Monday, November 29, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
Students return to cafeteria after break
By Lori O'Toole
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
After Thanksgiving dinners at home, some students may find it difficult to come back to cafeteria food at the University. Photo illustration by Christina Neff/KANSAN
After nearly a week of Thanksgiving break, students returned to residence halls — and cafeteria food.
Some said the transition from home-cooked meals and turkey dinners to residence hall food would be difficult.
"My uncle's a very good cook, and he made a smoked turkey for Thanksgiving," said Andrew Ward, Lenexa sophomore. "I don't know if the food will be quite up to par now."
Ward, who lives in Templin Hall, said he used the 15 meals in his food plan each week at Kedahl Dish Commons.
"The food is more starchy here," he said. "I also eat more pasta here than at home."
Ward said he would continue eating at the cafeteria for the remainder of the semester.
"Some of my roommates make a big deal about E's food, but I really don't mind it," he said. "I'm just sort of indifferent."
Dacia Lower, Phillipsburg freshman, said she ate at the cafeteria twice a day.
She said the cafeteria food did not compare to the home-cooked Thanksgiving dinner her grandmother prepared last week.
"I tried to enjoy it while I had it," said Lower, a Hashinger Hall resident.
She said that she and her friends sometimes complained about the food, but they continued to eat there. She said regular crowds at the cafeteria showed that most students continued to eat there.
"I'll just keep telling myself there's just a couple of weeks before break, and I can eat home-cooked food again," she said.
David Pitler, Wichita freshman, said he had eaten at the cafeteria less as the semester had progressed.
"We're having to eat the same meals," he said. "It seems like there's the same rotation every
other week."
Pitler, a Templin Hall resident, said he ate fast food two to three times a week. He said it was easy to find someone to eat out with because his friends and other Templin residents often were looking for different meal options.
He said he thought fewer people would eat at the cafeteria between the Thanksgiving and winter breaks.
"A lot of food will taste watered down and runny," he said. "I'm definitely looking forward to eating good food again over winter break."
Holly Arndt, Arlington Heights, ill., freshman, said she looked forward to Oliver Hall's cafeteria food during the break, despite last week's Thanksgiving dinner.
She said she often ate snack foods, such as chips and ice cream, at home but that the cafeteria offered choices of several warm entrees and side dishes.
"I can eat better here," Arndt said. "At home, we don't have a lot of home cooking. You just eat whatever you find."
- Edited by Allan Davis
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