“They’re still sturdy, they’re just looking dirty… and drooled on,†CHS Head Librarian Lauran DeRigne said. She was talking about the green chairs that have been sitting in the library for nearly 20 years now. Thankfully, the Breakfast Club (or Library Club) has decided to bring in some new furniture.
DeRigne says that students have come up to her asking about the possibility of new furniture.
“Occasionally we’ll get ‘we need new furniture,’ or ‘thank God,’ when I say that we’re thinking about getting some new furniture,†DeRigne said. “Then they [the students] always want a couch, which I don’t think we’ll do because we did have a couch once but it was a lot of people sitting on each other’s laps.â€
The Breakfast Club, which meets monthly in the library, is in charge of helping DeRigne make decisions for the library as well as raise money. Through fundraising events, they hope to generate enough money to cover at least half of the new furniture costs. This would add up to around $700.
The Breakfast Club students had planned a fundraiser night for finals studying. Unfortunately, the event fell through in the planning.
“The council had planned a small fundraising opportunity on the Thursday before winter break,†freshman Abraham Bluestone said. “However, due to the snow day, the fundraiser was canceled.â€
Getting new furniture isn’t just about choosing the type to get. DeRigne has a budget to balance. Just recently, the library purchased a flat screen TV to show the Friday announcements as well as book recommendations. The new chairs that DeRigne wants sit in a list of other library needs
“We would really love to paint it [the library] a few different colors, but they don’t really allow you to do anything other than white,†DeRigne said.
She also hopes to display artwork throughout the library.
“We want to do some student artwork, like hanging big murals along the spaces between the book shelves,†DeRigne said. “That would be something we would coordinate with the art department or do a student contest.â€
Even if some of DeRigne’s ambitions for the library aren’t fulfilled, new chairs are almost guaranteed. Within the next two years, the library will start another 20-chair cycle.
