There is perhaps nothing that dominates the mind of the college undergraduate more than food. (All right, maybe I can think of one thing.) I suppose that this is a truth about humanity as a whole that simply displays itself ...(back to the article)
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Let's get real. Nobody needs a full meal at 1am. I don't think anyone would tell you that it is in any way "healthy" to eat that late. And don't some dining halls provide late-night snacks now? In any event, take a banana from dinner, and eat that when you get hungry around 2am. It doesn't classify as "drinking on an empty stomach" if you've had dinner that night. I'm sorry that the U. doesn't pay for your drunk munchies - they haven't paid for mine for the last four years (except during midterms and reading week!). @3: No, the U. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, so it can't own or be owned by any for-profit companies. PUDS may be an independent for-profit that the U. contracts services out to, but if that were the case, then Princeton would have no incentive to have PUDS make money.
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The University also needs to add an early breakfast option on Sunday mornings. It is absurd that they assume that no students get up before 11am on Sundays.
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If the University is worried about losing money over a weekend late dinner, perhaps they should take a look at the economics of buying a meal plan: an extra late dinner period on weekends would increase demand for the unlimited option, probably covering costs incurred at the late weekend dinner period. I agree that this option would also, as stated, encourage healthy eating and a healthier lifestyle on weekends.
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There are 50+ things Dining Services could do to make our lives more enjoyable, but what I have been told is that University Dining Services is a for-profit company owned by the University...does anyone know if this is true? If this is true, then their motivation for not offering more flexible meal plans (making $$$) is all the more sinister ...
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Interesting choice of words you use there. "Second and more drastically, it often forces students to head to the Street and drink on an empty stomach on one of the biggest party nights of the week." Last time I checked, no University official has ever forced a student to go to the street and get wasted.
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