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Alexander Gymnasium named this year’s Fox Cities “Best Historic Landmark Building”

Fox Cities Magazine has named Alexander Gymnasium this year’s “Great Spaces Great Places” award recipient for “Best Historic Landmark Building.” In honor of this award, the current exhibit on the first floor of the library features photographs and other items documenting the history of the first Alexander Gym, located where Youngchild Hall now is, and the current Alexander Gym located across the Fox River.

Lawrence NOT in Playboy

The most interesting Archives question of the week is, “Is it true that Lawrence University was featured in Playboy magazine as one of the nation’s ugliest college campuses (in terms of female looks)? The answer is no. A search through the magazine’s index and a call to Playboy Enterprises resulted in finding nothing on Lawrence in the magazine.

Good information to have if you’re ever asked about it, especially at a trivia contest!

Haunted Lawrence Tour

Ever wonder if there are any haunted places on campus? Given that Lawrence has been around for 160 years, there certainly is! Come and learn more about the haunted and creepy places on campus on Sunday, October 28 at 7 pm. We’ll meet at the Information Deck in the Union and tour the campus, including Cloak Theater, Memorial Chapel, and Main Hall. The tour will end in Riverview Lounge in the Union where a Midterm Stress Relief Social will take place. This even is sponsored by the Dean of Students Office, the Wellness Committee, and the University Archives.

Have a question about Lawrence ghosts and just can’t wait until Sunday to ask? Stop by the Archives, call or e-mail. And in case you’re wondering, sorry, no ghosts in the Archives have been spotted!