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food choices are needed on campus What do TCU students seem to complain about more than all other complaints combined? Food. While this generally concerns on-campus residents more than commuter students, all students are affected by Dining Services. The first food complaint somehow regards pricing. Many residence hall inhabitants dislike TCU’s policy of mandatory meal plans for residents. Some students cannot spend their required amount for each semester and feel that they have wasted money while others must deal with the hassle of adding additional money at the ID Card Center. One solution would be to offer students in residence halls the opportunity to determine their meal plan totals individually as commuter students do. Although this method would be slightly more inconvenient for TCU, it would be much more beneficial for many currently disgruntled students. Additionally, pricing varies widely among TCU’s various eateries. Prices at the Sub Connection are more reasonable than are those at Deco Deli, for example. That hardly seems fair for students who do not have business classes and have no reason to be near the Sub Connection. Another common food-related complaint is about selection. During the week, students have more choices because more dining locations are open, and Dining Services offers foods ranging from salad to popcorn chicken to the Mongolian Wok. However, weekend selection is, at best, mundane. The Main seems to offer the same unappealing foods from Friday through Sunday evenings. Even during the week, The Main offers less variety than it has in the past. For example, students had more options before “International and Co.” transformed itself into “Pasta Rette.” While Dining Services has made some attempts to improve with choices such as the new refrigerator case in Frog Bytes and the Mongolian Wok, TCU still lacks somewhat in both variety and value in its dining selections. Those who head Dining Services need to take a step back and consider whether they would enjoy basically the same meals each week and whether they feel paying $7.77 for a salad and a small Coke is really a good deal. Sandy
Stafford is a sophomore theatre/RTVF major from Nederland. |
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