PETITION GOAL:
The students of DePauw seek immediate action from the University Administration to repeal the new meal plan and restore the former "declining balance" system.
PETITION CONTEXT:
On March 20th, the Friday before spring break 2015, Kevin Kessinger, Associate Vice President for Finance at DePauw University, wrote to the student body via email to announce critical changes to the DePauw meal plan that have eliminated the former "declining balance " system.
These changes HAVE taken effect and will CONTINUE until we force the Administration to repeal its shameful decision!
HOW THESE CHANGES HAVE AFFECTED DePAUW STUDENTS:
The new meal plan has resulted in a significant REDUCTION to the amount of choices that students have for dining on campus. The new plan has further granted Bon Appétit Management Company (the main food service provider for DePauw) significant power to dictate WHERE we eat on campus, HOW MUCH we choose to SPEND and WHAT we choose to PURCHASE.
The new plan utilizes "swipes" that can only be used for specific LOCATIONS and at specific TIMES. The new plan has replaced the former "declining balance" system that granted students significant FLEXIBILITY over the use of THEIR money for food. The new "swipe" meal plan has been structured to force students to eat at Bon Appétit campus establishments ie: the HUB & the DEN.
For every swipe forfeited (not rolled over to next week), Bon Appétit makes a profit.
For every complaint about lack of FLEXIBILITY and loss of "swipes" the management of Bon Appétit will respond with a standard response of, "the former meal plan was never intended to let students eat at 2 West and The Duck" (dining establishments on campus that compete with Bon Appétit).
****Ah ha! Now we're getting somewhere. Bon Appétit was jealous that students did not prefer their food and wanted to force us to pay for it whether we eat it or not! Hence the new meal plan. Is this speculation accurate? START ASKING QUESTIONS!! We cannot blame Bon Appétit for operating as a FOR PROFIT company. However, we will NOT allow profit to be placed over the wellbeing of DePauw students.
Did the DePauw administration consult us as students and CUSTOMERS of DePauw? NO.
Did the administration request an open dialogue on this proposal? NO.
Does this change affect us? YES!
The time to act is NOW.
Make your voices heard, and indicate your dissatisfaction with the new meal plan. All electronic signatures will remain strictly confidential and will be presented to DePauw Student Government and the University Administration.
Students, Parents, faculty, staff, alumni, and members of the DePauw community are urged to act.
Let the tigers roar!
Respectfully,
The concerned, and hungry, DePauw students.
Updates
April 16, 2015
We hit 250 signatures and Kevin Kessinger still thinks we will just roll over and accept this trash meal plan. The administration is ignoring us but they cannot hide from this many students demanding our flexibility back.
Reached 250 supporters
April 14, 2015
Reached 100 supporters
April 13, 2015
102 Comments
The new meal plan does not at all accommodate athletes who travel on weekends. With 60% of the freshmen class being on athletic teams, this seems like many of those with meal plans are losing money. This new meal plan in no way benefits the students, but is clearly to keep Bon Apetit happy.
As a parent with 2 students on the meal plan, I am furious. This is money I earned, and expected that my adult children would have access to food when they needed. They are both unable to use all swipes, yet cannot use the extra money (yes, again, MY money) to purchase healthy food to take back to student housing.
As a mother of a vegitarian student who just committed to DePauw I can say that food choices was one of the areas we felt the University needed to improve, so seeing choices reduced is not something we want to see! We were hoping to see MORE choices not fewer.
I don't like forfeiting my swipes, and I don't like the available times to use my swipes. It doesn't matter if the swipes give me more bang for my buck if I may not be able to get to the dining hall in time to use them. This meal plan will rob me of my money.
This new meal plan would really hurt 2 West. I depend on my job there to pay for school and the employees there already struggle enough when we are gone for the summer. Last summer they had to close down, leaving their employees without work for weeks.
Bon Appetít just can’t take it any more!
Please revert the meal plan back to how it was in the 2014-2015 academic year AT THE VERY LEAST. I can't express how frustrating the current plan is. It feels like I am constantly losing money and all the convenience of the old plan. I'm hungrier more often--not only are the times I can eat limited, but the products themselves that I can buy with the meal swipe are very few. In response to the thought that some people ran out of money early--that is because they were hungry and ate a lot of food! The new plan doesn't solve the issue of hungry students, it merely conceals it in that students cannot run out of meal swipes for the year. However, many of them are still consistently hungry between meals (the reason they ran out of money when it was on a declining balance system). I won't even go into the quality of the bon appetite food, which many students have a problem with. That's an entirely separate issue. But at least give me the freedom to get my money's worth for the food I payed for anyway! I have so much more I could go into and pick apart that makes this new plan horrible compared to it's predecessor, but I think I've made my point. Hopefully whatever administrator is responsible for the meal plan will hear the dissatisfaction across campus and do something about it.
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PETITION GOAL:
The students of DePauw seek immediate action from the University Administration to repeal the new meal plan and restore the former "declining balance" system.
