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CNU Dining Halls Open Earlier for PLP Students

Kaitlyn Shackleton, August 13th, 2024

This Sunday, Dining Services announced their new hours for the upcoming semester. Lunch at Commons and Regattas, CNU's two dining halls, will open at 10:30 A.M, 30 minutes earlier than last school year. This change, however, will only take place for students in the President's Leadership Program, the most popular scholarship at CNU with an emphasis on leadership and serving the community. This may be a response to widespread complaints from PLP students last semester that their scholarships lacked sufficient perks.

As stated in the email all students received from Dining Services, the school made this change to "reward hard workers" and "set them apart from the other half of the student body". We polled hundreds of PLP students to find their opinions on this change and see if CNU made the right decision. Here's what some commenters had to say:

  • "I mean, if they're going to make us live on-campus as long as we're here, they might as well give us full access to their food. Why don't we make Regs PLP-only? I think that would solve a lot of issues with today's world."
  • "Yeah, it's a good change. Last semester, I forgot the 30-hour service requirement until mid-April, so I had to skip class and meals to get them all in. It's nice to know this time around that I'll only be skipping class."
  • "We're a lot less than one half of the student body, unless their only sample was incoming students. We're a much smaller portion of the school than that, and we deserve a lot more than what we've been given. This better be a sign of things to come."

    • Indeed, it is. Rumors on the newest perks to be added to the program include choosing the date and time of final exams, permission to enter the several fountains on campus, and guaranteed admission to "Prezzie Palz", CNU's newest secret society.

    Even though we generally despise interacting with members of the lower class, we decided it was best for this article to examine both sides of the issue by interviewing one non-PLP student. He said, "I don't care at this point. My classes are [at] such weird times that I can't get lunch until 2, anyway. But I'm really going to snap if one more [exepletive] Prezzie Pal jumps out of a fountain with a water gun and shoots me. It wasn't funny the first time."

    As long as non-PLP students follow the lead of this interviewee and denigrate the rich cultural traditions of us Palz, they will rightfully maintain their status as second-class citizens.