Brown University Health Services sponsored a “Heavy Petting” event this morning, which featured Brown faculty and staff and their furry friends as a great way to de-stress from the barrage of mid-October mid-terms and papers.

Feeling stressed by upcoming finals? Head on over to the Main Green today between 11:30 am and 1 pm.  Lucky for us, ‘Heavy Petting, A Stress Relief Event’ sponsored by the Health Education center is back. And no, it’s not what you’re thinking. Brown faculty and their dogs will be on the green for you to play with in hopes of reducing your stress level. And from past experiences, it (for the moment, at least) works!

Apparently, Brown is the 20th most stressful school, according to The Daily Beast’s college stress rankings. Not sure about their ranking system, though.

While Brown students are lounging at home or partying it up on Spring Break, it seems that our compatriots still can’t get over how hard life is. What is it this time? The Daily Princetonian’s three-part examination of “stress as a way of life.”