Article: U. Virginia students use tricks to stay awake

Demetra Karamanos
University Wire
02-10-2005
(Cavalier Daily) (U-WIRE) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- You can't stare at your computer screen any longer. Your eyes feel like they're going to pop out of your head. All you want to do is lie down, but you can't even move because you're molded into your desk chair.

Your bed, with its squishy pillows, fluffy duvet and comforting quilt, is calling you. The futon in your living room, the plush carpet in your housemate's room, even the tile kitchen floor look inviting. But you can't sleep now because you have another hundred pages to read or another four pages to write -- or both. What do you do to stay awake?

University of Virginia students have various ...

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