The editorial is the opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.

One of the most popular study places on campus is the lower level of the east wing in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union near the bookstore.

Its popularity was fueled by Coffee Express, a little university-operated stand with low-priced coffee and pastries. Students would kick back with a cup of cappucino to cram for midterms or work on group projects with a bagel in hand.

At the beginning of the semester, Coffee Express left, and much of the students who frequented the area left as well. Jitters, the former TCBY, will open in that location at an undetermined date in the future, and will be there until the Food Court is built.

For some reason, however, Eastern closed Coffee Express long before Jitters was scheduled to move in, leaving a perfectly good coffee stand sitting unused.

Dining officials tried to make up for the absence by offering muffins and coffee in the subterranean Marketplace, but part of Coffee Express’ appeal was its convenience: it was located on the first floor of a well-trafficked building on campus.

Apparently, the university heard plenty of voices clamoring for Coffee Express’ return and finally responded. Coffee Express returned to the Union last week, and Eastern deserves a nod for bringing it back.

Small as it is, Coffee Express is something students, and faculty, like the most about the campus. One can swing through on the way to class and quickly grab a cup of hot chocolate or a cinnamon bun with, essentially, pocket change. When Coffee Express added the Panther Card reader, the process became even easier.

It also adds a coffee shop atmosphere to that little corner of Eastern. There’s something about the aroma of hot coffee that’s conducive to studying, and the tables nearby will probably soon be filled, like they once were, with students and open textbooks.

The new version of Coffee Express won’t offer as much as its first incarnation, and it will only be around until Jitters opens. Whether or not Jitters will be as popular as Coffee Express remains to be seen.

But it is good the university recognized that reopening a popular campus stop, even if only temporarily, is still better than leaving an empty counter in the Union.