The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/olin-library/)
Disregarding Olin, the Arts Quad is architecturally cohesive. McGraw, Morrill, and White Hall form a symmetrical, vaguely gothic trio. While the buildings themselves may be crumbling and held together by metal beams, in part due to the chronic underfunding of the humanities, they’re nevertheless exactly what you would picture an Ivy League university to look like, especially with the iconic Slope right behind it.
With the onset of fall semester, libraries undergo changes to promote social distancing, including reservation-based study spaces.
The University celebrated the life of Robert Moog Ph.D. ’64 in a three day long event, featuring panel speakers, concerts, exhibits and workshops. Moog created the electronic synthesizer, used by the likes of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.
For the past year, Olin and Uris have gone through other renovations. In January, Uris Library’s 24-hour study space the Cocktail Lounge closed to undergo major renovations in seating, lighting, bathrooms and technology. The study space reopened in August. This had been the first time in 17 years that the Cocktail Lounge had a significant makeover.
Olin Library’s terrace, famous for its musical rocks and views of the Arts Quad, will be closed until spring as the University manages a series of leaks and maintenance updates to the 58-year-old building.
Even with the Cocktail Lounge unavailable, there are other locations on campus for students to pull all-nighters.
“For the first time, we are enabling students to tell us what materials they need for their courses, which we hope will allow us to better support students who want or need to utilize library resources for their work,” Hines said.
At Cornell’s first “Chats in the Stacks” book talk of the year, Prof. Sabrina Karim, government, gave insights into the context, problems and solutions of the unequal power dimensions and peacekeeping missions in the U.N.
Winners of Olin Library’s first ever student art competition will have their artwork featured on the first floor elevator doors and receive a $100 gift card to the Cornell Store.
Kelsey McBean, the son of Tompkins County legislator Leslyn McBean-Clairborne (D-1st Ward), was arrested Wednesday for attempting to steal a laptop from Olin Library, according to the Cornell University Police crime log. At 5:35 p.m. Tuesday, McBean sprinted from the library with the stolen laptop, entering McGraw clock tower. According to one witness, he was seen carrying a knife. Police removed McBean from the tower approximately 20 minutes later and he was referred to Ithaca City Court, according to the crime log. Legislator McBean-Clairborne is the director of the Greater Ithaca Activities Center.