Why it's lonely at the bottom at the Univ. of Minnesota

I have no idea how they do this.

(University of Minnesota economics senior Victor) Llapa, who keeps a schedule of three or four overnight study sessions per week, and (pre-med junior Eyob) Weyu have developed a bond over their similar study habits. They wake each other up from naps and let one another back in the building after it closes.

Llapa tells the Daily reporter during a 5 a.m. interview:

“A lot of students do this. Personally, I don’t have a choice.”

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Alex Friedrich

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Alex Friedrich reports on higher education issues for MPR News. Among the stories he has covered: the fall of the Berlin Wall, aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, 2003 Moscow suicide bombing and 2004 presidential elections in the Republic of Georgia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and a master’s in European political economy from the London School of Economics.