Waiting in the Student Health Center can create mass cases of boredom. Next time a visit is inevitable, try these activities that don't involve wasting time on Twitter or Instagram to pass the time in the waiting room.
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Some college students justify their lack of reading with the excuse of not having free time. In the health center waiting room, patrons have nothing but free time. Crack open a good book and let the characters take over. The wait will be over soon.
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With Wi-Fi throughout the whole campus, logging onto Blackboard should not be a problem. Catch up on homework assignments that may have been missed due to a sickness.
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Before the Internet and iPhone apps, people played games in books. Purchase a crossword, word search or Sudoku book and create a challenge by seeing how many puzzles can be completed before being called back for an appointment.
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Propose a game to play with other students waiting to be examined. A great game to involve others is Ellen DeGeneres’s Heads Up! cellphone app. Like Headbanz, Heads Up! involves holding up cards, or in this case a cellphone, to the head and having to guess what the word is while other players give out clues. This game can end in laughter, which leads to bonding with fellow waiters.
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Rather than sitting mindlessly, create a to-do list for the rest of the day. Making a list will increase productivity, if escaping from the health center ever happens.
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Make a drawing game. Try to draw portraits of other people in the waiting room without them knowing. If other people are up for it, maybe start a game of Pictionary.
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Read about what is going on around the Muncie and Ball State communities by checking local news websites.
