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How To Stay Awake In Hagg-Sauer 100

By Brian Hopkins

For many of students attending Bemidji State University, HS 100 is a room that they will get to know. The room, mainly used for large introductory courses, is the largest lecture hall on campus. With roughly 500 seats, it's relatively easy to go to class unnoticed. Plus, comfortable chairs make it hard to stay awake.

Whether taking an introductory science, sociology or psychology course, chances are that the lack of interesting information may cause you to become tired. Here are some tips, to avoid sleeping in class.

How To Do It

  • First, try to get a decent night of sleep before you go to class. I know you have other things going on in your life, but try to get at least five hours of sleep. An 8:00 am Physical Science class might be tough to stay awake for.
  • Also, drink the proper beverages. If you are having trouble staying awake, go and get an energy fix. Whether a Mountain Dew, a cup of coffee or a can of Red Bull, some liquid energy might do the trick for avoiding shut-eye.
  • Next, bring some reading material (something besides your textbook). If you want to look like you are paying attention, to perhaps avoid being singled out as a sleeper, just look like you are studying. I suggest a magazine. Bring a Maxim, Cosmo, or something else that can keep your attention. Read something that interests you. Not only will this impress your professor, but it will give you something a little more interesting to read than a sociology textbook.
  • Finally, if these options have failed and you just can't stay awake, skip class. Chances are you won't miss much anyway, since usually the notes are on the internet. Just stay home to sleep, and make sure that you wake up for your noon class.

Quick Tips

Find Out if you are getting enough sleep.

Or, arrange your class schedule to avoid HS 100.

 

Classes In HS 100:

BIOLOGY 1110
ENVIRONMENT 2925
INDUSTRIAL TECH 1110
INDUSTRIAL TECH1460
PSYCHOLOGY 1100
SCIENCE 1110
SOCIOLOGY 1104

 

 

Recommended Beverages:

Mountain Dew
Red Bull
Rooster Booster
Caribou Coffee

Recommended Readings:

For the Guys

Maxim
Rolling Stone
Blender
Sports Illustrated
Playboy

For the Ladies

Cosmo
People
US Weekly
Vanity Fair

 

 
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