Have a New Year's Resolution to eat healthy? UCSD hooks you up!

Yumm....The great thing about being back at UCSD is the food! Am I right people? Honestly I eat better while I'm at school than I do at home over break.

Why? Well it's all provided for you on campus. The selection of healthy and vegetarian options gets better everyday in my opinion.

Today was no exception. I checked out the Dining Events Calendar before I headed out to eat lunch.

Wednesdays are jam packed with good stuff!

At OVT they were celebrating Waffle Cone Wednesdays, and a Fajita Station that happens on the first and third Wednesday of January.

I strolled over to Cafe V with my roomie to see what they were working with. The first item to catch my eye was a delicious-lookin' Chile Relleno.

A chile relleno is like a lunch omlette because it's made with eggs. This meal got a UCSD upgrade because it's made with the cage-free eggs that are used campus wide. : )

The roasted chile inside was paired with onions, tomatoes, cheese, and herbs. Sooo good! 

I went ahead and got a side of veggies too. It was a meal that I hope is a repeat sometime soon.

F.Y.I Tritons.....
Every Wednesday this month is Fine Dining Dinner at Cafe V, and Fine Dining Lunch at Plaza in Revelle.

You've got the hook up! Enjoy : )

*Hilary*

Cage-free Eggs!

So, Housing*Dining*and Hospitality has made a compassionate switch to sell only cage-free eggs in all Housing and Dining facilities! This is a time of celebration as chicken can finally flap their wings. HDH now sells eggs which are produced in Wilcox Farms, and certified humane-raised and cage-free. This egg conversion was drawn about by HDH's sustainability goal and customer interest in humanely raised products.

To advertise and celebrate this switch, a few of us EcoNauts went about in a chicken suit, scaring people in the early morning. Check out the photos!

And remember, if you have any ideas of ways to make HDH more sustainable, socially responsible, educational, even cuter, just shoot an email our way and your demand will be taken very seriously!

Best of wishes,

Jessica

jbaltman@ucsd.edu

Campus Life!

Hooowdy!

So living on campus has been pretty amazing. Yesterday was the first day of classes, where a map was always by my side. The campus is a little tough to find your way around, but I'm sure we will all get used to it very soon. For now we just have to adventure and take the risk of getting lost. We will know the campus soon! In the meantime, here is a link to a really great map of UCSD: http://www-act.ucsd.edu/maps/

So, Welcome Week has also been loads of fun. I attended Triton Power Hour. You know, got all amped up about the sports teams on campus. Which are GRE-AT by the way! Then there was Convocation. Which was quite chilly but heart-warming with all of the welcomes, encouragements, and dinner. Then Willy Wonka was played on a big screen on Warren Lawn. It went with Warren's theme this year so it was quite festive! Then there was UnOlympics! Woot woot! Congrats to all of those of you who are in Marshall. Good job being the owners of the Golden Shoe. have to say, Muir's dance was probably my favorite. The pacmen running in slow motion was absolutely hilarious.

There is such a beautiful community here at UCSD. I feel we are so connected in midst of all our diversity. I am so proud to be a Triton with all of you! There he is...

The EcoNauts are working hard to make the campus greener and to make it easier for students to live green on campus. We have a few events planned for all of you to come and enjoy. One of which includes a chicken suit to celebrate Cage-free Egg Day on October 8th. Be on the lookout for a happy chicken and breakfast burritos made from cage-free eggs!

Until next time,

Jessica

email me! jbaltman@ucsd.edu