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Check this out:?Spock figure lives in Mossey Library
Betsy Woodruff
Issue date: 2/5/09 Section: News
The ominous silhouette that gazes at students from the left side of Mossey Library is a life-size cardboard cutout of Spock, a character from the "Star Trek" TV show. It belongs to Judy Leising, Mossey's inter-library loans technician.
"It has scared the maintenance people a lot," Leising said. "They come in in the night to clean, and see that body."
Once, a troublemaker placed Spock right behind the door to the Heritage Room. When a maintenance worker opened the door the next morning, it gave her quite a start.
"She said some uncertain words, it really scared her to death," Leising said.
The strange shape may frighten some people, but it makes Leising feel safer.
"Well, he guards me," she said with a laugh.
Leising got the cutout several years ago when a display in the library featured it alongside a cutout of Captain Kirk. Leising said she now keeps Kirk in an honored place in her office because of his intelligence, emotional reserve, and the fact that he is an alien.
"He could always solve problems out in space," she said.
When her office was on the opposite side of the library, by the Xerox machines, many patrons would make the Vulcan sign for "live long and prosper" as they walked into the Heritage Room.
"So this is where Spock retired!" she remembers one patron saying.
Leising is a self-described Trekkie. She has seen every episode and movie, and is eager for the release of the next "Star Trek" film.
"I'm hoping if I retire, they let me take him home."
"It has scared the maintenance people a lot," Leising said. "They come in in the night to clean, and see that body."
Once, a troublemaker placed Spock right behind the door to the Heritage Room. When a maintenance worker opened the door the next morning, it gave her quite a start.
"She said some uncertain words, it really scared her to death," Leising said.
The strange shape may frighten some people, but it makes Leising feel safer.
"Well, he guards me," she said with a laugh.
Leising got the cutout several years ago when a display in the library featured it alongside a cutout of Captain Kirk. Leising said she now keeps Kirk in an honored place in her office because of his intelligence, emotional reserve, and the fact that he is an alien.
"He could always solve problems out in space," she said.
When her office was on the opposite side of the library, by the Xerox machines, many patrons would make the Vulcan sign for "live long and prosper" as they walked into the Heritage Room.
"So this is where Spock retired!" she remembers one patron saying.
Leising is a self-described Trekkie. She has seen every episode and movie, and is eager for the release of the next "Star Trek" film.
"I'm hoping if I retire, they let me take him home."
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