Stir fry being served at Commons three days out of the week is a lot more stir fry than anyone should ever have. Options are very important when it comes to food. Everyone has personal preferences, allergies and foods that give them the ick. Having stir fry for lunch and dinner on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays is insane.
The worst part is that it is inescapable. Yes, there are other options; however, everything else is usually the same few stations that are always there. The middle section is what brings variety to the student body. Minimizing the amount of days that stir fry is served would be in everyone’s best interest.
At the beginning of the semester, most students could not get enough stir fry. But just a month in, they started to turn away from it. Now, with less than a month until the end of the spring semester, a handful of Drew students do not even want to lay eyes on the noodles that they once enjoyed. Lindsey Orr (‘26) said, “Three days out of the week is way too much. Students deserve some variety.”
It is also a matter of empathy for the beloved workers that serve us every day. Making multiple custom orders in which chopping and cleaning is involved is a lot to put on one person. It is also hard to guarantee food safety under these conditions. It is difficult to remember who ordered what and how long someone’s order has been on the grill. This has resulted in some students getting sick. Skyler Anderson (‘27) said, “I always got the shrimp. It made me nervous because I know it has been sitting out all day. After feeling bad whenever I ate it, I put the pieces together.”
Overall, the student body is tired of the abundance of stir fry and would like more variety. More than three meals out of the week is too much stir fry, and reducing it to one day a week would make for a happier and healthier student body.
Samantha De Falco is a junior majoring in English and minoring in Italian.
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