Monthly Archives: January 2014

Just Don’t… No I am serious!

So I have decided that even though I have in no way, shape, or form mastered the campus of Penn State, that I am at least some what qualified due to my experiences on campus to give advice on how to get around and… actually no, more simply I am going to write about how to survive campus. So BIGGEST piece of advice number one, DON’T GO TO SOUTH FROM 6 TO 7! Okay so I lied this won’t be the biggest piece of advice that I give you, but seriously listen to me when I say this, if you want to eat at South dining commons do not go between 6 and 7 because you will stand in a 20 to 30 minute line, your food will take forever, and you will not find a table. I mean sure it can be fun to elbow a girl for the last fruit cup, or slide the cooks a $5 to get your food up in the line, but if these do not sound like things that you would enjoy then just wait, or be like me and go at 5. Sure it sounds like a pain, but you get used to it.

So while I am on the subject of South Dining commons here is another piece of advice, if you are in a rush do not get Chinese food. Trust me when I say this you will not have time to eat it. I know this from personal experience because the one day I had to be somewhere at 6, so I went to the dining commons at 5:35 (see earlier than 6) and my meeting was only 5 minutes away so I had 20 minutes to eat. I quickly decided I was in the mood for Chinese food and the line was really short (because it was before 6) so I filled my bowl with veggies, ordered, and stood and waited… and waited… and waited until it was 5:50. Yeah so I had no time to eat, and if you have ever ordered Chinese before you know it is really hot when you get it. So here I am with a container of steaming Chinese and five minutes to eat it, so I did what any sane, hungry, on time person would do… I went outside into the 15 degree December night and ate my Chinese food as the wind cooled it down. I got a few stares but I got where I was going on time. So yes while the Chinese food is AMAZING! Do not think that just because it has a short line it will only take 5 minutes to make.

If you are in a hurry and eating food at Redifer here are some Do’s. Do go before 6, lines to avoid are Hot Steel Noodles and Fresco Y Caliente. Now if you can’t go to dinner before six then your best bet for fast food is to go to the Urban Garden Line which is short and the food fast or the Edomae Sushi line is the fastest (because there is no line and they just package the food for you). If you get there before 6 and still want fast food then The City Grill is really fast, In a Pickle is decently fast (subs and wraps are usually faster than paninis), and Piatto Felice is pretty quick to, as long as you get something that they have pre-made. As for the Redifer Buffet that normally takes some time to stand in line and get swiped, and then wait behind everyone for food, so I might say hold off on that unless it is really good.

Well my new passion is to give people advice and help you survive campus, I am currently writing on an empty stomach so Redifer seemed like a good topic. I hope these tips on Redifer helped, or at least you got a laugh out of my story and I hope that you read next weeks installment of the Do’s and Don’ts of Campus.

 

 

Runnin Low, Runnin on Empty

I have blogged the entirety of last semester about the struggles of life, college, and stupidity, this semester though I want to veer into a slightly different direction. For this semester I am considering writing about music. I was thinking about maybe dissecting different genres of music and trying to express there roots to everyone in detail. I was also considering just picking an artist or a song every week and relating it back to daily life here at Penn State as a student. Those are two options that fall under the category of music, but I am considering another option as well. This option would be sort of a do’s and don’ts guide to life here at Penn State. This blog could include things like girls don’t use the bathrooms at Hammond Building, just take my word for it, or how no one should ever eat dinner at Redifer at 6 because you will not find a seat and you will wait in line FOREVER! My passion is to give advice and try to assist people in day to day life so this could be an interesting way to try to help others.