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Adopting the “flexible meal plan” would allow students who have class during the lunch hours to stop, for example, by the Barker Center Café instead of skipping their (already paid for) meal in the dining hall or paying twice for their food. In addition, the plan would lessen the burden on over-crowded dining halls, potentially allowing Houses to scrap their inter-house restrictions. Students who now flock to Adams House to grab a quick meal between classes might chose, instead, to simply eat a salad in Barker Center. And the flexible meal plan...
Although House Masters and students are concerned that the increasing students’ options might hurt House life, the plan would only affect those students who are already skipping dining hall meals (or quickly running through their dining hall to grab on-the-go food). The group most likely to choose a meal at the Greenhouse over a meal in their House are the people whose schedules conflict with dining hall hours. Other students would probably go to their House dining halls anyway, avoiding the crowds in these smaller campus eateries. House dining halls would also still maintain their gustatory...
Another criticism of the “flexible meal plan” is that students who mismanage their money would be left without meals until the end of the week. But limited meals are the rule in most colleges in America, and there is no reason to suspect that Harvard students are incapable of managing their plans...
...certainly an understandable concern, students who would resort to this unhealthy diet are probably already eating similar foods in the dining hall. Eating healthy is an individual choice: if a person wishes to ignore his or her health then he or she will do so, regardless of whether this meal plan is implemented...
...their money more effectively, and allow students who wish to eat dinner at a later hour to be able to do so in one of the campus eateries such as the Lamont Library Café. The plan still needs some clarification: will students have to communicate beforehand how many meals they would plan to eat in House dining halls? Would students be able to track their remaining “food money” or Board Plus money online? Would students be able to invite guests and just pay for their meal...