Lines of Unsurprising Consequence

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There are numerous rites associated with the beginning of each fall semester. Leaves turn and fall to the ground; campus libraries buzz anew with the sounds of tapping keys and the shuffle of books against study carrels; and students wait in long lines at the College's four main dining halls to get food.
The lines seem even longer this semester, as the closing of Proctor Hall on weekends has forced hungry students northward to Freeman, Hamlin and the newly-opened Ross dining facility. This movement has not been without frustration, and the first week of school was greeted with a litany of student complaints about the lack of certain foods in or the changed hours of certain campus dining halls.
None of this is unexpected. The Ross Commons dining area was designed as a departure from the standard design of other College cafeterias. Stations, not steam trays, define Ross, and traffic patterns inside the dining hall have yet to correspond to the orderly flows of students surely envisioned by its creators. One day — hopefully soon — the dilemma of nourishing hundreds of students at one go will be resolved; College Dining Services should recognize this imperative by observing student traffic and entertaining diner demand.
In the meantime, however, student complaint about the design, décor or desirability of the College's dining halls should be channeled in an equally formal manner. Gripes about waiting in line are hollow — and will go unheard — unless they can be articulated coherently and directed constructively to College Dining Services.