Have you been noticing a bit of wiggle-room in your jeans? Is this the first time you’ve seen your toes since the days of recess and cartoons? This could be a result of a strict workout regime, or maybe it’s because you haven’t been chowing down during every class. The cause of weight-loss, or more realistically, angry yet hungry students, resulted from several different problems: rats, cleanliness and allergies. Food caused a rodent infestation in a number of classrooms; therefore, food eaten by students in class was forbidden. The problem: teachers are still able to eat at their desk. It seems that the rats would like to eat crumbs from a teacher’s food just as much as it would like to eat crumbs from a student’s mid-class snack. Where has the consistency in the system gone? Everyone, or no one, should be permitted to eat in the classroom. Herein lies the debate: teachers are, holistically, not as messy as students. However, with administrative wishes for students to mature and learn how to act in the real world, shouldn’t we learn how to clean up after ourselves? In college or the workplace, one is expected to have mastered the tricky task of throwing away garbage. In surveys taken at the end of the 2010-2011 school year, students reported unacceptable learning conditions: messy hallways. The janitors have been working throughout the summer to correct the problems that the students not only reported, but created. Aside from rodents and filth, another major concern involved in Project Starvation was allergies. Like the other reasons – pesky mammals and slobbery students – a deadly allergy to common products or ingredients is an understandable reason for restricting food in FHS. But like previously stated reasons, this logic is also flawed. In the cafeteria, peanut butter can be packed in a lunchbox, served by the district food staff and eaten on the average day. If some students are so extremely allergic to this now-deadly legume, why is it openly allowed in the cafeteria where all students are required to dine? The purpose of creating rules is to enforce them; all inhabitants of FHS should or should not be allowed to eat and drink outside of the cafeteria – no playing favorites. And if someone’s safety is at stake, making sure he or she is safe while in the cafeteria, of all places, should be taken into consideration.