The Online Reflector

I know that there have been many questions and concerns regarding the bottled drinks at the Perk. As all students with a meal plan are now aware, bottled drinks are no longer able to be used as a meal replacement.

The most important thing to understand about the meal plan is that the money you have paid for your meal plan is for meals. What is on your ID cards is the number of meals that you have purchased, not money.

Ted Polk has been generous in the past to allow students the opportunity to use a meal equivalency to purchase bottled drinks. This was never part of the meal plan, just something that Ted offered as a meal replacement.

The money that Ted receives for the meal plan goes towards paying for the food that is served on campus, staffing the dining facilities and running the dining operations. Due to the increasing food cost and the cost of running the dining hall operation, Ted is no longer able to offer the bottled drink option to students.

You are still able to use your meal plan to purchase all the coffee related drinks and food that the Perk provides. The change only affects bottled drinks.

I hope that you can understand the need for this change, and I appreciate in advance your support of Ted and his staff.

I would be happy to meet individually with anyone that has questions or concerns. I can be reached at 788-3485 or kvitangeli@uindy.edu.

Sincerely,

Kory
Kory M. Vitangeli
Dean of Students