Spring Break
Best and Worst: Campus Meals
Issue date: 9/25/07 Section: Student Life
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The satisfying taco salad consists of rice, beans, sour cream and lettuce, all in a crispy, crunchy shell. What could possibly be healthier for you? A taco salad is like a burrito unwrapped and ready to eat. No need to get your hands dirty, just pick up a fork and start munching down. There's no need to look down to see what you're grabbing with your fork because everything in a taco salad is yummy and good for you. Salad is always healthy, but why not switch things up and have a fiesta on top of it?
Jovanni Colisao
When I'm in the mood for a quick and decently healthy meal, I head over to Market Cafe in the Student Union and order a delicious chicken Caesar salad. It's such a simple meal, but everything about it is perfection. The Caesar dressing has an ideal flavor: it isn't overly salty or overly sweet. The slices of chicken are succulent and add that little something that turns it from just a salad to a tasty meal. Grab a soda as you head out to pay and you have a quick and scrumptious lunch.
Heather Nacht
I think I can speak for most people when I say that the best food on campus is free food. I'm not just talking about the candy on the club tables during welcome week. I'm talking about the free lunches that some campus organizations, usually Associated Students, prepare at the barbecues near the Event Center. They typically make scrumptious hamburgers and you get a choice of chips and a soda. It's the perfect lunch when you're running to class and don't have any money to spend. It's great food for the cheapest price. The only problem is finding out when a free lunch is being prepared. Sometimes you just have to stumble on it as you're walking past.
Cody Haueter
Worst:
The idea of ribs and Asian food combined doesn't even sound enticing. If I want barbecue I can go to Sonoma Chicken Coup, but not while I'm trying find something to munch on before I go to my two-hour night class. The sauce smothered on the ribs didn't even taste like sauce. It tastes more like ketchup but with a thicker consistency. Asian food is good in general, but I would rather have orange chicken near my fried rice instead of two pieces of ribs that I can make in my microwave.
Jovanni Colisao
I might be the only one who feels this way, but the chicken tenders from the Student Union are the worst I have ever eaten. At first glance, the pitiful slices of chicken seem to be withering away under the harsh heat lamps just like a person stranded in the desert without water. Each bite is bland, dry and seems to turn to dust in my mouth. Even with the many dipping sauces to choose from, there is no way to save the tenders from the tasteless doom they face. Save yourself, and opt for another meal when you're hungry on campus.
Heather Nacht
Honestly, it was difficult to find a truly horrible food product on campus. Almost everything looks good when you're hungry, even those pre-packaged tuna sandwiches that have been sitting out all day. After searching high and low, far and wide, I finally found the yuckiest food on campus. Located in the Student Union cafeteria, the ballpark franks are some of the most interesting items on the menu. They come in three different unappetizing flavors and they have a shriveled look to them. However, if you do have an unusually strong stomach, I recommend trying a frank. Then you can brag to all of your friends about how you ate one and survived.
Cody Haueter
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