photo by Matt Nemeth
Located on the lower level of the University Center, the University’s new nap room features ambient lighting, a beanbag cushion, and noise guidelines, allowing students to safely doze between classes.
Drowsy students who cannot keep their eyes open during class can mosey on over to the University Center to catch a few Z’s.
University students are allowed to rest in a new nap room in between classes or any other times they want to rest.
Jesse Padjune, an English major who graduated last spring semester, believes that the nap room would be a great area for commuters that have night classes.
“As long as it’s an area that’s strictly for that, I wouldn’t mind. I think that it would be beneficial to students,” Padjune said. “I think that it would be nice for students to have a place to lounge out and relax.”
The University’s nap room is located on the lower level of the library.
The room includes dim lights, one beanbag which has been placed in a corner of the room, with five other chairs, a couch and two tables. The area is quiet, and all that can be heard is the furnace, which keeps the quiet area warm.
Cheyenne Sturgis, a junior pre-med major, believes the nap room “doesn’t seem to be productive” because of its location in the library, which is a place where students often study.
“Honesty, I kind of feel like it’s counterproductive,” Sturgis said. “Having a nap room only increases the chances of me going asleep instead of doing the work that I’ve come here to do.”
Despite her opinions concerning the relationship between the nap room and the productivity of students, Padjune also believes that the nap room will be beneficial for commuters.
“I think that it would be great for commuters,” Padjune said. “If [I] had three or four hours, it would be great to take a nap.”
Marcus Albert, a freshman sports, arts and entertainment management (SAEM) major, believes that the room is not needed for students with dorms and that a single bean bag for rest may not be hygienic.
“People that are coming to the library to nap are most likely commuters that can’t go to their dorms to nap. If you lived here, I don’t know why you would come to the library to nap,” Albert said. “I don’t see the point in it. I don’t know how they are going to keep it clean if there [are] thirty people sleeping on one bean bag a day.”
Phillip Doverspike, a freshman commuter, feels that the idea of using one beanbag can cause health issues.
“I wouldn’t use a room to nap in because it’s unsanitary and creepy,” Doverspike said. “We have a commuter lounge, and people often sleep in [there], but I wouldn’t sleep in public.”
Doverspike also believes that the room is pointless.
“For me, it would be pointless because it’s just gross,” Doverspike said. “I’d rather have something else.”
Zachary Hoey, a senior commuter and cinema production major, also feels that the nap room is not a good idea.
“I didn’t think that nap rooms were a thing that colleges have. It’s not encouraging you to work. It’s encouraging you to rest,” Hoey said. “The nap room feels pointless to me. I feel like it would be something that is kind of there. It’s going to become another one of the thousands of study areas in this library.”
