Its that time of year again, kids. It’s the time of year when no one has a dollar to give, where caffeine replaces your blood and snacks become meals. It’s that time of year when things start to get rough, when you eat sleep and breathe Organic Chem (well if you are strong enough to be a science major). It’s what you prepared for all semester long, and its make it or break it. It is time to snuggle down in the library because dead week is upon us.
The library is open 24 hours! Yay! But...
This actually can cause a problem, people stop going to class and spend their life in the library. They forget to shower, sleep or even do anything but study. Not only does the library get that weird smell but it’s impossible to find any tables.
And then you ask yourself HOW is there a table shortage
You would have thought that Boise State would have thought this through right? If every student is in the library, then shouldn’t we have enough tables to accommodate? Probably but that would be as fun as watching students stress because they can’t find a table.
Pizza delivery guys don’t actually walk upstairs.
I’m not sure if its laziness or a rule but either way you always think about how you must leave your stuff to abstain life. The 2 minutes it takes you to walk down stairs and back up is almost as much as it takes you to Snapchat your pizza. That’s a whole four minutes you could have used on a note card.
You have to awkwardly witness someone crying about their GPA.
In return, they watch you the next day crying about how you might as well drop out now.
The library regulars get a little suspicious.
If you are a regular library goer, then you know the real struggle. You walk in and you start to question who are you and where did you come from?
Every sound irritates you.
Oh, your phone isn't on silent and I can hear it buzz every time you get a text? Oh, you didn’t remember headphones but you still feel the need to listen to music? Oh, you are the worlds loudest eater? Oh, you don’t know how to whisper? It's fine.
You see everyone you know.
You could be in the scary dark corners of the library or out in the open and suddenly every ex and every classmate you had freshman year walks by and they want to ask you about your summer plans.
The temperature in the library varies based off of the floor and amount of people.
i.e. If you are in the innovation design room it’s a nice normal temperature. Adventure out into the second part and it’s a freezing 70 degrees. Upstairs on the fourth floor, well you better have some snow gear because you could possibly die of frost bite.
Advice: Layers will be your best friend, and it is totally socially acceptible to bring a blanket to the library.
People will randomly start sleeping.
As long as you aren’t snoring, I’m not judging.
If you make it to midnight, there will be snacks.
Pro tip: if you want the best snacks, walk down to the first floor and find the cart.