Bwog is well aware of how sick and tired everyone is from the hellish two weeks we call midterms, so we decided to bring you a bit of optimism: It appears we have it much better than previous generations. Throwbacker Paula Pineros brings us this week’s edition of #tbt.

Not only do we have a much better chance of actually making it to graduation (note the great difference in numbers), we apparently do so with much more enthusiasm (and class, obviously) Note the lack of smiles (and/or life?) on the impressibly mustached faces. Perhaps exams sucked the life out of them, or this is just the psychological response to the lack of emotional release. After all, they didn’t have Yik Yak to complain, Cannons/1020 to let lose, or StressBusters to massage them, so we should probably give them a bit of leeway. Regardless, they look beat.

So, just think of it this way: you’re half a semester closer to the glorious feeling of self-actualization (and shaking PrezBo’s hand—an achievement in and of itself!) Or be really disappointed and stare of into distance with a beautiful ‘stache, which is just as fulfilling, apparently.

Photos via the Columbia Archives