10 FINALS EDITION STUDY PLACES (FROM 8)
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPRING 2007
BY NATHAN GILL
Perhaps more than any other time of the academic year, finals week is a time for study. Many students dedicate themselves to this end-of-the-year activity with the most passion during the late-night hours and are looking for a place to cram, away from noisy roommates and other distractions.
Dawn Tato, program assistant in the Academic Achievement and Access Center, said there was no definition of a good study environment other than whatever worked for an individual student. She said finding such a place was often a process of trial and error.
"If the student is finding that the place they use isn't working, then they need to change it," Tato said.
during the last week of school. The two libraries will also offer students refreshments — coffee, hot chocolate and lemonade — during the latenight hours on their entrance floors, Smith said.
Watson has a quiet zone, a place of compulsory silence, on its fifth floor. Robert Szabo, operations coordinator at Anschutz, said the library would keep quiet zones on its first and second floors. Szabo said that the Anschutz zones, which are
"If the student is finding that the place they use isn't working, then they need to change it."
Some students consider the quiet sanctuary of a library an ideal study environment. The University's two main libraries accommodate those students during finals week with extended hours.
DAWN TATO
Program assistant in the Academic Achievement and Access Center
Rebecca Smith, public relations director for KU Libraries, said that Watson Library was scheduled to close at 3 a.m. during final week and that desk services would end at midnight. She said Anschutz Library, a 24-hour facility, would operate its desk services until midnight
located under Budig Hall but part of Anschutz, were only accessible through Anshcutz and did not accommodate wireless Internet access — which is available in all other Watson and Anschutz locations.
Though Anschutz usually restricts students to its third floor after midnight, the entire library will be open to students
during finals week, Szabo said.
Coffee shops offer an off-campus alternative to libraries. Yuri Zupancic, a receptionist at the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, said most downtown Lawrence coffeehouses offered wireless Internet access, including the 24-hour coffee house, The Java Break, 17 E. 7th St.
Kansan staff writer Nathan Gill can be contacted at ngill@kansan.com.
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Many of the coffee shops in Lawrence have wireless Internet access. They provide caffeine for students seeking to stay awake during late night study sessions.
The libraries on campus have quiet zones for students who need a silent study atmosphere. Watson Library has extended hours of operation during finals week and will have caffeine and other food items available for students to purchase.
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