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Post by Problem of Dog on Feb 10, 2012 11:05:16 GMT -5
Who here has been in it and how does one get into the library outside of a special event?
In my four years at Georgetown, I not only did not get to see Riggs, I don't think I even knew where it was.
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PhillyHoya
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Post by PhillyHoya on Feb 10, 2012 11:51:03 GMT -5
I snuck in my senior year precisely because I had never gotten in. I had to go up to the bowels of Maguire and saw it was open so I went on in.
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Feb 10, 2012 12:53:14 GMT -5
They open it during exams usually now for people to study and they have senior events there so I think most students these days have been in it at least once. I've been in dozens of times.
There are tons of events held there you can just sign up for.
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CAHoya07
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Post by CAHoya07 on Feb 10, 2012 14:09:50 GMT -5
I've been in at least once - there are often speakers and lectures there. I wish it were more accessible, because it really is a beautiful spot, but it's not like there are no opportunities to go there.
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joey0403p
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Post by joey0403p on Feb 10, 2012 16:05:07 GMT -5
used to go there during finals because it would be open for students to study.
also had my rehearsal dinner there - which was spectacular.
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sead43
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Post by sead43 on Feb 10, 2012 18:16:07 GMT -5
yeah finals, events (thanksgiving prayer service, senior events), and just walking up the southern stairway of Healy to the 3rd floor and seeing if the doors are open, which they are more often than you'd think, are some ways to see it.
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Feb 10, 2012 19:50:43 GMT -5
I had no problem getting there. Especially, because it was the main library on campus in my days.  |
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The Stig
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Post by The Stig on Feb 10, 2012 20:20:39 GMT -5
I went to a couple of events there. Rumor has it that most of the books on the shelves nowadays are outdated encyclopedias - just there to make the shelves look full in the background of pictures.
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Post by CTHoya08 on Feb 10, 2012 20:37:31 GMT -5
I went to the "open for study" period during my senior spring (I think that's when it was). I know they now have some kind of semi-formal dance there for seniors--I actually got an email from my sister today with pictures from the event.
EDIT: I actually went and looked at the pictures. A lot of the books in the background appear to be West's Federal Reporter, which is pretty much shelf-filler.
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tgo
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Post by tgo on Feb 15, 2012 12:08:29 GMT -5
went to a small event there during my 15 year reunion last June, was the first time i had seen it in person.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Mar 12, 2012 13:57:44 GMT -5
While I was on campus (1999-2003), Riggs Library was rarely open for events, though they began to open it up a little bit more when I was a senior, and I went to at least one special event there that was arranged through the President's office. It is definitely one of the nicer spaces on campus.
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MassHoya
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Post by MassHoya on Apr 26, 2012 19:44:34 GMT -5
Should have gone a lot more than I did instead of the Tombs. I might have gotten into medical school instead of law school and made some real money...
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Post by pertinax on Apr 28, 2014 10:11:25 GMT -5
Should have gone a lot more than I did instead of the Tombs. I might have gotten into medical school instead of law school and made some real money... In my undergrad days, a professor of English Lit advised our class that the reproach shelves at the Riggs were a safe place to store valuables. |
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