Students sneaking snoozes
It's summertime, and the napping is e-zzzzz — even on campus.
By Matt Hydeman Kansan staff writer
it's hot. You've just finished a long class and a big lunch. Now the next obvious challenge to face may be where to nap this afternoon. The obvious place might be home. But many KU students may not have the time between classes
to get there, take a nap, and then return.
With no "nap map" to guide them, students may spend a long time in search of the perfect vary place to rest. While preferences on where to snooze away from the midday sun vary, some on-campus options exist.
The criteria for the four selected include:
- reasonable temperature
- good campus location
- quiet and secluded.
Watson Library, fifth floor
Description: cool, with a nice view of the northern part of campus toward the stadium and pretty quiet. Plenty of soft couches and chairs, but also a few reading carols that are secluded as well.
Jenny Hsu, Topeka senior, said that she enjoyed the fifth floor of the library because of the comfortable seating.
"I can crash anywhere, really," she said. "At a desk or in a chair. But the conformable seats here are nice."
Husaid that she sometimes took a nap in the afternoons because she committed and had to get up early to get to her classes.
"I have to get up at an ungodly hour to
make it here," she said. "Or I stay up late to finish my work and need a man later on."
Amanda Williams, Lawrence sophomore and Watson library employee, said that she saw quite a few people sleeping on the fifth floor.
"A lot of the fraternities have their study times up here and they sleep instead," she said. "There are the 'regulars' we have as well."
Williams speculated that many people who did come to the library to sleep came for the air-conditioning.
Anschutz Science Library,
third floor reading area
Description: cool and quiet, there's a great view of the stairs between Hoch Auditorium and Wescoe Hall for the tired eyes to focus upon before drifting off...
he liked the science library because of its location and air conditioning, as well as not a lot of people.
Watson Library, first floor readers lounge
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readers lounge
Description: cool, actually chilly, room set away from the stacks and formerly the designated smoking room of Watson. Quite a few cushioned chairs and several carpeted areas. Very quiet.
Mary Hawkins, assistant dean for public services for the University's libraries, said that because Watson was a public building, anyone could enter. Most of the people who do are students seeking a place to study.
But even students with the best intentions fall asleep.
"It's not unusual for people to nod off when they're reading," she said.
Hawkins said that the library staff were understanding with those who took a nap in the library, but would wake people if necessary.
"At closing, people need to leave the building," she said. "So we'll wake people up when we're closing."
Kansas Union, fourth floor television lounge
Description: Though it does have lights set into the ceiling, the only light in the room came from the Coke machine sitting at the rear of the room. The television's volume is generally low, and it's air-conditioned. Chairs are somewhat cushioned, but they're square, blocky things that tend to cramp one's sleeping style.
Juanaita Williams, Salina senior, said that she disliked the television lounge because it was too dark and often busy.
"If I fell asleep there, I'd sleep the entire day," she said. "People fight over the channel and the door's always opening and closing."
Williams said that she preferred the library and its moiet, well-lit areas.
"You go into a sleep limbo' when you're sleeping in places like that," she said. "You can wake up immediately if you have to."
Williams said that one of her places she liked to have a afternoon nap was at the rear of Whisk Hall, just behind the third floor auditoriums.
"It's shady and there's a nice breeze," she said.
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Campus Events
Lied Center
SUA Movie
Summer on the Hill '94 — E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, tomorrow 9 p.m., Campanile Hill, by stadium parking lot, free
Swarthout Recital Hall
Midwestern Music Camp, Faculty/Staff recital. 8
tonight, free
- Midwestern Music Camp, Chamber Music recital 8 p.m. tomorrow, free
- Midwestern Music Camp, Piano Academy recital, 1
p.m. Saturday, free
Midwestern Music Camp, Jazz Ensemble concert, 7:30 p.m. Friday, free
Nightlife
The Bottleneck
737 New Hampshire
Lotion, Overwhelming Colofast and Shoot Out the Lights, tonight
Monterey Jack and Blue Museum, tomorrow
Millions, Water Works and Tabula Rasa, Friday
18 and over show: Possum Dixon, Red Red Meat and
Tripmaster Monkey, Saturday
Call 841-LIVE for times and prices.
The Jazzhaus
926 1/2 Massachusetts St.
926 1/2 Massachusetts St.
Turk Stockhammer and Dan Bliss, tomorrow
Ida McBeth and Friends, Friday, Saturday
Call 749-3320 for times and prices
Liberty Hall
644 Massachusetts St.
Big Brother/Big Sister Casino Night, Saturday Call 749-1912 for times and prices.
Mulligan's
1016 Massachusetts St.
1016 Massachusetts St.
Boulevard Presents: Acoustic Open Mike, tonight
Daryl Lee and Megan Hurt, tomorrow
Lonesome Hounddogs, Friday
Hellcat Trio, Saturday
Call 865-4055 for times and prices.
People and places at the University of Kansas.
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