Students compete in microfiche project

Students at Baker University can observe work from the microfiche competition in either the President’s Display Case in Constant Hall or in the area behind the reference desk on the second floor of Collins Library.

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“The library had boxes of this stuff,” Sandy Tugman, advising and tutoring coordinator, said. “There needed to be a creative way to dispose of the film that wasn’t as expensive.”

Tugman served as one of the three judges for the competition.<br/>The microfiche and microfilm in the competition were formerly used for media storage that could be viewed through a projector.The microfiche and microfilm in the competition were formerly used for media storage that could be viewed through a projector. The microfiche and microfilm in the competition were formerly used for media storage that could be viewed through a projector.

Judges met Feb. 22 to determine the winners. Awards ranged from Best Student Individual Project, to Greatest Amount of Fiche Used, to Most Academically Interesting.

“This stuff is hard to work with,” Tugman said. “I mostly looked for creativity, but construction integrity was pretty important.”

Tugman said when judging began, judges were supposed to choose first, second and third places, but once they started judging they began making up categories for each piece.

“We were told to do whatever we felt we could do with the stuff,” freshman Brytani Arnberger said.  “We were goofing around and it was kind of a joke at first because we didn’t know what we were supposed to do with (it).”

Arnberger’s group entered the competition as a requirement for her LA112 Exploring Creativity class. The group of five students tied in “The Best Spring Break Idea” category of the student division with their creation of “The Love Shack.”

“We got the e-mail and the teacher announced it that everybody basically won,” Arnberger said. “There was a promise of an A on the project in the beginning, but we’ll see how that follows through.”

Assistant Professor of Biology Erin Morris entered the faculty division of the competition. The piece titled “Library of Life” received the award for Most Academically Interesting.

"I was shocked because I'm not really an artist," Morris said.<br/>Morris said she entered into the competition with the idea of creating a double helix and the film reminded her of DNA gels. Once Morris began working on the project, she found the film too difficult to work with and ended up making DNA on a smaller scale.Morris said she entered into the competition with the idea of creating a double helix and the film reminded her of DNA gels. Once Morris began working on the project, she found the film too difficult to work with and ended up making DNA on a smaller scale. Morris said she entered into the competition with the idea of creating a double helix and the film reminded her of DNA gels. Once Morris began working on the project, she found the film too difficult to work with and ended up making DNA on a smaller scale.

Tugman said she hopes another competition will take place now that people have an idea of what the material is and what can be done with it.

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