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Does any one else remember the days not so long ago (last year) when the minimum meal plan was $400? This year, TCU raised the minimum to $800 for freshman living on campus, $600 for other students living in dorms, but kept the $400 for students living in on-campus apartments. If the money from a student’s meal plan is not spent, it will not carry over next year. It disappears into some mysterious place for TCU to use however they choose. Sodexho Marriott Services is offering a truck-load sale this week, ending today at 4 p.m. Cases of “everything from laundry detergent to snacks” are being offered at an astounding 5 percent off the “normal” retail price, the FrogBytes’ price that is. The left over money may help TCU operate, but should students really need to waste money stocking up on overpriced snacks and household items from FrogBytes? Obviously, if a truck-load sale wasting the remaining balance on students’ meal cards is so popular, then students aren’t spending their money. Sodexho is doing their part with the sale, trying to help students spend the rest of their cash. But maybe the university should rethink the meal plan requirements so that students should not have to waste money on unnecessary items. Meanwhile, students have two choices. They can leave the money on their meal plan to make a donation to TCU (since they don’t give TCU enough money already), or they can stock up on the truck-load sale and FrogBytes items and give the money to Sodexho. Even if students are buying unneeded junk, at least they will have something to show for it. |
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