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They arrived before sunrise, cars quietly pulling into a parking lot at Memorial University. Some students arrived on foot, toting oversized bags; one glided in on a bicycle, a tent strapped to their backpack. At 5 a.m. the streets were still empty; the only onlooker was a curious fox that watched the gathering from a perch near the steps of the Arts building before it dashed across the road and vanished into a backyard.
The students were organized and went to work quickly. A large folding table went up with clearly-labeled kits stacked around it: first-aid kits, tent pegs, bins of food, twine and other materials. Out came the sheets and tarps. Tent poles snaked through the wet dewy grass as they were linked together.
“There’s always a learning curve with a new tent,” an organizer commented wryly while wrestling with the poles.
By 6 a.m. the initial group of a half dozen students had doubled in size and six tents were up in the stretch of grassy field between Elizabeth Avenue and the university’s Arts & Administration Building. There was still no sign of campus security, but a curious duck waddled over to investigate, eliciting cheers from students who offered it pieces of muffin. (more...)
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