While some students seem to be nocturnal, easily seen outside residence halls in the early mornings, others said they are unappreciative of the late night noise.

“It’s really annoying when it’s four in the morning on a school night when people are screaming and singing outside with a megaphone,” Colleen Fesler, a freshman in engineering, said.

Although music is not hard to hear during these late nights, Tyler Haggard, a freshman in business, and James Patterson, a freshman in construction engineering, prefer acoustic to megaphone.

They sit outside on a bench not too far from their rooms and play.

“I play the guitar. [Patterson] plays the djembe,” Haggard said. “We just come out, not in a band, and just mess around.”

Haggard claims he is an undiagnosed insomniac and finds playing outside a pleasurable procrastination tactic, especially when he doesn’t want to study and needs fresh air.

Patterson agreed.

“I have late classes in the morning,” Patterson said, justifying the late hour.

They stay until their hands freeze off, so about 15 minutes tops, when it is cold, Haggard said.

“A musician lives higher than any pain,” Haggard said.

Whether it is pain of the artist or listener, both musicians relate that no one has ever come outside to ask them to play softer.

To stay warmer, for some students, skateboarding at night is an option.

“Skateboarding at night is easier because there are not as many people around and it is easier to maneuver around campus,” Andrew Swanson, a sophomore in civil engineering, said. “There are less cars and distractions, and you can see just as well because of the lights.”

Other late night recreation for some students includes tennis.

“When it’s a nice night out, I like to go outside and play tennis. It’s pretty quiet, so there are no screaming drunk people,” Cory Evans, a junior in civil engineering, said.

The only drawbacks of playing late at night are the low-quality lights, and the sketchy walk over to the courts, Evans said.

Another late-night sight is a mass of people hanging directly outside of the dormitory doors, puffing on cigarettes and socializing.

“I usually go out for one cigarette and see other people. It’s an accidental social gathering,” Bryan Hauss, a junior in history, said.

Although not a smoker herself, Hannah Bryan, a freshman in zoology, said she enjoys mingling with the smokers at their regular accidental social gathering.

“I’m busy during the day — I try to get my work done during the day, so I can hang out at night,” Bryan said. “I enjoy meeting new people.”

No matter how cold it is outside or how late at night, people are out there, Hauss said.

Some students reminisce of the days they lived on campus and participated in such late night activities.

“I would build sand castles in the Bragaw volleyball court, but now I live in an apartment,” Jessica Rosenberg, a senior in social work, said. “I miss those days of building sand castles at 4 a.m.”