Dear Editor,
I sat down to read The Collegian without a cup of coffee last Thursday. I’ve pretty much kicked my caffeine habit, but that didn’t curb my reaction upon reading the article “Mugs go missing.”
I’m the first one to admit that discussing the whole cup controversy any further is beating a dead horse, but there’s an aspect that hasn’t been discussed yet: Bon Appétit raised meal plans by about $100 per plan from last academic year to this one, while eliminating our beloved disposable cups.
For Bon Appétit’s sake, let’s examine inflation. Last year, a 15 meal plan for one semester was $2,385, which is equivalent to $2,432.24 today. However, this meal plan is $2,480 this year, leaving Bon Appétit with $48.76 more per buyer of this plan. As a rough estimate, Bon Appétit has $71,000 more this year than the previous from student fees, accounting for inflation. Despite this, they have still cut out $8,000 of our cherished disposable cups.
Nevertheless, we ought not ignore their efforts that attempted to curb the backlash. We must recognize that Bon Appétit supplied us with travel mugs to avoid this controversy. But that didn’t work. If they were truly as convenient as the disposable cups, this debate wouldn’t continue.
Bon Appétit: You did what you could to try to soothe this problem. I don’t consider myself an advocate for the theft of your cups, but you definitely brought this upon yourself. We shouldn’t finance your larger budget only to receive an inferior product.
Gabriel Kramer is a freshman studying the liberal arts.
