A new tutoring center occupies the space where reference stacks used to stand in the back of 141 Middleton Library. The grand opening took place Wednesday at 9 a.m.About 200 students come in daily for tutoring, said Susan Saale, Center for Academic Success academic support coordinator. Most students come for help in math, she said. The new location serves to replace one of the previous centers in 236 Coates. The CAS will continue to maintain the Nicholson and Allen hall locations. “We’re finally getting out of the basement,” said Melissa Brocato, CAS director.Student Government helped during negotiations for the space and helped to collect funding, Brocato said.  The Middleton Library location will also stay open late — until 9 p.m. on Wednesdays — and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays, Saale said. Tutoring is available in math, chemistry, physics and foreign languages including Latin, Spanish, Italian and French. Funding for the center came from private donations and deans of various colleges on campus, said Jamie Segar, director of development at the Division of Student Life. Approximately 70 students work as tutors for the CAS. Tutors can apply by filling out an online application and are trained before beginning to work, Brocato said. The tutorial sessions are scheduled around when the tutors can work, she said. Kelsie Babin, civil engineering sophomore, said she was surprised at how much smaller the new space is compared to the other centers. “You spend a lot more time waiting,” she said. This may be because the help card was easier to see in other locations, she said. The centralized location will probably attract more students, said Ashley Bahry, accounting junior and CAS tutor. “If you didn’t know about it before, you wouldn’t go look for it in the basement,” she said of the mathematics center in 39 Allen Hall. Evan Gerrets, construction management sophomore, said the new location is convenient, but it will probably be more crowded because it’s in a higher traffic area. Philip Benge, mathematics junior and CAS tutor, said feedback from students has been equally positive and negative. The location is more prominent, but some people feel uncomfortable being watched behind the glass wall, he said.”A lot of people felt at home in Allen,” Benge said.—-Contact Olga Kourilova at [email protected]