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By Vinay Yakkundi
For the Daily
One of the first things first-year students learn
when coming to the University is that they have to
spend most of their time studying outside of class.
Luckily, the University community offers a wide
variety of study spots for students with different
needs from cozy but noisy coffee houses to the
silent tables inside the Harlan Hatcher Graduate
Library.
A popular place on campus for those who prefer
a not-so-quiet environment while studying is Cava
Java on South University Avenue right near East
Hall. It is open everyday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
"I like restaurants, coffee shops and places with
lots of people," LSA senior Edward Harris said.
"The Brown Jug and the Michigan Union Under-
ground are good. The Law Library is really good
for quiet studying. Don't go to Pizza House though
to studybecause they will kick you out."
In addition to those who love the coffee house
scene, there are two Starbucks in the campus area,
which offer an environment with comfortable
chairs and couches.
The Shapiro Undergraduate Library, otherwise
known as the UGLi, is one of the more popular
spots on Central Campus. It is open seven days a
week from 8 a.m. to 5 a.m. The four main floors of
the UGLi give students a semi-quiet environment
for studying. But the basement, a very popular spot
for group studying, can become noisy most nights
of the week.
"The comfortable chairs on the second floor of.
the undergraduate library are good," LSA senior
Sunil Venugopal said. "I like slightly busy environ-
ments, as well as places that are comfortable."
The Media Union is a good place to study for
those living on North Campus because it is one of
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The Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library is open until
2 a.m. every night during the week. It is a popular
place for students who need to study in silence.
the few campus buildings open 24 hours a day, 7
days a week.
"I like the semi-quiet environment. I study in
the Media Union because it's the only place
where I can get any work done," Engineering
senior Chun Kok said. "It's a good place for
engineers to study."
But sometimes, students need total silence to get
work done, especially for late-night reading and
cram sessions for next-day exams. The Grad
Library offers a huge reading room on the second
floor, as well as several floors of stacks where
silence is almost law. The only disadvantage of the
reading room students said is that during finals
period, it is impossible to find a spot to work. "The
Grad", as it is known, is open until 2 a.m. during
week nights.
"I usually just go to the Graduate Library if I
need books from there," Engineering alum James
Tuttle said. "But it's also a good place to go if I
need a really quiet place to study."
Fraternities and sororities
excited about Fall Rush
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By Jeremy Berkowitz
Daily News Editor
Groups of underclassmen going from one big
house to another on Washtenaw Avenue in Sep-
tember usually means one thing: The fall rush
process for Greek fraternities and sororities has
started. According to the Interfraternity Council
website, "the University boasts one of the
strongest Greek communities in the country with
over 4,000 undergraduate students (18 percent of
the student body.)
"The Greek system has contributed to a
great experience here at Michigan," LSA sen-
ior and Panhellenic Association President
Monica Rose said, adding it has existed at the
University since 1845.
The IFC, the governing body of the 29 fraterni-
ties on campus, will officially kick off rush Sept.
12 with a mass meeting. The next two weeks will
be filled with events held by all the houses trying
to recruit rushees. Toward the end of the two
weeks, many of the houses will begin to offer bids
to those students who they want to invite to pledge
their house.
A rushee can receive more than one bid, but he
can only accept one.
IFC President Joel Winston described fraternity
rush as very laidback and informal
"At the very least when students participate in
rush, they get a chance to interact with other stu-
dents, meet new people and enjoy some free
food," Winston said. "To those considering rush-
ing, the advice I would give would be to try it.
There is nothing to lose."
Sorority rush tends to be a more formal
process, run under the tutelage of the Panhellenic
Association. Panhel, is the counterpart of IFC, 4
overseeing the 17 sororities at the University.
Sorority rush occurs over a period of about three
weeks with four different stages. The rushees
begin by visiting all 17 houses and then gradually
rank the houses they like the best. In the end, a
rushee may receive a bid from a house that wants
them to pledge.
Rose said she encourages everybody to come to
their mass meeting Sept. 10 with an open mind,
even people who are unsure about sorority life.
"You can go through the whole process and not
even commit to it," she said."You may have pre-
conceived notions about things. We definitely
encourage people to be very open-minded."
Rose added that one goal for rush this year is
to work more in recruiting people who live in
North Campus. She said in previous years, it
has been difficult for residents up there to get
to all rush activities and hear about the Greek
System.
One proposal would be a bus system on nights
of rush activities that would run from North Cam-
pus to the general area of sororities.
"We're really trying to target North Campus
dorms. We want to make it easy for them,"
Rose said.
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