The confusion surrounding Butler’s size is understandable — while the library looms above campus, even the most dedicated campers never venture beyond floor six.  The brave student willing to climb a few extra flights of stairs will discover the Oral History Office, labyrinthine hallways, and miserable grad students that dwell, unseen, in Butler’s heights.  In this photo incarnation of AskBwog, Anna Kelner goes down (or, rather, up) the rabbit hole to visit Butler’s eighth floor.  Very, very quietly.

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The architects deemed sunlight an unnecessary luxury


quiet zone 2

Grad students return to kindergarten, complete with assigned seating


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Disheveled students at work in their “assigned carrels,” lockers storing Red Bull, protein bars, and a change of clothes