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Most classes and workshops at the Medill cherub program took place in Fisk Hall\u2019s room 217. Of the 201 spots to choose from, students quickly found which seat optimized their comfort and best suited their learning style.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jonah Baron of Larchmont, New York, said he preferred sitting in the back because it allowed him to focus without the pressure of a front row seat. <\/span>Others preferred the opposite.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Violet Negrette, from San Carlos, California, said she usually sat in the front to prevent herself from getting distracted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“I like Fisk 217 a lot, actually,” Negrette said. “It’s a very different classroom style from what I’m used to. I go to a school with 10-12 people for class, and this is 84 people in a huge hall, so it’s almost like an amphitheater.”<\/p>\n

The wings of 217 better suited some cherubs. Emerson Swift of Marin County, California, chose an aisle seat on the left with a few rows of people between her and the stage. She said seeing her peers working in front of her motivated her to focus.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cherubs interested in photojournalism said they also picked aisle seats to easily capture presentations and guest speakers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou need to be in the aisle because there\u2019s a lot less people in your way,\u201d said William Barrett of Bethesda, Maryland. \u201cI sit towards the left side because that\u2019s where the podium is.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Cherubs aren\u2019t the only ones who chose their seats carefully. Instructors and community and academic associates took the rows in the back so they could enjoy the lectures without disrupting them, said CAA Juliet Allan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThese lectures are really about the cherubs,\u201d Allan said. \u201cWe\u2019re familiar with the content, but we still want to see it. There\u2019s no dull lectures.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

No matter what seat cherubs picked, there were always outlets available to charge devices.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAlways bring your charger,\u201d Barrett said. \u201cAnd fill your water bottle. The best water fountain is in the basement. Go down the stairs, turn right, turn right again, and you have a very fast water filler.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There were classrooms for smaller lectures above room 217. Baron said he enjoyed learning there, especially in room 311.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe classrooms are a good representation of what it would be like to go to college,\u201d Baron said. \u201cFisk 311 is big, but not massive. You don\u2019t feel overwhelmed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cherubs spent the most learning time in Fisk, so picking the right seat was crucial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":5154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[270],"class_list":["post-3630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics"],"acf":[],"authors":[{"term_id":270,"user_id":121,"is_guest":0,"slug":"benfogler","display_name":"Benjamin Fogler","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8cba582497e125d960ece10b91270bd0e6fb1c61be247b73a862dbc89e56725d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"Fogler","first_name":"Benjamin","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3630"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6642,"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3630\/revisions\/6642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3630"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=3630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}