Observations from 3-5 p.m.

Observations:

  • The pit was relatively empty between 3-5 p.m.
  • Few students within the pit itself
  • Most occupants were seated outside the Daily Grind, Student Union, or Lenoir Dining Hall
  • At the Daily Grind, customers were in conversation with others
  • Outside the Union and Lenoir, the majority of students were seated by themselves with textbooks and other school materials.
  • Constant flow of students walking through the Pit on their way to class or some other destination.
  • Occasionally, students would stop and talk with someone they recognized, these conversations were generally less than five minutes in length.
  • Highest traffic around 3:50 and 4:50 when students got out of class.
  • No organizations were set up during this time period.
Textual Signs:
  • ICEE and Subway signs outside Lenoir
  • Posters in the Student Store windows
Non-textual Signs
  • Tables located around Lenoir, Student Union, and the Daily Grind
  • Stacked up chairs in the middle of the Pit representing the fact that campus organizations could not participate in "pit sitting" during these hours.
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