1. social aspects
1.1. hanging out
1.1.1. Teenagers
1.1.1.1. "At the end of the day, we're still teenagers, or like 20ish years old. The dining hall is an extension of the high school cafeteria; people sit in their social groups and hang out." (AE)
2. quality
2.1. indigestion
2.1.1. "Franklin Dining Hall is the worst. My roommate calls the stomach aches she gets after eating there 'Franklin Fever.'" (AC)
2.2. Taste
2.2.1. "You get what you pay for - bland or overly salted food." (AD)
2.3. "I mean, it's pretty bad, but being hungry is worse." (AB)
2.4. "My family doesn't cook. People complain, but this is a step up for me." (AE)
3. cost
3.1. low cost
3.1.1. Money
3.1.1.1. Power
3.1.1.1.1. "Students who live off campus in luxury apartments clearly have an advantage. They come from money, so they have the power to spend $12 on an acai bowl from the organic cafe downtown and wash it down with their $6 Starbucks drink. The rest of us eat Cheerios and drink terrible coffee in the dining hall." (AE)
3.2. choice
3.2.1. pizza - most popular
3.2.1.1. DiGiorno
3.2.1.1.1. "Yeah, we have a choice: dining hall or crappy frozen DiGiorno pizza from the convenience store. What's the lesser of two evils?" (AB)
3.2.1.2. "Pizza day isn't terrible at the dining halls. You can build your own." (AE)
3.2.1.3. Delivery
3.2.1.3.1. Speed
3.2.2. lack of choice
3.2.2.1. campus residents required to have campus dining plan