If there is anything a BC student knows during midterms or finals is that O’Neill becomes home to a large portion of the student body. This place filled with high anxiety, stress, and procrastination becomes an ‘intelligent zoo’ inhabited by all types of species (I mean, students). Here are the ten types of people you may see as you walk through O’Neill anytime of day.
1.The Regular
This person goes to O’Neill starting syllabus week. Every day, same spot, same time, you will see them. They spend more time here than their dorm, and come midterm and finals time, they believe that they deserve their usual spot because they basically live there, obviously.
2. The Ghosts
We’ve all been these people, but we also hate them. They leave their backpack at a booth, yet you never see them there. They take a spot during finals, yet you never see them there. Their stuff sits in the library, but they don’t.
3.The Nocturnal
You see this person walking into the library when you are walking out (circa midnight). These students infiltrate during the nighttime cramming for a test or banging out a paper. You may hear them through the quad telling their friends, “I stayed up until 5 a.m. last night.”
4. The One-Night Stand
We all hate these people, especially during midterms and finals. They come in only during primetime (a.k.a finals). They cram the library, take our beloved spots, and when it is all over? Don’t come back until the same time next semester.
5. The Socializer
We all know these people. The ones who walk around the library going up to every table and person they know. Discussing work, the weekend, their life, anything. Who are we joking? This type of O’Neill goer is just a procrastinator in disguise.
6. The Hardo
These people give everyone else around them anxiety. They are surrounded by their books, violently typing on their laptops, barely looking up to see who is around them.
7. The Organizer
Planner out. Every color highlighter surrounding them. Folder color coated and binder full of tabs. These library goers have their books placed in an even pile next to them. Sitting up straight, ready to create their study . When we pass by, we can’t help but envy their organization, but also wonder how is that even possible.
8. The Squad Rolling Deep
You’ve seen it. The people who walk into the library in a pack, sit in the pack, and leave in the pack. You may hear these groups laughing in the stacks or spread over an entire table. Their vibe? “You can’t sit with us.”
9. The Procrastinator
You can spot this person the second they find a seat. They sit down, get out their books, and then immediately scroll through their phones. 15 minutes later? They are still on their phones. 60 minutes later? Time for Facebook.
10. The Nappers
Passed out on a chair in the Reading Room or face down in their books. We’ve all seen these people and we’ve all wanted to snap them for the BC story. We get the library can be tiring, but hey, if you decide to take a nap here, you may want to think again. Especially if you don’t want to see yourself snoring on the Campus Story in a few hours!
So the next time you are sitting in the Reading Room, or hidden away in the Stacks, look around you and see where your fellow students fall. I can bet that you too, may fall under one (or maybe a few!) of these categories. Happy librarying!
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http://www.bu.edu/students/files/2009/05/library-table.jpg
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