Liking Facebook Page as Far as Students will go to Protest Administration"

In response to the new all-you-can-eat meal plan structure at the new Class of 1953 Commons, students from all over campus have banded together to fight the proposed changes. In addition to creating a Facebook page against the new meal plan with over 1000 “likes,” hundreds of students have, wait no, they haven’t really done anything else.



When the new “Smart Choice” dining options were announced, several groups of students were outraged. This included students who don’t regularly spend $14 on a meal, students who enjoy snacks, NARPs, and all female students. These students quickly banded together to remind the administration that students should come first.

However, when it came time to rally these 1,000 students in a protest that would surely overflow the faculty meeting, this multitude of inspired students was replaced by, as one onlooker put it, “15, maybe 20, kids and some makeshift poster board signs,” proving that a click on Facebook is as far as 98% of students are willing to go to attempt to change administrative decisions.

Rumors that the football team threatened to throw slushies on anyone at the protest have not been substantiated.

Kennedy Munoz ’12, the organizer of the protest, was shocked by the lack of turnout, “I thought we were going to have hundreds of kids here. They obviously care about the cause. I mean, we have 1000 online supporters and this plan is going to cost some of them over $1500 over the next few years. I bet it was scheduling, most of them are probably still in 2’s at 2:30.”

Most students agreed that it was indeed a scheduling problem. Kurt McDowd ’13 explained, “I totally support them, I've just been really busy. I have a midterm coming up Wednesday so I just couldn’t make it to the protest.”

Sarah Wilder ’14, who was fully aware that the change to the dining system would destroy her routine of eight small meals a day, also had scheduling issues, “It was such a nice day and I was sitting on the green and didn’t want to leave my friends. It seems like they have a lot of support so I'm sure a lot of people showed up.”

Other events taking priority over yesterday’s protest included naps, trips to the gym, that one time in the afternoon where there isn’t a line in Collis, and naps.

The groundswell against he new dining plan is expected to grow, with projections of over 1,200 likes within the next two days and over 25 students at the next protest. The Dunyun will keep you updated on any protests against the administration that make sense, so not you Students Stand with Higher Tuition.