Word on the Street

a junior majoring in psychology

Q: What’s your favorite class you’ve taken?

A: “I was in the FRI program, and that was definitely my favorite class that I’ve taken.”

Q: How do you de-stress?

A: “I just watch Netflix.”

Q: What’s your favorite study spot on campus?

A: “Definitely Science IV.” a freshman majoring in biology

Q: What’s your favorite class you’ve taken?

A: “Biolab.”

Q: How do you de-stress?

A: “I will go on walks and watch a movie to destress.”

Q: What’s your favorite study spot on campus?

A: “I go to the EOP room and the library.”

Smith

a freshman majoring in accounting

Q: What’s your favorite class you’ve taken?

A: “This semester I like my writing class, Writing 111. You pick your own topic and you kind of write things that interest you, but I think next semester I’ll get some more interesting business courses.”

Q: How do you de-stress?

A: “My roommate has a Wii. So we like to play Wii Sports and that’s a lot of fun. Just kind of hanging out with friends and stuff is good.”

Q: What’s your favorite study spot on campus?

A: “I do most of my studying in my dorm room, but the lounge too. I like to go to my lounge in the building.”

Halpin

Q: What’s your favorite class you’ve taken?

A: “I took a class last semester called earthquakes and volcanoes, and I came [to BU] undecided so that’s what really made me decide to pick geology in the first place, but just thought it was a really cool class.”

Q: How do you de-stress?

A: “I play video games all the time, so that’s what I do. But that and listening to music. I make earrings. Just like doing anything artsy — stuff like that.”

Q: What’s your favorite study spot on campus?

A: “I like going to the Science Library a lot. It’s very quiet, definitely, and it’s nice to be away from people. I feel like Bartle is not the quietest place most of the time.”

Jenna Sallin a junior majoring in mathematics

Q: What’s your favorite class you’ve taken?

A: “My favorite class that I’ve taken was probably Math 447 which is Probability and Statistics. I really enjoyed that one. It was fun.”

Q: How do you de-stress?

A: “I listen to a lot of music, and I just make sure to take time for myself.”

Q: What’s your favorite study spot on campus?

A: “Science Library basement.”

Q: What’s your favorite class you’ve taken?

A: “Right now I’m taking sophomore design, and it’s the only class that really speaks out to me because all of the other classes just seem like normal classes or I don’t do that well, but sophomore design I can excel because that’s where I would do the best in.”

Q: How do you de-stress?

A: “I take naps from time to time. That’s about it though because the stress in engineering is just there — can’t really do much about it.”

Q: What’s your favorite study spot on campus?

A: “Since I live on campus, I take my time in one of the separate rooms in the common lounges because those are usually empty most of the time, if it’s not midterm season. If it is midterm season then everyone is there, so maybe I’ll spend it in my room instead.” a junior majoring in English

Q: What’s your favorite class you’ve taken?

A: “I’ve taken a few that I’ve liked so far. I had the chance to take Astronomy as a Gen-Ed requirement last semester, and that class was honestly kind of sick. I’m in a Shakespeare class this semester. That’s also pretty cool.”

Q: How do you de-stress?

A: “Being comfortable with the material always helps, but also just making sure you take breaks. Honestly, drinking water has been my best friend. Anytime, for some reason, when I’m really mad or really upset about something, I have a nice glass of cold water and make sure you’re around good people. Just stay positive. We got this, we’re gonna do well.”

Q: What’s your favorite study spot on campus?

Chris Ribaric a sophomore majoring in accounting

Q: What’s your favorite class you’ve taken?

Q: What’s your favorite class you’ve taken?

A: “In a previous year physics. I’ve always just been interested in physics and it came easy to me.”

Q: How do you de-stress?

A: “The gym. Whenever I’m super stressed, just going there takes my mind off everything else going on, and kind of just focuses my attention.”

Q: What’s your favorite study spot on campus?

A: “Only place I really do work or study is in my room. Me and my roommate are both engineers, so we tend to do all of our stuff together. It’s just easier and quieter that way … I haven’t stepped foot in the library yet, pretty much just only in my room.” a sophomore majoring in industrial and systems engineering

Q: What’s your favorite class you’ve taken?

A: “I liked Cinema 121. That was fun. It was really interesting watching all of these movies that I’ve never heard of. They were foreign films that I never looked into watching before. So getting exposed to that kind of material was really cool.”

Q: How do you de-stress?

A: “I like going to the gym and listening to music to destress, definitely.”

Q: What’s your favorite study spot on campus?

A: “I love going to the CIW library. I like the big rooms with the white boards.”

A: “100% I’m a massive Science Library guy. I found it last semester and was like okay let’s check it out. You go to the top floor, it’s always quiet up there. I always tend to see people who I know in there who are willing to help. All the people who work there are pretty helpful. Very easy to print stuff there too, I usually have a little bit of trouble in the bigger library, so just a usual go to for me.”

A: “Right now I’m taking Turkish literature which is a pretty laid back class. It’s more about reading and talking about what you read. Normally I wouldn’t like a class like that because a lot of books and the subject content in it is just mundane and you’ve heard it all before, but a lot of these stories are pretty interesting. They’re older stories, but they tackle issues that are pretty relevant.”

Q: How do you de-stress?

A: “I’m a big believer in listening to music to just decompress and get your mind off of things. I listen to a lot of Lauryn Hill recently, really a big fan. She has, in my opinion, a song for every emotion that you’re feeling, so I just put that in my rotation when I’m having a stressful day.”

Q: What’s your favorite study spot on campus?

A: “I’m a big fan of the Innovation Lab. I know it gets noisy in there sometimes, but I just like the atmosphere of it, so I find that it’s a good place to get my work done.”