8C ON THE HILL
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 2006
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Late-night cram locations exist on and off campus
Students cram for finals in Anschutz Library. Students looking for a quiet place to study can always count on the library. "You can go to every table on every floor and it's almost completely silent," Greg Albrecht, Anschutz Library assistant, said.
BY ALISSA BAUER
Every once in a while in the life of us college students, we are forced to focus solely on the nuisance otherwise known as school.
Study.
Skipping class and sleeping in just aren't an option some days, and when that's the case students are generally prompted to do something that ranks even lower than the actual class itself.
Not to worry, however, life as a slacker can continue soon, but first you should hit a couple of hot spots, kid-tested and professor-approved, to spend those nights when studying cannot be avoided.
Kansan file photo
Anschutz Library, adjacent to Budig Hall, and The Java Break, 17 E. Seventh St., provide a service
Hansher's said his favorite quiet zone is on the first floor of the library. The only two areas where talking and cell phones are not allowed are the north wing of the first and second floors.
Although only one of anshutz Library's four floors is open all night, every night, the
"It's like walking into a dungeon," Scott Hansher Wilmaukee senior said of the quiet zones in Anschutz. "If you go to the third level down it's so quiet and you can't hear people talking."
Because of the security and extra staff required to keep the entire library open all night, assistant Greg Albrecht said it would be impossible for all four floors to be open 24 hours. They are, however, open until midnight, except for during finals and midterm week when all four floors are open all night.
"It is amazing. You can go to
"It's amazing. You can go to every table on every floor and it's almost completely silent."
GREG ALBRECHT
Anschutz Library assistant
third floor provides a lot of space, including meeting tables. Patrons often don't have to tote their own computers with them.
every table on every floor and it's almost completely silent," Albrecht said of the library during the week of finals.
Break is another student favorite. The 24-hour coffee shop on Seventh and New Hampshire streets is not at a centralized location like
the library, but is a more laid-back way to get some work done.
While Anschutz has a snack stand that serves coffee from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and again from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Java Break serves its famous coffee creations at all hours, every single day.
Even more important than the coffee, but not as tasty, is the wireless Internet it offers its coffee-buying customers. It's free for
anyone who purchases a cup of steamy or iced goodness.
Albrecht said that even libraries were going digital and that the computers on the main floor were the biggest draw for library visitors. Java Break offers just two community computers for use, but the booths, couches and chairs in various little rooms throughout the shop offer an intimate and comfortable homework and social setting.
"I like the coffee, it's open all night and it's a change of scenery," Hansher said. "Friends will meet me there, too. We can sit there and talk for an hour and then go back to studying."
Both Lawrence and the campus itself offer many more studying nooks and it's important that each student finds a study location and method that works the best for them.
When it's late and all else fails,
the library remains the tried and true classic study spot.
Kansan senior staff member Alissa Bauer can be reached at abauer@ kansan.com
"It says 'I'm doing something more important than you right now," Hansher said. "When you say you're going to the library people are like 'Oh sorry! I'll talk to you later.'"
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