Students Don't Sleep Enough, Have Too Much Stress
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OPINION SPORTS ARTS & CULTURE Safe spaces combat Trends after another Antiques come hate ineffectively women’s win to Old Town Vol. 128, No. 67 Monday, November 26, 2018 page 7 page 8 page 11 As sleep continues to elude some students, it is taking an effect on student success. Sleep is the third largest factor affecting college students’ academic perfomance, and as students are receiving less sleep, anxiety and stress levels continue to rise. INFOGRAPHIC BY MEG METZGER-SEYMOUR COLLEGIAN Students don’t sleep enough, have too much stress By Emma Iannacone A new study by the American tors) that students don’t necessari- dent Veterans Program within the Many of the student veter- @EmmaIannacone College Health Association showed ly recognize is a struggle for them, Department of Occupational Ther- ans Eakman works with have that less than half of college stu- but when they pause long enough apy’s Center for Community Part- post-traumatic stress disorder, With heavy dark bags hanging dents reported getting enough to think about how it impacts their nerships. He is also the director anxiety or other forms of mental under their eyes and a double-shot sleep to feel rested in a 3-5 day pe- academics, it absolutely is,” Patrias for the Restoring Effective Sleep illnesses causing trouble in their coffee in hand, tired Colorado riod, something students may find said. Tranquility program, which offers sleep patterns. Through the REST State University students wan- normal, but experts find troubling. Despite numerous studies “group-based and individualized program, Eakman has found that der around campus like zombies Janelle Patrias, manager of re-enforcing the importance of sleep improvement education and better sleep can lead to better men- in preparation for another finals mental health initiatives at CSU, quality rest, sleep can still be a rare support to qualifying post-9/11 stu- tal health. week. But the sweet relief of catch- said students often don’t notice treat for CSU students, especially dent veterans.” It aims to improve “When we’ve had opportuni- ing up on sleep over fall break how large of an impact their lack of veterans. veterans sleep quality and mental ties to work with them and their shows something is wrong with sleep has on them. 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Fire- During an investigation con- Thanksgiving morning. arms were reportedly stolen ducted by FCPS Collision Recon- from the shop, according to a struction and Scene Handling, press release from FCPS. the team determined that the In a minute-long video post- suspect vehicle involved in the TIMELINE OF EVENTS ed on the FCPS Twitter, FCPS collision is the same vehicle that ■ 3:35 a.m. Media Team Member Bran- was used in the pawn shop bur- Police receive call of a burglary don Barnes said police received glary earlier that morning. alarm activation at a pawn shop a call of a suspicious vehicle with The firearms in the vehicle located in the 2900 block of firearms inside it parked near the were also determined to have South College Avenue. intersection of Arctic Fox Drive been taken from the shop. The and Caribou Drive. Officers tried suspect vehicle had recently ■ 9:46 a.m. to make contact but the vehicle been stolen from Weld County. Fort Collins Police received a call fled and officers did not pursue. Orozco was arrested on mul- of a suspicious vehicle. Shortly after, the fleeing vehicle tiple outstanding arrest war- ■ Soon after the reported call, the caused a collision at the inter- rants including second-de- suspect vehicle causes the fatal section of Harmony Road and gree burglary, vehicular eluding, Boardwalk Drive. The car then aggravated motor vehicle theft crash at Harmony Road. veered off the roadway and into and violation of bail bond condi- a nearby business, killing a father tions. and daughter. The investigation is still on- Around 3:35 a.m. Thanks- The Larimer County Coro- going. giving morning, Fort Collins ner’s Office identified the victims Delaney Allen can be reached Police Services received a call of of the crash as John Nees, 55, at news@collegian.com. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa and his 4 | News | Monday, November 26, 2018 Assessment spring 2018 study. been more likely to complete the tributing to sleep problems in playing “League of Legends” and The student veterans in the survey than those who did not,” students is the blue light emitted other video games on his comput- Sleep REST program often have chron- Eakman wrote in an email to The from electronics, such as phones er, but said he’s taken precautions ic insomnia, Eakman said, which Collegian. and laptops, Eakman said. On the against the effects of blue light. >> from page 1 led him to wonder if problems While there could be other other side of campus, Patrias sees Pritchard bought blue light sleeping is a commonality among factors contributing to the high this problem too. blocking glasses and uses f.lux, a non-veteran students. percentage of students qualifying “What we hear often times is software program that changes sleep has improved because of the He conducted a survey for insomnia, such as sleep apnea, (students) are on their devices un- the color of screens to minimize program, we see decreases in their in spring 2018 of nearly 700 CSU Eakman said 40 percent is a high til right before they fall asleep and the effects of electronic use before depression, in their stress and in students, and more than half indi- prevalence rate.