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Tuition or Dinner? Nearly Half of College Students Surveyed in a New Report Are Going Hungry
NYT ^ | 5-2-19 | Kaya Laterman

Posted on 05/04/2019 3:22:06 PM PDT by dynachrome

In the coming weeks, thousands of college students will walk across a stage and proudly accept their diplomas. Many of them will be hungry.

A senior at Lehman College in the Bronx dreams of starting her day with breakfast. An undergraduate at New York University said he has been so delirious from hunger, he’s caught himself walking down the street not realizing where he’s going. A health sciences student at Stony Brook University on Long Island describes “poverty naps,” where she decides to go to sleep rather than deal with her hunger pangs.

These are all examples of food insecurity, the state of having limited or uncertain access to food. Stories about college hunger have been largely anecdotal, cemented by ramen and macaroni and cheese jokes. But recent data indicate the problem is more serious and widespread, affecting almost half of the student population at community and public colleges.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: college; fakenews; hunger
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To: dynachrome

I had no trouble eating in college. I worked. When I got hungry, I worked more. If I didn’t have time to work more, I bought less expensive food - and no new clothes for two years (until I needed them for a job, and those I bought at the Salvation Army).


121 posted on 05/04/2019 5:34:56 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: LouAvul

That is precisely what this is about. Since when don’t colleges have dining halls?
I’ll bet these spoiled brats have plenty of money for beer and pot. And since when won’t their mothers feed them? Don’t they have homes they came from?


122 posted on 05/04/2019 5:36:50 PM PDT by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
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To: Rebelbase

Yeah. Cans of chunklight tuna for a few bucks, noodles, Campbells soup. Twenty bucks for one person. You won’t stave. It’s not a T Bone but you sure ain’t going to starve!


123 posted on 05/04/2019 5:47:28 PM PDT by jmacusa ("The more numerous the laws the more corrupt the government''.)
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To: dynachrome

Follow a few of these “poor” students around and you will probably find out why they have food insecurities.

What crap.


124 posted on 05/04/2019 5:54:49 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: dynachrome

“Ramen noodles are still made.”

Yuppers.

Cut coupons, cook and freeze leftovers. Not rocket science.


125 posted on 05/04/2019 5:56:16 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: metmom

Learning to cook from scratch doesn’t hurt either.

There are so many youtube videos made about dirt cheap yet gourmet food prep.

If you know how to cook you can eat off a rotisserie chicken for a week. Dinner with rice or a baked potato and veggie, sammiches, soup, doctored up ramen-so many possibilities.

Many resources out there for frugal cooking.
Good, nutritious eating doesn’t have to be expensive.


126 posted on 05/04/2019 6:06:33 PM PDT by Califreak (If Obama had been treated like Trump the US would have been burnt down before Inauguration Day)
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To: dynachrome

Should be: Dinner or Spring Vacation in the islands?


127 posted on 05/04/2019 6:13:13 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
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To: A Navy Vet

Have you seen the price of Spam lately?


128 posted on 05/04/2019 6:15:40 PM PDT by Califreak (If Obama had been treated like Trump the US would have been burnt down before Inauguration Day)
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To: Califreak
Have you seen the price of Spam lately?

Have you seen the size of college students these days?

129 posted on 05/04/2019 6:19:25 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Cobra64

+1


130 posted on 05/04/2019 6:21:01 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: metmom

+1


131 posted on 05/04/2019 6:32:05 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: CincyRichieRich
"Open the endowments!!!!! Billions!!!"

Great idea! Free food for all stupidents.

132 posted on 05/04/2019 6:46:34 PM PDT by fini
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To: dynachrome

Bread at the day old store...fruits and veggies at the farmers market..
A hot plate...toaster oven... And a frigerator...crackers...pb....jam...honey...rice...beans...eggs...oil...margarine...noodles...potatoes...tuna...cheapest cut of meat...learn how to cut up a chicken....DONE...what a bunch of sniveling helpless dufii.
. I met a 4th year pharmacy student...who couldn’t give a simple description of a biological cell...sad..complete dummy.


133 posted on 05/04/2019 6:50:21 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: dynachrome

Food banks everywhere.


134 posted on 05/04/2019 7:03:09 PM PDT by Hattie
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To: dynachrome

I ate popcorn during college which is cheap. Was really skinny. loved being skinny.


135 posted on 05/04/2019 7:06:38 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: dynachrome

They should get used to it. Most of the social studies degrees in feminist poetry or black studies or whatever seems cool and avant garde today isn’t going to give them the qualities an employer is looking for.

They could get free meals and a paycheck with McDonalds however.


136 posted on 05/04/2019 7:13:21 PM PDT by wildbill
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To: dynachrome

One summer I had to commute to a different campus to complete an extended course in short order. I couldn’t work as many hours. My food budget was $12 a week after the other expenses. Lots of Ramen. Lost 25 lbs that summer. First and last time I heard people call me skinny...


137 posted on 05/04/2019 7:35:43 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: dynachrome

If there were journalists they would ask:

1) Did you go on a fall or spring break vacation and if so how did you finance it?
2) Have you consumed an alcoholic beverage, smoked pot, or taken cocaine in the last 60 days? If so how did you pay for it?
3) Do you own a smartphone and/or personal computer? How old is it? How did you pay for it?
4) During the summer months and spring/fall breaks did you work for pay? If not, why?
5) Are you working for pay 10 hours per week while in school? If not, why?
6) Have you considered applying for a ROTC scholarship? Have you considered leaving school to join the armed forces for a period of time so you could save enough money to go back to school?
7) Have you considered simply taking a year off to work and save money so you can afford to eat while in school?


138 posted on 05/04/2019 7:54:00 PM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on)
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To: Sacajaweau

A fried baloney sandwich is awesome! It has to be garlic baloney though and that can sometimes be hard to find.


139 posted on 05/04/2019 8:02:47 PM PDT by Guardian Sebastian (God Bless President Trump and Keep Him Safe)
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To: dynachrome
Nearly Half of College Students Surveyed in a New Report Are Going Hungry

Not on any of the campuses I’ve visited...

...in fact, there seems to be an excess of food — and large appetites.

140 posted on 05/04/2019 8:04:56 PM PDT by Magnatron
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