My World: We Need More Study Spaces

UCBA has a few areas that are for students to be able to sit in a quiet setting and study, catch up on homework, etc.  There’s the library, computer lab, the area by the cafe, and the area by OneStop. But none of those areas are fully quiet. 

As students we try to focus on studying and doing our homework while being on campus, because most of us live at home and it’s noisy, depending on whether you have siblings or not. Here, we have the computer lab, the cafe and the library for study spaces.  But the problem is that we don’t have enough seating areas, and we don’t have a place that’s just quiet where we can study and focus. 

With tuition being as low as it is, there’s no reason why we shouldn’t  be able to create an area where it’s strictly quiet where we can study.

One may argue that we don’t have the funds to do so, but there are numerous ways we can raise the money: bake sales, “Pie Your Professor,” dinners, alumni donations or small events where people donate money to build a “Study Studio.”  

Being as passionate as I am about my school work, the cafe is loud, and people go there to socialize.  The library is an ideal place for me, but there isn’t enough seating room there.  I often see students sitting on the floor in the very back, trying to get comfortable while studying. 

UCBA in my opinion needs to think more about us students.  We are the ones putting in the long hours and money so that we can have a career and be successful in life. 

Also, with the increase of enrollment, we need more room for all students to study.  As students, we want to feel comfortable and be in a quiet area where we know we won’t hear people talking or we don’t have to deal with the access noise or not being able to find a sitting area so we can study.

The UCBA Library