function randomImage() { var theImages = new Array()
// hard coded for homepage images
	theImages[0] = '/loeb_library/information_systems/images/news01.jpg';
	theImages[1] = '/loeb_library/information_systems/images/news02.jpg';
	theImages[2] = '/loeb_library/information_systems/images/news03.jpg';
	theImages[3] = '/loeb_library/information_systems/images/news04.jpg';
	theImages[4] = '/loeb_library/information_systems/images/news05.jpg';
	theImages[5] = '/loeb_library/information_systems/images/news06.jpg';
	theImages[6] = '/loeb_library/information_systems/images/news07.jpg';
	theImages[7] = '/loeb_library/information_systems/images/news08.jpg';
	theImages[8] = '/loeb_library/information_systems/images/news09.jpg';
	theImages[9] = '/loeb_library/information_systems/images/news10.jpg';

var j = 0;
	var p = theImages.length;
	var preBuffer = new Array()
	for (i = 0; i < p; i++){
	   preBuffer[i] = new Image()
	   preBuffer[i].src = theImages[i]
	}

var whichImage = Math.round(Math.random()*(p-1));
//alert (whichImage);
document.write('<img src="'+theImages[whichImage]+'" width="235" heigh="45">');


}