Sure, college students are always hungry and haven't always had the best diets. But even with all that's wrong in the world, it was this story that made me weep this morning:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-uc-irvine-food-pantry-20170927-story.html
Four out of ten University of California students do not have a consistently available source of adequate nutrition. UC Irvine is leading the way with a new state of the art food pantry on campus. But what is wrong with our priorities that this is necessary? I weep especially for first generation college students who have struggled to be there, but must continue to struggle with high tuitions and high housing costs on or near campuses, leaving nothing to eat on now and big debt later.
Let's get on with it and make tuition at public universities free. And let's make full meal plans available to students from low income families. If we can afford lavish expenses for federal officials and and increased military budget, surely we can afford to educate and feed our young people.
