Starve or go bankrupt
James Choy
Issue date: 4/17/07 Section: Opinion
The comparisons between food stores at Mt. SAC and outside of campus show that students are likely to get a bargain by walking that extra mile across the street or somewhere else off-campus for that quick snack or that hearty meal.
A chicken sandwich with three tacos at Jack-in-the-Box for $2.14 far outweighs a $2.25 side order of rice the size of my palm at the Campus Café. A lot of the meals the café offers to customers are outlandish compared to what restaurants and fast-food places have for students.
For example, a Dole fountain machine which serves drinks containing a variety of different flavors costs $1.95 … in a 12 oz. cup! Are you telling me for 6 oz. of juice I have to pay a buck plus a lunch and dinner buffet which costs $6.50? For a total of $8
I can buy a three entrée plate at Panda Express along with a regular-sized drink! Better yet, if I want to eat healthy, I can go to Subway, buy a foot-long veggie delight sandwich, a deli sandwich (any kind) and water for that same price!
The slogan that the school promotes in 'Keeping it on Campus' is merely a fabricated message. It should mean that by keeping it on campus, students will benefit from fair prices. It is bad enough that the bookstore charges high prices for the textbooks we need for our classes, but should we also have to pay high prices for our munchies and meals?
With the high prices, I am forced to go to 7-11 or to the gas station. I would guess that most of the fast-food places and restaurants across the campus seek business from students. Some smaller places depend on us to spend our hard-working money for their benefit. I am all for it! A little walking before a nice fat meal cannot hurt me let alone the bargain for purchasing breakfast, lunch or dinner.
But students that are in-between classes do not have time or the willpower to travel, so what can they do? They have to spend their money disregarding the fact that it's so expensive and move on with their lives.
A chicken sandwich with three tacos at Jack-in-the-Box for $2.14 far outweighs a $2.25 side order of rice the size of my palm at the Campus Café. A lot of the meals the café offers to customers are outlandish compared to what restaurants and fast-food places have for students.
For example, a Dole fountain machine which serves drinks containing a variety of different flavors costs $1.95 … in a 12 oz. cup! Are you telling me for 6 oz. of juice I have to pay a buck plus a lunch and dinner buffet which costs $6.50? For a total of $8
I can buy a three entrée plate at Panda Express along with a regular-sized drink! Better yet, if I want to eat healthy, I can go to Subway, buy a foot-long veggie delight sandwich, a deli sandwich (any kind) and water for that same price!
The slogan that the school promotes in 'Keeping it on Campus' is merely a fabricated message. It should mean that by keeping it on campus, students will benefit from fair prices. It is bad enough that the bookstore charges high prices for the textbooks we need for our classes, but should we also have to pay high prices for our munchies and meals?
With the high prices, I am forced to go to 7-11 or to the gas station. I would guess that most of the fast-food places and restaurants across the campus seek business from students. Some smaller places depend on us to spend our hard-working money for their benefit. I am all for it! A little walking before a nice fat meal cannot hurt me let alone the bargain for purchasing breakfast, lunch or dinner.
But students that are in-between classes do not have time or the willpower to travel, so what can they do? They have to spend their money disregarding the fact that it's so expensive and move on with their lives.
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