The hidden crisis on college campuses: 36 percent of students don’t have enough to eat

Tampa Bay Times ^ | Caitlin Dewey

[T-Bone Texan]

"...I lived on popcorn and Dr Pepper..."

I heard about a girl once who subsisted on nothing besides brown rice and cocaine.

[T-Bone Texan]

"....I will have to say that a lot of people on this thread ate things which I honestly think I had rather go without than eat....."

Well, you're an elitist doosh!

Just kidding.

I'm making you a ketchup sandwich and an air salad.

[bert]

There is a very careful balance of funds between food and beer for freshman

[yldstrk]

yeah, no none of that

[zeugma]

When I was in school, I was astounded on how little food a person can actually live on, even when a bicycle was my primary transportation.

[T-Bone Texan]

It's from the song "88 Lines About 44 Women".

Excerpt:

Rhonda had a house in Venice
Lived on brown rice and cocaine
Patty had a house in Houston
Shot cough syrup in her veins

[yldstrk]

lol

Hey is Corpus Christi nice? I want out of this awful Kansas weather.

[AppyPappy]

My guess: Combination of autism spectrum taste overload (that was me), life-long control issues over food and money issues. My son has a meal plan at college and I don’t think he has eaten a vegetable in 4 years.
At the end of my junior year in college, I weighed 118 lbs because I ran out of money.

We have a food pantry for college students but it mostly serves international students who don’t have money.

[T-Bone Texan]

Corpus is nice this time of year, so if you're free in the next week or two come on by.

Otherwise, it is a sauna.

Personally, I love it, but in limited doses. Glad I'm not a laborer.

[VietVet876]

Cut the Tide Pods in half. They’ll go twice as far.

[BlueLancer]

Cut the Tide Pods in half. They’ll go twice as far.

Now that's downright funny ... I don't care who you are ...

[yldstrk]

I love hot

[Mom MD]

My staple was a loaf of bread a jar of peanut butter and a jar of jelly

[narses]

:)