Starting in the Fall of 2010, Dining Services hopes that students will be able to use their meals at JJ's Place and Ferris Booth Commons. This change will double the amount of places where students can use their meal plans.

"There has been a steady decline in the amount of retail a la carte dining on campus. So with those sales going down and meal plan participation going up, we felt that it was important to expand the amount of board plan capacity."

Wright cites the success of off-campus Flex as the reason for the policy change.

"Student are presently doing almost 1.5 million dollars worth of off campus Flex business with the local vendors and almost all of that is money that is not being spent in Dining Services."

While many students favor the change in policy, some students worry that the change will hurt the quality of food at these campus eateries.

"The commitment that we've made to the students who are working on this is that not only will the quality not suffer but the program won't change at all."

Fountain beverages will replace bottled drinks and packaged snacks in these locations.

"At Ferris Booth Common, we will relocate sushi. In fact, one of the reasons we wanted sushi in Cafe East, in the lobby of 212, was in preparation for the elimination of sushi. At JJ's Place, we see eliminating the grocery items that are offered right now. Our plan is to offer a small amount of grocery items, breakfast cereals, laundry detergent, and a few things like that."

Wright encourages students who depend on JJ's and Ferris for quick snacks and drinks to use Butler Library, Cafe 212 or any other campus retail facility. The complete terms of the dining overhaul will be available will Spring 2010.