Women's Lounge

Margaret Cheney Room
3-310 
Overview: Women only, couches, very warm, requires card access
Closest Lecture Hall: 10-250 

The first on the list is a favorite among our group. The women's lounge or Margaret Cheney room is a hangout spot for women only, hence the name (Sorry guys). It's located on the third floor above the infinite close to Lobby 7, and was one of our first ventures into sleeping on campus. To this day it is still an extremely good option, especially if you have class over in 10-250. We heard rumors about a lounge for women via some emails and decided to look for it one day. My roommate and I actually had the wrong room number at first, so when looking for the women's lounge we went to room 3-301 which is a women's bathroom..... to say the least we were a little disappointed. But eventually we found the right place. The room is accessible with key card access which is easy to get. You just need to email aeerwin@mit.edu I think and say that you are a female MIT student. (Also just to clarify in case this was unclear, if you are a boy you cannot use the Margaret Cheney Room. So please do not try to email and ask for access, they will figure out that you are not a girl.) The lounge consists of several rooms: a bathroom with locker room and shower, a kitchen, a study room, and most importantly a living room filled with couches for sleeping.

Warning:
If you've ever heard the story of Odysseus and the Lotus Eaters..... well that's what I usually associate with the Margaret Cheney Room. Basically the gist of the story is that Odysseus and his men are trying to get home and along the way they stop on this island. Some of the men eat the food and cannot bear to leave. Everyone just wants to stay on the island, sleep, eat, and dream for the rest of their lives. Well.... that's the danger of the Margaret Cheney room. It's warm and tends to be filled with sleeping bodies, you can often lose your sense of self and forget all the work you may have had to do. Friendly tip: do not go to sleep in the Margaret Cheney room if you only have about 20mins to take a power nap. It's just not gonna happen.