At Savannah College of Art & Design freshman year students are forced to spend $6000 a year on their meal plan. This is a mandatory policy, that even those with dietary needs are struggling to change.

I am celiac, and I was promised gluten free options at the Hive Cafe. However, once I actually started attending here I have seen how they do NOT have gluten free options. 

In addition to those with dietary needs, individuals are scared to eat there. The average student eats the fries, pizza, soup, and bread. As growing and hard working students we are paying for food we cannot eat and missing out on essential nutrients. On Instagram you can look up our hive cafe @thehivecafeleaked for images of real food we are supposed to consume. 

Within our community of freshman and sophomores the amount of people that have gotten sick is insane. Even if it is not exactly food poisoning, it is still food that upsets a stomach and causes vomiting as well as other horrible symptoms. 

As college students food is the one thing we are NOT supposed to stress about. Help us and the rest of SCAD students to get rid of this policy for the future!! Keep in mind — we are not trying to make the meal plan not mandatory, but an adult choice, as it should be.