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Editor:
It is typical of the response of a large bureaucracy to generate superfluous studies before taking any actual action. It is therefore unsurprising that when confronted with large scale campus-wide drainage problems, Campus and Facilities Planning decides to first create a $200,000 map.
It is also disturbing that campus planner Grant McCormick said this is the "first time campus drainage is being reviewed as a whole" ("UA study to fix runoff problems, create accurate campus map," Nov. 21). When it rains for more than seven minutes, parts of this campus are virtually impassable. This is the first time the problem will be addressed systematically?
Wait. Forming a plan to deal with the actual problem is secondary to generating a really good map of the campus. I know one of the things I've lamented about this campus is the lack of a really good map. I mean a really superior map, not some run-of-the-mill map. Not being able to study for finals in the College of Law library past 8 p.m. on the weekend is a small sacrifice in exchange for knowing university funds are being used for a damn fine map.
Perhaps the University could brag to perspective students: no parking, not enough classes, and departments getting slashed, but we do have a really expensive, world class campus map.
One of the really bad flooding areas is on second street near the Harvill Building. I used one of the supposedly inadequate maps to pinpoint the locale; couldn't the people who will correct the problem find their way to the area without the benefit of a $200,000 map?
Joseph Todd McKay
second year law student
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