To Party or Not to Party?

Ok, what's everyone doing this weekend. Yeah, that's right. They're getting drunk. I was recently reading an article in our college newspaper where the reporter claimed of nothing to do in town except go to parties and drink. They referred to bowling and going to the movies as "lame." Fantastic. So you're admitting that by the time you get to college that you're not CREATIVE enough to think of something to do with your friends besides party, drink, or bowl? Really?
I'm not saying don't go out and drink. I'm not saying don't ever do that. But, c'mon you are smart enough to think of other things to do. Don't use the "nothing else to do" excuse as a reason for getting drunk every night. Play boardgames at a coffee shop with your friends, people watch at WalMart at 2am, go for a walk in the arboretum, see a play, but don't ever say that you couldn't think of anything else to do.

The Last Minute Crunch

Almost exam time, oh no! Students are finding themselves scattering to get last minute projects finished and turned it. While, it is a busy time with an unending workload, students may find themselves taking shortcuts to get their work down. Ok, we've all done it. Half-assed one assignment so that you could devote more time to another. In some circumstances this is necessary with professors pulling big assignments out thin air right when you have a million other things done.
Some students however have found other ways to try to get this work done by using each other as resources. I was recently talking to a friend that was doing an extra credit project for her class. The professor was letting her class attend up to 2 seminars for extra credit. She and another person in the class agreed to swap notes so that they could both get extra credit for 2 seminars. Is this ethical? If the professor had intended the seminars as a learning experience, are the students getting out of it what the professor wanted? In a time crunch, what would you do?