I was there a few weeks back for the first time and must admit no little consternation at the arrangement. I felt like I was caught up in some lost Myst episode; find the club on the sign, go to the club, find the keycode from a UA GA, find a UA GA, get the code, into the RCC, voila! Free coffee and bagles and WSJ! ^ ^ ^
You are right, better to have something than nothing at all...