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By Chris Hammonds
Assistant Editor

College life is not unlike the warning on a bottle of Nyquil - "drowsiness may occur." Everyone knows the value of proper rest, but acknowledging the importance of sleep is one thing while actually getting a good night's sleep is another.

What can be even harder is waking up when you haven't had quite enough rest to have that perky, refreshed feeling.

Some people, however, do not seem to have a problem getting enough rest. "I sleep about 11 hours," said Jonathan Fulton, major undecided.

It's not uncommon to come across students catching some Z's anywhere on campus where there's something soft and horizontal to support their weight.

When napping is so prevalent on campus, one wonders how these students initially wake up to get themselves here in the first place.
Stephen Newman naps
"I've got three alarm clocks and they're all set 15 minute ahead," said Shane Bishop, major undecided, "and they still don't work."

"Alarm clock… snooze… four or five times," said Al Miller, business major and game room attendant.

Indeed, the snooze button is a tricky thing. The average snooze setting is about seven minutes. It's trickery and false hope. An alarm clock sounds and after hitting the snooze, one thinks, "well, I'm cool for the next seven minutes." Pretty soon seven minutes slide by, and the cycle starts again.

Some students require less to get them going. "All you have to do to wake me up is turn on the light," said Fulton.

Mitchell Helwell, education major, agreed with Fulton. "I get up when my wife turns the light on," he said.

Then there are those of us who have not yet smashed their internal clock, those of us who don't require the shrill awakening of an alarm clock buzzer.

"I just jump up. I was in the military and instinctively I just get up," said Monty Davis, human services major.

"I get up at 5 a.m. I love mornings," said Kandy Hammrick, human services major. "Most of the time I don't need a clock," she continued.

If everyone were as fortunate as Davis or Hammrick, then perhaps students would not have such a hard time making it to those 8 a.m. classes on time, and maybe there would not be as many students turning Georgia Highlands College furniture into their own personal beds.