Half of my meals are carry out because I am an engineering major, and I frequently do not have time to get lunch. The diners are very far from the engineering buildings and I have too much work to sit down for all of my meals.

I don't like that there are no Terp Bucks, because those are useful for things like paper towels and tissues that you usually can't get from a diner.

The new plan forces a lifestyle on students that isn't compatible with all. I don't have time during the day to sit and eat lunch and prefer to carry it out or eat something small. Forcing me to adapt my eating habits is an unnecessary enforcement of a policy that is trying to fix something that isn't broken. Keep the dining meal plan as it is

With the new plan, you pay the same amount as everyone else even if you do not eat at the dining halls often. At least now, you can spend the remaining points on family and guests, but with the new plan, you basically just waste your extra meals.

Im a vegetarian but with the new dining plan I'll have to pay the same price as all other students when i can't eat half the food in the dining hall. And not having carry out is a huge inconvenience!

Eating every meal at the dining hall can be very inconvenient. Eliminating takeout and terpbucks will make it harder for students on the go to get meals in. Also, as someone that buys a partial Hillel plan, this new plan means I'll be paying more for more meals in the dining hall thatI won't be using.

I don't plan on eating there 7-days a week, since I live so close. I don't want to pay $2,400 for food I won't eat. They should have a cheaper option that has a limit.

If they really want to cut down on take out containers, they should make OZZY boxes mandatory and fix the machines. Also they should make a cheaper plan for people that don't eat as much and know they wont be getting the full intentional value of the new basic plan. This cheaper plan should involve having only a certain amount of swipes per week, instead of unlimited. Or another option could be that the price for the plan remains the same, but you get a limited number of swipes per week plus the money value of the resident bucks of the next level plan. I was told by the lady who held a meeting about this plan that this would be a more fair way of running the dining system, but I feel it is the exact opposite. People who don't eat as much are paying for those who eat more and it is unbalanced as a result. I want to be paying for only the food I eat, not everyone else's.