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[30 Apr 2010 | One Comment | ]
Dining Options Marginalize Low Income Students

By Kevin Kauffman
Fees, unions, directed choice, two-million dollar deficit: these are the buzzwords that have framed the dining debate in recent months. While the issues of creating a self supporting dining program and providing the campus with diverse foods both receive much attention, other pertinent issues in Duke Dining are less broadly discussed. Of these issues, the most troubling is the lack of healthy options available to low income students on a small dining budget.
It is a well-known that Duke students tend to be wealthier than their counterparts at many …