Students eat weird food

Who can make the sun shine for students buried in their books at 2 a.m.? According to many students, the pizza man, the WaWa man -- or even the candy man can. Students said they eat whatever is convenient, as long as it prevents them from falling asleep. "My roommate and I eat anything in the room," College freshman Mandy London said. "The other night we were so hungry we went searching in our room and we found two loaves of bread that we bought parent's weekend. "Yes, one was green, but the other one was fine. So we ate it with peanut butter and jelly," she said. "We ate it just to keep us up." College freshmen Adam Falkowitz and Timothy Wexler said they will eat almost anything late at night -- including stale food from fall break and leftover Halloween candy. They added that occasionally, they like to indulge in delicacies such as Korean specialties and pastrami sandwiches. Other students said they go to even greater lengths to satiate the "studying munchies." Wharton freshman Jason Pike said he creates food that alleviates his hunger and also keeps him awake. "Vivarin burritos," he said. "I put the Vivarin in the burritos." But while some students said they will go as far as cooking macaroni and cheese and cupcakes at one or two in the morning, most agreed that convenience determines their snacks. "[I eat] the same thing every night," College sophomore Josh Klein said. "Wings, Powelton's. There are four of us [and] we order 12 to 24 for each of us every night. And a lot of coffee." College freshman Nicole Kornitzer found a practical solution for her late night hunger. "I have chocolate cravings that I can't [satisfy]," she said. "So I eat Hot Tamales. Hot Tamales pep you up because they're so spicy. "Peppermint stimulates your brain -- it's chemically proven," she added. "But I prefer Hot Tamales over peppermint. They give you a little more click."