Inside the civil engineering lounge, Mother Teresa looks out sternly from her perch on the paper announcement taped to the mini fridge stocked with pop.

“25 cents per can… Honesty is the best policy,” the paper warns.

This holy fridge can be found within room 435 of Bolz Hall, the place to eat, joke and study before and after classes for students in the civil engineering program, said Colleen Atves, a senior in civil engineering.

Described as “the cult for CE students,” Atves said the lounge is also home to The American Society of Civil Engineers and Chi Epsilon.

Atves tossed her wavy blonde hair over her shoulder and joked in mock modesty, “(Chi Epsilon) is an honorary for the top-third of the class, which I happen to be secretary of.”

Inside the classroom-sized lounge, there are a plethora of things to make any student happy: comfortable office chairs, large couches, ample desk space, a stocked refrigerator and plenty of free food.

“I’ve been coming to the CE lounge ever since they’ve been giving away free pizza,” said Brandon Thompson, a senior in civil engineering.

Because of the meetings that occur from the organizations who use the space, there always seems to be some sort of food left over to munch on, Atves said.

Between mouthfuls of the day’s featured food, students are constantly coming in and out to chat, participate in a group study session, take a nap or check their mailboxes, which professors use to return grades and tests.

“It’s the most useful (study space) because there are other civil engineering students,” said Alexis Semach, a junior in civil engineering.

Ryan Stowe, a senior civil engineering student, said the lounge is also centrally located between Bolz Hall and Hitchcock Hall, where most of the civil engineering classes occur.

Perhaps that is why the room was full of only civil engineering students. Atves said she didn’t think others would come there, but they wouldn’t stick out if they did.

“I don’t know why (non-civil engineering students) would be here; it would make them like their majors,” Stowe said.

Nick Fisco, a senior in civil engineering, said he comes at least once a day to do homework, check his mailbox or attend meetings.

“It’s (the) best place to study with a group because you can talk – you don’t have to be quiet like in the library,” Fisco said.

His one gripe, however, is that the room does not have a copying machine. As a civil engineering student, he’s entitled to an unfathomable amount of free copies but can only access them in a computer lab, he said. There, he has to scan it onto the computer before printing it out.

“It would be more convenient to be able to do it here … by just swiping your BuckID or something,” Fisco said.

John Bidinger, a senior civil engineering student, acknowledged a need for computers within the room because it would be helpful to be able to look up information.

Despite the complaints, the civil engineering students seem to love it for one reason or another.

“It’s at least my fourth-favorite place on campus,” Atves said.