PEOPLE - 98 When the sun oes Ina dimly lit dorm room on campus, freshman Molly Brooke Threadgill sat and finished her homework. Though it .was common for a college student to be working on homework at 2:30 in the morning, the difference between Threadgill and the average college student was she was not waiting to go to bed, Threadgill was up for the day. If she was not busy working on homework and preparing for the day ahead, Threadgill was out the door and jogging as soon as the sun came up. She averaged about four hours of sleep a night. "I just can't stand to be inside when the sun comes up," Threadgill said. "1 just have to go outside." As freshman representative on the Student Association, Threadgill was actively involved on campus her first year at Harding. Though it would seem that doing so much "Sleeping only three of four hours a night is just how Ioperate:' MOLLY BROOK THREADGILL, FRESHMAN and sleeping so little would catch up with her, Threadgill said she had operated like this for years. "I was really, really busy in high school, and 1 am the same now," Threadgill said. "Sleeping only three or four hours a night is just how I function." Threadgill said she is not alone in her lack of need for sleep. "I get my sleeping habits from my dad," Threadgill said, "He's an early riser like me. My morn even stays up until two, three or even four STUDYING IN THE SEARS LOBBY JAN. 20, freshma nMolly Brooke Threadgill goes about her daily routine, which usually includes only three to fou r hours of sleep a night. "1 get mysleeping habits from my dad;' saidThreadgi ll, whose extracurricular activities included serving Ihe freshman class as aSlUdenl AssocialionrepresentallVe. 'R. KICK Freshman occupies abnormal sleeping habits in the morning and then gets up to take my sister to school at 6 a.m. My mom and I would always bond in those early hours of the morning when the world was finally quiet. They know that it works for me, so they don't worry." Lacking sleep did not seem to affeet the way Threadgill accomplished her job as an SA representative, according to SA President Jimmy Huff. He said Threadgill was helpful and upbeat. "She's just incredible," Huff said. "I can always count on her to have a positive outlook on any situation. Even when I'm not enthusiastic about a project, I can always count on Molly Brooke to be enthusiastic. She has great initiative and is very dependable. It is weird that she doesn't sleep much because she does so much, but she doesn't get burned out. She seems to have it all together." -ERIN COOK
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