Last week on October 11, The Ohio State University announced their latest renovation project, The Restoration of the Historic Mirror Lake. Within days, the beloved pond was emptied to start construction. While the new renovations will give Mirror Lake the face-lift it needs, the year and a half of inaccessibility to the lake takes a brutal toll on other local residents.
For years, what many people called “Mirror Lake,” residential ducks called home. And with the draining of Mirror Lake, tens of ducks are left completely homeless. The Ohio State University sucked the water out of their home and now just expects the ducks to simply “relocate” for the time-being. If this were an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, then it would be okay. Ty Pennington would build the new home within a week, while the ducks would enjoy an all-expense-paid trip to Walt Disney World Resorts. But sadly, this is not the case and these ducks are without their true home for well over a year.
This is not something this university or this community should take lightly. These ducks are just as much a part of this school as any other student, faculty member, alumni, or vice versa. This is why we need 10,000 signatures so the university sees how pressing of an issue this is and will work to actually arrange a different location on campus for the ducks to reside at. By signing this petition, you can be a part of the solution in getting these helpless ducks a temporary home. Where is this temporary home? I’m glad you asked.
The temporary home for these beautiful ducks will be on the 3rd floor of SEL. Yes, the 3rd floor is technically dedicated to grad students, but they do not necessarily need an entire library floor sanctioned off to them. However, the ducks without a doubt do need an entire library floor sanctioned off to call home. In addition to moving the ducks to the 3rd floor, multiple baby pools will be purchased and filled with water so that they can still splash and swim around. Overall, everybody wins. The ducks get a temporary home and students can see cute ducks swimming in baby pools.
When (not if) the 10,000 signatures are reached, President Drake will be forced to implement this plan immediately with no questions asked, because that is how petitions work. So please, lend a hand and sign this online petition. Do not hesitate. Your local area ducks need you.
Lastly, once this plan is in action and the ducks are peacefully residing on the 3rd floor of SEL, consider signing the follow up petition: “Maybe Get the Grad Students Another Place to Study.” Stay tuned for when that petition is created.
To sign petition, follow this link: https://www.change.org/p/president-drake-give-the-ducks-of-mirror-lake-a-temporary-home?recruiter=613846727&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink