Worley of Cox Regional Sleep Deprivation Center. That's why it is important, with finals approaching fast, to allow your mind and your body plenty of time to rest.