The Microfilm Room

Last year, thanks to a friendly history major who actually knows how to use the library, I was introduced to the most wondrous place on Earth: The Microfilms Room. Its the most super handy-dandy spot in the entire old library (which is the second warmest building on the Quad, hence my enjoyment). I use the microfilms room for its secret stash of computers, there is no fighting for time or printers, there are relatively few people who actually use the room for its intended purpose so I very rarely have to give up my spot to someone who needs to read a newspaper from London in 1913, did I mention its warm? Granted today is not one of those days when I need to escape the cold, but I am here anyways because it is still too cold to sit on benches and walls in the sun.

You may be wondering why I'd even bring up my secret hiding spot. Truth is it was outed last night on facebook (Thank You Alan Linic and Facebook). I have been sworn to secrecy about this place, each time I run into a friend or a classmate fiddling with the microfilm machine, pretending that their not using Youtube or peeking at porn (word on the street: that only happens openly in the other library, tacky. Just plain tacky) they look at me in horror and vomit the accusatory "who told you about this place?" and then threaten me.

Cross my heart Matt this is the only telling I have done and seeing as this is both our last semester I think we'll be OK.

The Microfilms Room is a magical place where I find friends, mostly people from my creative writing classes, which is either a coincidence or a creative writing conspiracy, I haven't yet decided, and learn about all kinds of things.

Actually I haven't really learned much about anything in this room. I spend all my time tied to the many "social networking" sites I am socially networking on (ironic).

I have never checked a book out of this library, I have only once looked for a book in this library, I have twice watched movies in the media room but I spend nearly all my break time in The Microfilm Room wasting time. Blame the Internet.