The Solution

Our primary solution is to add an On the Go! to the Union Food Court. This would enable students to utilize the their meal swipes and take advantage of a meal plan that's already paid for.

Director of Dining Jill Irvin states in an email that "the union serves a very different group of people than do the dining courts. Their (the Union's) primary customer is the off-campus student; ours (the dining court) is the on-campus student."

The fact that the Union serves mostly off campus students is exactly why it's so difficult for on-campus students. They find themselves on the south side have no way of using their meal swipes at the Union.

When asked if there were any solutions to this problem, Irvin responded "On the Go! provides students who may not have the time to get back to the dining courts at lunch a way to grab a meal to eat later."

An On the Go! in the Union would allow students to responsibly spend meal swipes that they've already paid for.

In order to make an On the Go! in the Union a reality, there would have to be several events that take place. First off, enough people would have to voice their opinion to Union and Purdue officials for them to be motivated enough to fix the situation. Next, there would have to be funds allocated by the university itself and a budget would have to be set for installation, upkeep, maintaining stock of food items, salaries of employees, ect. Lastly, either a vacant room would have to be refurbished, or some sort of renovation to the dining area would have to take place.