For the Love of All that is Holy

Dear Undergrads that like to use the Law Library,

When we kick you out of the "law student only" section, it's not because you're particularly obnoxious, because we hate you, because you're being discriminated against, or because we find your general presence distracting. While we may not give a second thought to you being there most of the year, this generalization is lifted during the hell we know as finals and finals prep. We aren't trying to be mean or trying to demean you in anyway. We're not trying to be rash, though, in the state of stressed out and potentially sleep deprived that most of us exist in, we may well be a tad irrational. The point is that you, dear ones, have FOURTEEN libraries on campus. We have ONE. If there is no seating in the area where you are allowed to sit in our library, wouldn't it make more sense to just go to one of the other FOURTEEN and find yourself a seat? I mean, I've seen the seating that exists in most of those libraries, it's truly immense. We have limited seating. We have no separation between where law students are allowed to be and where the rest of the public is allowed to be. We understand that most of you just want to study, that you're not really going to make any noise, and that, like us, you're relatively stressed too, but grant us this ONE thing during only a week and a half each quarter. All we ask is that you don't take up the precious seating in the single section of the library that is reserved for our use. And we don't ask for that consideration all year, only during finals and pre-finals. 10 days a quarter.

So, please, if there aren't any seats left in the library, go to another one. I personally know of two within a 4 minute walk of this building. I know it's a pain in the ass, and I know that it's not ideal. It's not an ideal set up for us either, but it doesn't help when you insist on making a fuss, becoming disruptive in your refusal to leave, and then sulking publicly about it later. That helps no one. And, yes, if we didn't have a mild dislike of you before that happened, you can rest assured that once you have made a fuss, every single law student in that section is glaring daggers of death at your head. You have successfully placed a target on yourself at that point, giving each irrational law student who is prone to sneaky hate spirals fantasies of your face melting off like in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Can't we just all be adult about it and follow this single rule in the law school?

Thanks, and best of luck in life.