It will be free, it will be fun, and it just might be good for your health. The Campus Activities Board (CAB) of Point Park University will hold its inaugural “FIN” celebration on Friday, April 29, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the parking lot of the Student and Convocation Center on the Boulevard of the Allies.”It [will] be an end of the year celebration for the students to congratulate them on making it through and working hard,” said Margaret Hane, the student chair of CAB, in an email interview.Hane said the idea behind the party spawned from the relief she remembered feeling in high school once her exams were over and she was able to enjoy the summer weather.”I would always enjoy the parties and the newfound freedom,” Hane said. “I figured, even though we are grown up and in college, we still deserve the same kind of unwinding time.”FIN will feature numerous activities, including ice cream, tie-dying stands, and photo booths for souvenir pictures. All festivities are sponsored by CAB and will be free to all students.Dr. Brent Robbins of the Department of Humanities and Human Sciences said that FIN will be beneficial to students wishing to relieve their stress levels during a time when their mental and emotional stresses are elevated.Stress was originally a mechanical engineering term which still indicates a measure of the amount of tension or pressure that a structure is able to withstand. Robbins said the term migrated to the field of psychology as a term to measure physical and mental pressure in humans. He also said that stress is related to conflicts in one’s life.”A ‘stressor’ is really something that is challenging your ability to achieve a goal that you might have,” Robbins said. “Often … the more stressors you have, the more conflict you have and you find yourself faced with the problem of choosing between two things; … you can’t do everything.”Kristin Cadman, a sophomore elementary education major, said she experiences physical discomforts during finals week.”I always get back pains, but it’s probably from slouching over all the time,” Cadman said. “I also sometimes get headaches from staying up all night studying.”However, Cadman’s posture and sleep schedule may only be the only factor in her part pain. Physical illness can result from choosing not to relieve one’s stress levels. Robbins said the physical manifestation of a mental state is called “somatization.” The headaches and back pains that people experience during times of high stress are not “all in your head.” They are very real.”Often … even before people realize that they’re stressed, the first thing they feel is physical symptoms,” Robbins said. “Whenever you’re stressed, one of the first things that happens is your muscles tense up… [this] can cause constriction in the nerves, … back pains and tension headaches.”If anyone is unable to attend FIN, Robbins also recommended exercise, personal reward systems and meditation as ways to relieve stress levels.Any students wanting to volunteer to assist with the celebration should contact Hanes at the Campus Activities Board. The event will be held April 29. Other arrangements will be made in the event of inclement weather.