1.Why shouldn't we support eating natural food? Equity concerns voiced by the counselor for certain students are as valid as equity concerns for vegetarians. People concerned about their health and the welfare of our planet have the right to eat at a restaurant that prepares healthy meals without meat or meat products. To fail to provide this alternative is discrimination.

2. Why isn't serving healthy food the primary goal of the Food Court? The Student Council should focus on the needs of students and not on which restaurants make the most money (i.e. the market-based solution). Money /profit is not everything and should not be the Student Council's major goal.

3.Why aren't we supporting education for our students? Selecting restaurants that make the most profit may be most efficient in the short run (i.e. bring in the most money for the Student Council) but in the long run it is not a prudent strategy. We need successful grads that return support to the school (like Tanya). This will not happen unless we invest in our students today so that they support our school in the future. This can be done by opening the Wildcat's Den, which invests in student skills, and the Home Economics Kitchen.

4.Why aren't we concerned about the needs of our low-income students (25% of our students)? The gourmet/health food people think only of themselves. Their alternatives are not fair to our low-income students who cannot afford meals at the restaurants that they support. If we are concerned for all of our students, we must have low-cost alternatives.