Give me Franken-berry or give me death!

As hard as it is for me to believe but this was a news story on NPR yesterday (not to mention on the Boston Globe and San Diego Tribune websites. It seems that students at Harvard University have their designer undies in a bundle because the school cleared its dining halls of brand-name cereals. The university replaced Captain Crunch and Fruit Loops with less expensive, healthier choices such as Tootie Fruity and Colossal Crunch. This has sent the student body into a perfect tizzy.

One outraged student went as far as to form a special interest group, “Harvard Students for the Reimplementation of Brand-Named Cereals" on Thefacebook.com. This is a popular website that allows students to meet new people and form study groups.

Another student complained it's annoying to pay more than $4,000 for a meal plan that scrimps on her favorite breakfast foods. The new stuff gets soggy too fast and it doesn’t taste very good. She also proclaimed, “’I’ve just stopped eating cereal. It’s not fair.”

Since this shift to generic they cut (hold onto you jock straps) SIX- FIGURE cereal budget by 25 %. A spokesperson for the Harvard University Dining Services said it’s their responsibility to spend the student’s money wisely.

According to some students this swap was the latest (and most annoying) in a long line of dining hall disappointments. The annual clambake, which featured lobsters for every undergraduate, was dropped in 2002. And of course none of the student body had anything to do with the December break-in at a residential dining hall that left $1,000 in damages and cereal strewn across the floor.

These are the future leaders of America people! No wonder the democrats lost the election if they were counting on the youth of America to step up. The draft, social security, higher gas prices, A WAR, these are not things that kids today see as tangible things that effect them. But take their Lucky Charms or Frosted Flakes away and you’re going to have yourself one ugly mob beating down your door with…umm…SPOONS ready to poke you!

I tried to be sarcastic and funny about this whole situation, really I did. But this is one of those times where reality beat me to it.