Mechanical engineering senior Yash Kankaria eats a bagel on Sept. 20, 2015, inside the cafeteria in Case Hall. Kankaria has morning classes and usually eats breakfast before classes. "It's really crowded here, so it does get a bit frantic," Kankaria said.
With the scramble of early morning routines, some students are frustrated by how early breakfast foods are taken off the shelves in dining halls.
“Statistically, breakfast is shown as the most important meal of the day because it makes the brain strong and ready to be active during the day,” marketing sophomore Christopher Raxton said.
“If you don’t eat breakfast you will less likely be productive and ready to learn.”
Most dining halls end breakfast at 10 a.m. according to the Eat at State website.
“That is just terrible,” Raxton said. “It’s an inconvenience. I think breakfast should be extended to at least 12 p.m. or 1 p.m.”
Raxton is only one of many dissatisfied students.
“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day,” broadcast journalism sophomore Roxie Elliot said. “When I get up I don’t have time to sit down for breakfast. My earliest class is at 10:20 a.m. so if I wanted to comeback for breakfast I can’t.”
Matt McKune, Culinary Services Associate Director of Residential Dining said breakfast times have been negotiated and discussed between student hall governments, Residence Hall Association members and the Culinary Services team.
"The students recognize that there is a set amount of space in each dining hall and understand that if breakfast fare is run for a longer time, they will be giving up some lunch fare in its place," McKune wrote in email.
In certain cases though, students must forsake breakfast because they do not want to be late to class.
“One time I had to leave the line and couldn’t get breakfast because I had class,” biochemistry sophomore Kelly Feger said.
Missing breakfast can negatively affect students’ health as well.
“I always have a headache when I don’t eat breakfast, but whenever I go to the caf, breakfast is over,” Elliot said.
Raxton said he wished more convenient options were available. “Most times you have to sit down and eat, I want to grab food and go,” he said.
Even on the weekends students are not able to wake up before the waffles, sausages and other breakfast foods are put away.
“Fridays and Saturdays people stay out late and have fun with friends,” Raxton said. “They tend not to get up as early.”
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Akers hall is the only cafeteria that serves breakfast until 2 p.m. everyday of the week.
“I feel that it’s unfair because people over there get to eat more breakfast for longer, while we get to eat pizza,” electrical engineering Jeremiah Grant sophomore said.
Living in Brody neighborhood, Grant said he eats breakfast once a week.
“Sometimes I’m more tired in classes and go throughout the day hungry,” Grant said. “Breakfast ends too quickly.”
McKune said changing breakfast times would require more discussions between student hall governments, Residence Hall Association members and the Culinary Services team.
This article was updated on Sept. 25 to include a quote from MSU's Culinary Services.
