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| American painter Edward Hopper's famous painting Nighthawks depicts late-night denizens at a diner. |
Are you the kind of student who gets revved up for studying when others are packing it in for the evening? Or, perhaps there just aren't enough hours in the day for all the essays and projects you've got on the go.
According to new research, night owls "actually have more mental stamina than those who awaken at the crack of dawn," according to a Globe and Mail story on the paper published last year in the journal Science.
In order to accomodate night owls, the hours of the Killam Learning Commons and Atrium have been extended to 3 a.m. on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Called "Dal Night Owls," the extended hours were introduced during the spring semester as a pilot program in response to student demand. Dal Night Owls turned out to be "hugely popular," says Tina Usmiani of Dal Libraries, who notes 2,574 individual students visited the Killam Library during extended hours in the seven weeks leading up to exams.
Access is restricted to current Dalhousie or University of King's College students with a valid DalCard. You'll need your card to swipe through a reader installed at the main University Avenue entrance. Students already in the Learning Commons or Atrium at midnight will be required to swipe their card in a mobile card reader as requested by Library staff.
What do you think of Dal Night Owls? Why are late-night hours important for students?
SEE STORY: "Want to get ahead? Sleep in" in The Globe and Mail