Coming this January 2009 so get your act together!

Stop by the Alumni Student Study Lounge and admire our newest art acquisition. On the right hand wall, as you step into the room, is a series of carved wooden faces (watching over the goings-on in the Study Lounge). This beautiful piece, “Audience” is the work of local wood-carving artist, Ron Davis. We have a second sculpture, a life-sized human caricature entitled “Waiting” that stands next to the photocopiers in the Learning Commons. Ron works almost exclusively with big chunks of indigenous pine. Since exhausting the supply on his own land, he relies on woodlot owners to contact him when (huge) pine trees are to be cut. The White Pine used in “Audience” was once a shade tree on someone’s property. After cutting, it takes months for the wood to dry properly before the carving can even begin. So from living tree to finished sculpture you’re looking at least a year or two . . . certainly not a craft for the impatient.

Can you believe it? We’re less than 1 month from the beginning of exams, so it’s time once again for us to extend our hours (and soon we’ll be cracking down on the noise!). Beginning this Friday (November 14th), the library will be open every single night ‘til 11:00 pm. And, on the weekends we’ll be opening at 10:00 am. So to summarize: Extended Exam Hours (Nov 14 – Dec 18, 2008) Mon – Fri 8:15 am – 11:00 pm Sat & Sun 10:00 am – 11:00 pm