The University is making plans to reduce the stress of dead week and finals week. And churches and study areas are providing snacks and resources during the stressful time. The Five and 459 Commons dining halls hosted the Chancellor’s Pancake Breakfast on Tuesday from 10 p.m. to midnight.The event features free pancakes and a chance to meet the chancellor. Students can pick up blue books and scantrons from Students Government and could win tickets to the Bayou Country Superfest on May 29 and 30. Sherry Leger, campus minister at Christ the King Parish and Catholic Center, said food will be available to students throughout the week.Students can enjoy refreshments at any time from Monday to Saturday in the Church’s activity center.Leger said the center will also offer lunch May 12 and dinner from May 10 to 12 at 6:30 p.m.Middleton Library will be open 24 hours a day from Monday, May 8, to Thursday, May 16. The library will remain open until 2 a.m. on May 17 and 18.The Center for Academic Success also has different study hours during exam week.CAS will offer chemistry tutoring May 10 to 12 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in room 39 of Allen Hall. They will also offer math tutoring May 10 to 13 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Middleton 141-B and physics tutoring May 13 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in room 102 of Nicholson Hall.”We suggest [students] make a master to-do list for each final,” said CAS Director Melissa Brocato. “Try to put it in perspective of what they need to know and use that as a guide to get through all the material.”Brocato said another method is to study in short increments — no more than an hour at a time — and alternate different subjects to give the brain a break.The CAS teaches students to get enough sleep, eat right, have an outlet for stress and take study breaks to have fun. – – – -Contact Catherine Threlkeld at [email protected]