Vol. 119, Issue 16 Feb. 9, 2015
Kathryn Kellar, Editor-in-Chief
The Black & Magenta
Library renovations continue
screen or a white board and interactive board,” said Ellenberger. “The colloquium room which will seat I think Muskingum University’s about 60 to 100 people, that’s Library has been under regoing to be a very high techmodeling, so students and nology area for large group staff have been going to the presentations.” temporary library located in Another technological adCambridge Hall. vantage for students and facThe Director of Muskingulty is the usage of the eBum University’s Library, ooks. Sheila Ellenberger said, “I “We’re really investing a just was almost brought to lot of our budget into electears when I saw them take tronic research courses, such the plastic down and saw that Christine Holmes/Black&Magenta as e-journals and e-books,” beautiful brick [and] stone work. It is really gorgeous.” Construction workers working on library renovations. said Ellenberger. The library’s construction Within the last couple is coming to a close and according to weeks the construction company has when Muskingum can have 60 days to Ellenberger, the library’s faculty and put in new windows and torn the tarp make sure that the library’s structure is staff is ready to move to the building. up to code. down. The library is offering a way for othAfter the library is done being The library’s remodeling is expecters to see the reconstruction process for checked, Physical Plant may move the ed to be on schedule according to Elanyone wanting to see the change. library’s items back in. lenberger. To see the live camera feed go to “I expect that Physical Plant will be“Yes, President Steele announced to the faculty...that they’re still on sched- gin moving us in sometime in the mid- www.muskingum.edu click the library link under the Academics tab. ule,” said Ellenberger. “The latest I’ve dle of the summer,” said Ellenberger. Then click on the library renovaWith a newly remodeled building heard is that the University will take ownership sometime in the middle of students and faculty will also have ac- tions on the left side column and at the bottom of that page there is a picture cess to new technology. April.” “Students can share their presen- slide where a live feed of library renoAccording to Ellenberger, Muskingum University taking ownership is tation in a small group on a plasma vations are available. Karysa Kent Orbit Media Reporter
Faculty reacts to campus lockdown Christine Holmes News & Managing Editor Muskingum University Associate Professor of Religion, Peter Gosnell was teaching his class in Walter Hall at the time campus went on lockdown Jan.22. No one had their phones out during class, so the META alert warning campus subscribers to remain where they were or to find a secure building was not communicated. Class was dismissed as usual, and according to Gosnell, they walked by a cluster of approximately 20 students, all on their phones before exiting the building.
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“Not a single person staring at their phone looked at us heading out the door saying ‘Wait, there’s a META alert,” said Gosnell. “There’s a prowler on campus.’” Gosnell, who doesn’t own a cell phone, didn’t learn of the lockdown until he returned to his office in Brown Chapel. “One should not be required to buy a phone in order to be protected,” he said. Gosnell said as far as he is concerned, the whole alert system failed. During his tenure at Muskingum University, Gosnell said he has only received three META alerts, and only
one has been successful. “The bomb threat,” said Gosnell. “Someone took seriously the responsibility to inform others. This time no one took seriously the responsibility to inform anyone else other than to note their own little text message that there was a problem.” Gosnell said META worked last November because an administrator from the second floor of Montgomery Hall entered his classroom, telling everyone to evacuate immediately. META REACTIONS, on Page 3
The play will take place in The Sandra Wolfe Thompson Theatre, Philip and Betsey Caldwell Hall.
Theatre Department puts on play rated MA María Conforte Orbit Media Reporter The comedic six-act play “Words, Words, Words” will be presented on Feb. 12, 13, 14 and 15 in the Sandra Wolfe Thompson Theatre. The play deals with language and how sometimes it can be unsuccessful. The play is directed by the Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre, John Kuhn. The original play is one of many pieces written by David Ives, and premiered in January 1987. All of the scenes are disconnected and different from each other. “They all deal with language, how language works and how it doesn’t work and how the effort to communicate sometimes fails or succeeds,” said Kuhn. Referring to the topic of the play Kuhn said, “we have all been in the situation where we had words fail us.” The auditions for this play were at the end of last semester, and the play counts with a cast of 19 actors that have been rehearsing for three months.
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