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libraryjournal:

From Gawker, Scene Outside College Library Looks Like Walmart on Black Friday:

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.

H/T radicalmilitantlibrarian.