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Barbara | October 14, 2009

There are some pretty unusual college clubs and organizations out there, but this one happens to be deserving of its own blog post.

Drum roll, please.

The Nap Club at Indiana University was started in 2007 by Michael Duttlinger and Joe Spencer, and frankly, I’m not sure why every college and university in America hasn’t started their own chapter. (A quick Google search tells me that Indiana U. is the only school to have a nap club, or at least an official one.)

The Nap Club is held daily in a darkened room equipped with desks, chairs, and even a few air mattresses. You have to bring your own pillow and blankie, but there is a moderator to wake you up after a while, as well as make sure no one draws on your face with a marker while you snoozeNapPic.

Studies have shown that naps increase alertness and productivity, which is good news for sleepy college students. It would be interesting to see how the Nap Club members fare after graduation. If Indiana University starts to produce an unusual number of Nobel Prize winners by way of the Nap Club, then perhaps it should think about making napping a required course.

–Barbara Bellesi

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