Article: Harvard students fall asleep in class

Alex B. Ginsberg & Jonathan F. Taylor
University Wire
02-18-2000
(Harvard Crimson) (U-WIRE) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- When Noah S. Selsby '95 was a Harvard undergraduate, all-nighters and off-kilter hours were a fact of life.

As a head proctor of the first-year Ivy Yard, Selsby knows firsthand that students' sleep patterns are the same as ever.

"Things haven't changed since nine years ago when I was a freshman," he says. "People still stay up about the same amount of time."

"My sleeping patterns were very erratic," Selsby says. " It's fun--you're not at home any more, people want to stay up, talk to their friends. It's a part of college."

Harvard students have always had trouble getting enough ...

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