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Stanford Students Reinvent Siesta

February 13, 2008 RSS Feed Print

In a stunt that can only be described as cute, students from Stanford University hosted a slumber party in the center of campus and in the middle of the day, the Stanford Daily reports. The "large-scale napping session" was an attempt to raise awareness about sleep disorders and deprivation for a psychiatry class, and potential nappers were wooed with bunk beds, sleeping bags, teddy bears, and lullabies sung by music students. A novel idea—except the Spanish have been doing it for hundreds of years.

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