guided to serve a particular standardized diet for students. However, the majority of most

nutritional and cost efficient facilities close at unreasonable hours. For example, the

dining commons claims to close at 7:30pm. But when students (like myself) arrive to

Waring commons around seven after work, many times, we aren’t admitted because the

majority of dinner options (The Grille, for instance) have been closed down. The

alternatives to not eating are overpriced ‘hang-outs’ like the Big Onion (which kill meal-

points) or worse, ordering from the most reasonable “voted best wings in town” take-out.

The problem arises when these small “quick fixes” are visited on a daily basis, resulting

in quick pounds, declining health, and empty pockets. However, the HUB restaurants

(though more expensive than the dining commons) offer more variety, nutritional value,

and quantity than the usual ‘late-night’ eateries in the commons area.

As a second semester freshman, I have noticed that I (and many others) am

slowly escalating towards the famous ‘Freshman 15’.

Some topics in this essay:
HUB Jones, Penn Staters, HUB Students, Re-opening HUB, , night week, restaurants hub, dining commons, eating habits, weight gain, hub restaurants, college students,