Psych major tip 101: Never take a class in this room. 

This time of year is atrocious. The weather is still fairly sunny outside, but the classrooms can be freezing. Now, let me tell you about a classroom akin to the ninth circle of Hell. 

Milbank 410. AKA, where all the Barnard psych labs meet. I had a class here last semester and never had any issues, but somehow something changed over the summer because this room is fucking cold. 

Let me offer some examples: 

• One day, it was so cold here that I coerced my boyfriend, who lives in Harmony, to get out of bed after he had just woken up and walk all the way to Milbank to bring me one of his big sweaters. 
• The girl who sits next to me brought a blanket to class once and pulled it up all the way to her shoulders. I’m considering doing the same. 
• We have all looked for a thermostat and have not found one. 
• Our professor asked Facilities about the temperature of the room, and they said they did not know anything about it. That’s great. 
• For a good 10 minutes after class ends, my teeth are still chattering. It takes a good chunk of time for my hands to not even get war but just stop being as cold as ice. 
• This is a three-hour class. (Yes, it often gets out early, but I swear the temperature just slows time.) 
• I’ve decided I’m going to unironically start wearing gloves to class. 

I also want to take a moment to shout out my lab professor, a really kind, soft-spoken Northern Irish guy who’s super good at making the R coding language accessible. If you know him, you understand how wonderful he is, but he deserves a special shoutout for not showing any outward signs of coldness and instead taking his time to explain the course material to us. He doesn’t rush through the material, and he goes over things multiple times, even though it feels like we’re being taught outside on a February evening. Dear Rob, how do you do this… I’m in awe of you. 

And to the people who always show up late to class, I get you. I, too, do not want to be in this room. It’s just too fucking cold.

Milbank 410 via Bwog Staff