The Library Extravaganza

I just have a few more comments and some photos to share from the ordeal that went down in the Reference Room last night... I am so glad that I was there to witness it firsthand (and even participate a little)!

I did feel the tension. Honestly, I thought it was convenient because I needed to study for a midterm anyway, so I went to the library and got a spot a while before the herd. So I could understand how the other people who had been there comfortably studying for quite some time felt a little uneasy when the activity was growing around them. But hey... it was maybe 25 minutes... they'll get over it.

I also think that Public Safety was a perfect ending to the "piece." Otherwise, I'm not sure how it would have ended... maybe the performers did, but I couldn't foresee anything.

One of my friends who had been comfortably in the room for a while before the show began came up to me after and right away asked, "Is this for that Spectacle class?" I mean... what could I say? Everyone in our immediate area had already heard them explain it was an assignment to Pub Safe. So I said yes and told him I would love to hear any feedback that he had. Here is what he had to say... in a nutshell:

• Sort of obnoxious at first because people were trying to read/study and it's the middle of midterms
• Thought maybe it was wasteful and was hoping they were books that were going to be thrown away anyway (and I assured him they were)
• Hilarious when Pub Safe came in
• Hoping they wouldn't just leave a mess because that would be rude (I also assured him they would have cleaned up, although looking back I'm not really sure of the groups intent... thoughts??)
• Finally he said that it may have been more amusing at a different time of the year. There's really not much we could do about that, but it's something to think about. Are we trying to be amusing, or is the point that it's midterms week? Something to discuss.

I'll close with a few pictures that I was able to get when I wasn't ripping up a book or scanning the faces around me:

I loved this...

Pub Safe Officer: What are you doing?

Joel: Performance

PSO: For what?
Joel: Just for... performing

PSO: But what are you performing?

...and it went on