The above quote is from Jim Phillips (Class of 1974). Read the full memory below:

I worked for three years at the Rock, first behind the main checkout counter and then as a night staffer at the Social Sciences reading room. Felt like a happy worker bee in a busy research hive. But my favorite memories were pouring over newly arrived editions of the New Republic, National Review, Washington Post and N.Y. Times in the periodicals reading room. People today have the internet, but back then the Rock was my window on the world for learning about Vietnam, Watergate, the 1973 Arab-Israeli war and the oil embargo. Also have great memories of nighttime pilgrimages to the roof of the Physical Sciences Library while it was under construction. There was a great view of Providence (always prettier at night) and you could hear yourself think.