Locals Claim Desecration, Practice of Gravestone Rubbing Comes Under Attack

College student rapt in attention at the task of stone rubbing. 

          Beginning as a revivalist trend last fall, Stone Rubbing spread like wild-fire this winter at VC. It was a fun way to spend an afternoon, kneeling before a particular slab, slowly tracing its delicate lines in solemn remembrance of a bygone colleague. This fad exploded in the 1960's as a way to come in communion with the spirit world, but became cool to post up in off-beat graveyards. The college has latched on to this 'vintage trend' and now nearly every student has a gravestone rubbing on his/her wall.
          However, local citizens are expressing concern as students will loiter in the graveyards, often staying for hours at a time. There have been reports of bonfires, littering, excessive noise, and even on occasion something that younger students call "grave-tipping". Citizens have demanded that college put a ban on gravestone rubbing and to crack down on visitation to the graveyard.