Photograph: Lee Pellegrini

Katherine Coughlin ’08 (left) and Shannon Flynn ’08 (right) prepare for finals in Bapst Library’s Gargan Hall on December 11. Access was extended to 24 hours a day after Thanksgiving—Sundays through Thursdays during the semester and every day during exams. Students may travel the main stairwell to Gargan or visit the basement, where vending machines have been added. Adeane Bregman, head librarian at Bapst, says that the high point thus far was 1 a.m. on December 7, when 157 students were counted in the 220-seat reading room. At no time has the room been empty.