Peabody IT Rentals... A Rant.

I don't know about all of you, but I found it pretty hard to get a camera last week for filming. I know this is being posted after I had luckily gotten my filming and editing done, but is anybody else as angry as I am? First, we were told that reserving a camera was not a thing. This meant that we had to show up a day or two in advance (oh, don't even think about trying to rent on the weekends), and hope that there was camera available. Then, I know some of us did find out that reserving a camera was a possibility. Peabody IT needs to figure out whether or not they are allowing us to reserve these cameras or not. Would have made life a little bit easier... am I right? However, I then hear that some of the people who reserved cameras had their cameras given out. I think that they should probably make up their minds and either stick to reserving cameras or not. 
I was one of the unfortunate ones who was unable to get a camera from IT. No camera, no tripod, no nothing. So, I asked them where else I might be able to get one from and they did not know. They had no idea. I don't blame the student worker for not knowing, but the head of IT didn't even know. They said I should try Peabody Library. So, I packed up all my stuff and headed to the library. When I got there, they said that they had a FlipCamera that I could use. Never have I ever heard of a FlipCamera in my life, but I figured it was my only option at that point. I laughed, literally laughed, when the Library Desk Worker handed me what looked like a handheld audio recorder. I couldn't believe that this little, dinky camera is what I would have been filming the edTPA video clips on. I asked the man how long it would film and he told me an hour, as long as it was charged. 
I got home, got it charged, and turned it on. It was only going to be able to film for 17 minutes and 53 seconds... not even a full 18 minutes... shocker. Furious, I called A&S IT and asked if I could rent a camera from there and they told me yes. However, since I wasn't and A&S student I would have to pay $50 and wait for them to email my professor to "make sure I actually needed it for class." Oh. my. goodness. Anyway, long story short, one of the teachers on the 4th grade team at Lockeland ended up having a FlipCamera that actually did record an hour and I was able to successfully film, save, and clip the video as needed. 
To bring this rant to an end, I think we need to tell somebody about this. I know I wasn't the only person who had difficulties with getting a camera. I also know that I was not the only one who was told that reserving a camera was not allowed. What can we do about this? Should we sit down and talk to IT? Should there be a week when cameras are reserved for edTPA filming for all Student Teachers? Should A&S be able to charge Peabody Students? Maybe Student Teaching seminar classes can be allotted a certain number of cameras and then we can alternate filming over the course of a month? I don't know! This needs to be brought to somebody's attention, because nobody should have to go through the amount of added stress some of us had to. ESPECIALLY during the stressful and crazy edTPA filming days! Again, sorry for the rant... I'm obviously still a little peeved.