With the start of a new semester, students heading to the library to hit the books will be welcomed with the new Gleeson Library Study Zones, marked in various locations around the library according to three different standards of noise tolerance.

Two USF community members perform their creative and innovative noise genre music in a major festival off campus.

Anyone who has spent a considerable amount of time during finals week in the Gleeson Library knows that noise can reach unprecedented highs, limiting one’s ability to focus on work. In an effort to stem the growing issue of noise in the library, the Gleeson staff have decided to enact some new policy rules, effective Apr. 1, 2009.