To the Editor:
I would like to respond to Rebecca Liddicoat's column ("Eliminate Full Fare," Feb. 6) regarding the elimination of Full Fare. Let me begin by stating that I wholeheartedly disagree with Ms. Liddicoat's notion that "if you eat three times as much food as anyone else, it's only fair that you should have to pay three times as much." She simply overlooks the fact that the quality and cost of the food in Full Fare is lower than in the various other dining halls on campus. Simple economics tells us that it is only reasonable that one should get to eat larger portions of lower quality food. Getting enough to eat is something that is not possible at places other than Full Fare, especially for athletes (unless you are willing to spend absurd amounts of money).
What, then, is the solution? I think that it would behoove the Administration to tear down Home Plate and expand Full Fare into that area. As I see it, the Home Plate menu, replete with overpriced fruit salads and "fro-yo," could easily be done without.
Perhaps Liddicoat and many other members of the College simply are not giving Full Fare a chance. If, as she claims, "75 percent of this campus could count the number of times on one hand that they've actually stepped foot in Full Fare," then clearly these people are not giving it a fair shot. Have you ever tried General Tso's chicken at Full Fare? It's delicious. All I am saying, is give Full Fare a chance.
