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4 Reasons Daylight Savings Time Is Awesome

A couple reasons why it's not as bad as everyone makes it out to be.

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4 Reasons Daylight Savings Time Is Awesome
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I hear a lot of people complain that daylight savings time is unnecessary, usually citing the hour of sleep it forces them to lose one day a year (I would personally tell them so suck it up), as well as health risks and productivity concerns that research has revealed. Despite these inconveniences, I believe that daylight savings time provides more pros than cons, including the following:

1. Fewer walks in the dark from class

During the winter months, one of the worst ways to end a long class or other event was to have to walk home in the dark. Springing forward means that there is more sunlight during the day and less of a chance to have a sad walk home (unless you have a night class - sorry if that’s you).

2. Easier to talk to friends across the pond

It is always sad to lose a close friend who is studying abroad for a semester or more, and it is made even worse because of the longtime difference that exists between New York and other cities around the world.

Fortunately, London and the rest of the cities in the European Union do not begin daylight savings time until March 25, so there will be two weeks when it will be much easier to talk with all our European pals.

3. More time for outdoor activities

It is never a good time when you are in the middle of tossing a football or playing an intense Spikeball game on Eddie’s only for the sun to go down and your excitement and enthusiasm with it.

The extra hour coupled with warmer weather starting to begin means that we can all enjoy more time in the great outdoors, but to be honest I am still probably going to be inside playing Fortnite.

4. Later sunrise means better sleep

This is more of a personal reason, but my roommate recently got a job at the Ram Van and has a shift on Tuesdays for which he has to wake up at 5:45. Unfortunately for me, the sunrise is usually beginning at about this time which makes it harder for me to fall back asleep. Pushing the sunrise forward allowed me to fall asleep with ease last Tuesday, so I am cherishing these next few late sunrises that I have left.

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