By: Andrew Paul
Since last month, vending machines have been scattered around the school, with the project having been led by Chandler Evans, athletic director.
The vending machines contain snacks such as Brisk and baked chips, costing around $1.00 to $1.50.
This is not good for our school. Obesity, more crowdedness, not much of a chance to even buy something, all for what? So someone can get a bag of baked Doritos before second hour starts?
According to Heart.org, one in three American kids and teens are overweight or obese today. One in three. According to Evans, the snacks are healthy snacks.
While I do agree some of the products, like water, are healthy, many are not.
Some of the vending machines contain baked chips and Brisk, which are not healthy for you at all. If baked chips are good for you, then Diet Pepsi is a good pre-race drink.
According to fritolay.com, salt is still the third ingredient in baked Doritos. The only slightly healthy thing about baked chips is the 2% per serving (28.1 grams) of Vitamin A.
At the end of the day, chips are still chips and unhealthy snacks are still unhealthy.
With the addition of vending machines, there will be more people crowded together, which is already an issue, and long lines are not going to make it better. There will be guaranteed long lines since there are only six vending machines for 2500 people. With only 5 minutes before class, most people won’t even be able to buy something and will have just wasted their time. Crowding is already an issue, so why add fuel to the fire?
Even if a student is able to buy something before class, their teacher won’t let them eat it in class. According to Evans, one of the reasons for the vending machines are for shorter lunch lines. If this is true, then why aren’t there more vending machines around the cafeteria?
For anyone that has tried to go to their class early from lunch will know that monitors will just not let students go to vending machines in other parts of the campus.
So how are we supposed to access them without leaving the lunch area? So the time when we would buy them most, we don’t have access to them. The lunch lines will remain the same even with the vending machines. So that leaves the question: are vending machines really worth it?
Obesity, increased crowdedness, not much of a chance for students to buy something. All for what? Someone getting bag of baked Doritos before second hour that they aren’t even allowed to eat during class?
