College life is a huge transition to most of the new incoming students. Having to give up all the comforts from home, to live in a small and dark apartment is already hard enough, but one of the biggest changes in this new lifestyle these people are entering in is the food. Most of us students were used to a healthy and satisfactory home-cooked meal at least once a day prepared by our parents. Here on college, unless you were blessed with great culinary skills or have a lot of time and desire to experiment on the kitchen, a nice homemade dinner will not always be possible. A cafeteria, for example Highland Oaks, would be a great alternative for someone who does not want to eat fast-food or go to expensive restaurants every day.
Highland Oaks is known to everyone on the LSU campus for its great tasting food. The food there might not correspond exactly your taste, but do you really think that over hundreds of students would still be eating there every semester since 197x if the food was not simply excellent?
Another reason why Highland Oaks is famous on campus is because of the big variety of nutritious substances they serve. Anyone can find something they like in this cafeteria. You can
Another pejorative aspect would be the amount of fat existing in the food. Most vegetables are cooked with plenty of butter or oil and a relatively big quantity of the meat is also fried. In general there is too much unhealthy food served in relation to the healthy kind, for example, they could serve more fruits and a bigger variety of them. The fattening food and the deserts are always really tempting, but the excessive consumption of them might become a health factor if you do not watch out what you eat. But if you know how to behave nutritionally, this will not interfere in your life.
Highland Oaks is also a social point for the students. It is very common to see a lot of friends sitting together having lunch or dinner. It is also a good place to meet new people since most of the students who go there are on meal plans and go there almost every day. At Highland Oaks you never eat alone, unless you choose to.