Hate going down the cafeteria and seeing the mass of students and nowhere to sit? Well you’re not alone. Usually during breakfast and dinner this is not a problem, but right after the 12:10 p.m. class lets out, you’re lucky if you’ll get a meal, let alone a place to sit.
Those of us who are smart either go before the rush, being before 12:10 p.m. or after 12:30 p.m. By this time the students who have class again have already left you can eat your meal in peace, but for those of us who aren’t in the smarter of the two categories, we will stand in line and wait to get a meal, even if this means being late for class, which I’m assuming not many students would mind.
There are solutions to these problems, for instance, being the meal exchange at Jazzman’s and also the flex money that is put onto your ID card. Most of the students here at Cabrini have 50 dollars in flex money, yet others have more if put on a meal plan other than the 19 meal a week plan. Yet the times for meal exchange and the times for when the cafeteria is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner do not correspond. For example, the meal exchange times for breakfast in Jazzman’s are 9:15 a.m. to 11 a.m. and the times for breakfast in the cafeteria are 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. In my opinion, I think more students would use the meal exchange if the times corresponded with each other, rather than being different. This way Cabrini would not have to put out the money on flex to enable students to buy food from Jazzman’s. The same could apply for lunch and dinner as well.
Also, since many students do not have the time to grab a quick meal during the day, from running from class to class and homework in between, they miss important meals during the day. Most students then get hungry at night and end up ordering from somewhere off campus. The school has just put in a new program called Cavalier Corner, which enables students to order food from the cafeteria and paying for it on their flex. This may be convenient for some, but other students feel that you should not have to use your flex, that it should possibly be part of your meal plan.
“Sometimes cafeteria food is bad and you want a more appetizing choice, but if meal exchange isn’t during regular meal hours then you either don’t eat because you have no flex money left or your out of cash.” said Clayton Cottman, a sophomore. There are also other views that could be applied to this idea. “Cabrini needs to have a fourth period meal around 9 or 10 p.m. Lots of students don’t eat breakfast in the morning and lose money and are hungry at night. A meal is needed where if students skipped a meal during the day they can use that meal credit as well to get something to eat late.” said Pat Jordan, a sophomore as well.
Obviously there are many opinions of what students think should be put in place, but only time will tell if dining services listen to the suggestions of students and possibly makes some changes to the system.
Posted to the web by Shane Evans
