"Co-ops" = OSCA = Cooperative housing or dining options

BassDad
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:32:49 +0000

Not to mention the bike co-op, the photography supplies co-op, the pottery co-op and a few more I am probably forgetting about.

The eating and dining coops are indeed good deals. The amount saved per year over the dorms and school cafeteria divided by the number of hours worked comes out to a higher rate of pay than all but a few on-campus jobs and you learn some practical life skills to boot. We were amazed when daughter came home and insisted on preparing meals. It took a while for her to adjust to purchasing and preparing food for four people rather than eighty and she tended to use every pot and pan in the house each time she cooked a meal, but it was novel nonetheless.