Monday, September 7, 2009
Limited Meal Plans
As students at BYU, various meal plans are available for us to use to pay for our food and other necessities. We are allotted a certain amount of money each day that we can spend wherever we wish at selected areas depending on the type of meal plan one purchased. I don't have a problem with the limited amount of money we receive but I don't like that we aren't allowed to use our cards anywhere on campus. An example is with the Dining Plus meal plan which one can't use at the Creamery on 9th but can at two other Creamery locations. I think that since it's our own money we're spending, we should be able to use spend it wherever we want on campus. BYU is still getting our money so why does it matter which Creamery we spend it at? It seems like it would be better business and more effective to open up the meal plans to anywhere on campus.
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One counter argument that is likely to arise from the audience, which it seems to me to be BYU students who have meal plans, is the argument that it was your choice. You can choose to pick a meal plan which will allow you to eat just about every where on campus. It was your choice not to pick one which allowed eating at all locations on campus. the diners platinum for example, which is cheaper, allows eating everywhere.
ReplyDeleteThat counter argument can be countered still Alex. According to the Meal Plan brochure, Helaman Halls residents are not eligible for the Diner's Platinum Plan. Yes, it may be the choice of the student to which plan they choose, yet they are limited by which Meal plans are available to them. As Hannah said, it all depends on the necessities of each student.
ReplyDeleteI like your opinion. You stated your position clearly and you utilized one of your accusations as a question, which gives the reader a point to think about as they continue reading. The only problem I see is the lack of premises. Having the meal plans open for everywhere on campus, just for better business alone, may not be enough. You could add how it would be more convenient for students to be able to get go to any location on campus to get something to eat in between class. Whereas you have to go a restaurant that is in the opposite direction of your class because the restaurant closest to your class doesn't accept your meal plan. You can use something along the lines of that. Besides that small detail (even though I took up a quite a bit to explain it), it is shaping up to be a good opinion editorial.
Another counter argument- You had the choice where you wanted to live, and that is what decided what meal plans where available to each of us. So the choice of the meal plan is still ultimately the students decision.
ReplyDeleteGood start, but provide concrete deatails of how broadening the meal plan eating locations would increase service and business around campus. Also, based on your introduction, we have to assume that this is only a problem for you. Have any other students experienced this problem? If so, how much of the student body feels the same way as you? Should we take this issue to the BYU administration? Just expand more.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your word choice and your sentence fluency. The entire paragraph was extremely easy to read allowing your points to come across clearly and effectively. you chose a very good topic that a multiplicity of students can relate to and agree with. I would like to know who your audience is.
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job of stating your position and made it clear on what you wanted accomplished. I also like how you used an example to prove your point. Good job
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