A good example is the placement of the controls for the powered door on the library side of Monroe Hall. As you move into the building, you have to pass opposing traffic. Loyola's buildings have too few powered entrance doors. A physically challenged person must hold and fight his or her way through the bathroom door while still trying to hold on to his or her dignity. Many students at Loyola are ready, without being asked, to open doors and make room in the elevators when I enter.
Priorities often change according to whoever makes the loudest noise or has the squeakiest wheel.
They also change according to whomever you want to please the most. It is not necessary to change Loyola's priorities, but they should be refined to include the handicapped and physically challenged in order to meet a growing segment of the student body and those students who are on their way to Loyola. The situation at Loyola reminds me of a family trip I took to Oklahoma as a child. The scenery as we traveled into mountains was beautiful and my mother made a big deal about the beauty and how it would be nice to live in those beautiful mountains. This is why I question the priorities being put forth in beautifying the quad while there are so many needs for those who are in need.