MORE COLLEGE CODDLING: NAP ROOMS

Over the past two years, universities have been embracing nap pods and nap rooms to address what California State University calls “the sleep crisis on college campuses.”
– In September, California State University-Fullerton brought a special nap trailer to campus, where students could take a 40-minute nap in personalized compartments.
– Last semester, the same campus hosted a “Sleep Eazzy” event, designating a special nap area on campus.
– Students can take a 45-minute nap throughout the day at CSU Northridge’s Oasis Wellness Center. The campus purchased six nap pods, which cost about $9,000 each and are outfitted with soft music and “subtle vibrations on the back.”
– The University of Michigan has installed six vinyl cots in the undergraduate library. To make room for the nap spaces, the university removed several study tables.
* What’s more, the colleges are hiring full-time tucker-inners.
* Vinyl cots vs. $9,000 “nap pods”? I think it’s clear which of these two colleges has their priorities in order.
* I guess the college students are tired after all that play time in the ball pit and at the coloring book table.
* Couldn’t this problem be solved by a few hot coffee vending machines?
* It’s a “sleep crisis”? I guess you have to use strong language when the students are so drowsy.
* If college kids want to sleep, let them embrace the tradition of sleeping where they’re supposed to: in class.
* Hey – here’s a crazy idea: When a college kid says he’s tired, give him a kick in the pants and tell him stop playing video games until four in the morning.
* They removed study tables to make room for the nap spaces? That’s perfect. Rarely does a detail capture the whole story.
* Back in my day we had to make do with the classroom to take our naps.
* “Subtle vibrations on the back.” Sure, take some highly sexed up college kids and start vibrating them. See how that works for you.
* Wait until the clips of sex in the nap spaces start hitting the Internet.
* PHONE TOPIC: Seriously, what they hell is happening in colleges? Why are they treating these young adults as pre-schoolers?