June 7, 2002

Living It Up on the Dead Days

By BEN GOSE

Here at the University of Texas, summer does not wait for the spring semester to end. That creates plenty of temptation for students during what are called "dead days," the two school days between the end of classes and the beginning of final exams.

In theory, students spend that period chained to a library desk, polishing off papers and cramming for tests. But you don't have to be a university president to figure out that many 18- to 22-year-olds will find other ways to occupy what

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