As a student who for years has come across tests and projects that conflict with Jewish holidays, I have learned that the key to resolution is compromise and not stubbornness.

There are dozens of religious groups on campus and there really is no realistic way for the University to create a schedule for 30,000 students that appeases all of them.

There are many great examples in this country where the interests of religious groups are protected, even with a schedule that conflicts with their holy days.

For instance, the SAT is always given on Saturdays, but any student with a religious conflict can easily arrange to take the exam on a Sunday.

Rather than waste time asking the University for the impossible, students with conflicts should concentrate their efforts on what alternatives the University will offer if exams are offered on Saturdays.

For its part, the University should act immediately to ease everyone’s concerns and announce that anyone with religious conflicts will be afforded an opportunity to reschedule their exams on alternative days.

And while they are at it, University administration should implement this scheduling policy year round and not just during exams.

Sammy Grant
law student