Newman Center to provide pancakes to students for finals week

Students tired of being in the library, haunting the computer labs or hitting the books are encouraged to head to Pancakes at Midnight at St. Thomas More University Parish next week.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, the Newman Center of the St. Thomas More University Parish will serve free pancakes, known informally to many as “Jesus Cakes,” to stressed-out students during finals week, according to Cynthia Schillinger, a pastoral associate.

Volunteers from the parish start preparing pancakes around 10:30 p.m. and keep them warm in ovens until the doors open at 11:55 p.m.

Students begin to line up around 11 p.m., often extending out of the church, down the sidewalk and into the parking lot.

The volunteers keep serving until the last students leave with full stomachs, usually around 1 or 1:30 a.m.

Pancakes at Midnight has taken place during every finals week since the fall semester of 1988, according to Schillinger.

They serve anywhere between 400 and 500 students each time, adding up to a grand total of around 1,300 pancakes.

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