Dead Week Puzzles 2016

It is so easy to get caught up in your frantic studies and lose track of your surroundings. We may hate sitting in UC Berkeley's various libraries as we cram for finals, but we must admit, these buildings have tremendous aesthetic appeal.

The Daily Californian is bringing you this special issue full of puzzles, games and advice to help you wind down between study spurts. We hope you take care of yourself, and we wish you the best of luck on finals.

With finals just around the corner, everyone on campus seems stressed out, but just how bad of a student are you? Here’s a checklist so that you can find out.

Every student is familiar with RRR week and looks forwards to it, for with the onset of RRR week comes the most hyped social event of the semester: library hopping, the nerd’s equivalent to the bar crawl.

Think you know Berkeley? Test your knowledge of the names of the city's streets by solving these anagrams.

Make your sleep-deprived friends jealous by ensuring healthy productivity every second of every day during RRR week.

Just because your liquor bottles are collecting dust on the shelf doesn’t mean you must abandon the spirit of collegiate life.

Whether you are in the library or at a cafe, put any of these albums on and leave the Spotify window open to impress the person studying next to you on the off chance they might accidentally glance over. They’ll silently be intimidated by your hip music, and you’ll feel really cool.

With RRR week upon on us and finals looming over our tired bodies ready to take the last of our energy, students are searching for guidance on how to survive the next two weeks. The perfect role model? Rory Gilmore.

You recall the apocalyptic stories you heard from older students. You had heard them — the juniors in your English class, the seniors in your lecture — but you didn’t think they could be telling the truth.