Reminder about Library's "No Food" Policy
Dear Students,
By now, you have hopefully seen the email sent around last Thursday by Dean Cheadle regarding food in the library. I wanted to follow up with you to let you know that starting tomorrow (9/12), we plan to be very serious about enforcing this policy. We will be instituting rounds of the library by our guards and if you have any food, you will be asked to immediately remove it or throw it away, so I wanted you all to be forewarned.
I am pleased to tell you that we’d like to give a little something back for your understanding and attention to this matter (we’ve noticed a huge improvement already—thank you) and we have relaxed our beverage policy a bit. You may now bring in your bottled water in clear bottles. This does not include other types of beverage bottles or opaque reusable water bottles, because it would be too difficult for us to determine that there is only water in them. If you would like to bring in other beverages, please do so in the UCLA Library and Law Library approved mugs (given to you for free at orientation) or you can now bring in your LexisNexis or Westlaw “no spill” mugs.
Thanks in advance for helping us to keep our library a beautiful, quiet and pest-free place to study.
Donna
Click Link below to see Dean Cheadle's original email...From: Cheadle, Elizabeth
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 9:33 AM
To: Class of 2008; Class of 2009; Class of 2010
Subject: An important reminder
Dear Students,
Once upon a time, not so long ago (you weren't here, but I was), the law school had a terrible rodent problem. We're talking rats leaping off filing cabinets in student organization offices, scurrying down the hallway in the middle of the day, and prowling the stacks of the libraries. This was especially a problem in the library, where there are lots of places for rodents to hide, and where valuable library resources appear to small four-legged creatures to be simply an additional food source or hiding place. Months and many thousands of dollars later, we finally got rid of all the critters, but it was a creepy period of time in the life of this lovely and homey building. That is why the library has such a strong anti-food policy, which they tell me they are currently having trouble enforcing because you guys don't fully understand all the bad consequences that can flow if you leave crumbs around. The ants have now arrived and the rats will follow shortly if we don't nip this in the bud. Facilities can't clean fast enough and the guards can't always be on potato chip patrol. Please, dear students, it's important to be careful about food everywhere, but I ask that you especially and strictly adhere to the library's "no food" policy. Save the calories for mealtime.
Oh, and please pay attention to the large "no smoking" signs around Shapiro Courtyard, too. Smoke lingers in the air; this is California, and we don't even smoke outside.
End of public service reminder(s). Happy studying.
Elizabeth A. Cheadle
Dean of Students, UCLA School of Law