I can guarantee I’m not the only SDSU student who would kill to have come to State and been a freshman this year instead of the year they came!

Incoming freshmen this year have gotten really lucky. First Zura closes down for renovations, giving them a much less likely chance to end up in a miserable, run down residence hall. Then Granada on Hardy, one of the nicest apartment complexes near campus, gets turned into freshmen dorms. Now SDSU opens tons of new restaurants, and of course, all of them get added to the freshmen’s meal plan.

Last year, University Towers Kitchen opened up. It was the first of many additions to the meal plan and let me tell you, it was a great one. Not only did it finally give the residents of UT a close place to eat, but it also gave the other freshmen an option other than fast food or Cuic. It’s gourmet food got everyone’s mouths watering and made them wish they lived in UT more than they already had before. UTK, while farther from campus than some would like, gave freshmen an option to eat healthier. Why couldn’t they have opened it when they opened UT?

The new Student Union finally opened last semester and along with it came the Habit. A burger place almost as good as In N’ Out with shakes and ice cream cones too? It’s almost always packed during the year, but it’s definitely well worth the wait. Freshmen last year got really lucky to get it on their meal plan for at least a short while, but the new freshmen have it even better.

This year Oggi’s Pizza & Brewing Co. along with Bruxie Gourmet Waffle Sandwiches are new additions to campus as well as to the meal plan. Both new restaurants are on the nicer end of things and I honestly wouldn’t consider either of them fast food. Oggi’s offers much more than just their pizza, which is already a step up from a lot of the food places on campus, and Bruxie is known for its fabulous waffles. I mean come on, it has “gourmet” in its name! Cuic used to be one of the only real breakfasts you could get with the meal plan, if you could even call it that, but now freshmen can go get an actual nice breakfast. Why must they do this to us?

Now word has finally gotten out that there is another new addition coming soon to the meal plan. The old Chipotle location near the trolley station is being renovated into a Denny’s. Yes, a Denny’s. How perfect would it be to have a restaurant, open 24 hours a day, on the meal plan? No other meal plan restaurant has been open all night! Denny’s is the perfect meal for late night cravings or all-nighters during finals.

The new additions to the meal plan have all our mouths watering, wishing we could go back and relive the freshmen meal plan life. Well done SDSU, you have successfully made all your students jealous. Thanks a lot.