As the Class of 2018 University of Arizona, College of Medicine Phoenix Medical Students:

We believe that it is important to be allowed to eat while in lecture specifically because it allows us to focus more on the lecture than on our hunger. Especially during early class-times, many of us do not have the time nor the ability to make breakfast without being late to class. Also, for the class-days where lectures are back-to-back for multiple hours, we find it difficult to focus on lecture while also trying to manage our hunger, even if we have had breakfast. With this petition, we hope that the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix changes its policy in order to allow for the consumption of snacks during lecture. We will do our best to clean up after ourselves and prevent this change from becoming an issue of hygiene or cleanliness.