For the past two and a half months Tess McHugh PO`25 switched to a vegetarian diet finding unexpected results and unsettling backlash.
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Mindful Mondays are over, Pomona announces
After testing out the initiative this past fall semester, Pomona College Dining Services has ended Mindful Mondays. The initiative, which has recently been a large topic of debate among students at the 5Cs, aimed to serve less meat on Mondays in Frank Dining Hall and Frary Dining Hall. General Manager
OPINION: The unintended consequences of Meatless Mondays
Frary’s Meatless Mondays have environmental benefits, but pose a danger by encouraging restrictive eating, argues Madison Lewis PO ‘24.
Reader’s digest: Flexitarianism offers college students the best of both worlds
“Flexitarianism” is not lazy vegetarianism, argues food columnist Sadie Matz SC ’24; it’s a perfect balance between intuitive eating and plant-based diets.
OPINION: How going vegetarian can help fight pandemics
Although it may feel like COVID-19 came out of nowhere, the meat industry, among other human practices, created the perfect conditions for new highly infectious diseases to arise. Going vegetarian could help prevent a future pandemic, says Max Proctor CM ’22.
Consumption Conundrum: Food Labels in 5C Dining
For many of us, the distinction between ‘food’ and ‘not food’ is relatively straightforward: Everything served in the dining halls is food, and most other things are not food. However, for those of us with dietary restrictions, making that distinction isn’t always so easy. I have been a vegetarian for