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During my wandering about campus this evening, I strolled through Cowgill to see what fellow restless minds were at work. The place was bustling (naturally, architecture students here seem to work 5 days per week straight, and then take a weekend-long break) but I found no one that I knew personally.

I walked to the 3rd floor just out of curiosity and, even more curiously, walked into the Art & Architecture Library. Anyone knowing me well enough would understand what a drastic maneuver that was; not that I am anti-libraries, but for some unexplained reason I simply rarely make use of them. Apart from the 4 times I went into the main library, Newman, for research within a class last semester, my previous library visits were as scarce as albino moose. One of my most recent library memories was actually in high school, when I was in the library for part of the afterprom celebration because they had inflatable games set up in the vicinity.

Since I learned how to use a computer and access both relevant and irrelevant information from the internet, I’ve given an unintended slight to libraries. So, my random visit this evening was unprecedented. But it was worth it. And very much so.

Did you know… Did you know… that libraries have magazines? Even better. They have current magazines! My early childhood memories involve going to a library with my mother to hunt out Sports Illustrated for Kids editions, none of them newer than many months outdated. But, the library here has magazines. And, being an Art & Architecture library, has magazines specifically related to areas within those fields. And. Yes. That includes ID. This makes me very happy. I spent quite some time browsing, being inspired, and wanting to leave so I could do something with that inspiration.

No longer will I have to pay dues to B&N to scan their magazine racks and scoff at the per issue prices. Perhaps it is time to put my library ignorance to rest. Now, I will put on the cloak of being that guy who hangs out in the library just to read the magazines and who, apparently, has nothing better to do. That’s the good life.

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