I understand the lower level glassed in room is a quiet room. However, this is insufficient quiet space. The café provides plenty of group space (along with the group study rooms), so I suggest making the entire lower level a quiet area. You need new laptops. I pay $20,000 a year here—there is funding somewhere. Otherwise, good job, but get the tree back.

Thanks for your recommendations. Due to Drexel’s heavy focus on group projects, we are committed to providing as much group study space as possible. However, we understand that students need quiet study space as well—to meet this need we have dedicated the second floor and the glassed in room in the lower level as quiet study space. Unfortunately, at this time we are unable to make the entire lower level quiet study space. As for the laptops, 20 of our 30 circulating laptops are less than a year old. In order to increase the number we could lend out, we kept 10 of the older models in circulation. We are actively seeking funding to upgrade these as well. We appreciate your patience in this matter. We miss the greenery, too, but we’re not sure what the future plans are once renovations are finished!