Rave in Belk Library
Gorillas, glowsticks and Miley Cyrus
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Photos by Sam King
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A gorilla with glowsticks wedged its way through the crowd. Students covered the circulation desk and squeezed themselves into every open space in the surrounding area. And then, Miley Cyrus' "Party in the U.S.A." blared through Belk Library and the scene became Elon's first rave.
From 10:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Oct. 21, Elon University's Belk Library was transformed. For that half-hour, students raved between the shelves, on the desks and all over the first floor. Students observed and filmed the scene from the floor above.
Students began to assemble in front of the library at 10 p.m. before the doors were opened for everyone to rush inside. Free pizza was provided for the homecoming event that may become annual after the evening's successful turnout.
Updated October 22, 2009
Nice photos by Sam and video by Jack! Thanks for the great work. I don't know if you can ever embed more than one clip in this CMS, but sometimes using several shorter clips works better - having two or three clips instead of a long one makes it easier for you to do the upload and then it also makes it much smoother for people to be able to view the video without freeze-ups. Short clips generally get more views, too.
Great job covering this for multimedia, you guys! You really rock. I hope you had fun catching all the action from on top of the circulation desk - best view in the library judging by your video and photos!