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

Tampa Bay Times ^ | Caitlin Dewey

[bgill]

Caleb Torres lost seven pounds his freshman year of college — and not because he didn’t like the food in the dining hall. A first-generation college student, barely covering tuition, Torres ran out of grocery money halfway through the year and began skipping meals as a result. He’d stretch a can of SpaghettiOs over an entire day. Or he’d scout George Washington University campus for events that promised free lunch or snacks. Torres told no one what he was going through, least of all his single mom. "She had enough things to worry about," he said... Now a senior and living off-campus, in a housing situation that supplies most of his meals,

[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]

:)