Things got ugly last week as students rallied outside Hoot n’ Scoot to protest the E.A.T.S system. The system, which only allows students to take one ‘entree’, one ‘accompaniment’, one ‘thirst quencher’ and one ‘snack’, has been a controversial system since it’s start over two years ago.
“It doesn’t make sense,” junior Robert Lovely said. “If we went into the actual Dining Commons, we’d be able to grab whatever we wanted. Here, it’s three food items and one drink.”
Three students were arrested during the rally after the mob attacked the outside of the building, where Hoot n’ Scoot employees had barricaded themselves in. Hoot n’ Scoot employees said they won’t change the system solely based on student opinion, though. “We’ve been in contact with the Railroad Tavern in order to rent bouncers for the Hoot n’ Scoot. If necessary, we will resort to having bouncers watching each letter of E.A.T.S.,” Hoot n’ Scoot employee Rachel McAtams said. “This isn’t the alphabet soup,” added food services employee Amiee Alexander.
“You get four letters, not twenty-six.” The rally, which spurred after a student was reprimanded for taking two cheese sticks in place of a bag of chips, brought together all ages of students. Freshman Molly Kenderson, who saw the incident, said she was appalled by the way the student was treated.
“The system just doesn’t make sense,” Kenderson said. “If someone wants two cheese sticks instead of one stick and a cookie, I don’t understand why they can’t have that.” “We pay thousands of dollars to come here,” said senior Nick Cages. “Let us eat what we want.”
For now, police will remain outside Hoot n’ Scoot and food services employees continue to say they will hire Railroad Tavern bouncers in order to stop the chaos. “As long as students feel the need to act uncivil, we will feel the need to protect ourselves, and the four letters we believe in,” Alexander said.
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