October 12,1994
Campus Opinion
Editorial Fat dilemma
by Arinn Dixon
TTie last time 1 checked, Meredith
College was an ail-giris', excuse me, an
all-women’s school. It is common
knowledge that women, in general,
are concmied about their weight and
that women in college try to combat
gaining weight by exercisii^ and eat
ing healthy.
Anyway, using my powers of de
ductive reasoning. I can assume that
most of the people eating in our cafete
ria are female, excluding the occa
sional teacher or maintenance man. So
then why do they seive the food they
do in Belk Dining HaU?
On any given day the choices for
lunch could be Cried chicken, sp^etti,
or the ever popular liver ‘n onions.
Each one of these dishes is co^ed in
amounts ofbutter and/or oil. How
are we supposed to eat healthy when
we have no choice? To their cr^it the
cafeteria also offers salad and a deli bar
at most meals, but even those “healthy''
entrees can become laden with and
clones due to the dressing and concU-
ments provided. It's really sad when
you have to cany your own Kiaft Free
salad dressing in your book bag.
Theonethingthatmakes this whole
situation ten times worse is that these
meals are paid for. 1 can't just go to the
grocery store and buy bunches of Lean
Cuisine dinners with a clear con
science, knowing that my parents are
paying lots of money for wasted meals.
I’m too aTOre of the financial burden
that my going to Meredith is placing on
my family to even contemplate that.
Instead 1 trudge down to the dining
hall and consume three times my daily
allowance of fet. It’s a rather vicious
cycle, isn’t it?
I will say one thing in favor of the
cafeteria, though. In the past month
they have set up a suggestion box for
students and they have even put some
of the suggestions up on a bulletin
board with their responses. I am im
pressed. That shows me that the caf
eteria administration is at least hearing
our complaints. Now whether or not
they intend to do anything about it
remains to be seen.
I know it seems that everyone is
always bashing the cafeteria, and I
hope this article will not be placed in
thjtt category. 1 am truly concerned
about my health and that of my fellow
students, and I certainly hope the din
ing hall administration feds the same.
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Letter to the Editor: Something in the Air
Dear Editor,
One of the reasons for my choosing
Meredith College its beautiful cam
pus. Recently, many projects have
taken away from its beauty — the
construction in progress at
Weatherspoon Gym, the fecelift at the
amphitheater, construction leveling
the Meredith mile, renovation in Joyner
Hall, and not to mention the nearby
beltline chaos.
However, the subject of my letter
has nothing to do with these projects
nor the orai^e tape, machinery, and
commotwn that accompanies them.
My grievance lies in something
much simpler than these multi-million
dollar projects: one simple Genko tree.
Everyone knows the tree of which
1 am speaking. Maybe you’ve passed it
on your way to the dinir^ hall. Maybe
on your way back to the dorms form
working out in the gym. Or maybe
you've had the pleasure of sitting
amoi^st its firuit during an MEA picnic.
Yes, I’m writing in objection to
the lar^e tree on the west side of the
courtyard near Belk Dining Hall—the
one whose smeQ drifts into the win
dows of Stringfield and whose fruits
make our own shoe soles reek with
that disgusting odor.
I realize that cutting the tree down
or moving it would probably take
longer and cost more than my four
years at Meredith. And of course, the
consermiomsts would abhor the si^-
gestion that amiiaculous tree be taken
from its roots.
But believe me when 1 say even
they wouldn’t hug this tree.
Not being the only one who feels
this way. I’ll be glad when M is over
and the tree's fruits are gone so no
more of its odors will reek across the
campus of Meredith CoQege.
Respectfully submitted,
Veronica L King