Herman B Wells library isn't just for late night studying anymore

The musty books. The harsh, overhead lighting. The allure of getting caught.\nApparently, the Herman B Wells Library gets IU students hotter than campus in August. In this year's Best of Bloomington poll, the Best Facebook group was "I Would Totally Have Sex in the Library," and the Library won "Best place to Make Out." \nBut everyone knows that tales of sexual misadventure are best taken with a grain of salt. Is anyone actually going up in the stacks to get down?\n"Yep, I actually did it, it was on the third floor, undergrad side," says Emily, a senior. "I didn't do it in the stacks. We were in a classroom, and it was just fun because we were so afraid of getting caught. The door doesn't lock. It was kinda neat because we didn't plan on it, but I was wearing a skirt that day, we said that if anyone comes in, we can just say I was sitting on your lap."\nBut it can take a few years for students to get up the nerve. Dylan, a freshman, is a member of the group, made a post that said, "Upon my first visit to the stacks a few days ago, I quickly realized why Playboy labeled the library as one of the top 10 places to have sex on any college campus. Carpe booty!"\nBut has he actually seized the booty up in the stacks?\n"Not in that way," he laughs. "I just thought it was nice and secluded. I was just visiting, and I'd never thought about it. It seems like it might be fun. I'll just have to wait and see."\nBut the roots of the group don't stem from someone's deep desire to actually get busy up on the fifth floor.\n"It's one of those things you see on TV, like the 'Friends' episode. A lot of people take it too literally," says group co-founder senior Will Esterline. "We're not perverts; it's really just for fun. We invited a few of our friend to join, but then people started joining and started asking to be officers. It's just a funny idea."\nAnd while some students may own up to actually doing the deed among the books, Esterline thinks that most people simply like the idea.\n"It's something that people would want to do, but would fantasize about more. But that's that's the point of the group -- (they're saying) they would, but it's not like they're actually attempting to really do it. It's not like we're trying to start some weird thing in the library."\nAlumna Jamie Nuccio, the group's other founder, says that she's just glad she could leave her mark on IU. \n"No, I've never hooked up in the Library. It started when Will was trying to get me too mess around in the stacks … just kidding," she laughs. "We didn't mean for it to be literal. I just invited a few people, and Will did too, and now it has hundreds of members. I mean, you always hear about this kind of thing in the movies. You always hear rumors."\nAnd even thought Emily has actually gone through with it, she acknowledges that for some, fooling around in the library is more of a nice idea rather than an actual course of action. \n"I think a lot of people would like to. As far as the Facebook group goes, I think it's more of a fantasy rather than something they've actually done. Hence the name, 'I Would Totally Have Sex' rather than 'I've Had Sex in the Library."