February 10, 1997  Volume 86, Number 16 | Prev | Next | Index
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500,000 books a year
By Caroline Moseley

You need to be a bit of a diplomat, and more than a bit of a detective"

Did you take a book out of Firestone Library today? If so, it was one of approximately half a million that circulate in a typical Firestone year, according to Circulation Librarian Joan Martine. It is Martine who, with an eight-person staff augmented by 24 student workers, serves the faculty, staff and students who appear at the Circulation Desk.
     "We charge books out, renew them, discharge them on return, recall them, put them on hold and chase them down, wherever they are," she says. "Our patrons use these books to carry out their course work or research, and we try very hard to get them every book they need."

Jolly Holiday ride wins Disney job for senior
By Mary Caffrey

Most children who get on a roller coaster just look forward to what's around the next corner. Bevin Barberich '97 was different. During her visits to "Physics Days" at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Va., Barberich wondered what it would be like to design the twists and turns herself.
     Barberich will get her chance after she graduates in the spring with a degree in mechanical engineering. She has a job waiting for her at Walt Disney Imagineering in Glendale, Calif.
     The job is part of the first-prize package that Barberich received -- from Mickey Mouse, naturally -- when she won the 1996 Imagi-Nations Design Competition. She was sponsored by the Society of Women Engineers for the contest, which is open to members of minority engineering organizations.

Astrophysicists solve puzzle of interstellar dust
By Jacquelyn Savani

Bruce Draine, professor of astrophysical sciences, and graduate student Joseph Weingartner have solved a 50-year-old puzzle: the mysterious alignment of interstellar dust particles. They presented their conclusions at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Toronto on January 13.

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PWB editor