It’s 3 p.m., better known as rush hour on campus. Students crowd the sidewalks, some heading to Kirkwood for coffee and lunch and some traversing Dunn’s Woods to shave a few seconds off their commute to class.
You are one of these people, caught in the crosswinds of classmates and travelers. But something is different about you today.
You gotta go.
Bad.
But halt, thy racing heart. Though it may feel like you’re adrift, below I’ve compiled a list of the greatest campus bathrooms — some for their efficiency and location, some for their beauty.
So salute the custodial staff that makes these lavatories lush and take a moment out of your day to try these toilets.
Franklin Hall, northeast corner bathrooms
Nestled by the exit stairwell in the northeast corner of Franklin Hall, you will find the greatest selection of single-stall bathrooms campus has to offer. Four floors with two restrooms makes eight total.
As a frequent night-dweller of The Media School, I can speak to the janitorial prowess of these bathrooms. Never have I seen so much as a stray droplet of pee in any of these clean, mean, pristine potties. Perhaps it’s an unwritten covenant among all who set foot in these sanctuaries to keep them unblemished.
It must be acknowledged that the walls and doors here are thick. If you’re in need of that extra privacy we all need sometimes after a big coffee or a bad trip to Z and C’s, these bathrooms are for you.
Student Involvement Tower, top floor
Before I laud this picturesque potty, I must congratulate all the toilets in the Student Involvement Tower for their privacy. Though not technically single-stall private bathrooms, I can almost guarantee nobody will stumble into whichever one you choose.
The Tower remains something of a mystery to me. Clubs and student organizations shelve their equipment there sometimes, and some niche offices are headquartered there, but let’s be honest — it’s a ghost town.
But the crowning jewel of this IMU extension is the bathroom on the top floor. Scale the tower’s eight stories — by elevator, if you don’t relish a quad workout before your restroom use — and be rewarded with a bay window overlooking the most beautiful campus in the country.
East Studio Building
The past two bathrooms have been near the heart of campus, but we don’t all spend our time there.
I’m sacrificing a personal favorite spot for you, dear reader. On the cross-street of Third and Eagleson, you’ll find the East Studio Building on the northeast corner. It’s a music building, modern and recently renovated.
It is consistently populated, but with very few. Meaning, of course, that you run little risk of being caught in the act.
The bathrooms it hosts are state-of-the-art. Flushing power that takes away your breath and your waste at an astounding rate.
And the stalls are massive. Kick back and relax.
Wells stacks
This may be more of an honorable mention, but these bathrooms hold a dear place in my heart. If you hadn’t noticed, I value privacy over comfort. When single stalls prove difficult to find, you have to get creative.
When nature calls and I’m lost on the north end of campus, Wells Library beckons me. The bathrooms in the east tower stacks are nothing to write home about. In fact, they look like relics of the decades most of our parents were born. But if you need to escape the crowd, there’s no better place to do it.
This story was originally published in the Indiana Daily Student's spring 2026 Source Campus Visitor's Guide.
