1. There are bright lights and a still silence is in the room. Its 6:30 on a Tuesday night and I am in the Student athlete Study hall. Reading an article I am soon interrupted by my teammate snoring. We have only been in for a half hour and fellow wrestler is passed out cold in front of his angel computer screen. I realized he is exhausted from practice, as was I, but it was only 6:45, I knew there had to be more to the story. “He decided to go to bed last night a 2am” someone whispered across the room, hearing his snore. This really affected him dramatically. His day was long and it started out with a 6:15 morning workout, then class, then practice at 3, and then finally study hall. It was way too much for a body to handle without the rest needed, the night before. Only get roughly four hours of sleep makes it harder to tackle on the day. It seems the day has finally caught up to him and he laid face first on the keyboard with his mouth wide open and drewling. What a shame it was to watch a teammate suffering his school work and athletics, and overall performance because of a facebook addition he had that is keeping him up night after night. He needs someone to coach him through this and set his priorities straight. He was moody the whole day and his body is showing sign and symptoms of sleep deprivation. He is flush red in the face, his eyes look like purple punching bags and he can barely keep them open to speak.
2. “it’s a problem that been around for a long time and will be around for a long time, everyone knows they need more sleep but getting it is the tough part.” Jahn Beavers (junior/Business major)
“Yes, I think academic success is proportional to sleep.” Brandon Phillips (freshman/DUS/student athlete.)
“When I hit that snooze alarm I wish I could just go back to sleep forever” Justin Ortega (sophomore/197 pound starter for PSU’s wrestling team.)
3. An average of 63% of college students do not get enough sleep, according to a recent study done by the national sleep foundation. www.stateuniversity.com/.../Sleep-Deprivation-A-Common-Occurrence-for- College-Students.html,
According to the HealthTree, teenagers are actually at risk of developing depression from their lack of sleep. They say stress is the leading cause of sleep deprivation. Teens that aren’t getting the right amount of sleep are 3 times more likely to be depressed than a student who is getting all their sleep. http://www.healthtree.com/news/research-and-development/teens-may-need-more-sleep-to-combat-depression/,
Sleep is something all our bodies need, in order to keep everything, including your vital organs functioning properly. About 8 to 10 days is the high limit one person can stay awake before experiencing signs of pain, hallucinations, and overall perception. Although they do say with 1 to 2 night of recovery sleep that person is fine. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-long-can-humans-stay,
A study done by the journal of adolescent health says that only 30% of students sleep at least 8 hours a night. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/160265.php,
4. The research I want to conduct further is the effects of Thon, and what it does to its dancers. Interviewing people during and after this event will help give me insight into what kind of effort these people are putting out. I want to know how long it will take the average college student to recover from dancing for 46 hours with a tight college schedule. Do students want help with managing their sleep? Or do they think the problem is incurable. Is facebook and the internet playing a huge factor in the lack of sleep.
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