Dear Editor,

In response to your recent Staff Editorial calling for improved athletic equipment, I call foul. I would prefer to see the facilities needed for academic achievement first. In three areas my academic life is made more difficult on a daily basis because of sub-par facilities.

Firstly, it is often difficult to find a wireless signal in many parts of the engineering school. It seems a basic requirement in a modern wireless campus that wireless access be better than sparse.

Secondly, software that is required for one my classes (Visual Studio 2008) is only available in a single lab, and that lab is often occupied by the introductory Computer Science class. Again, the ability to work on academic projects is limited due to a lack of facilities.

And finally, there is only one Mac lab on campus that has the needed software for the iPhone development course. This would be more than sufficient, except that the lock on the door is broken, and therefore we do not have access to that lab.

I have no doubt students in all fields and disciplines frequently encounter similarly frustrating facilities deficiencies, issues that cause more than the inconveniences caused by less than ideal gym conditions.

Sincerely,
Philip Kimmey
Class of 2012