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Study Habits Can Lead to Sleep Loss
Taylor Collier
Issue date: 9/7/06 Section: News
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It's Tuesday night at 10:30 p.m. and you just received a phone call from a classmate reminding you about the paper that's due at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. Because you forgot to write down the assignment in your student planner, you frantically browse the Internet, desperately seeking information to include in the assignment.
You're not sure how you will stay up, so you rely on heavily-caffeinated beverages such as energy drinks and soda. Hours later, you glance at the clock - the time is 2:30 a.m. and you realize you have two more pages to go. Finally, you complete the assignment one hour later, and struggle to rest your mind so you are able to catch a couple hours of sleep before class.
Sound familiar? To several college students, this situation is far from false. However, this isn't a situation that happens once in a while, it's something that occurs on a regular basis - either putting off studying or completing homework, or forgetting about an assignment altogether which ultimately leads to sleep deprivation.
Sleep deprivation is defined as the condition of being robbed of sleep, in real life or in experiment, as opposed to being unable to sleep, according to the Web site dictionary.com
When not in dorm rooms or other designated study places, many students utilize the library as a primary area to study and complete homework. According to Linda Medaris in Library Services, the average number of students utilizing the library from 10-11 p.m. is 125 students, and 80 students from 11 p.m. to midnight.
"There is a slight increase in these numbers when it's time for midterms and finals," Medaris said.
She also noted that the library offers extended hours during finals week by being open to students until 1 a.m., however, there are no extended hours for midterms.
Though sleep-deprivation is an issue concerning several college students nationwide, Becky Steckel, Assistant Director of the Health Center says that fatigue and other sleep-related problems aren't a real concern for CMSU.
You're not sure how you will stay up, so you rely on heavily-caffeinated beverages such as energy drinks and soda. Hours later, you glance at the clock - the time is 2:30 a.m. and you realize you have two more pages to go. Finally, you complete the assignment one hour later, and struggle to rest your mind so you are able to catch a couple hours of sleep before class.
Sound familiar? To several college students, this situation is far from false. However, this isn't a situation that happens once in a while, it's something that occurs on a regular basis - either putting off studying or completing homework, or forgetting about an assignment altogether which ultimately leads to sleep deprivation.
Sleep deprivation is defined as the condition of being robbed of sleep, in real life or in experiment, as opposed to being unable to sleep, according to the Web site dictionary.com
When not in dorm rooms or other designated study places, many students utilize the library as a primary area to study and complete homework. According to Linda Medaris in Library Services, the average number of students utilizing the library from 10-11 p.m. is 125 students, and 80 students from 11 p.m. to midnight.
"There is a slight increase in these numbers when it's time for midterms and finals," Medaris said.
She also noted that the library offers extended hours during finals week by being open to students until 1 a.m., however, there are no extended hours for midterms.
Though sleep-deprivation is an issue concerning several college students nationwide, Becky Steckel, Assistant Director of the Health Center says that fatigue and other sleep-related problems aren't a real concern for CMSU.
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