Dear Southern,
Ever since coming to Southern in the fall of 2017, I have absolutely loved it here. Sure, there are some downsides here; and admittedly, I don’t know what every student’s experience has been. The biggest issue that I have with Southern, however, is not with academics or worship credits, or even individual classes or professors. My biggest qualm about this university is the state of food choices on campus. Just because food is vegetarian, doesn’t mean that it is automatically healthy for you.
In the Bible, we learn that our body is a temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19)n Adventists usually try to take that message to heart. On most Seventh-day Adventist campuses, they serve the quintessential Adventist vegetarian diet, which consists of bread or other starchy carbs, vegetarian meat substitutes and cheese. If these options aren’t enough, there is a vegetable choice doused in oil or butter. Our campus is no different.
After all of these options are exhausted, it seems that the only way one can be healthy is to go to the salad bar. Let me just say that, yes, I do like salads. However, meals consisting of salad (with practically the same veggies every time because there is little to no variation of vegetable choices) and maybe water or a juice is not at all what constitutes a well-rounded meal.
In our church health message, there is a plan for whole body and mind nourishment. It all came from God. If we as a school can band together and campaign for better and healthier food choices, we can change ourselves for the better and in turn, take the best care of our bodies.
P.S. Southern, please put veggies at the VM on meal plan.
Thanks.
Grant Hagen