By Lexi White
Features Editor
Nursing major Gail Meneses-Rocha, art education major Rashell Xicohtencatl and healthcare studies major Alicia Sanchez, juniors, ready to eat their food from the Los Mariachis food trucks.
The Programs Council, ProCon, filled the stomachs of 200 students at the academic quad on Wednesday, Sept. 18. A Los Mariachis food truck and a snow cone-making station were available for many students to enjoy.
Biology major Devona Smith, a senior, is a part of the commuter committee of ProCon and said that she “targets her events to commuters,” but “any student is welcome.”
Students were to give ProCon members their student identification numbers in exchange for a ticket. As this event was first come, first served for free food, the line filled quickly.
“People have been lining up 30 minutes before the event even started,” Smith said. “The turnout is really good, and it seems like people are enjoying the food and snow cones.”
ProCon has hosted a food truck event for the past few semesters. Members have said that they get great feedback from students regarding these types of events and that they used a good amount of their funding to make their event come to life.
Smith said, “The amount of money we spent on this food truck would probably equal the total cost of three events, and that’s honestly why we only do one event like this a semester.”
Smith said that their food truck and snow cones event served as “a great alternative for students to get a meal” because it gives them a variety of food options. Students had the choice of three tacos, a burrito, or a rice bowl from the food truck.
Another member of ProCon helping to host the event was nursing major Melanie Gloster, a junior. She said that this event does not only benefit the students who are looking for something to eat, but it also caters to those who want to branch out.
“Students can talk to each other while they’re in line and can hopefully make new friends,” Gloster said. “Because the line is so long right now, socializing can make the time go by faster for them.”
One student who enjoyed her food was communications major Dahlona Holmes-McKenna, a senior. She said she came to this event because she was hungry and didn’t want to pay for food.
“This is definitely one of the better events they have towards the beginning of the year with all the food trucks and stuff, and I’m super happy that this was free,” Holmes-McKenna said. “I’m sure a lot of students don’t want to pay for food at the student center or wait in a long line at Conn, so having this option today is way better.”
Another student, marketing major Anna Vilenski, a junior, said that she saw the truck on her way out of the Buley Library and was “super excited” to check out the food.
“This event is great because it supports local businesses, and students can eat something other than the regular dining hall food,” Vilenski said.
Gloster said that setting up for the event was a bit hectic due to the limited amount of people that were able to help, and that planning the event took a lot of work.
“We tried to reach out to different food truck companies, but some people didn’t really cooperate,” Gloster said. “So, it was very hard to get a certain food truck here with such limited time, but we’re glad that it worked out perfectly in the end.”
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