Boston University’s late-night, personal cab service, otherwise known as the Escort Security Service, is gone. Because of budget cuts, the Escort Service had to remove their two vans from the streets. While the loss of the Escort Service vans is unfortunate — especially during cold, drunken Friday nights — it’s not a big deal.

When President Brown came into power, he was faced with the reality that the university was running on a $50 million deficit. Brown needed to choose proposals for budget cuts that would equal 3 percent in order to put the university back in the black. Luckily, of all the proposals he chose, the only one that directly affects students is to the Escort Service.

In fact, we should praise President Brown for his prudent cut selections so students would not have to feel the tightening of BU’s purse strings.

As BU students, we should be happy and relieved that the only cut we actually felt was the loss of vans. The only foreseeable disadvantage to students — who have long since viewed the vans only as their personal shuttle service — will have to pay an extra few dollars for a cab or walk.

While a university this size theoretically should have vans, they are unnecessary. Furthermore, students were not left without any means of safely getting from one side of campus to the other. Walkers will still be available at 575 Commonwealth Ave. and 1019 Commonwealth Ave. to escort students who actually feel unsafe back to their dormitories. The other, more essential, aspects of the Escort Service were also maintained.

Escort Service employees will still perform nightly safety checks at each of the campus dormitories and make sure the blue-light emergency phones are functional.

For much of the Escort Service’s history, it provided walking service to BU students without the aid of vans. In its more than 25 years, it has helped an estimated 98,000 students. We believe the service will still be able to do this for years to come.