As far as the school budget goes, one must admit that in these times, it’s being stretched pretty thin. Yet I walk around the Lowell campus and, lo and behold, there is a brand spanking new golf cart cruising around with a security guard in it.

I find several things wrong with this scenario. First, shouldn’t we be spending money on things like books, chalk, and, I don’t know, maybe hand sanitizer? I would appreciate more hand sanitizer, but a golf cart? How do golf carts improve our education and how do they benefit the school?

Secondly, if security guards can ride golf cart around campus, I think I should be able to ride my longboard down the firelane behind the school.

If you think about it, the average Lowell student crosses our relatively small campus on foot five or more times a day.

Don’t get me wrong, having security guards is great, and they definitely make me feel safer, but this whole golf cart thing is a bit ridiculous.

— Kendra Kop, Reg 1316

This letter first appeared in the Oct. 7, 2011 print edition of The Lowell.