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In September, a controversial dining plan was introduced to juniors and seniors, which would include “five swipes per week to use in any dining institution on campus — including dining halls, co-ops, and eating clubs — in addition to the meal plans they might already have at any of those institutions.”
Immediately, students expressed concerns about the implementation of the proposed pilot, and how it would affect eating clubs and co-ops alike. In October, a counter-proposal was offered by six student leaders, including those involved in eating clubs, co-ops, residential colleges, and Undergraduate Student Government.
The 146th Daily Princetonian Editorial Board expressed their opposition to the plan in an opinion, writing that the implementation of the dining pilot, particularly in co-ops, “shows how poorly thought out this proposal is,” and calling the pilot “half-baked.”
Students who have been on the dining pilot for the spring semester have reported that “they did not eat at eating clubs, either because they did not know anyone in the eating clubs or because the process to use their swipe at the eating club was too strenuous,” and no reported dining swipes have been used at co-ops. Only 2 percent of dining pilot swipes were used at eating clubs, while over half were used in dining halls.
Overall, students reported using their dining pilot mainly at retail locations and late meal, with Brendan Gauthier ’24, a current dining pilot participant and steward of International Food Co-op (IFC) writing in an email to the ‘Prince,’ “Having late meal back is the dopest thing to ever happen to an upperclassman besides graduation.”
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Analysis by Sidney Singer
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