FACT: Before the Surface, there was Butler Library

Last week, students from "VIS 439: Art as Interaction" installed "The Surface," a series of wooden boards designed to encourage passerby to scribble whatever they wish. Since then, the project's incited op-eds, news articles, and even censorship by the University. We here at the University Press Club wonder, what's the big deal? Long before the idea for the Surface even existed, student angst and crudely drawn penises had another home: the Butler Library carrels. Take a look: