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Students in Dr. Catherine Allgor's History 001: The Historian as Detective: The History and Mystery of Race in America, a sequence of the unique freshman, year-long program CHASS CONNECT, received several library instruction sessions as preparation for writing a paper on Japanese internment in the United States.  As a fitting culminating experience, they were asked to write a haiku, a form of Japanese poetry, about the library and/or research process.  As a further incentive, prizes totalling $125, generously donated by the University Librarian, Dr. Ruth Jackson, were awarded to the "best of the best" submissions.  Here are the winners: 

Matsuo, Bashô, 1644-1694

Browsing through Scotty
Searching with databases
Reaching pure success

        by Marguerite Diche

 Runners-Up ~ $25 prize

The pages turning
focused...scanning all there is
looking for gold

        by Bianca Hernandez

with the clock running
against how fast I can move
Scotty is refuge
        
        by Stephen Fuller

Paper due?  Don't slack.
With stacks of books packed on racks,
Scotty's got your back.
        
        by Armen Manasserian

the library smells
of old books and heffers
learning was a blast.
                
by Kelly Tom