Every Sunday morning, students find themselves inconveniently barred from Einstein Bros. Bagels until 5 p.m. that evening. The bagel and coffee store's less-than-desirable hours of operation illustrate the University's larger and pervasive issue of leaving students with limited dining options on weekends. It seems this problem has gone largely unacknowledged by the administration, and we encourage them to change the weekend dining hours.

Einstein's is a prominent and popular feature on campus. The reduced hours on weekend mornings are perhaps most inconvenient. By opening later on Sunday afternoons, students, particularly those in Lower Campus, are forced to trek to the Provisions on Demand Market for their on-the-go coffee needs. Though students can also go to the Village Provisions on Demand Market in lieu of Einstein's, the store is closed on Saturdays and opens on Sundays at 4 p.m. Saturday nights further pose a dilemma for students, as many dining establishments close early. However, Senator for the Class of 2014 Ricky Rosen recently helped to temporarily expand the P.O.D. Market hours from midnight to 2 a.m. on Saturdays. The longer hours will be instituted for a trial run from Nov. 5 to Nov. 19. We encourage Rosen to continue his efforts to expand dining hours, eventually working to include the other dining services as well.

On weekends, the dining services have several overlapping hours of inaccessibility. Dining Services needs to recognize and address that students' dining needs extend beyond the hours that have been allotted to these dining establishments.