The above quote is from Phil Squattrito (Class of 1982). Read the full memory below:

I was a chemistry major, so most of my library memories center around the Sci Li, but I have one particular memory that involves the Rock. I was involved in a 3-way conversation with a classmate Dan Ladow ’82 and a female student whose name I don’t recall. She was going on about how she had all this reading on reserve at the Rock, including a book by some guy with a name she did not remember but approximated as Schlemiel. Through a little probing, Dan was able to establish that the author in question was the revered Arthur Schlesinger. When she asked who this Arthur Schlesinger was and why he was such a big deal, I chimed in “He writes reserve books for the Rock” upon which Dan promptly cracked up. A nice dry little moment and my main memory of the Rock, which I probably visited fewer than a half dozen times during my four years at Brown.