I’m a coffee lover — hot coffee particularly — everyone knows that.

But every now and then, I feel the urge to make it iced. That’s when reality hits: I don’t actually have any ice. I didn’t refill my tiny ice cube tray, my roommate’s ice maker is growing weird things and making a special trip to the dining hall just for ice? Not happening. So, I’m left standing in front of my trusty Keurig, defeated.

The Bobcat Den has never let me down — except for when it comes to ice. They have plenty of sweet treats that have replenished my soul the past two years, but the lack of ice has often left me, and many other Quinnipiac students, disappointed.

It’s the perfect place to have something as simple as bagged ice, or even just a dispenser that students can fill containers or Ziploc bags with to stash in their freezers for convenience. It’s a small addition, but it would make a huge difference, especially for ice lovers like me who are just trying to romanticize their life with an aesthetic iced drink in a cute cup.

I know what you’re probably thinking: “stop being lazy and just fill your ice tray.” You see, I would, however, my ice cube tray holds maybe 10 ice cubes at best. That’s barely enough for one drink, and having to refill it immediately after feels like an impossible task, especially when I have a growing list of things to do.

A cold drink hits, but an iced drink hits harder.

The ice elevates the whole experience — the clink of the cubes against the side of the cup, the perfectly chilled liquid, the way it keeps your drink from turning into a sad, lukewarm mess. Sipping on a cold coffee with no ice sounds like cruel and unusual punishment. Nobody goes to Starbucks and asks for a cold brew with no ice. That’s weird. Don’t do that.

We aren’t asking for much — just a little frozen water to fuel our overly-ambitious study sessions and over-caffeinated personalities.

It doesn’t matter the shape, although pebble ice would be ideal, just give us ice.