If you spent dead week living at the Bizzell Memorial Library or in the dorm study lounges, check out some lesser-known study spots on campus to spice up your finals week studying.
Beaird Lounge on the second floor of the Oklahoma Memorial Union.
1. Beaird Lounge (second floor, Oklahoma Memorial Union)
- Noise level: Fairly quiet except for the occasional student walking by.
- Nearest caffeine: Starbucks on the first floor of the union.
- Overall atmosphere: It has a living-room feel with nice, natural lighting, comfortable seating and books.
- Bonus: There is a fireplace and a Christmas tree, and it's open 24 hours per day.
The couches on the first floor of Richards Hall
2. Couches in Richards Hall (first floor)
- Noise level: Great for those who study better with ambient background noise.
- Nearest caffeine: The Bookmark Cafe in the Bizzell Memorial Library.
- Overall atmosphere: The leather couches are cozy, and it is just quiet enough.
- Bonus: There is a portable room containing radioactive material down the hall.
The study room on the third floor of the Nielsen Hall.
3. Keith Carroll Student-Faculty Lounge (third floor, Nielsen Hall)
- Noise level: Aside from the humming of a nearby heater, it stays quiet.
- Nearest caffeine: The Bookmark Cafe in the Bizzell Memorial Library.
- Overall atmosphere: With a chalkboard and tables, it's perfect for study groups.
- Bonus: The physics diagrams on the walls make one feel as if Albert Einstein studied here.
The first floor of Nielsen Hall by the swinging pendulum.
4. Swinging pendulum room (first floor, Nielsen Hall)
- Noise level: It is completely silent.
- Nearest caffeine: The Bookmark Cafe in the Bizzell Memorial Library.
- Overall atmosphere: It is comfortable and quiet, and the pendulum is somewhat soothing.
- Bonus: The ceiling is three stories high, a whole wall is made up of windows, and there is a swinging pendulum to watch on study breaks.
The lounge in the architecture building.
5. Architecture Lounge (first floor, Gould Hall)
- Noise level: It's quiet aside from the sounds of students walking by.
- Nearest caffeine: About equidistant to The Bookmark Cafe in the Bizzell Memorial Library and Roscoe’s in Cate Restaurants.
- Overall atmosphere: With stone floors and modern furniture, it has a more contemporary layout than the interior of most campus buildings.
- Bonus: The lighting is just right for reading: neither too bright nor too dim.
The Nancy Mergler Library in the Honors college.
6. The Nancy Mergler Library (first floor of David L. Boren Hall, Honors College)
- Noise level: Shhhh! It is a library!
- Nearest caffeine: Roscoe’s in Cate Restaurants.
- Overall atmosphere: It is as cozy as a library should be, and there is plenty of natural light.
- Bonus: There are copies of various magazines and newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, The Economist and The New Yorker.
