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...have is free time when we go home, and we can hardly stand it. We never admit it to our friends, of course, even if they notice our frequent glances at the loaded backpack in the corner of our room. We don’t tell them that the only student Harvard loves more than a workaholic is a student it can make into a workaholic. Everyone else takes a year...
Good Day. That’s what Guttentag means in German and that’s what is embroidered in neat block letters on Lisa Guttentag’s blue L.L. Bean backpack. It’s unclear if it’s an affirmation or a command. But either way, Guttentag is having a good day and wants everyone else to have one, too. She’s not really supposed to be here right now. At least, on June 12, 2000, when her van was hit by a tractor trailer, no one thought she would be here...
...Opens backpack full of photos with one book...
...Opens backpack, photos spill...
Often the checkers simply glance at one compartment of a backpack or skip the check altogether. For all the double-checking, it would be easy enough to hide a book in other compartments or jacket pockets. Furthermore, anything short of patting down library patrons as they exit will do little to catch thieves who have torn out pages...