I have only been at Saint Mary's for six months, and to exaggerate it, there is really nothing to eat here. Sure there is pizza and the pasta station that sometimes serves wraps, a sandwich station, a grill, salad bar, main station, etc. Cyber Cafe sells a lot of items you could get at a fast food restaurant and your I.D. will buy you Jimmy John's and Papa John's...but is it really good for us?
I repeatedly feel like crap after eating in the dining hall, so I just decide to get grilled chicken...all of the time. And a lot of the time, that chicken was pink.
The workers from Sodexo that work in the dining hall are very nice, but in a recent article discussing the health of the brand, they received an overall grade F.
Before you attack me and say that not everything read on the internet is true, the facts of the article were approved by a doctor. Granted that doesn't make it 100% true, it's still pretty plausible. In addressing the food that Sodexo serves, the article states that a long term side effect is "obesity" and an ingredient to be aware of is "unknown processing chemicals." Normally I'm not a health freak, but when your school leaves you no other option you start to get concerned.
Saint Mary's requires every student to have some sort of meal plan, regardless of their living or financial situation. I have the lowest meal plan an on-campus student can have, and still, I don't use it. The food in the dining hall makes my stomach upset (also stated in the article that this is a "possible side effect") and Cyber Cafe isn't necessarily the healthiest option - not to mention the rumors of employees being unsanitary.
While an I.D. will get you Jimmy John's and Papa John's, you only have so much "munch money" on your I.D. and buying anything off campus is a huge hit to your limited amount of it.
If you're going to suggest cooking meals, we are only allowed to have a mini fridge (three feet maximum, maybe) and it's hard to find time and patience to cook for yourself in your schedule. Working is tough to balance being a full-time college student, most students don't have a car to leave campus, and our parents don't want to keep transferring money into our bank accounts. That sort of eliminates grocery shopping.
So not only do most girls not eat healthy, but most don't eat at all. Skipping meals or only going to one meal a day is, unfortunately, common at Saint Mary's, and it shouldn't be. Saint Mary's is a great school which focuses on student health and loving your body (as this past week was Love Your Body week), but we can't love our bodies if we don't love what we're putting into it.
With the majority of options being fast food, junk food, or loaded with fats and carbohydrates, I can't help but think there must be a better option for Saint Mary's. Until then,
Or maybe I just won't eat. I don't know Saint Mary's, you tell me.
