Imagine standing in the middle of the Arts Quad. Now imagine you are Neo, in a gigantic maze that suddenly drops on you Matrix-style. The maze is not difficult to exit out of, but you will earn or lose money for every step you take in a certain path. As soon as you step on a path that costs you money, would you turn away towards a different path, despite the possibility of bearing greater award by sticking with the initial path that cost you money?

Everyone can relate to that feeling of hopelessness that accompanies a long car trip: your parents blasting Alanis Morissette and talking to you about your future as the hours, and your sanity, melt away. Your back stiffens, the walls close in, and the car fills with the nausea-inducing stench of entrapment. Regardless of how long the trip actually takes, something miraculous always happens on the ride home: it feels shorter. 

Any diet other than omnivorous one containing meat can be somewhat inconvenient to follow due to availability of particular types of food, so why do these vegetarians all over campus even bother?  With controversy over what diets are truly most healthy for humans, what reasons actually make someone go through the trouble following one of these strict diets?

Plant a garden, (help) save the world!