Editor — I have just started my second semester at Laney and am excited to begin new classes. I have one evening class, the same as I did last semester. 
My new math class, which takes place from 6 p.m.-7:15 p.m. after the sun has set, mind you, is in the Field House. If you are unfamiliar with the location of the Field House as was I several days ago, it is next to the football field — still unsure? 
So was I, so I walked behind the Art Center building, over the bridge, down a path and finally past the football field into Field House.
You may wonder where this story is going and I will tell you; I had to make this journey to the mysterious Field House in the dark! Ok, it wasn’t pitch black but there are several light posts that hardly light the path as there are several dim light posts scattered among this campus, and as a student and a woman it makes me feel unsafe. 
Not only is the campus not lit up but the parking lot is poorly lit; now I do not think I need to explain why the student parking lot should be well lit but I will for anyone reading this. Laney College has a responsibility to ensure the safety of its campus and as a student I do not feel safe after dark. 
Therefore, I would like to bring this appalling situation to the attention to whomever is in charge of lighting, which I am aware is not you but I am writing to you in hopes that whoever is in charge of such things will read my letter and a bulb will light up, or several light bulbs for that matter.

Yzeppa Macias
Journalism

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