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Scientists from the United States Center for Apathy Studies reported earlier this week that the transition between post-spring break slump and pre-Easter break slump was unusually smooth this year.

“We are pleased to report that this transition went off even better than we originally projected,” said Kevin Lestrom, lead investigator at USCAS. “We believe that the high levels of indifference this year reflect the beginning of an exciting new wave of apathy.”

Studies released in previous years have shown a consistent and troubling decrease in apathy among college students.

“College students were showing more and more interest in their studies,” commented Lestrom. “We knew that if we couldn’t attack this trend soon, it would spiral out of control until students lost all inclination to leave assignments until the last minute or rely on Sparknotes for class discussions.”

Researchers working on the project say that this is a critical turning point after years of hard work by USCAS and its partners.

“We are finally seeing results from the partnership we established with Netflix in 2007, when they began streaming TV shows online,” said USCAS Director of Apathetic Partnerships, Leslie Patterson.

Patterson is also optimistic that these numbers will continue to rise in the coming years.

“We expect that the numbers for both productivity and self-control to drop significantly next quarter, after the paperwork for our partnership with Cookie Clicker is renewed.”

At press time, the researchers were beginning their analysis of the post-Easter/pre-summer slump.