Wednesday, September 13, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 7
From studying lecture notes on the Internet to preparing to write a paper, students can use the Computer Center on campus 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Photo by Melissa Carr/KANSAN
Students use computers at all hours for work, play
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friends or doing homework. He says psychology homework has kept him at the lab until about 3 in the morning.
12:58 a.m.
"What motivates students to play golf?" ponders Wan Chunhsiung, a Taipei, Taiwan graduate student working on her master's thesis in health, sports and exercise science. She is making some changes before she has to turn it in the next day.
Chunhsiung is studying surveys from students who volunteered to play in a golf outing.
"For a girl to be here late at night, a lot of people would say it's not a good idea," she said. "I feel safe here. It's the transportation
home that I worry about. You have to be careful."
2:04 a.m.
Fernando Arenas, Medellin,
Colombia, graduate student,
is talking to his girlfriend in Los
Angeles on an instant message
service. He hopes to visit her in a
few weeks.
He comes to the lab — often until about 3 a.m. — to avoid tying up his home Internet connection for his roommates. He has a class at 9 a.m.
"I'll be there — a little tired, but happy, too," he said.
2:52 a.m.
Cindy Daniels is writing a letter to a pen pal in New York. She isn't a student, but she lives in Lawrence and comes in a couple
times a week to use a computer to write letters, sometimes until 4 or 5 a.m.
"I figure, it's here; why not take advantage of it?" she said of the lab.
3:49 a.m.
Eric Morrisr. Topea junior, just came in about an hour ago to start working on a project for a product design class. Listening to the techno-ambient group The Orb on a pair of big, cushy headphones, he is among the last in the lab tonight.
He has class at 11 a.m. and expects to be here until about 5 a.m. He has mastered the art of surviving a full day of classes after a night at the computer lab.
"I take a lot of naps,"he said.
— Edited by Warisa Chulindra
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