The warmest days bring hundreds of students out to Old Main and the HUB lawns, as well as to the Peace Garden and the courtyards scattered throughout campus. A student works outside of Old Main on a sunny day. They bring blankets, water and occasionally Frisbees and sweat through their studies in the sun. For others trying to get their work done as finals approach or to jam that last bit of information into their brains during final's week, the more traditional approach is the most effective. Study lounges get busy during the final weeks of school.
Some students get most work done in the less distracting atmosphere of the silent, closed rooms.
The lounge is Atherton's quiet study area, where anything other than studying is discouraged. But no matter where students study, few of them head to the library to get their work accomplished. Two students study on Old Main lawn. Students say that the great outdoors provide some of the best study locations.