The best of the best for napping, crying and crapping
We’ve all been there.
We’ve all, at some point in our time here at Western, needed a place of solitude.
Sometimes it’s to cry your heart out after receiving a bad test grade or working in the library for twelve hours straight. Other times you need somewhere quiet and isolated to take a power nap between classes so you don’t pass out right there on the spot. And, of course, there is the ever-frustrating conundrum that every person who goes to college faces: finding a secluded place to take a poop.
So, being students who know these struggles, we here at the AS Review sought out the best places on campus to nap, cry and crap and we are logging all this priceless information down and sending it out to the masses.
You’re welcome.
Napping
Pictures and words by Josh Hughes
480 Wilson, aka “Harry Potter Room”
For starters, this is the quintessential nap spot on campus- a totally silent room complete with eight couches just long enough to fit the average body. If you don’t mind people studying alongside you as you slumber between classes, odds are there’s not a better place on campus for an uninterrupted nap. fifth floor Wilson also has some killer benches in more isolated areas if you look hard enough.
Lawn Space between SMATE and Carver Gym
Sleeping on grass- underrated and actually quite comfortable if you’re in the right position. While there’s an abundance of green grass throughout campus to lay on, the recently landscaped lawn between SMATE and the glimmery Carver renovation gets a good mix of shade and sun throughout the day (or at least it will until the rain starts), and still remains something of an undiscovered gem on campus. Perfect for power naps.
Biology Building Study Room Level 4
Alright, while there’s admittedly no place to LAY down in here, the nooks of the Bio building provide some of the most tranquil atmospheres on campus, especially the higher up you go. Looking out at the beautiful Dawson construction site, the south facing floor 4 study room seems to be the best of the batch considering its usually deserted state.
Carver Gym Skybridge/Second Floor
Though there remains an awkward sterility to the new Carver building, nestled up on the second floor lies a hallway/skybridge with benches that look out to a rooftop garden. As of Fall Quarter 2017, Carver seems eerily vacant as a whole even upon completion, creating a perfect environment to rest your head for a bit and forget about that Econ test.
Lookout/Benches West of PAC
Nestled underneath the PAC and just south of the VU, this lookout spot has a good mix of wooden benches and grassy areas spacious enough to stretch your whole body out across. Any given day (even the nicest ones) there’s usually only a couple people that seek out a spot in the area, making it an excellent napping spot with a rad view to wake up to.
Crying
Words by Gwen Frost and pictures by Hailey Hoffman
The plank wooden walkways looking over N. Garden
Downhill from the lookout to the right of the bookstore, right near the steps that go down into the Underground Cafe- This spot is too good to be true. I found it after storming up the stairs out from the Underground in tears. I didn’t find these wooden planks, they found me. Serving almost zero purpose otherwise, I’m not convinced that Western didn’t put these here for crying.
The Sehome Arboretum
All plants want water, but what they need is tears. There is nothing weird about going up into the arb, finding some loose dirt and digging a shallow grave to hold you as you let it all go. If you’re lucky, there might be some Geology 101 lab-groups doing field trips. And honestly taking 10 deep breaths never worsens a stressful day.
The gender neutral bathrooms on the first floor in the art building
These bathrooms both serve to destroy the conception of the gender binary and also have locks! “I had been in the art building for 20 out of the past 24 hours so I had a nice cry and nap in there” said Maddy Ruppel, Junior and design major. Let your muffled sobs soothe you into a slumber on the bathroom floor- it’s been a long day.
The Environmental Studies Building restrooms
The stairwells near Zoe’s bagels before the skybridge as you walk into the library on your right
Incidentally also a great make-out spot, these library stairwells are surprisingly spacious and have lots of nooks that are good for hiding your head and letting out some sobs. The close vicinity of this location to the rest of the library makes it easy to have a rocky day and still get straight A’s. Thanks Western!
Crapping
Pictures and words by Julia Berkman
Academic west floor 4
Academic West boasts less classrooms than most on campus. Because of that, the bathrooms are new, spotless, and thoroughly and consistently unoccupied. Unfortunately, AW women’s bathrooms have a tendency to be left ajar, which may dissuade the shyest of poopers.
Grade: 3/5 poop emojis
Wade king gender-neutral bathrooms
If you can get over the constant outside noise and central location, these gender-neutral bathrooms boast one private room with no view. Find them at the water-filling station to the right of the front desk. You won’t regret it.
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Haggard hall floor 2
The upstairs of Haggard Hall houses a few classrooms and admin offices. It also has two of the nicest and emptiest bathrooms in the vicinity of north campus. Despite having stalls, this bathroom is so hard to get to that only those with strong sense of direction will find it. Those people usually don’t care if you sound like a mating gorilla.[Editor’s note: Julia didn’t actually get a photo of this one, so just pretend this is it.]
Grade: 3/5 poop emojis
Miller hall floor 0
If you want the shit literally scared out of you, check out the bathroom in the basement of Miller hall. Cramped, spooky, and a little dark, these stalls are mostly empty save for the few brave enough to enter.
Grade: 3/5 poop emojis
Private art building bathrooms
In these unisex bathrooms, you can lock the door and let your fears ebb away. Just don’t take too long- there’s usually a line.
Grade: 4/5 poop emojis