The above quote is from Nicole Israel (Class of 2000). Read the full memory below:

I spent so many hours in the Absolute Quiet Room (absqui, as we called it). And while I followed the rules and was indeed absolutely quiet, I couldn’t help but notice all of the absolutely quiet non-verbal communications that existed in that room…the eying, the gestures, the aggressive coughing. Though probably my most meaningful memory was the day I finally finished Ulysses there….such an exuberant ending in such a quiet room! I might have let out my own aggressive cough just to appropriately punctuate the moment.