I was shocked and horrified when I read of the indignities heaped upon Julia Horowitz by the thoughtless souls at UTS (“A busload of problems,” Feb. 25).
That UTS might expect Ms. Horowitz to familiarize herself with the bus system’s routes (described in depth on their website) strikes me as purely unreasonable. Shouldn’t the service offer Horowitz a personal guide through the ins and outs of UTS? She has, after all, deigned to ride along with the peasants. And not just any peasants — but peasants who speak Chinese! Can’t the drivers enforce a Suburban-English-only policy?
I can only begin to imagine the terror Ms. Horowitz felt as the bus lingered near a “dilapidated apartment complex” for an arduous 13 minutes. The unsavory undergraduate and graduate students who reside at what can only have been University Heights might have spotted her and confused her for one of their own! She might have been subjected to the spectacle of a “peasant” eating a chili dog from the 7-Eleven next door!
Most shocking was Ms. Horowitz’s report that the bus driver refused to promptly return Ms. Horowitz to her home. Doesn’t she know her place? How could she let the bus schedule get in the way of catering to Ms. Horowitz’s every demand?
I don’t know what our University — nay, our society! — has come to when a student such as Ms. Horowitz must suffer so. These are totally reasonable grievances from an abundantly thoughtful columnist, and they should be taken VERY seriously.
Eric Rettberg
GSAS ‘12
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