[427] Students Burning Midnight Oil Past Midnight As Exams Loom

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 20, 2010
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081

STUDENTS BURNING MIDNIGHT OIL PAST MIDNIGHT AS EXAMS LOOMJames E. Walker Library and Starbucks Café Open Later to Help Studying Students

(MURFREESBORO) – In response to a Student Government Association resolution, MTSU’s James E. Walker Library will observe later hours on Study Day and exam days during the spring 2010 semester to serve the campus community.
The extended schedule is as follows:

· Thursday, April 29 (Study Day) -- 7 a.m.-3 a.m.
· Friday, April 30 -- 7 a.m.-5 p.m.
· Saturday, May 1 – 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
· Sunday, May 2 – 1 p.m.-3 a.m.
· Monday, May 3 – 7 a.m.-3 a.m.
· Tuesday, May 4 – 7 a.m.-3 a.m.
· Wednesday, May 5 – 7 a.m.-3 a.m.
· Thursday, May 6 – 7 a.m.-10 p.m.
· Friday, May 7 – 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
· Saturday, May 8 – closed for graduation

The SGA resolution (8-10-S) called for the library to be open 24 hours a day
during the end-of-semester studying period. However, library officials say, in the absence of sufficient personnel to provide around-the-clock service, they believe the extended schedule will be helpful. In addition, the Starbucks café inside Walker Library will observe longer hours, closing one hour before the library’s closing time each night of the extended schedule. For more information, call the library at 615-898-2772.

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