C.W. Post to Bury Time Capsule at "Turning
2000" Celebration
October 8, 1999 - As a kick-off to the long-awaited Turning
2000 Millennial Weekend at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island
University, students, staff and faculty will gather on Thursday,
October 14, 1999 to preserve their past as they move into the
future. With the burial of an aluminum time capsule, 36"
long and 12" in diameter, the campus community will preserve
for the next generation of students the memorabilia, books, research
and photos that capture the spirit of today's "Pioneers."
The time capsule will be dedicated on Thursday, October 14, 1999
at 12:30 p.m. in Conolly Circle in front of Kumble Hall.
The capsule, to be opened fifty years from now, will contain
items that represent a broad spectrum of campus life and a glimpse
into the daily life of 20th Century Long Islanders on the brink
of a new millennium. From campus photos and sports equipment
to daily issues of Newsday, the C.W. Post Time Capsule
will present a comprehensive view of Long Island's North Shore
to students in 2049.
"For many years, the C.W. Post Campus community has sought
to maintain a momentum to propel us into the next millennium,"
said C.W. Post Provost Joe Shenker. "Fifty years from now,
our successors will be able to look back and not only see how
far they have come, but also see where they need to go as the
campus community of 2049 aims for another new century."
Students and staff members are eager for an opportunity to
literally be a part of history. "It will be very exciting
for C.W. Post students of the future to see what we are like
now," said 18 year-old Nicole Verdi, a psychology major
from Rego Park. "I'll bet we share many things in common
with them, and it will be interesting to find out our similarities
as well as our differences."
"I'm glad that the campus is opening the capsule in only
fifty years," said 20 year-old Sharif Washington, a public
relations major from the Bronx. "So many of us will still
be around and can return to tell the students first-hand what
life at C.W. Post in the 90s was like."
The burial of the C.W. Post Time Capsule officially begins
the Turning 2000 Millennial Weekend at C.W. Post, an all-encompassing
conference on the new millennium to be held from October 14 to
16, 1999. Planned lectures, presentations and discussion will
revolve around issues of critical importance to New Yorkers with
the coming of the next millennium. They include: the environment,
the economy, politics, technology, American pluralism and social
equity, literature and the arts, health and aging, ethics, culture,
spiritual life, and education.
For additional information, visit the Turning 2000 website
at www.liu.edu/turn2000 or call (516) 299-2700. To make suggestions
for items to be buried in this historical monument, please contact
the Office of Public Relations at C.W. Post at (516) 299-2333
or pr@cwpost.liu.edu
For more information call the C.W. Post
Public Relations Office at (516) 299-2333 or e-mail pr@cwpost.liu.edu or send
mail to: Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, 720 Northern
Blvd., Brookville, New York 11548-1300.
