The Rabb Steps aren’t that bad

Every day hundreds of Brandeis students trek up the hill our campus is built on and pause before reaching their final challenge. Brandeis students despise the Rabb Steps, the giant staircase standing between them and the humanities quad. Brandeis students hate the Rabb Steps, but that hatred is unwarranted. Brandeisians tend to be pessimistic, they find reasons to dread aspects about the University that are not worth the mental energy. The Rabb steps are not that big of a deal. The steps can be difficult, but they are not the enemy that Brandeis students have made them out to be. There are other options of reaching the humanities quad if need be, such as the elevator in the Mandel Center for Humanities, and the triumphant feeling of “conquering” the Rabb Steps outweighs the feelings of trepidation. As a humanities student living in the Village Residence Hall who has early morning classes up the Rabb Steps almost everyday, the walk to my classes and up the Rabb Steps wakes me in time for my classes to begin. There are more advantages to going up the Rabb Steps than disadvantages. The Rabb Steps are not the enemy, they aren’t even that bad.