I cant help but wonder why someone did not physically prevent her from taking the list.
Because they have be brainwahed into thinking not to confront agressive people, but to yield.
"I cant help but wonder why someone did not physically prevent her from taking the list."
It was 4:30 a.m., most of them were sleeping, and no one expected anything like that to happen! As a resident of Bryan-College Station, whose hubby has both attended and worked at A&M for over 20 years now (and has personally stood in line for Cotton Bowl tickets...!), I guarantee that everyone who saw her walked towards the list totally expected her to follow the unwritten code of honor and simply write her name on the list. It was when someone did try to stop her that she put the list in her mouth. A fellow student DID physically grab her, and had assault charges filed against him later. I don't know how that is proceeding, but I certainly hope the UPD dismisses charges.
Pepper spray would have been an appropriate tool.