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"Going to the dining hall may seem like the least glamorous way to satiate your appetite/the cause of most of your digestion issues (about that \u2013 we&amp;#039;ve found some cures!), but it&amp;#039;s also the most convenient and practical. Face it, as college students we&amp;#039;re not exactly rolling in it (unless &amp;quot;it&amp;quot; is reading assignments and dirty laundry). Wasting money on fancy meals doesn&amp;#039;t make a lot of sense (unless it&amp;#039;s for a special occasion... or your parents are paying for it) and even frequent fast food trips really add up. But since you&amp;#039;re paying for the dining hall already (and it&amp;#039;s usually wayyy overpriced for overcooked pasta and unidentifiable meatloaf) you might as well milk the caf. for all it&amp;#039;s worth. (Note: These only applies to those of us that are lucky enough to have all-you-can-eat plans.) Load up on Snacks: Fruit, cereal, bread, and chips are all great snacks for late night study sessions. Too bad the cafeteria closes at 8, right? Wrong! Just stock up on some Ziploc bags, bring an oversized tote back with you and have a friend make sure the coast is clear. Since you&amp;#039;re paying for all-you-can-eat service (depending on where you go to college), you&amp;#039;re actually totally within your rights, so LOAD UP. It&amp;#039;s not like you&amp;#039;re trying to sneak out plates, glasses, or lunch trays (which, by the way, are perfect for snow day sledding... not that we&amp;#039;re condoning that!) Leftovers: Grab those Tupperware containers your mom made you buy and fill &amp;#039;em up. Just be careful, girls, and watch out for those dining hall staples that can wreak havoc on your waistline! Grab mixers: If you&amp;#039;re having a dorm get together, you&amp;#039;ll need to stock up on soda and juice, which can get seriously expensive (stores near campuses notoriously jack up prices.) A free alternative? Take bottles or plastic cups to the dining hall. Just make sure you take the size of your fridge into account; you don&amp;#039;t want to fill up a bunch of 2-liters only to find they won&amp;#039;t fit in (with all the other stuff you&amp;#039;ve smuggled out of there). Stay for multiple meals: If you only have limited meals on your plan, go for lunch, spend the whole day studying in the d-hall, and then eat dinner there. Or, come at the tail end of breakfast, enjoy your yogurt parfait, then stick around to load up on lunch. Two meals for the &amp;quot;price&amp;quot; of one. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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