ShutterButton: How The Button Broke

[Disclaimer: This article was part of our "Joke Day" series... if you couldn't tell by the usage of Comic Sans.] As the University Archives reported back in the Fall of 1987, things took a turn for the worse one day for our beloved Button. Steve Curtains, President of the newly-formed Dr. Seuss Fan Club (standing, far right), led dramatic readings of "The Cat in the Hat" and "Green Eggs and Ham" along with other members to raise awareness of Seuss's literature. After three-quarters of the group piled onto the Button, a loud snap was heard, and, well, the rest is history. Member Mary-Kate Sutton is reported to have felt little remorse about breaking the art installation in front of Van Pelt. "I do not like it here or there," she said. "I would not like it anywhere."