Stuff Dartmouth People Like #4: Talking About Where They Like to Study

As finals week approaches, conversations on campus are shifting from the best places to get hammered to the best places to hammer out that 20-page term paper you haven't done research for. Because studying's sometimes fun you well-rounded Dartmouth kid, you.

"It's okay, I'll just hunker down in the stacks and get it done," you say.
"Ohmygod you work in the stacks? It's so depressing! I get sad and can't focus. I ONLY go to 3fb."

And so it begins. What Dartmouth student is too fratty to discuss their favorite study spots? Nothing gets the blood flowing like a debate about the pros and cons of the periodicals room. Too Loud? Nonsense, it's just right. But I can never find tables there. But it's so pretty. Fascinating stuff.

"What if you just have to read?" you ask, as if we don't both already have that figured out. Periodicals for research, 3fb for pretending to write that papey papes, 1902 for actually writing it, Novack for copying answers to your Econ problem set, and East Asian's a wildcard. But to answer your question, you can't go wrong reading in Sanborn. 4 PM tea? So collegiate.

Anything's fair game. Just don't be That Kid Who Studies In His Room. There's no bigger buzz-kill than That Kid Who Studies In His Room. "The library's too far, I'm just gonna work in The River."  Classic freshman oversight. You're missing out bud. How are you planning on running into your cute trippee at Green print? Perhaps talk Dartmouth tradition with that friendly '14 SA Rep on First Floor Berry? Drop 11 DDS points on an Odwalla and Sushi break?

The possibilities are endless until finals rear their ugly head. So much for freedom of choice. If you scamper to Berry right after your last 12 of the term, you may be able drop your Econ 21 textbook right on that desk you love so much in the art library. But if you're too late, you're fucked. You become That Kid Who Studies In His Room.

Or you can find one of those hidden gems that only the most accomplished seat hunters know about.  Speaking of hidden gems, do you wanna hear where I like to study?

Of course you do.

The Dartmouth Coach of course. Think about it. I dare you to get distracted while on that thing. Care to check Facebook? Nope, good luck stalking at a three photo-an-hour rate. Look out the window? It's New Hampshire. No one loves trees that much. What about the movie? Yeah, I bet you're dying to see Herbie Fully Loaded.

At six hours to Boston and back, your Gov paper will practically write itself. Tell your friends. You know you want to.

- Bobby Hoover '14