Having opened in November of 2021, the LMS building has included lounges in both upper and lower floors of the building. These lounges are sitting areas that students are allowed to use for studying and chill out areas.

“It’s a place for students and teachers to work and to study,” LMS Principal Margaret Bray said.

The lounges are located in Upper and Lower B building and are open for all students to use for doing homework, studying or just as a calm hangout spot. As long as students present a pass as permission to be there, all are welcome.

“There’s never a time when someone is going to be told ‘you are a Marshall student; you aren’t an LMS student, and you need to leave’,” Bray said.

These lounges are social community places. Made for any and all people of the campus to just have a spot to be, But when the lounges are dirty and not treated with care it can cause restrictions and limitations to be placed instead of giving free reign in the area.

“It just makes me sad when it’s not respected, when it’s not taken care of,” Bray said. “These are valuable areas. Students need to take care of them.”

While Lower lounge area has more couches and is more like a chill out area, upper B building has a set of stairs and barstools that usually is used for when there is a guest speaker on the campus, or sometimes when class photos wish to be taken.

“There’s not a lot of flexible seating across the campus, so that’s why those spaces were designed, and we encourage students to use them,” Bray said.