Thursday, January 11, 2007

2 Letters to the College President

To Whom It May Concern:

My name is Shay Hemp, and I am writing to you to express my concern and feelings for the connection of Cascadia Community College and the campus library. To many people, the library may seem as though it is directly in the center of the two schools, Cascadia Community College and University of Washington-Bothell. This may seem true to the people who never actually go to the library, but for me I see it much differently.

Every day I am at school I make my way to the library at least once. Me, being a student coming from the Cascadia part of the campus, feel it is much more distanced than it is to the UW. Many new students probably do not even realize that the library is for use for BOTH schools, because it is connected to the UW buildings, and separated from the Cascadia building.
Not only is it confusing for some, it is also cold! The Winter course has just begun here at Cascadia and that calls for frigid temperatures, and wet days. I feel that if you build an enclosed bridge or walkway connecting Cascadia to the library, many more people would use it, especially in this time of year. Not too many people enjoy walking in the cold to get to the library, especially when they would rather not be there.

I feel that this would be very beneficial to invest in something along these lines to help the students of Cascadia. It would make it much more apparent to the new students that they are able to use the library as well, and make it easier for people like me, who go everyday, to enjoy getting there!

Thank you for you time, and I hope that you consider my opinion on how to make the library seem more inviting, and practical!
Sincerely,
Shay Hemp

To Whom It May Concern:

My name is Shay Hemp and I have been hearing some interesting concerns about the library on our campus and the Cascadia buildings. Many people are not happy with the way the library and Cascadia buildings are set up, because of them not letting the students know that it is for both schools, not just the UW (which it comes across that way because it is much closer). The ideas I have heard around campus are to build an enclosed walkway or bridge connecting the library to the Cascadia buildings. Personally, I never go to the library. I do not like going when I do not need to, and I especially do not like going in the wintertime when it is cold, or in the fall when it is wet. I would much rather get in my car and go home!

Although I hate going to the library, and could not really care less about what goes on with it, I think that it would be more appealing to people like me to go if there was an enclosed walkway to keep me warm. Also to let me know that the library is for use for both schools.
I do not know many people, mainly just my friends and I, that go to the library in the first place, but I will tell you that if I would have to go someday, I would much rather go through an enclosed walkway.

Thanks for your time, and hopefully you take concern in this because a lot of people are not using your library!

Sincerely,
Shay Hemp

2 comments:

Geeta Sadashivan said...

Kassy,

The content of the two letters clearly shows which student is the party animal and which one's the bookworm. But it would be even better to have the distinction based on language alone--to show how one student uses slang and casual language, and the other is much more formal.

Geeta Sadashivan said...

Shay,

Sorry about addressing you as "Kassy" in the earlier post. I got distracted by a phone call.