As students approach their finals, colleges across the country are offering new and creative ways to “de-stress,” filled with slime, bubbles, and llamas.
The University of California, Berkeley, for instance, recently hosted a “llama love-in” for students before finals, with video of the event showing students lining up to pet llamas.
“The students are sensing the llamas’ magic. And when the love starts going back and forth, it’s the real thing,” an organizer of the event said.
Meanwhile, the University of Nebraska, Lincoln offered students a “stress-free zone” that included coloring books, chair massages, stress relief toys, and even slime.
Binghamton University is hosting an entire “stress-free spring,” featuring events such as “create a chia pet” in which all attendees are educated on “the benefits of having small indoor plants.”
Other events provide students with aromatherapy, de-stressing lotions, cake, as well as cookies and milk.
Wichita State University is in the midst of a “finals frenzy” with events like “splatter your stress” for students to paint, “stress-free karaoke,” rock painting, and bubbles.
“The residence halls get lonely sometimes and it sucks that you can’t have your pet with you, so stop by and make a pet rock to keep you company through finals. You can even keep one in your car for those long trips by yourself,” one event description states.
Shenandoah University, on the other hand, will help students “de-stress for success” by helping them “decorate” their own cookies, while Bridgewater State University offered “cupcake decorating” and “friendship bracelet making.”
The “stress-free zone” at the Illinois Institute of Technology will offer a “Yell like Hell” event as well as “arcade machines.”
Several other universities, including Penn State University, the University of Arkansas, and Roosevelt University, host “de-stress fests” with comfort dogs, face masks, and arts and crafts.
