You have this paper to write—this paper you’ve been putting off writing for the past week-and-a-half because you just don’t know where to start and because the subject matter isn’t very interesting and because, well, you’ve finally gotten into “The Office.” But now, you’re running out of episodes of “The Office” to watch, and you’re looking for something else to do with your time instead of actually writing the paper.

Whether you’re a slave to studio, indentured to essays or bonded to biology, chances are you’ve missed out on some pop culture this semester. Don’t worry though, Cadenza has you covered. Use winter break (or reading week, it’s really up to you) to catch up on what you’ve missed. https://twitter.com/BigBirdRomney/status/253688506784829440 https://twitter.

As rough as all-nighters in Whisper’s can be, a far more foul experience awaits students in graduate school. Advisors are tyrannical, the pay is miserable and lab hours are torturous. Perhaps unsurprisingly, half of those who start a doctoral program will not complete their degree.

At the end of every semester that I’ve had at Washington University, I’ve written at least one 15-20 page essay. First, it was the triumphal columns of Istanbul; second, female stereotypes in Spenser’s “The Faerie Queene;” third, why Egyptian civilization persevered while the Mycenaeans vanished around the 13th century B.C. Each of these essays was entirely unrelated in all ways but two: They were written in a concentrated frenzy of creativity from about 10 p.m. to 5 p.m. the next day (when they were due) and they are the best pieces of writing I have produced in my life.