By: Kayln Jackson
With a choice of dining on or off-campus one student finds that dining off-campus proves for a healthier lifestyle. Convenience, time and money are just a few key factors that play into the minds of students when it comes to their decision of eating on or off-campus.
University of Arkansas sophomore, Sydney Mulveonon finds most campus dining options to be restricting to her dietary choice; because of this she now chooses to eat off-campus. Mulveonon said even the small number of healthy alternatives that are present on campus are not advertised.
“I would just really want to advocate to them you know maybe have half of the cafeteria be steamed veggies and other different meats kind of have it 50/50. It just feels like it’s really 80/20 so, 80 percent of the dining halls are really fatty food just not really nutritional foods and then the other 20 percent is like the Green Table that they have that allows you to get those dietary options but at the same time they don’t promote that.” Mulveonon said.
There is even a noticeable contrast of students in the dining halls on campus. Mulveonon said she definitely sees a pattern in the dining hall. Most of the students she finds dining on campus are freshmen because of the convenience factor, but also because they are the primary people that live on campus.
However, U of A freshman Ashley Eakin had a differing opinion about the food choices on campus. Ashley said she sees a wide variety of dining choices on campus. “It’s kind of a mix of both, it’s like unhealthy and healthy there too. There’s like Where the Wild Greens AR in the union which is like a healthier and then there is Chick-Fil-A”, Eakin said.
The U of A offers ten different dining options for students who choose to dine on campus.