More fun from the university that brought you free iPods for freshmen:

Elizabeth Duncan can say it loud: she’s bronze and she’s proud. The sophomore with a penchant for Nelly and the life sciences has another passion — basking in the artificial light of a tanning bed.

“Obviously I like laying out in the natural sun better, but this is so much easier with my schedule,” Duncan said from behind the wheel of her sunburn-red Pontiac Firebird. “You see people laying out on the quad while reading — I’d rather sleep or relax in the tanning bed. I just can’t read and tan at the same time.”

I have the same problem.