Spring Break
Some sleepless in San Jose
Andy Chu
Issue date: 4/26/07 Section: News
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As the final days of the semester draw near for the students of San Jose State University, and with finals down the line it just adds another reason for a generation to go with little or no sleep.
"Who really gets enough sleep these days anyways?" asked Steve DeCosta, a sophomore majoring in business marketing. "I've been pulling all-nighters since high school, so it's nothing new to me."
In a few weeks students will be bombarded with term papers, final projects, reading and the beloved comprehensive final.
Though a majority of last minute crammers can avoid pulling an all-nighter to finish their work, Junior Nicholas Carrillo, a mechanical engineering student, says that even students who have all their assignments in line can be pushed to stay up late finishing work.
"Yeah I don't think anyone in my calculus class is breathing easy about the final we're going to have at the end," Carrillo said. "I wouldn't be surprised if everyone stays up late for a couple nights cramming because I don't think anyone would be comfortable with 16 weeks of calculus without studying into the night."
Finals and schoolwork can be a main contributing factor to sleep deprivation, but even at times away from school young people of this generation still don't sleep, said Mai Phuong, a senior nursing student.
"People are always up and out late on the weekends and I don't know a lot of people that actually go to sleep before 11 p.m. regularly," Phuong said. "Twenty-four hours in the day are not enough anymore."
So what is keeping an entire generation up so late?
Garrett Barker, a senior majoring in justice studies, manages a Mattress Discounters store and said that schoolwork is just a part of the big picture.
"It's the lifestyles that people live today - look at all the 24-hour restaurants, gyms and all the alcohol and drugs people consume all night," Barker said. "People come in all the time thinking that a mattress will solve their sleeping problems. The real solution is managing their time."
"Who really gets enough sleep these days anyways?" asked Steve DeCosta, a sophomore majoring in business marketing. "I've been pulling all-nighters since high school, so it's nothing new to me."
In a few weeks students will be bombarded with term papers, final projects, reading and the beloved comprehensive final.
Though a majority of last minute crammers can avoid pulling an all-nighter to finish their work, Junior Nicholas Carrillo, a mechanical engineering student, says that even students who have all their assignments in line can be pushed to stay up late finishing work.
"Yeah I don't think anyone in my calculus class is breathing easy about the final we're going to have at the end," Carrillo said. "I wouldn't be surprised if everyone stays up late for a couple nights cramming because I don't think anyone would be comfortable with 16 weeks of calculus without studying into the night."
Finals and schoolwork can be a main contributing factor to sleep deprivation, but even at times away from school young people of this generation still don't sleep, said Mai Phuong, a senior nursing student.
"People are always up and out late on the weekends and I don't know a lot of people that actually go to sleep before 11 p.m. regularly," Phuong said. "Twenty-four hours in the day are not enough anymore."
So what is keeping an entire generation up so late?
Garrett Barker, a senior majoring in justice studies, manages a Mattress Discounters store and said that schoolwork is just a part of the big picture.
"It's the lifestyles that people live today - look at all the 24-hour restaurants, gyms and all the alcohol and drugs people consume all night," Barker said. "People come in all the time thinking that a mattress will solve their sleeping problems. The real solution is managing their time."
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