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Show Friday, Dec. 7, 2007 Opinion 15 Food: Prices are exorbitant 0 0 0 [•continued from page 14 controlled by Food Services, I guarantee prices on campus would go down to stay competitive. It would be a matter of market dynamics. Any economics major will tell you that. Unfortunately, there's no good place to stick a bunch of cafes or sandwich shops where students could walk to for their lunch break. North of the main part of campus are fields and campus facilities for more than a mile. East is the Golden Toaster and neighborhoods. South is Highway 89 and beyond that a sharp drop to the Island. West of campus, the hill runs quickly down to more neighborhoods. No place for stores. The only restaurant anywhere near where students spend their day is Fredrico's on 700 North. The best way I can think of to drive prices down would be to arrange a boycott of all on-campus food. That would mean no buying from the Hub, the Junction, the Marketplace, the Quick Stop, the Skyroom or the Quadside Cafe. Every student planning on staying on campus for lunch would have to bring something from home. I bet a couple weeks of that would bring Food Services and its fixed prices to their knees. But, considering the level of student activism on this campus, that's less likely than Mike Gravel winning a presidential nomination. I'm not done complaining. Not only does the food at the Hub cost an unreasonable amount, it is often not what I would chose for lunch, were there a choice. The bagels at Hazel's are nice, but nothing I couldn't make myself if I had the time at home. If you've ever had a real, New-York style bagel, you'll know what you're missing when you eat at Hazel's. And, those little pizza boxes sit next to signs asking you not to open them. You bet I'm going to open them. If I don't check what I'm buying, I may get one single slice of burned pepperoni on my pizza. I don't want that. I require an even distribution of pepperoni across my entire pizza. And why does the Grill stop serving breakfast at 10:30 a.m.? It's the best thing they serve at the Hub, after the prohibitively expensive Hogi Yogi sandwiches, which I only indulge in once or twice a semester. OK, three or four. Since pretty much all the Grill's lunchtime items are now sold at Sunset Strips, there's no reason the Grill shouldn't be open to serve breakfast all day. Give me breakfast or give me a crappy, gray burger. The wraps at the Quadside Cafe offer a nice occasional alternative, but they fall apart if you try to eat them. What I'd like to see at the Hub: Reasonable prices and breakfast all day; maybe a couple new places in there, if that were feasible. In any case, USU is using its isolated vantage point from atop the hill to bleed the students dry. How capitalist of them. 78E.400N, next to Hastings 753-6463 CRIST htCc 981 S. Main next to Macey's 755-0262 BREAD COMPANV I Buy any loaf Buy One Whole Sub of Choice & • I i w Get 3 Bagels • p/VPA KELSEY'S PiZ2aSub PIZZA &SUBS FREE »e Bread and 661N. MAIN IYJL URGE Papa's Perfect Pizza! $6.99 No DENTAL INSURANCE? •« I FREE Exam | | Teeth | I w/$99 x-ray . . Cleaning i , & Cleaning ( ^ only $36 , We Make It.You Bake It! 1/2 Hawaiian No TAKE "N1 BAKE PIZZA PROBLEM! Scott M. Lyman, D.D.S., P.C. Val Hebert, R.D.H. 130 W. 700 S. Ste. B Smithfield 618 N. Main 755-0808 435-563-0140 WE Not valid with any other offers. Expires 12/31/07 COMMUNITY DENTAL CENTER ACCEPT MEDICAID • CHIP • PCN • PRIVATE INSURANCE • NON-INSURED -Hi -''V'v -V ^.•'-;:"'^i:'; • POP THE QUESTION this holiday! Liz Lawyer is the assistant news editor and a senior majoring in print journalism. Questions and comments can be sent to her at elizabeth. lawyer® , email. usu.edu HITS? 31 N. Main St. 753-1292 TMILHEAD Store Hours: Monday-Saturday 10:00am-7:00pm I Hot valid wttJi other otters Coupon Expires 10/07/07 752-3525 Mozzarella, Cheddar, & Provolone topped with 1/2 Pepperoni & a Two 32 oi. Drinks & | Get a Whole Where Utah gets engaged/ 141 North Main •752-7149 www.seneedham.com mdiSU ojxhm Mock at th* sign of the clock |