To the Editors:

I am not one to complain, and I guess in that way I am not very Jewish, but I am intrigued. I was accepted to a number of colleges other than Yeshiva (and while they dont post signs around their campus, I can only assume that the greenery growing along their walls signifies that they too are in the top-tier), and they all had wonderful benefits. In many ways Yeshiva is deficient relative to those institutions of higher learning. But there is one way that I gotta call some attention to: The university library.

Well, aside from the collection, which seems to be dated by only seventy-five years, it is never open. Now, I am not saying that on the first weekend after classes began that the library should have been open, so that all of the students who did not have a prayer of getting their books at the wonderful pop-up book store had a place to actually do their assigned readings. What about Motzei Shabbos? Oh, we can watch TV and lift weights if we want, but who in their right mind would want to spend time in the library while theyre at college? No complaint is good without a resolution, another philosophy that betrays my religion, so here goes: Update the collection and open the building; people just might get smarter that way.

Sincerely,
Adam Steinmetz,
YC 2004