The bus schedule- a source of unnecessary anxiety for all….but not on the weekends.

The new bus schedule has two separate routes, both with stops at Memorial Plaza, Pleasantville, and Briarcliff. Simple enough. But the times are what everyone at Pace is still getting used to, with buses going straight from campus to campus coming every 45 minutes, and buses going from town to the two campuses de- parting around every 45 minutes as well on the weekdays. This means that students may have to wait a while to get to class if they miss a bus; no more assurance of a bus coming in less than 20 min- utes. Miss the bus, miss class.

While the weekday bus sched- ule is taking some adjustment, the weekend bus schedule has been made far more convenient with one route and buses departing fromallthreelocationseveryhalf hour from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM. No more being stranded in your friend’s dorm or the parking lot of North for an hour until the next weekend night bus! This should make for easier Saturday night excursions.

It is strange that Pace would make the weekend bus schedule more convenient, however. Per- haps this is to alleviate any drunk-

driving mishaps, or to encourage students to go to any Pace-spon- sored events on weekends. It will be easier for students to take the train home and back from the Pleasantville train station with the knowledge that there will be a bus at Memorial Plaza.

But more frequent buses might encourage more frequent underage drinking- students of Pace now know that they will have a ride to the bar or the other campus throughout the night, and a ride home a half-hour past mid- night, without having to wait for a late-night cab. The wait for a cab could be anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours, all de- pending on nightly circumstanc- es. Knowing that there is a bus at 12:30 is a source of assurance; if drunken shenanigans ensue, you can scurry away from the scene and fetch a ride back home with minimal stress.

But if you miss the bus for class…. well, you may as well just stay in your room rather than show up 45 minutes late. That is, unless there’s some bus sched- uled to come in less than 20 min- utes… man, it was nice to have the 20-minute assurance every weekday.

Good to know I can get smashed at the bar and then get home safely, though. (Not to say that I actually go to bars and drink, or that any of you do.)