Best library to watch Game of Thrones in:
If you’re at the point where you can’t make the trip back to your room before you find out how the Dothrakis will receive Danaerys, then I’m not totally sure it really matters anymore which library you’re in. But for the sake of argument, I would avoid the college libraries, because they’re a little too small and intimate for comfort. And even the bigger, more anonymous libraries like Bass or Sterling aren’t really ideal because, let’s be honest, those places are really more social scenes than they are serious academic environments. What you really want is one of the more obscure libraries that only the most savvy GoT enthusiasts will frequent. Take, for example, the Classics Library on the top floor of Phelps. I promise you there won’t be anyone in there except maybe for the odd grad student who, from the smell of it, probably hasn’t left there in a week. And really, who cares what he/she thinks anyway? But if you’re really a die-hard GoT fan, you’ll say fuck it to all the haters and turn that shit on your laptop right in the middle of A&A. Say it loud, say it proud, ammirite Danaerys?
–Alessandra Roubini
Best library to pull an all-nighter in:
To be honest, your options here are pretty limited. Yale loves to boast about how hard-working its students are, but not enough that it will pay to keep the main library open past 2 a.m. on weeknights (Sterling, that one that looks like a church, closes before midnight…). So if you’re looking to pound that 5-Hour Energy till daybreak, you’re probably going to have to do it in your residential college library. The upside is that the residential college staff are so nice, that when they come in in the morning to vacuum to find you passed out drooling on one of the couches, they’ll be super chill about it (no actually though, take it from someone who’s been there, don’t do that, it’s mad embarrassing).
–Alessandra Roubini
Best library to FaceTime your mom in:
The specific reason for the call is immaterial. Maybe it’s 2 a.m. and you want her to look over a final draft of your English 120 essay about elk migration (why did you write about that?). Maybe you just spilled Coke on your Nantucket Reds and you’re just positive that if you don’t talk to her immediately the Reds are going in the trash when you get back to your dorm. NOT THE REDS. Maybe you just miss your mom and you wanna see her face as a distraction from Orgo. (This last one would be my reason for the FaceTime call, although I would never be looking for a distraction from a class that I would never be taking…)
Your best bet is the Stacks in Sterling—the seemingly infinite and infinitely empty building that houses the majority of the millions upon millions of books in Yale’s library system. Sneak up there while you’re writing a paper in Bass, or in Starr, or in the Music Library, and take a little spin. You’ll get lost immediately. There’s where you’ll find a nice quiet spot to vent to your mom about your roommate or that rash on the back of your knee or how your ex-girlfriend/boyfriend won’t stop posting pictures on Facebook and (s)he’s just having the best fucking time ever!
…Whatever the reason for the call, the Stacks is your spot.
–Kohler Bruno
Best library to fall asleep in:
Trumbull. There’s a dope leather couch.
Best library for people watching:
Bass after 12 a.m. Just make sure you remember to look down at your books from time to time.
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