Citadel will allow cadets to take naps
The Associated Press
CHARLESTON, S.C. --Citadel cadets are now a bit more like other college students and can take naps during their free time.
Commandant of Cadets Greg Stone says an internal review found cadets need more chance to rest, especially freshmen, who must adjust to a grueling military training program and challenging academics. The military college changed a policy that prohibited cadets from sleeping during their free time.
The Post and Courier of Charleston reports the new policy also allows cadets who want to go to bed early to avoid the 11 p.m. knock at the door to make sure they're in their rooms.
Cadets can place a red card on their door indicating they don't want to be disturbed.
Stone said the idea is to make sure cadets get seven uninterrupted hours of sleep each night.
Unlike other college students, cadets at the state military college adhere to a 24-hour schedule, taking classes, studying and participating in military drills, he added.
The chairman of The Citadel's Faculty Council, Bill Woolsey, thinks it's a change for the better.
"It's a long-standing concern of the faculty that cadets don't have enough time to sleep," he said.
Senior cadet Alexander Johnson, said the change will help freshmen, called knobs, because of their close-cropped haircuts. Johnson said he gets enough sleep, between five and seven hours each night.
Cadet William Nall, also a senior, said cadets must learn to manage their time.
"If I need to stay up, I'm going to do that. If I don't get eight hours of sleep every night, my world isn't going to come crashing down," he said.
Information from: The Post and Courier,
http://www.charleston.net
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