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4 # PRINT: Wednesday, May 1,2013 Arts & Culture Would you transfer schools for a taco salad? BreannaCraine & Brittany Horne Arts & Culture Editor and News Editor buFpay at one of the cashier stands that collects money for all of the restaurants. The only bad thing would be that neither of us saw a card swiper in the cafeteria, but most of the vend ing machines took credit cards so you could get lunch from one of them if you only had card. It’s common knowledge that CCC has expensive food for col lege students and little selection Brittany: Wow, those little in the Outlaw Cafe. During the next few weeks, Arts & Culture tables up there have so many wall Editor Breanna Craine and News plug-ins. That would be really Editor Brittany Home will be cool for homework or checking exploring the different commu Facebook during lunch. Breanna: I wonder why we nity colleges in the area to check out if it is worth transferring don’t have that at our school? I schools in order to get better am always trying to find places to plug in my laptop and iPad food on campus. We parked in the crowd to work on my homework while ed parking lot of Portland I’m eating. Brittany: Yeah, I’m glad we Community College’s Sylvania campus. The spots are designed at least have the Print-Lab to for city cars and can barely fit hang out in! Breanna: I am so stuffed a Ford Escape. We paid $5 for a day pass to park, although we after only a few bites. Maybe I were only there for about an should have gotten something hour. However, we did see quite smaller like one of the pre-made sandwiches or a breakfast sand a few smart cars. Walking into the main build wich. How is your salad? Is that ing, which holds the cafeteria, spinach and mixed peppers I the first thing we saw were rows see? Brittany: Oh yeah, I got a of vending machines with differ ent foods and drinks available variety of romaine lettuce, mixed to purchase. We looked past the greens, and spinach. There’s also vending machines and saw a some cucumbers, broccoli, gar juice bar called “Juice It Up,” banzo beans, mixed bell pep which is similar to Jamba Juice. pers, croutons, Italian dressing, They also offer Starbucks coffee oil and vinegar. There was a lot more to choose from but I just and drink options. Then we headed towards the picked what I wanted. They, had main cafeteria where all the some tomatoes too but they were delicious magic happens. The the hugest cherry tomatoes I’d ever seen. I d o n ’t like th em th at first th in g th a t cau g h t our atten- n o n w as w h at seem ed to' be much. 1 h e 'sa lad is p re tty good 100 tables for the students and though. staff. This included a row of Breanna: My taco salad was small tables at the top of a ramp, pretty good. They had so many providing a splendid number of side choices. I had trouble decid plug-ins where many students ing if I wanted beef or chicken. I sat working with their laptops, decided to go with the beef and some Spanish rice and beans. food accompanying or not. We walked into the area The tomatoes looked really juicy where they sell most of the food but I decided not to get any. I and were immediately over was surprised how little lettuce whelmed. They had every type they gave me. It had so much of food you could imagine. They meat and beans that my mouth had Chinese, Mexican, Italian, was so dry after the first few BBQ, a long salad bar and even bites. I wish they could have a refrigerated deli just like you given more lettuce and less of would see in stores. All had the fattening stuff. their own company names and Brittany: That’s kind of workers. funny because I feel like the only The next thing we had to do is thing missing from my salad is decide what we wanted. We each some meat, like crispy chicken went for a different kind of salad. or something. Other than that, it’s delicious! Breanna: I think I want a Breanna: I wonder how much taco salad or maybe even some the students really spend on food Chinese food! But maybe I want here during the year. It isn’t a mini pizza, or a cheeseburger. cheap but definitely a reasonable There is so much to choose from. price for a good, well balanced What do you think sounds good lunch. My taco salad was only Brittany? $5.95 for how much food i got. Brittany: I think I’m gonna Brittany: Yeah, I mean the get a salad. Did you see the prices seem pretty comparable salad buffet bar? I t ’s huge! That to Clackamas, but much better sounds pretty good right now. variety and quality. Do you see Have you decided what you’re the group sitting next to us? It’s going to get? a whole family: mom, grandma, Breanna: There’s just too four or five kids. It must be much to choose from but I think pretty good food if it’s the family I’ll just get a taco salad. It looks lunch place of choice. like they are pretty big and have Breanna: Well, it is good. a lot of different toppings to put on top. During the next few weeks Brittany: Awesome. We’re we will be going to different getting two different kinds of schools around Oregon, compar salads! I’ll meet you over at ing whether we think the food is the tables after we get our food. better or riot. PCC definitely has a good cafeteria and if you like We select our food at two ven all these types of foods, maybe dors fairly close to each other, you should go and try it out. Check out our website at www.TheClackamasPrint.com to fmd fun facts about May Day! ________________________ ?____________ i Above: Students study the menus as they choose from the large selection offered at each individual fo o d stand. Below: Pre-made sandwiches are stacked high daily in the deli section o f the cafeteria at the PCC Sylvania campus.
