By Molly Riesenberg and Jate Britton
Staff Reporter and Videographer
The Underground is located on Amarillo College’s Washington Street Campus under the Ware building.
The Underground is a com-puter lab that all AC students can use Monday through Friday and Sunday. “Any student can access The Underground,” Gilberto Zamora, Education Support Assistant, said, “The Underground is a study space that offers many different tools that students can access
and use.”’
Some of the available resources are printers, both black and white and color. They also offer study spaces, such as conference rooms and mini offices, on a first-come, first-served basis. They have computers ready with AutoCAD and engineering software and Adobe programs for design.
The available software can be useful for Graphic Design Majors. “I really like that there are computers down there because I can still use the same software that I use in graphic design and in Parcells hall,” Isaiah Rose, a design major, said. “It’s also just a good spot to kind of get away. I feel like there’s less pressure in The Underground. I can just go to The Underground and get everything done without having to see if there’s another class in a classroom or if I’m going to be disrupting other students.”
Some students use The Underground to focus. “If I were to study at home, I would get distracted easily,” Eh Ku Paw, a General Studies Major, said, “I have a lot of family in my house, which makes it distracting. So coming to The Underground helps keep me focused physically and mentally.” Paw also said The Underground gives students their own space to work, “I think The Underground is a pretty cool place to study and to have your own space.” Other students shared Paw’s opinion of The Underground. “It easily became one of my go-to spots to study,” Michelle Lizardo, a Criminal Justice Major, said, “Every time I go there, it’s always quiet and I’m able to focus on my studying.”
The Underground’s study spaces also provide space for students. “I used the study spaces when I was having to make a logo,” Rose said, “ The spaces provided a quiet place for me and my friends to collaborate on a logo design. We were able to put our ideas up on a screen that the study space had available for us. The room was ours all day because it was on a first-come, first-served basis.”
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