Lottie Trays Are Better off Sleds
Rachel Smitley
Issue date: 12/10/09 Section: Opinion
Second: in a world full of "go green" campaigns and "save the earth" foundations, shouldn't we be concerned about the amount of water we use to wash not only our dishes but our trays as well? Aramark, a large-scale food service company, conducted a survey of 25 colleges/universities that removed trays from their dining halls in order to see how much water they were saving. The conclusion was that 200 gallons of water is saved for every 1,000 meals served during a school year. Let's say as a rough estimate that Lottie serves 1,000 students three meals a day: that's 3,000 meals per day and 600 gallons of water saved each day. The average household uses about 200 gallons of water per day. That means that a family would have to go waterless for three full days to save as much water as Lottie would by going trayless for one!
The third and final reason I have chosen to go trayless is a reason that will only come to fruition if the entire campus goes with me. As many of you know (well, maybe not the First Years), sledding on Cemetery Hill is the best thing to do on a snowy day right before finals when we are all trying to avoid studying. But what makes the sledding experience even better is one of good old Lottie Nelson's sturdy blue trays to protect your butt from the cold hard ground. In the past it has been a tradition for students to try to steal trays from the dining hall for their Cemetery Hill adventures; but if Lottie were to get rid of the trays, they could give them away to the students. Then everyone could have a blue tray-sled!
So, give up your trays and waste less food, water, and money, and get a free sled. What more could you ask for?
The third and final reason I have chosen to go trayless is a reason that will only come to fruition if the entire campus goes with me. As many of you know (well, maybe not the First Years), sledding on Cemetery Hill is the best thing to do on a snowy day right before finals when we are all trying to avoid studying. But what makes the sledding experience even better is one of good old Lottie Nelson's sturdy blue trays to protect your butt from the cold hard ground. In the past it has been a tradition for students to try to steal trays from the dining hall for their Cemetery Hill adventures; but if Lottie were to get rid of the trays, they could give them away to the students. Then everyone could have a blue tray-sled!
So, give up your trays and waste less food, water, and money, and get a free sled. What more could you ask for?
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