Meal Swipes can get wasted

During the day you’re on south campus and you’re kind of hungry where can you go and get a meal swipe, that’s right you can go to Commons. The Commons Market is an all you can eat café. Commons is located on south campus in the heart of the Blanding- Kirwan Complex. If you get on http://uky.campusdish.com/ you are able to go over your meal plan pick from many plans and pick on how many swipes you want during a semester. If you talk anyone who isn’t a freshman they’ll say Commons has changed from the menu and the plate size and that Commons is on a decline. As a freshman from a public high school I wish they made the food in front of me like they do at Commons.

On UK’s campus there is also another all you can eat café which is in Blazer Hall known as Blazer. Blazer is a across the street and down a little from the student located on north campus. Both of the cafés are the only places on campus (during the day) where you can use a meal swipe. The biggest issue with the Commons they close at eight pm which sounds very late if you go to bed at nine. As a college student I might go to bed at one or two in the morning and if I get hungry and need a lot of food Commons won’t be there. For the Commons to close at eight it hurts the kids who don’t have a large number of flex or for the kids who are still hungry after the one meal they get from the K-Lair or Ovids. Both Commons and Blazer need to push their closing times back to 11 pm or midnight so student are able to eat and use their meal swipes.