As finals season approaches and my inspiration wanes, I thought that I would turn to my fellow Odyssey writer, beloved roommate, and library goer Smrithi Ramachandran.
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We have spent so much time in the library that each floor seems to have its own persona (or maybe we have just gone insane). Here are our interpretations of the different floors of Woodruff ranked from least favorite to favorite.
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10. Eighth Floor
Personally, this floor makes Smrithi feel like she's in a low quality toilet cubicle and Katerina feel like shes in an academic jail. Disclaimer: The walls are yellow. Really yellow.
9. Ninth Floor
We've never been here, because it's "staff only." Still probably better than studying in a toilet.
8. Tenth Floor
We like tenth because it has a great balcony view of Atlanta and the beautiful moldy, bug-ridden tops of the buildings. More importantly, Kat saw a professional conference being held in a room. Even more importantly, Kat saw cookies for these professionals and saw a beautiful opportunity to take advantage of Emory's resources.
This floor is still rated towards the end, because when Kat went back to get a second cookie, there was a sign that lovingly read:
For the conference only. (Take note of the period at the end of that note).
7. Fifth Floor
Kat thought that this floor wasn't that bad, but when she went there to study today she found that her cubicle's outlet didn't work. And the cubicle next to that. And the cubicle next to that. AND THE CUBICLE NEXT TO THAT.
6. Fourth Floor
This floor is sort of irrelevant. We have maybe been here once.... It's nice I guess, but the lighting sort of makes us feel like hospital patients. Could be better.
5. First Floor
Peet's steals our nonexistent money for borderline scary coffee. I'm pissed. We're pissed. But you can talk to people, which we like to do. Smrithi also enjoys writing on whiteboards. When she notices that someone is on the other side cramming for Physics and aggressively scribbling formulas down, she feels the stress. Literally. Whiteboards are not conducive to handling that much aggression and frustration.
We feel neutral.
4. Sixth Floor
This is a knockoff of seventh floor. We love seventh floor. But more about that later.
3. Second Floor
Happy floor! This is where we used to study a lot. It's a great break from the stacks (fourth floor up) and it's on level with where you enter in the library. You're bound to see someone you know and either engage in friendly conversation (which distracts you from the impending doom of finals), or see someone you want to run away from (which also distracts you from the impending doom of finals). This is also where the library service desk, which was helpful for when Kat had to check out a book for the first time at the end of the year.
Disclaimer: Smrithi has still never checked out a book.
Disclaimer Part Two: Most upperclassmen we know have never checked out a book.
2. Seventh Floor
By far our favourite stack, and the lighting that makes us least want to claw our eyes out. The lounges are usually free. If you're lucky enough to be up at 3 a.m., Robert, the friendly janitor, will come yell at you to get out and live your life, and then will conclude the conversation by intensely describing his motorcycle he rides to work.
You go, Robert.
1. Third Floor
It's secretly two floors. There's this main part of third, and then some stairs that lead you into the Hogwarts-esque reading room. You can feel extra sophisticated while studying next to a marble statue of a naked man. God forbid you have to laugh, sneeze, cry, smile, breathe.... these actions will only make for intense judgement and one-sided staring competitions from those who despise you. We love third, and hope you do too.
On a final note, we wish you the best of luck during finals. Hope you take advantage of the wonderful resources offered by our beloved library!
