Description of Charlie's Place

The arrangement of the furniture in Charlie's Place makes it very clear that they are looking to accommodate a variety of groups. The carpeted portion of the room, which consists of everything except the perimeter, is divided into two sides, which we will call the left side and the right side. On the left side, closest to the Math and Computer Science hallways, there are three rows of seven circular tables, each surrounded by four chairs each. These are accompanied by the cash registers for the food lines, a sort of bar of elevated chairs, and three televisions playing ESPN, a Lewis news station, and ABC. This side of the room is clearly optimized for individuals and closer, more intimate groups who could be entertained by the televisions. On the right side of the room are eleven rectangular tables, which are formed by two square tables each, and are surrounded by eight chairs apiece. There is also one square table and three circular tables, each with four chairs. All of these tables look incredibly out of place, as if they were stuck in because either the tables came in a packaged price deal or because the floor space was wasted otherwise. This area is clearly optimized for larger social groups or gatherings.

Surrounding the perimeter of Charlie's Place is a number of elevated tables with two chairs each, as well as some booths located around the walls of the right side. These seem to be there so different types of groups may access the outlets on the walls if they have laptops. The tall tables are most likely used for individuals who need to do homework on their computers or need to have a meeting with one other person, usually a professor or fellow classmate based on the observed interactions in these spaces. The booths seem to be mostly used by classmates working together on a project, who are using their laptops, or couples having breakfast together.

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Throughout all of junior high and high school I was a member of Student Government. By my last two years I had even become class president. I really wanted to keep up with it in college. When I got to UIUC, I tried very hard to find the Student Government to join. However, they did not have a very large presence on campus and it was not until my second semester that an acquaintance of mine had said that he was a member of the Student Government and that he would be able to get me to join his committee. Well when I finally did get to go, the committee meeting was only about 10 minutes long and we did not have one for another two months. When I left UIUC, I had felt that it was so difficult to get involved with the Student Government and it did so little that I decided I would not try to become involved with it anymore. By letting go of that, I was eventually able to have time to join the Math Club here at Lewis and become a big part of that. It has been a much more enjoyable and enlightening experience in the one and a half years in Math Club than my 6 years of Student Government, and I feel that I am not missing too much without Student Government as a big part of my life anymore.