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Hello.
My name's Brigid Kane, and I'm a junior at Boston University,
studying public relations.
Some of you might recognize me for my TikTok that blew up,
which was unexpected and kind of overwhelming.
I ended up private-ing video.
For the next week, I'm going to be doing my best to give you the full
experience of the dining halls and the takeout options at Boston University
during the fall semester of 2020, during coronavirus.
I know everything is crazy, but we're going to try and
make this as entertaining as possible, yeah.
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So I live in Myles Standish Hall, which is in Kenmore square.
And the closest dining hall is Marciano Commons,
which is like the Bay State dining hall.
That's where I thought I'd get dinner tonight.
It's already like, I don't know what time it is.
It's like 4 PM.
I keep waking up at like noon every day, and
then not eating until like one which isn't good.
But I'm trying to fix my sleep schedule.
So, we'll got there.
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There was just a line outside of the dining hall waiting to let people in.
So there weren't so many people in the dining area at the same time.
It's all takeout food, there's no sitting at the moment, and
you can take as much food as you want after you swipe.
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Why do I like kind of like this more than how the dining hall usually is?
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Okay, that was actually very, very easy.
I'll give more of a detailed description of what it's like,
when I get back to my dorm.
It was very organized and there was a lot of food out, so
like there's no wait for food.
And also they have all disposable cups and everything.
You're not allowed to take reusable cups in and fill your water up.
You weren't allowed to do not anyway, but I know people did that anyway.
It's definitely not allowed now.
This is the drink.
This is the sandwich I'm probably gonna eat tonight.
Brownie, apple.
I'm not gonna eat this tonight.
I'll probably put it in my fridge and save it for later, but yes.
So that's the food.
I'm gonna eat now, and I'll like update you and tell you what's up afterwards.
I'm not really sure what to say because, it was food, and it was good.
It was literally the same thing as you would get.
If you just went into the dining hall on a normal semester and ate it.
The added plus though, is that you can actually take it out of the dining hall
and eat it wherever you want, which was actually very relaxing.
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Hello, it is currently Tuesday, September 1st.
Happy September everyone.
Today, I'm thinking of trying out the Grubhub app, and
I think I'm gonna get Basho Express and Starbucks, and see how that works.
So basically, the Grubhub app has this section where you
can connect it to BU campus and offers all of the places you can order right here.
So I'm near Warren Towers so I'm gonna select Starbucks at Warren Towers.
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I'm gonna bring it to the menu and I'm going to get, I need a latte.
So you can use your dining plan to buy stuff on the Grubhub app.
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For Starbucks, actually there's a new window outside of the Warren Towers one,
and you just go up to the window and then they hand you your drink.
Basho is the same way as you can see, it has the pickup number.
And then it says that it's paid in Dining Points,
which I use Dining Points on the app.
And then you just walk into Basho when your order says ready, and grab it, and
then walk out, and you're good to go.
Basho, [SOUND] as always, I love Basho.
Always tastes really fresh, really good.
Starbucks, it was coffee, and I love coffee.
So, I highly recommend using the Grubhub app.
It is very efficient, and you can use Dining Points, and
I think that's a win-win situation.
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Hello, everyone.
It is currently Wednesday, the weather is really gross out right now, and
like I don't really wanna leave my dorm room but I have to go get food.
So I was thinking maybe of going to the GSU,
because I heard that the GSU was open now so.
So, I'm gonna try that cuz I kinda like Panda Express.
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Hello, I look crazy right now.
I ended up buying an umbrella with Dining Points.
I did just pick up my food, but GSU is completely made over.
It's really cool, okay?
But yeah, I'll let you know more when I get back.
I got what I usually get which is just steamed white rice with orange chicken,
because Panda Express' orange chicken is the best thing in the world.
So yes, period.
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Hello guys, it is Thursday.
I just finished my first classes this semester.
So, I'm glad that they are done.
So it's around 3 PM right now.
I was thinking of going to Bay State dining again,
cuz I kind of want to check out what other food they have.
I didn't get that much last time, so yeah.
And if you're wondering, I did dye my hair brown.
No more pink, I'm sorry.
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I'll show you a quick haul of what I got, chickens in cherry mousse.
It looks pretty good actually, and
then it does come off homemade fries, as you can see.
I don't know why I keep getting sandwiches,
I think I have a sandwich problem.
Boiled pork, green beans and white rice.
For dessert, vanilla coconut eclair parfait, I believe.
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That is very good.
I thought that I would sit down and
like do a little one-on-one chat sesh real quick, about mostly the differences
between dining now compared to last semester or like pre-COVID.
So, it's weird getting used to not seeing a lot of people around,
almost it's kind of dystopian in a way.
And it makes me a little sad if I'm honest, but
you can't do anything about that.
It's, just how it has to be for a little more, but yeah.
On a positive note, I really like the takeout system.
I think it's more efficient.
I know there's probably a lot more waste products, but
like they're trying their best like as you can see the cups they're paper now, so
you can recycle them they're not plastic.
So, they're making steps to being more earth friendly, I guess you could say.
So that's a good thing.
I think that the food quality has stayed pretty much the same,
I've seen some arguments like on Instagram and
Facebook about how some people prefer pre-COVID and post-COVID dining hall food.
I don't really have an opinion, if I'm being honest.
I think it's the same, but just packaged,
which might make a difference for some people.
But for me, it doesn't really, yeah.
So those are my thoughts just being spewed out.
Tomorrow, I am having a little picnic thing with my friends,
which I'm really excited about.
We're going to go to Amory Park, and we are going to sit down and eat together,
and I'm also going to ask them what they think about dining at BU at the moment.
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As you know, there is a global pandemic right now and we can't eat together as
often and usually there are no communal meeting places to eat.
Do you miss like the communal experience like in dining hall stuff like that?
>> So, I got lucky this year, and
I live in an apartment in South with my roommate Dorney.
>> [LAUGH] >> Because I have a roommate,
I feel like I don't really miss the communal experience cuz I also ate alone
a lot of that time.
And we can still have like outdoor eating experiences, while the weather is nice.
It hasn't been too bad.
>> Alright, I'm glad.
Thumbs up.
[LAUGH] >> Hi, everyone who have officially made
it to the end of this video vlog, congratulations.
If you ever need to reach out to me or anything, you can definitely do that.
I wanna say thanks to BU today for
featuring me on this like little log session thing.
And I really enjoyed it, and
I thought it was a really good opportunity to really show you watching at home or
on campus what eating is like on being in campus right now, during COVID-19.
So I think it was really fun, and I hope that it was interesting to watch.
And yeah, maybe I'll see you guys again soon.
Thanks for watching.
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