Ah, finals week. The time has come for midnight breakfasts, 23-hour quiet hours, and crying literally everywhere. But of course, finals are not a new institution. Lawrence has had finals since its inception in 1847, just like every other educational institution out there. Let us take a quick look back about 70 years and see…

In most years, Feb. 28 marks the end of the shortest month of the year. This year, of course, we have a leap year, and thus, a leap day: Feb. 29, “a great night for the weaker sex,” according to the 1925 Ariel (the old Lawrence Yearbook). Now, every four years for the past 173…