<p>“Trying to keep a stock of free food publicly available would have been as ongoing and difficult a task as trying to keep the water out of a pit dug in the sand next to the ocean.”</p>
<p>Well said. You definitely know college students. :)</p>
<p>Perhaps “snacks” would have been more appropriate, but there’s enough Ramen and fruit (and junk food) to get a meal out of. Even so, I’m not sure how they manage to keep it stocked…</p>
<p>Peoples’ is still alive and kicking. (As is the noble tradition of scrounging, by the way…).</p>
<p>Lack of housing is no longer a problem (they just built a few new dorms, so now there’s actually a surplus), but because room and especially board are so expensive, many Reedies still elect to live off campus. (Bonus tip for future Reedies still reading my ramblings: If you want board plan A or B, it’s cheaper to start on plan C and then buy extra board points, since they give a 10% bonus when you do so, which beats out the “bulk discount” from the more expensive plans.)</p>
<p>But yes there’s no denying that Reed could use more funding (it would be wonderful to become need-blind) and fewer drop-outs.</p>