The Ubuntu Community of Bluffton University is a group of fourteen students ranging from sophomores to seniors who are committed to trying to live simply. One way Ubuntu has chosen to live simply is by preparing Sunday night dinner as a community, where some members will choose a menu and cook and the other members will clean the dishes after the meal.
This Sunday evening meal represents an ethical issue the Ubuntu community has struggled with. When this group proposed the idea of simply living to student life there was interest in preparing more meals together than just one a week. Students living on campus at Bluffton University are required by the school to have a meal plan in the cafeteria. Student Life decided not to waive this criteria for Ubuntu. Erin Weaver a senior, responded "Although we were initially disappointed, eating in Marbeck during the week has enabled us to continue to build community with those outside Ubuntu in the broader Bluffton campus community".
Ubuntu struggled with this ruling at first because the group shares the custodial duties of the hall, so the paycheck for that position goes to the whole group and that money could have gone to food for the meals. It was also figured out that it could have been cheaper per person to serve meals this way. The dilemma also addressed was how to balance between making meals in the group while still having a meal plan.
This Sunday evening meal represents an ethical issue the Ubuntu community has struggled with. When this group proposed the idea of simply living to student life there was interest in preparing more meals together than just one a week. Students living on campus at Bluffton University are required by the school to have a meal plan in the cafeteria. Student Life decided not to waive this criteria for Ubuntu. Erin Weaver a senior, responded "Although we were initially disappointed, eating in Marbeck during the week has enabled us to continue to build community with those outside Ubuntu in the broader Bluffton campus community".
Ubuntu struggled with this ruling at first because the group shares the custodial duties of the hall, so the paycheck for that position goes to the whole group and that money could have gone to food for the meals. It was also figured out that it could have been cheaper per person to serve meals this way. The dilemma also addressed was how to balance between making meals in the group while still having a meal plan.
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