There’s something to be said for eavesdropping.
You know … finding something out because you were in the right place at the right time.
OK, maybe that’s just my journalistic-spirited disposition talking. Nonetheless, I discovered something today about North Central College by doing just that — eavesdropping, though it didn’t take much effort, for the students were talking loud enough for me to hear and listen with ease.
Some students at the Cage today were significantly displeased with their food. One girl’s grilled cheese was put on white bread when she asked for wheat; another girl’s grilled cheese was “basically two pieces of bread and a single piece of cheese in the middle” (aka: not melted); one guy’s soft pretzel had unwarm cheese, not to mention last week his cheeseburger was freezing and hardly appeared cooked.
But you want to know what’s so perfectly ironic and essentially humorous about this entire situation? The students — they still ate. The girls still ate their grilled cheeses, white bread, barely melted or not; the guy still ate his pretzel, hot or cold cheese on top or not, and from what I heard, he ate his cheeseburger too since he was in a rush to eat so he could nap.
I’ve been a firsthand contributor to the complaints regarding our school’s food, as I’ve both witnessed and had ample amount of meals I’ve been dissatisfied — though we still go back, and we still eat this food because we’re typical college students, and our eating habits are emblematic.
The non-commuting North Central College students portray nothing less than those on their own, away from home for the first time, as they’re deprived of the sundry cooking resources food entails and subjected to losing the home-cooked meals of their family.
So, my point aims at elucidating the significant decrease in our food selection, and pleading for better attentiveness on the food we’re provided. While I’m not entirely unappreciative of NCC food and am entirely appreciative to even be granted food options in the first place, a vast majority of our students pay exceptionally pricey costs to attend here; and I feel the least the school can do is use the money to keep us healthy and fulfilled.
Don’t make us eat the bad grilled cheeses and cold burgers. Just because we have no choice, doesn’t make it right.
