Dear Town of Geneseo,

I know that you hate the college students, but think of me more as a member of your community than a college student for just a second. I live off campus, a luxury to many juniors and seniors at this university. Like many other members of your town, I pay my bills and contribute to our local businesses. I attend my classes everyday, I study and do homework the majority of the time I am not at class or on campus events, and, when I find the time, I like to spend time with my friends. Most importantly, though, I enjoy my time to sleep. My apartment is quiet most of the time. Three girls under one roof with all different aspirations makes for a quiet living environment. This is something that I enjoy. So when there are bells going off every single hour on the hour and ringing the amount of times for the hour I am less than pleased.

Seriously, this bell situation needs to end. There is no reason that I need to be notified at midnight, 1 am, 2 am, etc. that I am still awake when we have something called clocks. Maybe in the olden days ringing the bells was necessary to let the town know what time it was, but it is not anymore. We have cell phones, clocks, computers, watches, etc. that tell us the time when we need it. I shouldn't wake up at 3:55 to get water, and know that I will not be able to fall back asleep until way after 4:00 because the bells will be going off any minute.

Now, I know you're thinking the bells are apart of our history, or something along those lines. That's totally understandable. The bells can ring, but there is no need for them to ring every single hour all night long. From 11 at night until 8 in the morning is a time for peace and quiet. Maybe some college students are rowdy at this time, but for the most part they are not surrounding you. Their drunk walks home on Main Street or to Mia's or Pizza Paul's or UHots are contributing to the town's businesses. The bells are making me aggravated and keeping me awake. I know that I am not the only one who thinks this.

The worst part about the bells is that they are not coming from one source. There are MULTIPLE sources of these bells. Campus has bells that go off, the churches, and town hall. It is absolutely ridiculous how I can not escape them.The worst is, they aren't even in sync with each other. One goes off a minute before the hour, some go off on the hour, and then my personal favorite, one goes off three minutes after the hour. So as if I didn't have to listen to the bells go off once per hour, it's multiple times.

This may sound like something so miniscule but it's actually the biggest nuisance I have encountered. Please think about this and possibly adjusting the bells.

Sincerely,

A girl who just wants to sleep through the night