STAFF EDIT: First world problems

On Wednesday, Boston University students banded together to boycott the West Campus Dining Hall, rallying around a Facebook event created by two disgruntled students. According to its Facebook event page, titled “BU Boycott of West Dining Hall,” had more than 515 attendees RSVP “yes.” The students who made the Facebook page claim they are highly dissatisfied with “little” plates, “tiny” serving sizes and shrimp scampi with, God forbid, “only one shrimp.”

Our economy is crumbling before our eyes, our government festers in stagnant political waters and “Jersey Shore” is still on television. Clearly, this is no time for the West Campus Dining Hall to burden students with the horrifying pressure of actually having to get up and get more food when plates don’t accommodate to their satisfaction.

If the boycott of the West Dining Hall is a joke, then kudos to its creators for eliciting a collective chortle from the student body. If these students are serious, perhaps they should investigate the twitter tag “firstworldproblems” for further insight into predicaments similar to theirs.

Additionally, we here at The Daily Free Press would like to point out that meal plans have already been paid for the semester. The chips are already cashed in whether students decide to swipe in or not. In fact, by not partaking in dinner at West, students actually make the dining hall employees’ lives markedly easier. And they still get paid.

If students want to contribute to the methodology of the dining halls, they can fill out the comment cards that have been there for years on which they can express dissatisfaction or point out an operation’s shortcomings.

We will concede that the lack of a sandwich bar was a serious problem that needed immediate attention, but now that the sandwich bar has been successfully reinstated, what more could West Campus residents want? Perhaps instead of whining for larger portions, West-ers can make the trek to Warren and then work off the extra pounds the large portions would inevitably pack on during their incredibly difficult walk home.

Again, if the boycott is a large humorous ruse, it is nothing short of hilarious. If not, it can be generally assumed that the prevalence of the color scarlet around campus is due to a collective blush on behalf of West Campus, not our school colors. Anyway, does anyone even like shrimp scampi?