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Midnight breakfast

Midnight breakfast is a generic term for a communal meal served at some American colleges and universities, often served during finals week. Culinary dishes that are generally considered breakfast foods are served in the school's dining hall late at night as a study break before or during final exams, or as a traditional community-building event. Sometimes food is served by faculty and staff. Midnight breakfast is an occasional event and should not be confused with school dining facilities that operate 24 hours a day on a regular basis.

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Midnight breakfast is a generic term for a communal meal served at some American colleges and universities, often served during finals week.123 Culinary dishes that are generally considered breakfast foods are served in the school's dining hall late at night (hence "midnight") as a study break before or during final exams, or as a traditional community-building event. Sometimes food is served by faculty and staff.1 Midnight breakfast is an occasional event and should not be confused with school dining facilities that operate 24 hours a day on a regular basis.

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  1. "Administrators to Serve Midnight Breakfast to Students During Finals Week | College of the Holy Cross". news.holycross.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  2. "Midnight Breakfast - Tuesday, November 13 | Events | Division of Student Affairs | DePaul University, Chicago". offices.depaul.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  3. College, Odessa. "Odessa College - Midnight Breakfast". www.odessa.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-24.