Oh, and here I thought that you were insinuating that people were actually
STUDYING in the library. Perish the thought.

Yigal


At 03:11 PM 9/19/2002 -0400, Tyson Land wrote:
>It seems I touched a nerve.  My comment below was merely in response to Dr.
>O'Dea's e-mail and not directed toward any specific event, person,
organization,
>or humanitarian issue here on campus, the city, the State, the region or the
>world.   Please disregard.
>
>Tyson Land wrote:
>
>> Imagine . . . the Library.
>>
>> --
>> Tyson Land
>> Library Associate II
>> Circulation/Reserve Desk
>>
>> University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
>> Lupton Library
>> Dept 6456
>> 615 McCallie Avenue
>> Chattanooga, TN 37403-2598
>> (423) 425-4501 (Circulation desk)
>> (423) 425-2366 (Circulation work room)
>>
>> *****************************************************************
>> "I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember
>>  and those who read to forget."
>>   --William Phelps
>>
>> Gregory O'Dea wrote:
>>
>> > Colleagues:
>> >
>> > I don't know who authorizes such things, but I wonder what thinking
guided
>> > the decision to allow the anti-tobacco function currently BLARING AWAY
right
>> > outside of Pfeiffer-Stag and Hunter Hall. I've got nothing against the
>> > message (even though those of you who know me know I smoke like a chimney
>> > myself). What I do find distressing is the level of noise being generated
>> > through the custom sound system. I imagine students trying in vain to
study
>> > in Lockmiller and attend to their instructors in Hunter. I don't have to
>> > imagine faculty and staff trying to concentrate on work in
Pfeiffer-Stag and
>> > Guerry. This has been going on for the last four hours. It is LOUD.
Surely
>> > there are less intrusive ways to conduct such informational campaigns.
And
>> > surely they don't have to be scheduled during prime class time, or
last this
>> > long.
>> >
>> > Please, for the love of God, make it stop. And make sure it doesn't
happen
>> > again.
>> >
>> > Greg O'Dea.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Dr. Gregory O'Dea
>> > UC Foundation Associate Professor of English
>> > Assistant Director of University Honors
>> > The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
>> > Chattanooga, TN   USA
>
>--
>Tyson Land
>Library Associate II
>Circulation/Reserve Desk
>
>University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
>Lupton Library
>Dept 6456
>615 McCallie Avenue
>Chattanooga, TN 37403-2598
>(423) 425-4501 (Circulation desk)
>(423) 425-2366 (Circulation work room)
>
>*****************************************************************
>"I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember
> and those who read to forget."
>  --William Phelps
>
Dr. Yigal Levin
Dept. of Philosophy and Religion
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga TN 37403-2598
U.S.A.