PETITION CONTEXT:
On March 20th, the Friday before spring break 2015, Kevin Kessinger, Associate Vice President for Finance at DePauw University, wrote to the student body via email to announce critical changes to the DePauw meal plan that have eliminated the former "declining balance " system.
These changes HAVE taken effect and will CONTINUE until we force the Administration to repeal its shameful decision!
HOW THESE CHANGES HAVE AFFECTED DePAUW STUDENTS:
The new meal plan has resulted in a significant REDUCTION to the amount of choices that students have for dining on campus. The new plan has further granted Bon Appétit Management Company (the main food service provider for DePauw) significant power to dictate WHERE we eat on campus, HOW MUCH we choose to SPEND and WHAT we choose to PURCHASE.
The new plan utilizes "swipes" that can only be used for specific LOCATIONS and at specific TIMES. The new plan has replaced the former "declining balance" system that granted students significant FLEXIBILITY over the use of THEIR money for food. The new "swipe" meal plan has been structured to force students to eat at Bon Appétit campus establishments ie: the HUB & the DEN.
For every swipe forfeited (not rolled over to next week), Bon Appétit makes a profit.
For every complaint about lack of FLEXIBILITY and loss of "swipes" the management of Bon Appétit will respond with a standard response of, "the former meal plan was never intended to let students eat at 2 West and The Duck" (dining establishments on campus that compete with Bon Appétit).
****Ah ha! Now we're getting somewhere. Bon Appétit was jealous that students did not prefer their food and wanted to force us to pay for it whether we eat it or not! Hence the new meal plan. Is this speculation accurate? START ASKING QUESTIONS!! We cannot blame Bon Appétit for operating as a FOR PROFIT company. However, we will NOT allow profit to be placed over the wellbeing of DePauw students.
Did the DePauw administration consult us as students and CUSTOMERS of DePauw? NO.
Did the administration request an open dialogue on this proposal? NO.
Does this change affect us? YES!
The time to act is NOW.
Make your voices heard, and indicate your dissatisfaction with the new meal plan. All electronic signatures will remain strictly confidential and will be presented to DePauw Student Government and the University Administration.
Students, Parents, faculty, staff, alumni, and members of the DePauw community are urged to act.
Let the tigers roar!
Respectfully,
The concerned, and hungry, DePauw students.
Updates
April 16, 2015
We hit 250 signatures and Kevin Kessinger still thinks we will just roll over and accept this trash meal plan. The administration is ignoring us but they cannot hide from this many students demanding our flexibility back.
Reached 250 supporters
April 14, 2015
Reached 100 supporters
April 13, 2015
102 Comments
I am an asset to this university but I am not among the wealthy on campus. Quit trying to take even more of my money and quit screwing me over by treating me like a child who cannot manage her own finances. I love this school more than anything else but this is ridiculous and, to be honest, insulting.
The new meal plan does not at all accommodate athletes who travel on weekends. With 60% of the freshmen class being on athletic teams, this seems like many of those with meal plans are losing money. This new meal plan in no way benefits the students, but is clearly to keep Bon Apetit happy.
As a parent with 2 students on the meal plan, I am furious. This is money I earned, and expected that my adult children would have access to food when they needed. They are both unable to use all swipes, yet cannot use the extra money (yes, again, MY money) to purchase healthy food to take back to student housing.
As a mother of a vegitarian student who just committed to DePauw I can say that food choices was one of the areas we felt the University needed to improve, so seeing choices reduced is not something we want to see! We were hoping to see MORE choices not fewer.
I don't like forfeiting my swipes, and I don't like the available times to use my swipes. It doesn't matter if the swipes give me more bang for my buck if I may not be able to get to the dining hall in time to use them. This meal plan will rob me of my money.
This new meal plan would really hurt 2 West. I depend on my job there to pay for school and the employees there already struggle enough when we are gone for the summer. Last summer they had to close down, leaving their employees without work for weeks.
Bon Appetít just can’t take it any more!
Please revert the meal plan back to how it was in the 2014-2015 academic year AT THE VERY LEAST. I can't express how frustrating the current plan is. It feels like I am constantly losing money and all the convenience of the old plan. I'm hungrier more often--not only are the times I can eat limited, but the products themselves that I can buy with the meal swipe are very few. In response to the thought that some people ran out of money early--that is because they were hungry and ate a lot of food! The new plan doesn't solve the issue of hungry students, it merely conceals it in that students cannot run out of meal swipes for the year. However, many of them are still consistently hungry between meals (the reason they ran out of money when it was on a declining balance system). I won't even go into the quality of the bon appetite food, which many students have a problem with. That's an entirely separate issue. But at least give me the freedom to get my money's worth for the food I payed for anyway! I have so much more I could go into and pick apart that makes this new plan horrible compared to it's predecessor, but I think I've made my point. Hopefully whatever administrator is responsible for the meal plan will hear the dissatisfaction across campus and do something about it.
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I am an asset to this university but I am not among the wealthy on campus. Quit trying to take even more of my money and quit screwing me over by treating me like a child who cannot manage her own finances. I love this school more than anything else but this is ridiculous and, to be honest, insulting.