It took me awhile, but to my convenience I finally figured out what the “c” in C-store stands for: candy. My epiphany came the other night when pangs of hunger contrived enough motivation for me to walk the 100 yards to the store. I went in search of sustenance, and what to my wondering eyes should appear but a store full of sweets, and 12 tiny reindeer, all made out of chocolate. That’s right. There were candy bars, salt licks, oil wells and poly-saturated fats aplenty, but a scrap of substance was in short supply.

I faced a dilemma: should I buy 10 bagels and head my hunger off at the pass, or should I conserve some money and succumb to tasty treats.

Then, in a rare moment of brilliance, my roommate (who happened to have just entered the candy store) reminded me that I had a “booty load” of cereal back in the dorm. All that I lacked for this enticing meal was some milk. Overjoyed, I reached for the refrigerator, wrestled open the door, and withdrew carton after carton searching for one that read, “skim milk”

But, I forgot I was in the the candy store! Such a store utterly scorns low-fat skim milk. It sells only whole milk (under the guise of vitamin D enhanced) and 2under the guise of reduced fat).

Just a thought, if the company puts money into trying to come up with nifty titles and catch phrases to pawn off 2ilk as healthy, why donCB-t they just produce skim?

And what about the procrustean approach of the candy store stocker? This is a simple case of supply and demand: if the students demand more skim milk, the store should supply it. Yet, since the school doesn’t seem to be aware of this economics 101 lesson, we should bring this matter to their attention. One way would be to fill out a comment card demanding more skim milk.

I realize that this is against the store’s policy. Some of you don’t drink skim, and most of you think this writer is a little bizarre, but let’s do it, if for no other reason, for the fun of making the stocker read 1,000 comment cards. Power to the students!

Tom Greene

Freshman