Library fine
The importance of a proactive SU is not to be underestimated. Overactive and misdirected crusades, on the other hand, are distinctly less helpful. With the broad successes of their campaign for twenty-four hour portering in one hand, and the uncertain outcome of the ongoing bar fiasco in the other, YUSU clearly feel the need to tip the balance of their campaigning record. So lo and behold, without much call from the students, a 24-hour library campaign.
At the University of York students can currently enjoy a 24 hour computing service, giving one 24 hour access to a broad selection of e-books and journal archives. Not to mention the bonus of 24 hours access the little known phenomenon that is the Internet. Where other Universities have centralised their computing system under the umbrella of their library we have the collegiate sprawl of campus computing.
With computer rooms humming through the night it seems an uncalled-for extravagance to light up the J.B. Morrell library too. At a time when we’re battling with complaints against the environmental crimes committed by Heslington East, it hardly seems to be appropriate to pour funds and energy into such a campaign.
With 84 hours of library opening time, there must be one in which the average student can drag themselves in to get a book. Indeed, perhaps it’s about time we woke up and adjusted to a more mainstream body clock anyway.
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