I must admit, the local public library is one of the greatest assets our community has (thanks Ben F). In the last week that I’ve been hanging out in mine (they have air conditioning) I’ve rented DVD’s, used free wireless, garnered maps of Illinois and Cook County, looked up the best trout fishing and salmon runs locally, read the Wall Street Journal and New York Times, studied for fall classes, found multiple roomates. I’ve also just found out they have passes for all the museums which you can check out for a week at a time. Nothing in Evanston has come even close to as useful as this, and they even have free parking.