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Currently, no space exists where students can eat and study without a scolding from a library official. While the Lamont Café is currently a space within a library where students are permitted to eat, it is unsuitable as a study space for many undergraduates. Nearly popular enough to be a social hangout, it can be difficult to work amid the din of conversation. Worse, the entrance of a talkative friend can be a serious setback to understanding a philosophical treatise. Students need a quiet study space where eating is permitted...
...serious concern about food in libraries is that the noise created by munching could interfere with the study habits of those who choose not to eat food there. It is therefore important that not all study space in libraries be converted to food-friendly zones. It would be easy to designate areas where food is still prohibited so that plenty of space remains for students who need silence to work...
...also possible that the ability to eat in the library will make it even easier for students to spend long blocks of time there, studying for hours under artificial light. However, it is not the responsibility of the school to regulate students’ eating habits, and Harvard students should be trusted to make their own decisions about when and where they eat...
While the libraries are important repositories of knowledge, they also function as the prime study space for students, and they can easily accommodate both needs by allowing food in certain areas. That is, students can have their library and eat there...
...budding group of volunteers began calling itself "Yes We Can, Michicana," a reference to Obama's campaign mantra, and the nickname of this hilly region along the Indiana-Michigan border. On the evening of March 5, about 110 people gathered at the St. Joseph County Democratic headquarters to eat pizza and watch the Ohio and Texas primary results. Then came a call from Obama's Chicago headquarters. An Obama representative told them, "Indiana matters," and gave marching orders: first to get a real estate agent and scout a local campaign office. They settled on a first-floor office...