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Show Campus News TJhierefs More to tlnanra. The Forum Moving tine Kristin E. Briggs Forum staff writer comStanding south-weside plete on the of campus, the new Giovale Library is a source of excitement for administration, faculty, students and alumni. The $14 million, three level, 47,000 so. ft. building is planning a ribbon cutting ceremony in time for fall semester on Sept. 12, 1997. While all outward appearances show the building to be almost finished, Theres still a lot of work that needs to be done, says Richard Brockmeyer, Director of Plant Operations. two-thir- ds st Ive been here fifteen years and this has been the busiest. The work remaining is not as obvious as laying bricks and moving books. We need to move the computer mainframe currently in Malouf, and move the main phone switch... stuff that cap only bo done after commencement and before school starts. On a brighter note, Eye Benham said, Hildy Administration is planning how to do the move. How we are poing to do it has not been decided yet. There also hasnt been any decision made about plans for the Nightingale Library. "Library personnel in there as long as said Brockmeyer. for this summer so the students will have some- place to go. They are scheduled to move the first week of August, leaving three weeks before school starts to settle in and get organized. At this point the plan is to keep it open most of the summer, using it as a temporary staging area for the near future while the administration decides how best to use it. The best bet right now is offices and classrooms. In preparing for the move to Giovale, Benham explained that they are in the process of converting from the Dewey Decimal System of book organization to the Library of Congress System like the University 01 Utahs Marriott Library. We are in the process of ordering a whole hunch of new books... we get tons in every week, said workstudy We student Steve Nelson. have been ordering updated and withdrawing books no longer in demand, weeding out old magazines and double copies. The Giovale Library will be blessed with a large video tape collection including the BBC of canon entire and plays Shakespeare Conversations About Jane Austen a series discussing Austens works with her greatmaterial est critics, Brockmeyer adds that the the months for landscaping around the building and around the west side. There are going to be more sidewalks south of Malouf and a road behind the library. The track and north and south ends of the soccer field will be put back in shape before school begins. Currently, there has been nothing planned for the amphitheater. The construction has accordpone approximately ing to schedule. Have there been problems? No, all those happened last summer, Brockmeyer said with a laugh, utility problems-wat- er, feeds, gas lines and power. Theyve been taken care of and were a headache Public Services Librarian 1997 Meets workers are painting right now and putting in tile in the bathrooms. The millwork, or woodwork, starts March 3. Theres quite a bit of wood, on the counters, etc. Of course, there is carpet still to go. We are hoping to begin moving equipment in around June 15. Since there are requirements prior to okaying the for occupancy, building library personnel do not plan on moving in until later in the summer. March and April will be last summer. As for the actual moving of the books and equipment, Wednesday March 5 i) one ever said construction workers didnt have a sense of humor. After Peggy Stock issued a warning, they had to resort to different methods, photo from Forum archives No Innocent Poetry? Bickmores poetry projects the importance and necessity of standard family Lisa Feb. values. She refrains from On 13, Bickmore, an English profes- using strong language or In sor at Salt Lake Community questionable images. to she a uses her read addition, complete, College, poetry large Westminster audience in grammatically correct senNunemaker Place. tences, which sometimes are The audience quietly con- a rarity in modern poetry. to give If I had templated the words of wisdom Bickmore had to offer as Bickmores performance and she read several of her works. material a television rating, A general theme of her poetry she would get a G for genis family. eral audience. At first the readher Hairway through reading seemed out of place Bickmore commented from what I was used to, but on ing, how she had been raised in a then I found her clean larne family in Salt Lake City approach to the literary and is now raising a family of world refreshing. her own. As a result, much of However, by no means her poetry is about events or would I consider other readcircumstances surrounding ings that I have attended this her family members. year offensive or inappropriof Bickmores ate. Quite the contrary, I Many take in come to love each and the have poems place at or evening night. Perhaps every one of them. because this is the only time a Its nice to take a break working mother has to herself. from the expected though, Bickmore seems to think so. especially when the unexShe also has a lot of angelic pected is as innocent and and child images in her enjoyable as Lisa Bickmores fennifer Mecham Forum staff writer poetry. poetry. & siM to ccap Arts & Mtetfest! This is a new edition to The Forum which provides the Westminster community with a place to be heard and seen. Students, faculty ana staff can submit poetry, sketch es, artwork, photos, or anything you feel like, DEADLINES: Work should be submitted to the The Forum office in Converse 201 or The Forum mailbox in the A.S,W.C. office in Shaw the Wednesday prior to publication. Please sub mit all written work on disk as well as a hard copy, RULES: Construction on the outside of the library is nearly finished, but the inside has a lot of work to be completed. The project is still on schedule with the scheduled opening on Sept. 12. photo by Sean Selin Poetry: up to 20 lines CommentaryProse: up to one page double-space- d SketchesPhotosComics, etc,: up to 8.5x11 inches All artwork must be scannable material. Copies preferred, but originals acceptable. |