To most students the cafeteria is the most appealing place to be on campus. Getting food is one of the ultimate things to do when you escape an exhausting class, or are sick of the aimless hours spent wandering from floor to floor in the LRC attempting to study before the next class awaiting you.
Over the summer however, our comforting cafeteria was split from one large convenient area what some would say two pointless sections.
So far, the cons dominate the pros. The cafeteria this semester consists mostly of kids scrambling in an array of confusion.
If you decide on drinking something other than a “fountain drink”, coffee, or bottled water, you must one again consider traveling to the tiny crowded room next door and wait in yet another line. This line then circles around the store, which consists mostly of people blocking the exits and bumping backpacks into one another’s faces.
The items in this store are your basics (think a form of Mesa 7-eleven). However, with all the needless repetition of going back and forth, back and forth, it’s a pain in there. If you buy something that needs to be warmed up, you can bet on having to walk back to the main dining room to use one of the two microwaves available there.
If students have to deal with this meaningless split, there ought to at least be more than two people at the registers in the convenient store section of the split, to avoid the traffic of students already late for their next class.
It remains a mystery as to why splitting the cafeteria was so crucial on the Mesa College agenda. Had the school chose to squander their “cafeteria splitting money” for a solution in relation to the parking craze, we might actually have happier students walking around campus.
This economic crunch as been understood by many, but is it really understood by Mesa College? There is a saying that comes to mind bearing a situation like this cafeteria split- “If it’s not broken, don’t fix it”. Surely this was not a move based on cost cutting, assuming the split most likely cost them more dollars bearing in mind all the construction that was put into it. Unity is the key my friends; let us keep all the good stuff in one spot.
It does not help that after all that waiting around the next mission to accomplish is maneuvering back to the dining hall, only to scope out a legitimate place to essentially enjoy this cafeteria food you have been waiting ever so patiently for.
It remains a mystery as to why splitting the cafeteria was so crucial on the Mesa College agenda. Had the school chose to squander their “cafeteria splitting money” for a solution in relation to the parking craze, we might actually have happier students walking around campus.
It’s frustrating to see more important things not given enough attention to. The cafeteria was fine the way it was- one general area for students to enjoy.
The school should focus on fixing the problems we have rather than creating more confusion. First we ban smoking, then we split the cafeteria, on top of that our unit fees were increased! What can we expect next, the Café in the LRC being split too?
Hopefully Mesa College comes up with some solution to all this madness. Perhaps the craze of the cafeteria split will calm down and people will soon get the hang of things.
In the meantime, we shall all lounge around campus waiting for comfortable routines, habits, and “rules” at school to become awkwardly meddled with.