32 CommentsThe 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.
The architects deemed sunlight an unnecessary luxury
Grad students return to kindergarten, complete with assigned seating
Disheveled students at work in their “assigned carrels,” lockers storing Red Bull, protein bars, and a change of clothes
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@... YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO SURVIVE: ITS BUTLER TIME
@i can't believe people still go to butler to study…
is it abnormal to do your work in your room and go to the library just for books?
@... when I study in my room, I inevitably gravitate to my bed. Plus, theres no one around to shame me for watching three hours of hulu instead of writing my paper.
@I completely agree. I always end up thinking that whatever I’m reading will make more sense if i’m comfortable, and my bed would increase comfort.
Then again I have no self control..
@... what about the massive google bookscanning operation in the basement? i wandered into a large cavernous room down there late one night that had a door which hadn’t closed/locked all the way. it’s almost sinister feeling down there, like a set from some cheesy bruce willis movie.
@MOVE BACKPACKS FOR GREAT JUSTICE!
@I mean Based on the comments above, it seems like a lot of people know about the 8th floor already. You guys are the hardcore ones, everyone else just goes to Butler to see and be seen, not do work…CU’s social life ugh.
@... Bwog, WTF??? is there nothing sacred???
@Em While I know it says “assigned seating,” I ignore that and I always go to the 8th floor cubicles to do my work. That’s like 6 days a week/2-6 hours at a time. Yet I have never been reprimanded or kicked out of a cubicle. Am I just lucky or should I start finding other study spots right about now? (I am an undergrad)
@the law that is my carrel. i have been watching you.
@Em Um is yours the one with the Burt’s Bees lip balm in the pullout desk drawer? (I promise I’ve never used it, just touched.) Also, you’ve left your desk locker unlocked on multiple occasions. I’d be careful if I were you…
No but really, why are you never there? You’re totally enabling me!
@grads vs. undergrads fight, fight, fight, fight…
@Anonymous for a little oral huh
@Elizabeth Grefrath You forgot to cover the fabulous Oral History Research Office! Come on in and we’ll give you a tour.
@Name Agreed. And they have a nice skylight.
@CATS ALL YOUR CARREL ARE BELONG TO US.
@I am angry because now at 3 a.m. on saturday nights when I’m having a picnic in a grad student carrel turned make-shift blanket fort, my peace will be disturbed by people who think it’s a study space!
@Why would grad students even read this blog? It seems to me like it has a heavy undergrad focus.
@Dear Grads Who are you? Do you matter?
@Dear Undergrads You are not special.
@The last undergrad who commented is a self-important tool.
@WHY WHY LET THE MASSES KNOW???
@The last grad student who commented is a douche.
@What's everybody complaining about? The 8th floor is reserved for grad students. All you whiny undergrads should to the stacks and fuck yourself.
@oh yeah “reserved for grad students” my ass… there are never any there at night
@yo There’s also a 9th floor…though it’s mostly inaccessable to people who don’t work in the library. And the study rooms are only for philosophy grad students.
@Wow BWOG has done it again. Ruined something great in their unending quest to be the douchest organization on campus.
@IS NOTHING SACRED??!!! I mean, it has been getting overloaded during midterms and finals anyway because people can’t keep their mouths shut, but now there’s no hope at all. Thanks bwog.
@I HATE YOU BWOG seriously. really? WHAT POSSIBLE GOOD DOES THIS STORY DO ANYONE
@good job bwog, now there will never be any seats there again
@huh? wait, wtf are assigned carrels? grad student offices?
@way to ruin the secret, bwog. butler 8 is a no plebian zone!