Sharples

So I'm looking at the Sharples menu page (here), and it looks like they got rid of the entire "Week 1" of meals that they used to have. That includes falafel bar and greek bar. Nooo....how can we survive without Greek bar??

Seriously, what's up with that? It looks like they also got rid of Indian bar, and one of the steak nights. Is the college really cutting funding to Sharples this year or something, that they have to get rid of expensive but really good meals, and replace them with some of the worst meals that Sharples serves (which it seems like they did)? That's really a shame.

Note: I just posted a version of this to the Daily Jolt also, but since the Jolt has gotten pretty worthless, I might as well post it here too...

Edit: I just decided to send an E-mail to Sharples' suggestion box about this, so I'll see what they say (or if it changes anything). Hopefully if enough people complain, they'll change their minds about this...

Edit 2 (1:07 AM): OK, based on mumbly_joe's comment that they're trying to cut costs in other places too, I'm starting to think this might be part of how they're going to pay for the living wage, if they do enact it. Which leads to an interesting question. Is it worth it to have some of the best meals that Sharples serves replaced with some of the worst to enact a living wage? I feel bad saying that giving us good food is more important, but...I also don't like the idea that our food is going to get noticeably worse because of living wage.

For one, that's sort of pushing the priorities of the college more towards "social action" and less towards providing a comfortable environment for students to get a great education. It could even be a factor in convincing some people to not come to Swarthmore, if this change is permanent. Interesting, and sort of disturbing...or am I reading too much into this?