The Sawmills shuttle shaft

Getting to class on time in the morning can sometimes prove a rather daunting task. You have to wake up, actually get your ass out of bed (2 very distinct actions as I'm sure many will agree,) get ready according to whatever standard you may uphold in the matter, and then physically get to class. Words simply cannot give justice to how truly difficult this process can sometimes be if you're not a morning person. But its the latter part of the equation that I'd like to take a moment to discuss with you, as this is the part of my morning routine that has become increasingly unpleasant.
For those of us living in the Lakeview/Sawmills area, walking to class is a seasonal and energy absorbing task. Therefore you must either drive and risk having to walk just as far for lack of parking options, (or get a ticket for making your own option, which is just as unfortunate) or you have to rely on the campus shuttle. A HIGHLY unreliable mode of transportation, especially when time restrictions are involved. I.E. if you live at the Mills getting to class on time has become a thing of the past.
OK so that may be stretching it a bit, but I honestly cannot recall the last time the shuttle arrived on time... and better yet, when it does arrive you have to cram into the thing like a clown car and hold on for dear life. The NYC subway system at rush hour is a more enjoyable experience than it, because at least with that there's no fear of the whole damn thing toppling over at the next corner. I mean there has to be laws against this sort of thing, there's no way having kids stand on the last step of a bus door or sitting contorted within a luggage rack is kosher from a legal standpoint. But apparently the school also caught on to the implications of stuffing students into college vehicles like a fat kid on Thanksgiving, because now they've taken a liking to just not coming to Sawmills at all. YUP talk about an injustice! Not only have we spent the entire year endangering our well being in the name of trying to get to class on time, but now we have to stand outside in the freezing morning air for over 20mins past the scheduled arrival time because the shuttle fills up at Lakeview, brings those kids to class, comes back and stops at Lakeview again AND THEN makes its way over to the Mills. So even when one takes the initiative to be ready for one of the earlier pick ups you don't end up arriving to class extremely early but rather cold and pissed off. Which going back to my initial point of the morning class struggle is no way to start the day.
The class of 2007 is even planning to immortalize the Sawmills shaft by making our senior gift a beautiful shuttle stop.. at Lakeview. Which is why I'm officially proposing that one day a week, hell, one day a month the shuttle switches its route and picks Sawmills up first. I'm not asking for a private escort, or even our own Sawmills van as some have suggested, all I'm asking for is that the shuttle starts its senior area loop on our side every so often. I mean we're already in the oldest building on campus, we have 1 bathroom for 4 people, 2 people crammed into a room that's clearly meant for 1, and we're stuck in an upperclassmen dorm instead of the luxury condos our contemporaries enjoy.
Is it really that far fetched of a request to ask that the school provide us with the same opportunity to make it to class on time in the morning without having to be outside and ready over an hour before we need to be? I think all the 50 odd Mills residents will whole heartedly agree... and for everyone else who thinks I'm just bitching... I AM! I'm not starting a Sawmills Shuttle Support group, I'm not protesting in the campus center with petitions, and I'm certainly not starting one of those infuriating campus email chains. I'm simply venting in a non-intrusive blog and if you don't like, well it its your own fault for reading this entire thing.
But I for one just wanted to go on record saying I'm sick and tired of Sawmills getting the shuttle shaft.