The Editor’s View

A study conducted by the National Sleep Foundation in January concluded that 63 percent of college students do not get enough sleep.
The average amount of sleep of a college student is roughly six hours, an hour less than what is recommended. The study described college students as being sleep deprived.  
Since I’ve been at Winston-Salem State, there have been very few nights I’ve been able to go to sleep before midnight.
I’m right at the NSF’s reported average. The only time I’m able to sleep more than six hours is on the weekend or school breaks. I barely have the time to sleep.
I have a full course load and two part-time jobs.
Many of you can relate.
That’s just the lifestyle of a college student.
We are a members of organizations and athletic teams. College also brings a lot stress whether it comes to trouble with financial aid, roommates, and of course school work.
It was reported that 15 percent of college students have fallen asleep in class.
This is contributed to those night-before cram study sessions that we have to get ready for a test we should have begun studying for a week ago (even though I believe many professors forget that we have other classes, but that’s another issue.)
The most important method that NSF recommends to getting more sleep is “make sleep a priority.”
Schedule sleep like any other daily activity in your life. Find time to get rest through time management.
Sleep is what recharges both your body and mind overnight to approach the next day fresh.
People who don’t get enough sleep “Short sleepers” have an increased chance of a lower GPA, test scores and bad grades.
 A lack of sleep decreases the brain’s ability to concentrate, and can result in making mistakes.
No matter how busy you are as a college student, make a consistent effort to get sleep.
Experts suggest between seven and nine hours of sleep each night. I know that is a stretch for us, but let’s do the best we can.
Aside from us having more energy, sleeping is healthy.