University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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side from the continual activity of campus life, the University offered quiet serenity to anyone willing to step back from the crowd and look around. In the manner of a single artist, the multitude of architects, builders, sculptors and groundskeepers produced, over dozens of years, a campus of resplendent beauty. While thousands jammed classrooms, checked out all the books in the library, and bought the last blue book, the crowd could not fill every spot under thick shade trees, or diminish the brilliant view from the top of the Tower. Although it seemed as if we were about to burst at the seams, taking a moment to stop and feed the squirrels reminded us of the University Masterpiece. A University Masterpiece 1 1 SSimi;

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Catching Z ' s Edited by Barbara Neyens In Mexico, the stores, restaurants and shops all closed daily for the siesta. In the Tropics and the Med- iterranean people observed afternoon rest periods as strictly as Americans val- ued their lunch hours. And at the Uni- versity, students freely adopted, and even looked forward to, this activity which their mothers had previously at- tempted to force upon them: the nap. I take naps whenever I ' ve had a rough test or if I ' ve stayed up late study- ing. That ' s how I get through the day, Mimi Sawatka, communications fresh- man, said. She wasn ' t alone. According to a study published in the Jan. 29, 1989, Parade Magazine, 55 percent of college students napped on a regular basis. Naps were believed to improve moods and even increase memory. Moreover, researchers found that humans had an innate tendency to sleep twice a day, at SWEET DREAMS: Scott Fredrickson, pharmacy senior, takes a break during Adds and Drops in September. photo by John Moore night and in the afternoon. Frequent nappers supported this theory. I usually take a two-hour nap in the afternoon, so I ' m full of energy to study or go out at night, Trey Brown, mar- keting senior, said. After an afternoon nap, I can stay up until 2 a.m. and then sleep four or five hours. I get my seven hours of sleep that way. But busy schedules often made it dif- ficult for students to squeeze in that much-needed rest. Some had to impro- vise. Karen Kuhn, advertising sopho- more, lived off campus and didn ' t have time to go back to her apartment be- tween classes. I don ' t have time to come home, so I walk to a friend ' s house on campus. I sleep there and then go back to class, she said. For those who were denied their af- ternoon repose, life could get difficult. I get cranky or I don ' t have enough energy to study without a nap. I feel unmotivated. I end up going to bed early or just being lazy, Sawatka said. Maybe Mom was right after all. Student Life 13