Flyer

Issue date: 10/28/05 Section: Opinions

Just walking through the doors of the
Flyer's Den, one is overwhelmed by the
sizzling sound and greasy smell of the
deep fryers crackling away, thawing out
fries, burgers, and cheese sticks. The pizza
rotates on its rack, round and round and
round, as the grease glistens atop the gooey
cheese. Ahh, the Den! You'll be full and
happy and feel so good you'll be doing
jumping jacks afterwards. Right?

Or maybe this sounds more familiar.
After blotting your food with paper napkins,
trying to remove some of the grease, you
begin to eat and talk with friends, and
eat some more, and talk some more, then
when you're fi nished, you get up to leave
and your stomach aches and you swear off
Den food forever. Or at least until you're
hungry again and the Den is the only option
for food on campus.

Whenever I go to the Den to get a
meal or snack, it's because no other eatery
on campus is open. Let's face it, the Den's
hours are pretty compatible with the hours
that a lot of college students keep, and
chances are, when the Cafeteria or the
Courtyard are closed, the Flyer's Den will
usually be open. But although the Den's
hours are compatible with my schedule,
I usually choose other places on campus
to eat because of the type of food that is
offered.

All too often I've eaten at the Den and
sworn off ever eating there again because
of the way I've felt after my meal. After
developing numerous stomach aches and
an overall feeling of unhealthiness, I've
sworn off eating at the Den but I've always
broken this promise to myself because more
often than not, when I go there, it's the only
place to eat on campus that's open.

Now while the Den does offer some
items in its refrigerator case like pre-made
sandwiches or salads, these items are not
always available, and other healthy items
like fruit or yogurt do not make up a full
meal.

After eating in the Den one Sunday

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