Walking into the packed computer commons while on a time-crunch for a class project, only to find the majority of those computers occupied by people who are just aimlessly clicking their way through the Internet, is particularly frustrating to someone in need of it for academic purposes.

It gets especially more frustrating when you are a digital arts or journalism student in need of one of the five Macintoshes only to find that they are occupied by people on Facebook, who are unwilling to move so that someone in academic need of the machine, can use it.

This blatant inconsiderate behavior expressed by some in the commons is doing nothing but impeding someone in their educational advancement. And though this is not a new issue and has been addressed by the school and this paper before, it is still relevant and ongoing.

There are signs and regulations posted inside each station that stress the academic priority the computers entail, but no one seems to pay attention to them. And though the use of computers inside the library for purposes is a something every student has done, it becomes a problem when you do not take the liberty to option up your seat to someone who is in need of it.

If someone is roaming about you with a look of inquiry on their face and a brick of books in their hands, and you happen to be just goofing around on the computer worrying about who is dating who and who hates who. Offer that individual your seat so that they can rest a little easier during finals.

If the person next to you seems transfixed in a fever of typing and page flapping, be considerate by setting your phone to silent and avoid deafening laughter as you watch something ridiculous on Youtube.

Everyone eventually has time to kill on campus and when you have to do it, find an outlet that won’t retard the study habits of others.

A sense of courtesy and forethought toward other students needs to be stressed, so that all students at BC are afforded the full potential of their sought education.

We are living in economically trying times and have had a recent influx of students on campus in the past couple of years.

It is imperative that we put education over everything else even the “Bed Intruder Song” or Michael Vick’s Twitter.