The Daily Egyptian is published by the students of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semesters and TWThF during the summer semester except during vacations and exam weeks. Daily Egyptian online is uploaded at noon. Briefs Daily Egyptian Abatement project will disrupt first floor of Morris Library For the next three to four weeks, Morris Library will undergo changes in the north corner of the undergraduate library to begin an abatement project. The project, which will begin in the northwest corner of Morris Library and eventually move to the circulation desk, will remove asbestos.
Asbestos is present in older buildings and was used for insulation.
Before they can remove the asbestos, Fitch and Fitzgerald, the firm planning and contracting the job, hired companies to build scaffolding so workers are able to climb into the ceiling. This first part of the project will be distracting and loud to students only on the first floor, during the day. The rewiring will also give the Morris Library staff a chance to rearrange the computers on the first floor. During the project, areas of the first floor will have temporary lighting, low ceilings and furniture rearranged between the scaffolding. Although the north area of the first floor will be affected, the noise should not affect the southwest corner, where students can still study and use the ethernet connections.