> meal kits Food at MIT is a very interesting topic. The administration has been pushing "dining halls" and "mandatory meal plans" for 15 years now, thinking t

> meal kits Food at MIT is a very interesting topic. The administration has been pushing "dining halls" and "mandatory meal plans" for 15 years now, thinking that college should be a Disneyland resort experience you can sell parents on as part of $60k+/year tuition (instead of a place where adults live, clean, cook, and eat like adults). In reality, cooking and community kitchens has been a big part of MIT's culture. It's fun, it builds community, and it's stress-relieving. Also, meal plans are really expensive and many students do not want not-very-good-food for $20 a meal. Fun story: I remember one dining hall banning to-go boxes because MIT students were inclined to take their meals to-go so they could eat their food quickly in isolation and get back to work. The administration thought if they forced people to eat in the dining halls they could somehow build a community that way.