BU Mugar To Issue New Noise Guidelines in Advance of Finals Season: Guttural Screaming Heavily Discouraged on Third Floor

Article by: Isabella Ketchen | Photo by: Adrianna Egan

In a first, Mugar Memorial Library, the nexus of BU’s holdings and favorite study spot, has issued noise guidelines that specifically apply to the third floor of its building. 

The third floor has long been known as one of the more disruptive areas of the library. Students and faculty alike have long lamented the noise levels; with comments ranging from “mildly irritating” to “an affront on the moral sensibilities that give us our common humanity.”

In an attempt to curtail some of the complaints, Mugar staff have elected to issue guidelines in order to maintain some semblance of normalcy and decorum. Noise complaints have been categorized into various categories of offence: Yelling, screaming, and “foul employment of the vernacular” will result in immediate expulsion from the building, along with a reprimand. Repeat offenders will be detained for questioning in either the basement or the fourth floor cages typically reserved for graduate students.

Stuart Little from second floor Row K1965A-K350H is one of several mice that is facing housing issues because of the noise. “I had to relocate my whole family from the fantastic B27 neighborhood,” he confirmed. “That was a great little spot, filled with books about pre World War One Bulgaria…such amazing privacy.”

Other mice share the feeling.