Recap - Sleep

There are many things one can do to improve sleep habits. Lack of sleep can be detrimental to many areas of life – studies, memory, daily energy. Dr. Johnson Cheu, a professor at MSU, said he has had to talk to many students regarding their sleeping in his class. He said he finds this is most common in freshman who have not yet adjusted to college life. In order to beproductive and attentive, one must make sleep a priority. Colucci offered a variety of suggestions to improve sleep habits, including putting away electronics early on, designating one’s bed to be a place only for sleeping (not eating, or studying, etc.) so that one’s body will be accustomed to associating the bed with sleep, and not eating close to bedtime. Both Burrell and Dwyer have found MSU dorm life to be distracting, and have a hard time making sleep a top priority. However, MSU offers resources for students whose lack of sleep becomes a serious issue.