Soliciting for Peace ... At the library?

So I am sitting at a table at the library trying to get some reading done before class. I notice someone approaching from the corner of my eye.

It is a young Asian man with something in his hand. I have my earphones in, so hevstarts waving at me.

I don't know him.

He waves the small laminated card in front of me. It is a note asking for donations for something.

I smile and shake my head no. He walks away cheerfully. He's headed towards the next unsuspecting library patron.

I can't believe that I have just been solicited at the university library.

Who would have thought it possible?