Who's in, Early Decision?

frazzled1
Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:25:45 +0000

oh, gawker. Fun to read but no one’s going to confuse it with the New York Times.

For students at the College of William & Mary in Virginia, trying to secure a prime study spot in the library during the “reading days” before Finals Week has become as harrowing and dangerous as trying to purchase $2 waffle iron on Black Friday. Trampling! Pepper spray! These are now part of their library experience.

Except they aren’t “part of their library experience.” According to the article, an anonymous girl was quoted as saying that she had pepper spray and was ready to use it if things got rowdy - which is not at all the same thing as making pepper spray “part of their experience.”

I watched the clip and didn’t see any “trampling” - I even missed the supposed fall. It was just an orderly line of college students, some in good humor and some undoubtedly stressed out. I was surprised at how audible the murmuring was, considering what I’ve previously heard about how you don’t make noise in Swem as exams loom. Though, for the newly admitted students reading this (congrats! :D), that rule is more strictly observed the higher up you go in the library. The third floor is as quiet as a cloistered monastery at any time of year.