I was happy to see that my favorite place to study was in today’s LA Times in an article that also featured my friend Noel. Fuller’s old library was kind of dingy, with an elevator that seemed as if it belonged in a haunted mansion. I actually feared for my life taking that elevator. Their new elevator is this huge snazzy thing that announces in a pleasant female voice, “Going up.” “Going down.” It gets old after awhile if you sit too close to the elevator as you study.

The exterior of the building is designed to look like an open book (see picture to the right), which is kinda neat. There is a balcony on the top floor, so you can admire the mountains and a good bit of Pasadena. Perhaps the lovely LA smog. If you sit by the windows on the second floor, the tops of the palm trees keep you company.

Noel is right about the competition over outlets in the old library. There were these power strips that looked like they eventually would have started an electrical fire apocalypse. Fuller students almost universally use laptops everywhere they go, which is an interesting contrast to UCLA undergrads. The new library makes it easy to plug in wherever you feel like studying at the moment, with a mix of comfy chairs, communal tables, or studious carrells for options.

Overall, a wonderful new library. And I haven’t even mentioned the amazing collection of books!!