ANDERSON, Ind. — A group of college students hoping to preserve items from today’s world for the next generation to unearth in a quarter century have had their plans put on hold by Mother Nature — or rather, a mama Canada goose.

As part of a legacy project, members of the Student Government Association at Ivy Tech Community College assembled items for a time capsule that will buried near a sculpture on the school’s new campus in Anderson, said Heather Cardinas, vice president of the association.

Creators of the time capsule had hoped to bury the container Friday, but the goose, affectionately named Lucy, laid seven eggs over the past two weeks and is nesting with them near the sculpture. She will challenge anyone who approaches.

While Canada geese can be inconvenient at times, the species is protected by state and federal law.

Once Lucy has finished her duties as a mother, Anderson campus President Dr. James Willey said the time capsule will be buried as planned.

“We hope that when this time capsule is opened in 25 years, that the things we included inside can create a very vivid picture of how things are today,” Cardenas told the Anderson, Indiana Herald Bulletin.

“This is certainly a first for this campus and for Ivy Tech,” said Willey. “Twenty-five years years doesn’t seem like such a long time; it won’t be a long time, but we know how quickly things change in this day and age.”

Items included in the capsule were the 2016 graduating class cap tassel and the names of graduates, and a USB flash drive listing current events such as the contentious presidential election.

In addition, the container will include information about the price of gasoline, the cost of a semester at Ivy Tech, as well as quotes, poems, and other memorabilia.

Hirsch writes for the Anderson, Indiana Herald Bulletin.