Puppies Take the Pressure Off Finals

Santa Monica College students took the edge off before final exams by petting and playing with puppies at the Pre FInals Chill Out event on Tuesday, Dec. 6.

Film major Valeria Koch playing with a puppy at the "Puppy Party" as part of the Pre Finals Chill Out event at Santa Monica College on Dec. 14, 2022. She described the time in the pin as the "best 3 minutes of her week." (Spencer Chen)

During the Pre Finals Chill Out at Santa Monica College, puppies were brought to the school for students to pet and play with as a way to de-stress before finals week. December 6, 2022, Santa Monica, Calif. (Jamie Addison | The Corsair)

Students petting puppies at the "Pre Finals Chill Out" at Santa Monica college main campus on Tuseday, December 6, 2022, in Santa Monica, Calif. The event is to relax students a week before finals begin (Daniel De Anda | The Corsair

Santa Monica College students petting and playing with puppies in the quad during the Pre finals Chill Out. December 6, 2022, Santa Monica, Calif. (Jamie Addison | The Corsair)

During the Pre Finals Chill Out at Santa Monica College, puppies were brought to the school for students to pet and play with as a way to de-stress before finals week. December 6, 2022, Santa Monica, Calif. (Jamie Addison | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College students petting and playing with puppies in the quad during the Pre finals Chill Out. December 6, 2022, Santa Monica, Calif. (Jamie Addison | The Corsair)

During the Pre Finals Chill Out at Santa Monica College, puppies were brought to the school for students to pet and play with as a way to de-stress before finals week. December 6, 2022, Santa Monica, Calif. (Jamie Addison | The Corsair)

Students petting puppies at the "Pre Finals Chill Out" at Santa Monica college main campus on Tuseday, December 6, 2022, in Santa Monica, Calif. The event is to relax students a week before finals begin (Daniel De Anda | The Corsair

Azariel Recinos, 18, playing with a puppy as part of the Pre Finals Chill Out event at Santa Monica College on Dec. 6, 2022. (Spencer Chen)

Puppies playing in the quad of Santa Monica College during the Pre Finals Chill Out. December 6, 2022. Santa Monica, Calif. (Jamie Addison | The Corsair)

Student's relaxing at the "Puppy Party," one of the activities offered at Santa Monica College offered as a part of the Pre Finals Chill Out event on Dec. 14, 2022. (Spencer Chen)

Student's relaxing at the "Puppy Party," one of the activities offered at Santa Monica College offered as a part of the Pre Finals Chill Out event on Dec. 14, 2022. (Spencer Chen)

Josh Miner (left), 19, and Sebastion Rudomin right), 18, playing chess at the Pre Finals Chill Out Event at Santa Monica College on Dec. 6, 2022. (Spencer Chen)

Inaya Hughes (CQ) 19,(left) Cosmotology major Kevin Wei 20, Nursing Major at the Pre Finals Chill Out at Santa Monica college main campus students peting pupies. on December 6, 2022, in Santa Monica, Calif.(Daniel De Anda | The Corsair

Angela Bice, Community and Academic Relations Adviser at the "Pre Finals Chill Out" at Santa Monica college main campus students petting puppies. on December 6, 2022, in Santa Monica, Calif.(Daniel De Anda | The Corsair

Sebastiam Rudomin, 28, conteplating his next move in his chess game at the Pre Finals Chill Out event. (Spencer Chen)

Nursing student Kevin Wei 20, at the Associated Students sponsored event geting a hot meal at the "Corsair Family Holiday Event" at Santa Monica College main campus in the Cayton Center and Cafeteria on Tuseday, December 6, 2022, in Santa Monica, Calif.(Daniel De Anda | The Corsair

Santa Monica College Cheer Team at the Associated Students sponsored event "Corsair Family Holiday Event" at Santa Monica College main campus in the Cayton Center and Cafeteria on Tuseday, December 6, 2022, in Santa Monica, Calif.(Daniel De Anda | The Corsair

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