Student complains of loud neighbors and campus

It’s nearly 6:30 a.m. and I am jarred from my sleep by the pounding taking place for the deconstruction of McCord hall.

It takes all I have to keep myself from opening the backdoor of my University Village apartment and shouting a few carefully selected words to the workers.

Unable to reach REM sleep again, I find myself lying awake awaiting my alarm to sound so that I may start my day.

I finally complete my day of classes where I have acquired homework assignments and am ready to study.

However, something hinders my ability to concentrate. Could it be the extremely loud music and shouting outside of my apartment?

No. Absolutely not. It’s nearly 10 p.m. There’s no way the university would allow such loud music this late. I’m wrong.

How ridiculous is it that a college student can’t get any sleep? Okay, wait. I retract that question.

The average college student doesn’t get enough sleep, this is a well-known fact, but one would have to agree that this lack of sleep would be the student’s choice.

Either staying out and partying all night, or procrastinating, students have to pull all-nighters in order to get the grade. How often is it that students lose sleep because of situations outside their control?

Others are deciding when we get to sleep on this campus. We MUST be awake by 6:30 a.m. and we MUST stay awake until 11p.m. How ridiculous. I’ll be sure not to set my alarm clock.

Alicia Booher Communications Jackson