Let’s talk about the Radford Universities Highlander Residential Meal Plan, quite frankly for me and many other students it is highly flawed. As opposed to last year's meal plan which was 600$ food dollars, discounted on campus, and to be used at any time one wished, this year's meal plan is quite different. Students are given two swipes a day, to be used at the main dining hall, or valued at 9.25$ per swipe at retail locations. Students are also limited to certain meal period times and if the swipes are not used within those designated periods they do not carry over. Students are also given 300$ food dollars to be used at any time at any location when the 9.25$ swipe has been used or the amount carries over. Many issues have immediately arisen with this plan. Firstly everything is full price for students and therefore way more expensive than last year. For example as a vegetarian I don’t use the main dining hall often as it has few options for me, therefore I eat at other locations. One of the places I enjoy is called 1910 where one of the only vegetarian menu options, the Impossible Burger, is around 11$ dollars, immediately putting me over the swipe. Also students are expected to only eat 2 meals a day, which is ridiculous from a health standpoint. This means that everytime I or another student wants a third meal we are paying straight from our food dollars. I as a person who wants to eat 3 meals a day is almost out of food dollars and it is the start of the 4th week of the semester. Another issue is the meal period times which are highly inconvenient for students like me with back to back classes on many days of the week. If I say I miss my meal swipe in the morning then I am unable to have it in the afternoon and am stuck with one swipe that day. Us students at Radford University would love it if Radford University would hear us out and change the meal plan to something new that is more adaptable to working, busy, hungry students as many of us are struggling with food insecurity and eating healthy due to the confines of the current plan.