Want to get lots of work done? There is no better place on campus to power away than the Fireplace Reading Room,
Like it or not, you’ll be spending a fair bit of your time at Queen’s studying, and sometimes your rez room with eight million distractions just doesn’t cut it. We’ve compiled a list of the top ten greatest spots on and off to campus to study.
1. Fireside Reading Room (in Stauffer Library)
Located on the second floor of Stauffer Library is a big room filled with large oak tables and warm fireplaces. Honestly, why would you study anywhere else? The room looks out over the corner of Union and University and is a picture perfect spot for studying. It can be hard to find a table in here, especially if you want a whole one to yourself. So go early and stake a claim.
2. The Starbucks in Indigo (Chapters)
For some reason or another one of my favourite study spots is the Starbucks in the Indigo on Princess. Located on the top floor of Indigo there’s a small Starbucks with lots of seating and a great view of Princess street. Sure it’s nothing special, but the atmosphere is really great. They pack lots of little tables into a small space, so you are always bumping, literally, into a friend or a friend of a friend or a classmate. Plus, you are welcome to browse the selection of books at Indigo for inspiration or those well earned study breaks!
3. Starbucks at Johnson & Division
This Starbucks is one of the nicest coffee shops I have ever seen, as it is located inside a beautiful, old limestone building- something that was well incorporated into the store’s design. Here you will encounter the usual Starbucks fare, free wireless, and many, many students. This is a good place to study in the evenings, and is always a great place to enjoy an overly complicated drink while surfing the Internet.
4. The Sleepless Goat
Located at 91 Princess Street, the Sleepless Goat, or just ‘the goat’ as regulars call it, is a workers cooperative coffee house serving up affordable fair trade coffees, desserts and vegan fare. They showcase local art on the walls and have lots of tables and chairs.
The most boring and nondescript study room you've ever seen. Aka: a recipe for productivity!
5. Mac-Corry Study Room
Across from the cafe in Mac-Corry, right on campus, is a small study room that is great if you really want to get some work done. It’s never very busy, it’s open late, and best of all, people who are there are there to work. Basically, you’ll feel guilty sitting there rocking out to your iPod when you should be learning about supply side controversies. Yes, it does kind of smell sometimes – this may be because it’s located right beside the Mac-Corry washrooms. However, you are there to work, dammit, stop wasting your precious study minutes smelling.
There is also little to distract you in Mac-Corry other than food in the cafeteria, and this room is on the first floor, so you won’t find yourself gazing endlessly out the window. You’ll sit, you’ll stay, you’ll study: the makings of a perfect study spot, no?
6. The Grad Club
A bar and music venues in the evenings, the Grad Club is an overlooked spot to get some daytime studying done. It’s a huge old mansion right on campus on the corner of Barrie and Union and has three floors filled with nooks and crannies for studying in. They have a limited lunch menu and cheap drinkings that flow all day long. So if that Pot Shard labelling is getting you down, just grab a tall one.
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The fireplacereading room is easily the best place to study and work on campus but finding a place can be hard! Go early or have a friend squat for you!