Editor, the Gauntlet,

The Student's Union is looking for good things to do with their $1.4 million. The best thing I can think of is first, find some free space with a kitchen in MacHall or maybe find a corporate sponsor to renovate That Empty Space. Next, find a dozen or so student volunteers. And last but most important, find a charitable organization like Food For Peace Calgary that can ethically produce very tasty, nutritious, well-balanced, environmentally-friendly, cruelty-reduced meals at $2/plate to co-ordinate this enterprise, and give them the $1.4 million to produce 700,000 meals over a year (approx. 90,000/month or 4,500/schoolday) to freely give away to all hungry students who ask.

Students are already overburdened with extremely high tuition and housing costs and this should make life a lot easier and healthier, giving many students one less thing to worry about and more energy to study. This would also encourage other food outlets on campus to lower their prices, and start offering tastier, healthier and more environmentally friendly food choices, increasing the overall sustainability of the U of C campus. As this becomes more popular, corporate sponsors could be found to help expand and continue this program.