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S u r v e y S a y s . . .
273 students rate their lunch room favorites
By Sally MacNeill unanimously opposed: Nuggets.
Cnicken Fried Steak and mashed pota- Fish Nuggets, Pizza Nuggets, Chicken
toeswith gravy. Barbeque Rib Sandwiches. Nuggets, Beef Nuggets, and of course,
Ravioli. Nachos. These are the besttasting, Taco Nuggets. One out of every three
most appealing foods in the RHS cafeteria. students surveyed mentioned nuggets
WHAT!?! Some of you may ask. I hate when asked what food they liked least.
those! But according to a survey of 273 But despite the unpopularity of the
students on the cafeteria, these were the all -too fami I i ar n uggets, students sti 11 stood
items that most students said were their in long lines for over half the 30 minute
favorites. lunch period to buy cafeteria food. But
Another popular selection for lunch that some students skipped the I i ne altogether.
was new this year was the vending ma One student said, "I don't eat lunch be
chines in the cafeteria. Of the students sur cause I don't like waiting in line to get
veyed, most said they bought vending food and then having to shove it into my
machine candy at least once a week for face because it's time to go and lunch is
lunch, eaten either as their main meal or over!"
along with cafeteria food.
Head Cook Lillian Kvetensky said that
the school food service had a 30% profit
loss because the vending machines were
put in. The profits from the machines,
which offer such things as M&M's, cup
cakes, and Dorito's, go to various school
funds, not the school food service.
In the survey, students said they either
really liked school food orthey really hated
it. Most students said they ate school food
every day, whi le some students gave the fol -
lowing excuses for not eating lunch:
"I use my lunch money for gas."
"I eat when I get home, instead."
"I'm getting really fat— I can't eat lunch!"
School makes me lose my appetite."
While most students disagreed on what
their favorite cafeteria food was, there was
one subject to which they were almost
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