During Saturday’s Library Open House, we had about 100 students participate in the Duck Drop, along with their families, for a total of over 500 people. Participants went up to the third floor of the library and threw rubber ducks at targets floating in the fountain. A total of 61 students were successful with 82 ducks that hit their targets.
Four of the students won a $50 gift certificate to the Butler University Bookstore:
- Lauren Allen
- Brooke Benesh
- Taylor Clark
- Mike Murtaugh
Congratulations to each of you!
We also had several students who actually got ALL THREE of their ducks into the targets:
- Mary Donnell
- Trevor Phenis
- Emily Mago
- Molly Swigart
- Lauren Verner
Great effort to you five and thanks to everyone who participated!
Color printing is now available in Irwin Library! The printer name is IL_Color and anyone can print to it.
The cost is 50 cents per page (single-sided only), which must be paid in cash at the Information Commons Desk before your print job can be released to the printer.
Procedure:
- Send your print job to IL_Color.
- The print job is held in the printer queue.
- Go to the Information Commons Desk and pay 50 cents per page, cash only.
- The Information Commons Assistant collects your money and releases the print job to the color printer.
As part of Butler’s New Student Welcome Week activities, stop by Irwin Library on Saturday, Aug. 20 between 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm to “build your trail to the library.” Build a trail mix snack as you stop at the various service points in Irwin to learn about the library’s services and resources. And, try your hand at the “Duck Drop” – an Irwin tradition that involves our fountain… Participants in the Duck Drop have a chance for one of four $50.00 gift certificates to the Butler Bookstore.
See you Saturday!
Irwin Library has a new exhibit hanging on the wall in the Collaborative Learning Space. It is a series of Vegetable Prints that compliments the New Student Welcome Week Orientation shared book read: Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer. Below are details about the exhibit.
Vegetable Prints
produced in ART312 Design: History and Theory, Spring 2011
with Professor Elizabeth Mix.
Students were asked to choose a vegetable to work with over the course of the semester. They wrote three short papers, first examining the aesthetics of the vegetable; second, recounting a food memory (good or bad) from their childhood; third, considering the vegetable as an example of package design. Based on these papers and additional research on the history of their vegetable, they created an identity program that incorporated their knowledge of the history of design. Designs were created featuring their vegetable for the decades between 1880 and the present.
Students featured in this exhibition are Kodi Colip (Peppers); Lindsay Evans (Tomatoes); Devon Henderson (Beets); and Daniel McCullough (Asparagus).
Additional works are displayed in the East Lobby of Lilly Hall. The work is displayed in conjunction with FoodCon2, which opens at the Harrison Center on September 2.
Irwin Library has a new Laptop-Charging Station in the Information Commons area on the main floor.
If you are using a laptop in the library and need to charge your battery, we have two “universal” chargers available near the Information Commons Desk. Use the Manual on the table to determine which tip to use, plug it into the end of the adapter, and charge away!
As always, if you have any questions, please ask at the Information Commons Desk.
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