by Brendan Hellweg<\/p>\n
Since 2002, when the Friendly\u2019s that was located in the\u00a0Reed Center was replaced with a school-owned facility, the Stu-Bop, alums and current students alike have clamored for Friendly\u2019s to open a new location so that students can get their sundae fix between classes. After 11 years of this pressure, the school has brokered a deal with Friendly\u2019s Ice Cream, LLC to construct a restaurant on campus. Due to the success of the Stu-Bop, a new location has been proposed that would not compete so directly with the store: the Robert Parker Clapp Memorial Library.<\/p>\n
After a two-month summer renovation, tables, a kitchen, and the cashier\u2019s ruby-red booth will take up the majority of the library\u2019s second floor. In an interview with a Friendly\u2019s spokesperson, she said that Williston\u2019s \u201ctrack record as an exceptional private educational institution won\u2019t be damaged by removing roughly one third of the books. During a quick tour of the current library, I saw literally 12 books on JFK\u2019s presidency. If they cut that down to one book, we\u2019d have room for a rainbow sprinkles dispenser!\u201d<\/p>\n
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