Hey, this place is for studying with your friends and group projects etc. Some of us are trapped in tiny dorm rooms with a roommate or two, and it's nice to have a place to hang out and study with your friends. You don't like the noise, go to one of the empty classrooms in Gilman hall and study alone. Damn, this isn't the MSE, it's for undergrads. Yes, it would be nice to be allowed to eat food in the hut.
People do anyway, and they make more of a mess because they're sneaking it.
They get crumbs all over, which they wouldn't if they could put the food on the table, with a napkin under it, rather than eating it from their backpack and scattering the crumbs. I think what most people have said is correct. CAN be beautiful. But the mediocrity of its administrators Is reflected in the reality of the room Tacky furniture chipped paint Chaotic stacks of newspapers An unmonitored climate. And let the adminstrators Know we will not accept Mediocrity.