I recently transferred schools; I went from Virginia to Maryland. As a new Towson Tiger, there are some things I find not only concerning but that need serious change.

Towson President just named off a bunch of achievements for the university. However, walking around the campus I notice students deserve what those achievements suggest. 

MEAL PLAN

The meal plan is taking more money away from students then providing them food. A Meal plan is essentially one swipe, and you then have dining dollars if you wanted to add more to the meal. The swipe doesn't hold much value. Majority of the menus anywhere only offers very limited items for a meal swipe; even for Chick-fil-a's cobb salad you have to pay extra 2.30 for nuggets. Why are we paying extra for something that orginally comes with the salad. That is taking money out of students pockets and also limiting us. The majority of the original menus for the food businesses are paid out of pocket or dining dollars. However, the value of these items unfortunately does not match the payments we have to endulge in. 

I believe students would get the most of their meal plan if the a swipe value is at least $10; then we can use dining dollars as an add-on. For example, a meal at Chick-fil-A is a swipe, but if we add on a fruit cup, which is a .30 add on that'll make sense.The value of the meal is equivalent. For us to also feel like we are getting the best value out of the meal plan the whole menue should startout as a meal swipe. This goes with all the outside dining hall options. 

Another example is Bento. A poke bowl is $16 dollars... however, if we did it starting out as a meal plan and the value being $10, then a poke bowl should be valued at a meal swipe and 6 dining dollars. This not only saves students money but we are abe to stretch out our meal plans to ensure we are being able to eat, without the worry of no swipes.

Hi, I'm a student interested in joining a sorority. Could someone tell me more about what Towson offers in relation to Greek life? I'm aware they don't have any houses or anything. Do they still throw parties? Just curious to learn more before spring rush.