<p>@sovreigndebt - I am currently a junior at Fordham. Obviously cafeteria food is secondary to the amazing education and environment of this university. I posted this not to embarrass the school but because I want things to change. Like many other students, I was frustrated when the administration made no substantive changes after years of being on the worst food list combined with the fairly recent failing reports of some of the auxiliary dining facilities (not the main caf). I think students and parents alike need to press for change and this is a golden opportunity to face an ongoing deficiency head on rather than sweep it under the carpet. I spent two years eating many meals at the caf and while the food could be adequate, it was limited and I almost always skipped the meat courses in favor of one more plate of pasta. There is much room for improvement at RH and from what I hear, LC is worse (I never ate there).</p>
<p>A great university should try to improve in every way when there is a chance, and this is a chance. Azmom is right, Sodexo does much better jobs elsewhere (for example I visited a friend at Muhlenberg last year and they have an amazing cafeteria which I was shocked to see was run by Sodexo). So someone needs to find the root of the problem. Are the cooks/kitchen staff at Fordham subpar? Does Fordham pay Sodexo less than other colleges? Does the university’s kitchen need an upgrade? I don’t know the answers but I hope that Fordham takes this opportunity to improve the lives of its students.</p>
<p>And yes soverigndebt, I understand that Princeton Review surveys are not the gospel. It is based on student surveys. But if a school’s students rank it low in any category year after year, it should be cause for concern.</p>
<p>I believe that one should love a school for its strengths and still look to improve its faults. I love Fordham and I want it to get better.</p>