NIU should open up library hours to give students who aren’t business majors an open space to study. The only college at NIU that has a place to study 24/7 is the College of Business’ Barsema Hall.

The College of Business is nationally recognized and has the best return of investment rate in Illinois when reviewing business schools, according to the College of Business page on NIU’s website. Students of all majors were able to study in Barsema Hall, until the college announced Barsemas doors begin locking for non-majors at 10 a.m. starting Jan. 14,2017, according to a Feb. 9,2017 Northern Star article. This change in policy was a result of damages done to the Barsema during all night study sessions.

To give students who aren’t enrolled in the College of Business a place to study on campus NIU should open up library hours so all majors can have a place to focus on their studies.

As of now, the Founders Memorial Library is open Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 12 a.m., Friday 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday, the building doesn’t even open until 1 p.m. and then closes at midnight.

The library’s hours dictate when students who aren’t enrolled in the College of Business can study in a quiet on-campus environment, something not all students have the privilege of enjoying when sharing a residence hall or an apartment with roommates. It’s not fair that every other college doesn’t get the same accommodations as the business students get. For example, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is the university’s largest college, with 18 departments and seven centers including the natural sciences and social sciences. But those students, the largest in the university, bring in the highest of income into the university, according to its homepage on the NIU website and have no where to study past midnight.

This uneven distribution of study accommodations makes it seem as if NIU favors the necessities of business majors over other students.

“Some students definitely have anadvantage over others.” said senior biology Joras Powathil, “Just because business program at NIU is well known, they have barsema where they can study whenever they want” . 

To provide all students with fair accommodations NIU should provide a space on campus for all majors to study in overnight like the College of Business’s Barsema hall so all students have access to a place to focus on their academics outside of class.

NIU should open up library hours to give students who aren’t business majors an open space to study. The only college at NIU that has a place to study 24/7 is the College of Business’ Barsema Hall.

The College of Business is nationally recognized and has the best return of investment rate in illinois when reviewing business schools, according to the College of Business page on NIU’s website. Students of all majors were able to study in Barsema Hall, unti the college announced Barsemas doors begin locking for non-majors at 10 a.m. startng Jan. 14,2017, according to a Feb. 9,2017 Northern Star article.This change in policy was a result of damages done to the Barsema during all night study sessions.

To give students who aren’t enrolled in the College of Business a place to study on campus NIU should open up library hours so all majors can have a place to focus on their studies.

As of now, the Founders Memorial Library is open Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 12 a.m., Friday 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday, the building doesn’t even open until 1 p.m. and then closes at midnight.

The library’s hours dictate when students who aren’t enrolled in the College of Business can study in a quiet on-campus environment, something not all students have the privilege of enjoying when sharing a residence hall or an apartment with roommates. It’s not fair that every other college doesn’t get the same accommodations as the business students get. For example, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is the university’s largest college, with 18 departments and seven centers including the natural sciences and social sciences. But those students, the largest in the university, bring in the highest of income into the university, according to its homepage on the NIU website and have no where to study past midnight.

This uneven distribution of study accommodations makes it seem as if NIU favors the necessities of business majors over other students.

“Some students definitely have an