Ever been in the mood for a late-night fast food run? Or even just basic dinner plans after class? I find myself in this exact situation more than twice a week.

I generally have classes from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., with only enough time for a 30-minute lunch, which is not ideal. Admittedly, it’s my fault for setting up a loaded schedule, but the rather odd hours of the Rhatigan Student Center’s food locations don’t help. And by comparison, Braeburn Square has vastly more consistent hours, longer hours, and better food on average.

As someone who commutes about 40 minutes to campus and gets done rather late from my last class, I often leave that class starving. Hungry, I arrive at the RSC around 7:30 p.m., greeted by steel bars, locking me away from those options.

I often find myself either eating in the Dining Hall after late classes or whenever I find a break between around 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. which is a gamble most of the time. By that time, the food can be dry, burnt or not even appetizing half the time.

The options for a student heading out of a class later in the evening are the dining hall, Braeburn Square, or off campus in a drive-thru. But another great option is going somewhere off campus if time allows.

Whatever the case, I don’t understand the reasoning behind the early hours of the dining options at the RSC.

I personally think the hours are odd and rather unusual, especially for a college campus, where hundreds of students might be feeling hungry after their classes or just spending time on campus in the evenings. I think that the hours should be expanded — not all night, but instead of closing at 7  p.m., add one to two more hours. This would allow lots more students to eat at Chick-fil-A, Panda Express, or another RSC restaurant, driving more business to those locations.