"THE smell of a curried butternut squash soup wafts through the air as you walk into the dining room. At long tables of dark wood, beneath windows soaring 20 feet overhead, customers dine on vegetable ragout over polenta, spicy orange beef, Dijon-crusted chicken, cheese quesadillas, vegetarian pho —Vietnamese noodle soup — and spinach sautéed with garlic and olive oil.
"If it weren’t for the trays, and the fact that most diners are under 25, you’d think it was a restaurant. But this is Thorne dining hall at Bowdoin College here."
Worth visiting the NY Times story just for the photos / slide show.Not that it's ever a bad thing to offer quality food choices (the article also focuses on organic, vegan and local food options), but it does make me wonder: are the food options as top universities just further evidence of an ever-increasing divide between the haves and the have-nots in our society?
-Rev. Al
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The divide between the haves and have-nots is even greater than you could ever imagine -- and it extends far beyond mere food. College students have sex all the time and unlimited supplies of drugs.
Sex and drugs in college? I'm shocked - shocked!
Clearly a study of disparities between the quality of sex and drugs at more expensive, private colleges and universities versus at less expensive (primarily state-affiliated) institutions needs to be undertaken. (Does rock music still enter into the equation?)
Do we have any volunteers?
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